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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 260 and 261 together. The direct trading relationship between Ireland and the UK is significant with €1.2 billion traded between our two countries every week. The UK is and will continue to be a very important market across a wide range of sectors. EI continues to help a large number of companies deepen their presence in the UK by identifying new...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Growth Initiatives (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Action Plan for Jobs is the Government’s key instrument to support job creation. The Action Plan for Jobs is working. Almost 190,000 more people are at work today than in 2012 when the first Plan was launched. The original target was to add an extra 100,000 jobs by the end of 2016. In the first nine months of 2016, 48,500 new jobs were created. The unemployment rate was 7.3% in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise 2025 sets out a vision for Ireland as the best place to succeed in business, delivering sustainable employment and higher standards of living for all. The overarching ambition is to reach 2.18 people in employment by 2020, with growth delivered throughout the country. We aim to achieve and retain a top three competitiveness ranking. We aim to generate growth that is sustainable,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: As Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, my focus is on improving Ireland’s competitiveness performance. Ensuring Ireland is a competitive location internationally to establish and run a business is essential for job creation. In July of this year, the National Competitiveness Council published its annual Competitiveness Scorecard benchmarking report which provides an in-depth...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have brought this to the attention of IDA Ireland, the State Agency under my Department with responsibility for foreign direct investment. The Agency is not aware of any such proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Data (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The State Boards under the aegis of my Department are listed below in tabular form together with the make up of each board and the percentage of each board that is made up of women. The composition of the State Boards under the aegis of my Department including gender balance is listed on www.stateboards.ie. Name of Agency No of Members Male Female Percentage of Women Enterprise Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. Staffing numbers in the offices of Government Ministers and Ministers of State are managed in line with Instructions issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, this includes both civil servants and ministerial personal appointments. Civil Service staff are assigned to Ministers’ Private Offices and also the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 to 273, inclusive, together. It is not possible to provide the extensive detail sought by the Deputy in the limited time available for response. As the Deputy is seeking 9 years of payroll data spread over 11 different pay bands and there are currently 1,100 people on the Department’s payroll, the indicative total of all records falling under the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have brought this to the attention of IDA Ireland, the State Agency under my Department with responsibility for foreign direct investment. The Agency is not aware of any such proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I can advise the Deputy that the total photography costs incurred by my Department and its Offices since 9 March, 2011 are as follows: 2011 - €2,017 2012 - €4,100 2013 - €4,455 2014 - €4,534 2015 - €6,153 2016 (to date) – €4,130 The details for each year are set out in the following table. No expenditure for photography was incurred from...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts Data (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The names of external reports commissioned by my Department and Offices of my Department, the costs, the date or expected date of publication and the name of the external consultants are set out below for the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and to 12th December 2016. In some cases, the costs of the reports were shared with other bodies and these are noted below.The data in respect of 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Relations Contracts Data (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department awards contracts and procurements based on the most economically advantageous tender and strives to ensure that all contracts or procurements offered provide the greatest value for money possible. Officers of my Department closely monitor these contracts for their full duration.My Department has entered into the following contracts with public relations companies since March...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Correspondence (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ICT provision is made by my Department for the official business of Ministers to be conducted through official email accounts, and equipment is provided with appropriate security protocols to enable confidentiality to be maintained to the best standards possible and in so far as is possible within a challenging technological environment. There is no set policy in place regarding use of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland maintains statistics in relation to site visits by potential investors on a county by county basis only. The latest data available shows that at the end of quarter three this year there were eight site visits by potential investors to County Tipperary. It is important to note, however, that data on site visits is not necessarily an accurate measure of the level of Foreign Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The loss of jobs in Clonmel earlier this year was deeply regrettable. There is a clear need to create other employment opportunities in the region and both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland are working hard with that goal in mind. As part of this work, IDA Ireland has developed a detailed brief on the former Suir Pharma facility which is helping to inform the Agency’s intensive...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Prior to the announcement of the company closure in November 2015, IDA Ireland engaged with its management to try to find a way to retain the facility in the county. The company undertook then to work closely with IDA Ireland to find an alternative buyer for the site. While such a buyer has not yet been identified, the Agency continues to actively market the facility for new investors as a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since the result of the UK Referendum in June, I have held an extensive series of meetings. I am a member of the Cabinet Committee on Brexit, which has met on 4 occasions. With regards to my own Department and its agencies, I have established a Co-ordination Group on Brexit, consisting of the CEOs of both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, and relevant enterprise, single market and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland collates data on site visits on a quarterly basis. In the first three quarters of 2016, there were 489 site visits countrywide. The breakdown of those visits by region and county is provided in the enclosed table, which also includes figures for 2015 for comparison. Data on site visits for the final quarter of 2016 will be available early next year. I want to stress that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Legal Cases (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department has not entered into any non-disclosure agreements as a result of court proceedings in the last five years.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Counterfeit Goods (13 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Mobile phone chargers are classified as electrical equipment and the current product safety legislation covering electrical equipment is the European Union (Making Available on the Market of Electrical Equipment Designed for Use within Certain Voltage Limits) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 345 of 2016), which was signed into law on 29 June 2016. These regulations transposed the requirements of the...