No.
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Group-Community-Agency
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Topic under Examination
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Number of Members
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When due to Report
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Costs, if any
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1.
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Irish Registered Non-Resident Internal Interagency-Departmental Working Group (Minister of State, Mr. N. Treacy)
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Problems posed by IRNR Problem
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12
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Report presented 18 February 1998
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Costs of £12,000 incurred by Forfas for consultancy report
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2
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High Level Group of Officials plus Forfás Chief Executive (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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Enterprise supports generally and need for any restructuring of the indigenous enterprise development agencies
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4
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Work completed. No Report Due
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3
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Working Group on Sunday Working in the Retail Sector (Minister of State, Mr. T. Kitt)
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Examine possible solutions to divergent interests of employers and workers regarding the issue of Sunday working in the retail sector
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Variable, but normally 6
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Mid-May 1998
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4
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North Mayo Enterprise Initiative (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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Response to closure of Asahi Ireland Ltd.
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Various interests brought on board as necessary
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No time limit. Work ongoing. Interim report submitted in November 1997
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5
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Tullamore Inter-Agency Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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Established following closure of Atlantic Mills
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as above
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as above
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6
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Tralee Inter-Agency Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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Set up after closure of Klopman plant
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as above
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as above
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7
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Leitrim Enterprise Project Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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To maximise employment in County Leitrim
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Under Chairmanship of County Manager (13 in all)
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as above
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|
8
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National Advisory Council on Teleworking (Minister of State, Mr. N. Treacy)
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Teleworking
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20
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30 April, 1999
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|
9
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Business Education and Training Partnership Forum (which includes an Expert Group on Skills and a Management Implementation Group) launched with the Minister for Education and Science (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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Skills needs, manpower forecasting and education for industry and business
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13 and 6 respectively
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ongoing
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10
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Clonmel Task Force (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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To make proposals and advise the Tanaiste in reponse to the situation in Clonmel arising from the closure of Seagate Technology
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13
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Interim Report submitted in April, 1998
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|
11
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National Minimum Wage Commission (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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The best way to implement the commitment in the Programme for Government to introduce a national minimum hourly wage
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5
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Report submitted to An Tanaiste on 30 March, 1998 and published on 5 April, 1998
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£27,898 to date
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12
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Enquiry under Section 38(2) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990 (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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Mr. Phil Flynn and Mr. Dan McAuley were requested under the aforementioned Act to undertake an urgent enquiry into the current dispute between SIPTU and Ryanair
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2
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Report expected shortly
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Not yet available
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13
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Year 2000 Awareness Campaign (Minister of State, Mr. N. Treacy)
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To advise the Minister for Science, Technology and Commerce on the Year 2000 computer problem
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14
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Ongoing
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|
14
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Ad-hoc Working Group on Mainstreaming (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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To devise a workable model for ”mainstreaming” the learning from the Employment Initiative with a view to further application
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16
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No specific reporting date
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15
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Social Economy Working Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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To undertake a detailed examination of the potential of the social economy both in terms of employment and also in the supply of services
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24
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Mid 1998
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16
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Ad-hoc Working Group on Seed Capital (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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Feasibility of setting up a joint public-private sector seed capital fund
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5
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Work completed end May, 1998
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|
17
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Rate for the Job Advisory Group (Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Miss Harney)
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Application of "Rate for Job" concept to the Community Employment Part-Time Job Option on a graudual basis
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11
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June 1998
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£5,000 approx.
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