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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Funding (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the EU Directive on Transparency of Grants. Under this Directive, new EU transparency rules for state aid became effective from 1 July 2016 with requirements that relevant information be published on the EU State Aid Competition Transparency Public Search database. IDA Ireland is in full compliance with the Directive and all relevant information...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There is no denying that American investment is very important to Ireland’s economic well-being. The US is the largest source of foreign direct investment (FDI) here, accounting for over 70% of the country’s total overseas investment. Approximately 140,000 people in Ireland are also directly employed by US companies. As regards the policies of the new US...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In 2015, Enterprise Ireland created 21,118 new jobs resulting in a net gain of 10,169 jobs across the country. 2,099 jobs were created in the border regions. I launched Enterprise Ireland’s 2016 end of year results on Monday, 9 January 2017. In 2016, Enterprise Ireland supported companies employed 201,108 people. Within this, 19,244 new jobs were created resulting in a net gain of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: An application for the renewal of a General Employment Permit for the person referred to by the Deputy was received on 4th October 2016. Having considered all the available information, a decision to refuse to grant an employment permit issued on 18th November 2016. The reasons therein included that it appeared from information submitted that the foreign national did not receive the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Sites Visits (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland maintains statistics in relation to site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis. Since 2010 to the end of quarter 3 in 2016 there were a total of 92 IDA sponsored site visits to counties Louth, Meath, Monaghan and Cavan. The table below sets out the breakdown by county of these visits. Data on site visits for quarter 4 2016 will be available shortly. It is important...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Company Law Review Group (CLRG) is a statutory expert body that reviews and advises me on company law matters. I set the work programme in consultation with the CLRG at least once in every two years under section 961 of the Companies Act 2014. The current CLRG work programme runs from the beginning of June 2016 to the end of May 2018 and work on these matters is ongoing. A copy of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Employment Permits Section of my Department received an application for a General Employment Permit on 5th January 2017 for the foreign national as detailed in the attachment. Applications are assessed strictly by date of receipt of fee and current processing date for applications relating to non-trusted partner employers is 7th November 2016. The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Neither my Department nor IDA Ireland has provided any assistance of any kind to the foreign company referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: As a small open economy, Ireland operates in an environment of continuous and fast-paced change globally – and has done for decades. In today’s increasingly inter-connected world, geopolitical, technological and financial forces that happen elsewhere have implications for Ireland’s economic growth. Competition to attract FDI has intensified significantly, and all FDI is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (17 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department originally published the draft Scheme of a comprehensive Consumer Rights Bill for public consultation on 25 May 2015. Part 5 of the draft Scheme proposes to strengthen consumer protection against unfair terms, including removing the exemption for negotiated terms, narrowing the scope of the terms exempt from assessment for unfairness, and expanding the list of contract terms...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Investigations (18 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am interpreting the Deputy’s question as relating to the costs to the Exchequer of any ongoing statutory enquiries or investigations.  There have been no costs incurred by my Department in relation to ongoing statutory enquiries or investigations.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Funding (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: A list of companies that received grant assistance from IDA Ireland in 2015 is set out in the table below. Details in relation to grants paid by IDA Ireland in 2016 will be available later this year, when the Comptroller and Auditor General completes its annual audit. It is worth noting that grants paid in a particular year do not necessarily reflect either the investments won or the jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland collates its employment data on an annual basis by region and by county. Sectoral employment data is maintained on a national basis only. The below table sets out details of the number of IDA Ireland supported jobs in Galway in 2015 and 2016. Earlier this month, IDA Ireland announced that client supported employment reached a record high of 199,877 in 2016, with all regions...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: EU Regulation No 1407/2013 (the de minimis Regulation) sets out the rules for granting small amounts of financial aid to enterprises which are unlikely to affect trade and distort competition (de minimis aid). Generally, public bodies are allowed to grant aid to a single undertaking of up to €200,000 over a 3 year fiscal period without prior notification or approval from DG...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have met representatives of companies, business organisations and other stakeholders throughout the country in recent months and to date none of them have indicated that they will move any of their operations to the UK as a result of the Brexit referendum in 2016. I am deeply engaged with my Department’s agencies - Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland - to ensure sufficient...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis. The latest data available covers the first three quarters of 2016 only, during which there were 489 site visits countrywide. It is expected that details on site visits for quarter 4 2016 will be available shortly. IDA Ireland Site Visits by County 2015 and to End Q3 2016 County 2015 2016 (to end...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 300 together. IDA Ireland’s official employment figures are drawn from an employment survey conducted by my Department on an annual basis. The following table provides a breakdown of the total number of IDA Ireland supported jobs including new jobs created and lost on a county by county basis in IDA Ireland client companies in 2014, 2015 and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 301 and 302 together. IDA Ireland reported a second, consecutive record year in 2016. 199,877 people are now employed in IDA Ireland supported client companies, up from 188,035 in 2015. This is the highest level of employment in the Agency’s history and, importantly, every region posted net job gains in 2016. Further details of IDA supported...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise Ireland supports companies in every region of Ireland to start, scale and remain competitive on international markets. Enterprise Ireland uses a developmental approach across all aspects of its clients’ needs, including business development, sales and marketing capabilities, innovation and R&D activity, technology development, continuous competitiveness...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise Ireland supports companies in every region of Ireland to start, scale and remain competitive on international markets. Enterprise Ireland uses a developmental approach across all aspects of its clients’ needs, including business development, sales and marketing capabilities, innovation and R&D activity, technology development, continuous competitiveness and...