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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (7 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...are crucial to attracting further investments in the country. The World Bank Ease of Doing Business 2019 report compares the ‘ease of doing’ business across 190 economies using quantitative indicators. The report assesses the impact of 10 areas of business regulation: starting a business; dealing with construction permits; getting electricity; registering property;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (6 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...that are crucial to attracting further investments in the country. The World Bank Ease of Doing Business 2019 report compares the ‘ease of doing’ business in 190 economies using quantitative indicators. The report assesses the impact of 10 areas of business regulation: starting a business; dealing with construction permits; getting electricity; registering property; getting...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report is an annual assessment of the factors driving productivity and prosperity in selected countries. The WEF Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) combines 103 indicators derived from both qualitative surveys and quantitative data to assess the drivers of productivity and long-term prosperity. The findings of the report serve as a critical reminder of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Payments (3 Mar 2015)

Heather Humphreys: ...area of conservation have received payments under the cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme administered by my Department. 5 applicants have received deliveries of turf. 74 applicants have indicated that they are land owners or turbary right holders and 11 claim to have been cutting with the consent of a land owner or turbary right holder. 74 applicants from Cloonmoylan Bog special...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: ...and to enable us to develop steps to improve our comparative performance. The European Commission annually produces the European Innovation Scoreboard which sets out Member States’ performance against a range of indicators and assists countries in tracking progress and identifying priorities.  The 2017 Scoreboard was published by the European Commission in June 2017, with...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (9 Nov 2016)

Heather Humphreys: As I indicated in my reply to Questions Nos 285, 287 and 288 on 8 November 2016, the budget for Foras na Gaeilge is subject to approval by the North South Ministerial Council, given its status as an agency of An Foras Teanga, which is a North South Implementation Body co-funded by my Department and the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland. An indicative provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (7 Jul 2015)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 and 613 together. As indicated in reply to Question No. 247 of 14 May 2015, the start of the closed period for hedge cutting was extended, under the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000, to 1 March, in recognition of the generally accepted nesting and breeding season in order to afford further protection to wild birds. While, as indicated in that reply,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (18 Jun 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The IMD's World Competitiveness Yearbook assesses countries across the globe using over 230 competitiveness indicators. It ranks and analyses the ability of nations to create and maintain a competitive business environment and as a result, foster prosperity and long-term value creation. It considers competitiveness using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative data. In the 2019 IMD...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (19 Jul 2016)

Heather Humphreys: My reply to Parliamentary Question No. 465 of 12 July 2016 indicated that while Ireland, like all EU Member States, is bound by the requirements of the Birds Directive, there are circumstances under which member states can derogate from certain provisions of the Birds Directive in cases where there is no other satisfactory solution. These applications can be made by individuals and public...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Development Plan sets out a high-level financial and budgetary framework, which includes indicative Exchequer allocations, for each Ministerial Vote Group, over a five-year period from 2018 to 2022. The indicative allocations provided for my Department in the Plan are set out in the following table: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 €555m €620m €630m €640m...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Funding (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Development Plan sets out a high-level financial and budgetary framework, which includes indicative Exchequer allocations, for each Ministerial Vote Group, over a five-year period from 2018 to 2022. The indicative allocations provided for my Department in the Plan are set out in the following table: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 €555m €620m €630m...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Development Plan sets out a high-level financial and budgetary framework, which includes indicative Exchequer allocations, for each Ministerial Vote Group, over a five-year period from 2018 to 2022. The indicative allocations provided for my Department in the Plan are set out in the following table: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 €555m €620m €630m...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Development Plan sets out a high-level financial and budgetary framework, which includes indicative Exchequer allocations, for each Ministerial Vote Group, over a five-year period from 2018 to 2022. The indicative allocations provided for my Department in the Plan are set out in the following table: 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 €555m €620m €630m...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Records indicate that a meeting with Enet took place in the Department on 30th January 2018. The meeting was attended by Minister Halligan and an official of the Department. I have arranged for the minute of this meeting to be sent to the Deputy. As I outlined in response to previous questions from the Deputy, I met with a representative of Enet in December 2016 in my previous role as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (8 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department's ongoing engagement with businesses and representative bodies and research indicates that the proportion of businesses preparing for Brexit is increasing, particularly among those businesses identified as most exposed to Brexit-related impacts. It also indicates that awareness of the key Brexit challenges is increasing. Almost 60% of Irish SME's report a good understanding of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: InterTradeIreland Funding (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: ...is jointly funded on an agreed basis by my Department and the National Ireland administration. The National Development Plan sets out a high-level financial and budgetary framework, which includes indicative Exchequer allocations, for each Ministerial Vote Group, over a five-year period from 2018 to 2022. The indicative allocations provided for my Department in the Plan are set out in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Mary Robinson Centre: Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. (15 Dec 2016)

Heather Humphreys: ...;2 million towards the cost of construction of the centre, subject to the standard conditions that apply to all such grants. The board of the Victoria House Foundation issued a statement on 28 November indicating its intention to review the option of developing the proposed centre in Ballina following the decision by the former President to donate her archive to NUI Galway. That review,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Budgets (12 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...published in the coming days. Whilst the definitive capital allocations for my Department for the years beyond 2020 will be determined as part of the normal estimates processes, the National Development Plan set out indicative Departmental capital allocations for the period 2018 to 2022. The indicative allocations for my Department for that period are set out in the Table below. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Sep 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...employer. At its peak, in early May, almost 600,000 people were in receipt of the payment. This number has fallen in the interim as people are enabled to return to work. The latest data indicates that some 110,730 people who received a payment of €350 before the implementation of the 2-tier structure have received at least one €203 payment. The two-tiered payment...