Results 121-140 of 231 for going forward speaker:Heather Humphreys

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (1 Oct 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment. In early 2019, the Government agreed to establish an Interdepartmental Group (IDG) to explore how social inclusion schemes might be organised going forward.  A number of meetings of the IDG took place and a series of follow-up meetings were undertaken with the relevant Departments. There was also a stakeholder...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Rights (22 Sep 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 494, 495 and 501 together. The Duffy Cahill report, which was commissioned by the Government in the aftermath of the Clery's closure, highlighted how the issues raised by the event and the subsequent legal cases are highly complex. The Duffy-Cahill Report was sent to the Company Law Review Group (CLRG) in 2016 for its consideration as part of the work...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tidy Towns (17 Sep 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...way. The situation in relation to the 2021 competition will depend on the public health considerations and advice as we head into the first quarter of next year. My Department will be monitoring the situation on an on-going basis and a decision on the competition, with any necessary precautions in place, will be made early in 2021.  The competition undoubtedly brings many benefits to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (17 Sep 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...be met, including being in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment for a specific period.  The focus of CE is on those who are long-term unemployed and the programme is monitored on an on-going basis to ensure that the CE schemes are meeting the needs of both the communities, including rural communities,  and the CE participants.  In keeping with the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (17 Sep 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...workforce by breaking their experience of unemployment. In early 2019, the Government agreed to establish an Interdepartmental Group (IDG) to explore how social inclusion schemes might be organised going forward. A number of meetings of the IDG took place and a series of follow-up meetings were undertaken with the relevant Departments. There was also a stakeholder...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (8 Sep 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...person’s chances of returning to the labour market. In early 2019, the Government agreed to establish an Interdepartmental Group (IDG) to explore how social inclusion schemes might be organised going forward. A number of meetings of the IDG took place and a series of follow-up meetings were undertaken with the relevant Departments. There was also a stakeholder consultation process...

Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputies for their good wishes and I look forward to working with them in my new role. I want to clarify that the Department of Rural and Community Development is a separate Department, as is the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. They are being maintained on a separate basis and I look forward to working as Minister, separately, for both Departments. ...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (28 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...prior to applying for the PUP.  For self-employed customers, the last year for which complete data is available is 2018.  This is the year which was used in determining the correct rate of PUP going forward.  As the Department has identified the person concerned as self-employed, it is basing its decision on his return of income in the 2018 tax year.  The Revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jun 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...Department and across Government are designed to build confidence, to further assist businesses in terms of the management of their companies and to allow them to begin looking to the future and start charting a path forward for weeks and months ahead. For a full list of supports for business please see . The full range of Enterprise Ireland, Local Enterprise Office (LEO) and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (9 Jun 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...that Enterprise Ireland has been in direct contact with all of those applicants, including the applicant in question, and have clarified eligibility of their application. All applicants deemed eligible go forward to be scored under this competitive call, which is in progress. I am committed to supporting the needs of the retail sector in developing their online capability and enhancing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (20 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...for a period of twelve months after recommencement of trading during which time there will be no debt enforcement action taken by Revenue and no interest charge accruing in respect of the warehoused debt. These specific measures supplement those supports for business that the Government put in place at the start of the COVID-19 crisis. There is now a...

Covid-19 (Business, Enterprise and Innovation): Statements (14 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...is at a rate we have never seen and our business community is under extraordinary and unprecedented pressure. Covid-19 came at us with unprecedented speed and the Government moved quickly to bring forward a series of measures to support those impacted by the pandemic. These include emergency income support such as the temporary Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme, the Covid-19 pandemic...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data (13 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...the announcement made in 2020 only. Enterprise Ireland has advised that a total of 35 projects were not approved for funding in Call 3, including four projects that did not meet the eligibility criteria to go forward for assessment; however due to the inter-county collaborative nature of the projects, it is not possible to track the number of unsuccessful projects by county.I can however...

Social Protection (Covid-19): Statements (2 Apr 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...answers to clarify some of the issues raised. It is important to acknowledge where we stand. The live register figures released earlier highlight starkly the changed economic landscape. A month ago, we had full employment with more people at work than ever before. Sadly, today's figures show that more than 500,000 people are now in receipt of some form of income support. This is...

OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Before I start, it would be useful to set the scene by explaining the rationale behind the OECD review and the Government's focus on improving SME productivity in our whole-of-government plan, Future Jobs Ireland. As we know, the financial crisis tested our people and businesses, sometimes to the limit of their endurance. However, our country has made great strides since the dark days of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Corporate Governance (10 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...by Government 4 December 2018 1.2 Publish the General Scheme of Bill Published 4 December 2018. 1.3 Pre-legislative scrutiny Pre-legislative scrutiny is on-going 1.4 Publish Bill Awaiting outcome of pre-legislative scrutiny 1.5 Enact Bill Awaiting outcome of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Equal Opportunities Employment (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...entrepreneurship - this represented a 19% increase on similar targeted services in 2017. EI has also developed a series of female accelerator programmes in partnership with knowledge providers such as Going for Growth, the National Digital Research Centres (NDRC) Female Founders Programme, Dublin BIC Innovate, and DCU Ryan Academy Female Highfliers. To promote and support the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Relations (12 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...to cover foreign direct investment, as well as making the European Parliament a co-legislator alongside the Council on trade matters. Under this architecture the European Commission acts as lead negotiator on behalf of all EU countries regarding trade agreements with non-EU countries. Member States (in Council) approve negotiating directives (or mandates) before negotiations begin, are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises (12 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...;s Review of SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland. My Department and its Agencies are focused on providing the most appropriate and focused supports to Irish firms. Through my Department’s ongoing engagement with the OECD secretariat, I was made aware of what was at that point a forthcoming recommendation to establish an interdepartmental committee on SMEs and...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (6 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Bill will go through Committee Stage today and will then be reported to the Dáil. I will then have to go back to the Seanad to bring forward the amendments we made to the original Bill. They have to go back to the Seanad. That will be done as quickly as possible.