Lucinda Creighton
Ceist:300 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount of money owed to private firms by his Department. [42268/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 11 November 2010
Ceisteanna (300, 301, 302, 303)
Freagraí scríofa
My Department does not maintain a creditors ledger and therefore is not in a position to supply figures for the amount of money owed to private firms.
I would point out however, that under the recent return made by my Department in relation to the 2009 Government Decision on prompt payment that 88% in number and 97% in value of all payments were made within 15 days of receipt in the Department. These figures are 97.4% in number and 99.3% in value for all payments made within 30 days of receipt in my Department.
Lucinda Creighton
Ceist:301 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the number of external reports and reviews commissioned by his Department in 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; if he will name each report and review; if he will outline the spending on external reports and reviews in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42283/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department is compiling the information requested by the Deputy and I will communicate further with her once that exercise has been completed.
Lucinda Creighton
Ceist:302 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the total capital spending allocated to his Department in 2010; the total allocated moneys spent; the allocated capital spending within his Department in 2010 for each project in tabular form; the amount allocated to each project; the amount spent to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42298/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraCapital funding allocated to my Department's Vote is expended through various agencies under the remit of my Department, including IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, FÁS, Shannon Development, Inter Trade Ireland, the National Standards Authority of Ireland and the 35 City and County Enterprise Boards.
The Capital Allocation for 2010 for these agencies is set out in the Table overleaf and I anticipate that these allocations will be spent in full.
The funding is used by the agencies to operate programmes that provide a range of grants, supports and financial facilities to clients. Capital funding also covers the maintenance and development of the agencies' buildings and upgrading of equipment.
The operation of programmes funded through capital expenditure in my Department's Vote is a day-to-day matter for the agencies concerned. Details of the programmes and projects, which involve many hundreds of clients, are available in the agencies' Annual Reports and on their websites.
|
Agency |
2010 Capital Allocation |
|
€000 |
|
|
IntertradeIreland |
5,811 |
|
IDA — Grant to Industry |
85,000 |
|
IDA — Building Operations |
1,000 |
|
EI — Grant to Industry |
76,000 |
|
EI — Capital |
1,500 |
|
SFADCo |
3,600 |
|
S & T Programmes |
274,393 |
|
Building Grants and Capital Costs for Universities etc. |
13,700 |
|
County Enterprise Development |
14,994 |
|
INTERREG Enterprise Development |
2,152 |
|
NSAI — Capital |
500 |
|
FÁS Capital |
2,029 |
|
Total |
480,679 |
Lucinda Creighton
Ceist:303 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the amount spent by his Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42311/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe amount spent by my Department on public relations and advertising in the years 2008, 2009 and to date in 2010 is as follows:
|
Year |
PR and Advertising Costs |
|
€ |
|
|
2008 |
283,665 |
|
2009 |
148,936 |
|
2010 (to 30 September) |
70,835 |
In the time available, it has not been possible to include details in relation to the 8 Offices associated with my Department (Patents Office; Companies Registration Office; Registry of Friendly Societies; Labour Relations Commission; Labour Court; Employment Appeals Tribunal, Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the National Employment Rights Authority).