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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The European Commission adopted its proposal to amend Directive 1978/660/EEC on 9 July 2002 (COM (2002)259/2 final). As part of the EU co-decision legislative process, the European Parliament proposed amendments to the text of that proposal, and some of these are reflected in the final text of what is now Directive 2003/51/EC. What impact, if any, those amendments have had on Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cyber Security Policy (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department does not use the technology which was the subject of the recent incident in the NTMA.  Consequently, no actions specific to those technologies are required by my Department. My Department takes cyber security very seriously.  It invests considerable resources in cyber security defence and regularly reviews and updates the defences and mitigations available.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 655 and 660 together. The Government and IDA Ireland did everything it could to avert the decision by HP Inc. I spoke with the company's senior management earlier this month.  The IDA engaged intensively with HP Inc as well. Senior executives from the Agency visited the company in California and proposals were put forward to try...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 completed Committee Stage in the Dáil on 22 November 2016. Enactment of the Bill is a legislative priority for the Government. Accordingly, I hope Dáil Report Stage will be scheduled as soon as possible. Clearly, the timing of enactment thereafter will depend on the availability of parliamentary time. Section 279 of the Companies Act 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The employment of all non-EEA nationals in the State is governed by the Employment Permits Acts 2003 – 2014.  Under this legislation in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality which allows them to reside and work in the State without the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The General Scheme of the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017 is being sent to the Chairperson of the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation this week for consideration and it will be available on the legislation page of the Department’s website shortly after that.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Section 279 of the Companies Act 2014 provides that in limited cases for a particular transitional period, US Accounting Standards (US GAAP) may be used by certain companies. This period is due to expire on 31 December 2020. On 17th January 2017 the Government approved the General Scheme of the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill. One of the Heads in that Bill is a provision to extend the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (14 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In October last year, I led an investment mission to the West Coast of the US along with the CEO of IDA Ireland, Martin Shanahan. During this visit, I met with over 40 potential and existing IDA Ireland client companies in San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Los Angeles and Orange County. Whilst I cannot release details of these companies, due to commercial and client confidentiality, I...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Like the majority of Members in this Chamber, I got into politics to make a difference, to improve people's lives. What has happened to Sergeant McCabe and his family is disgraceful. We need to put in place the public inquiry to get to the truth. I and the Government want proper terms of reference. I also want our people to get jobs and no longer to have to emigrate. I want them to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Regulation (EC) No 1606/2002 was adopted on 19 July 2002. Article 3(2) has not been amended since then. Article 1(9) of Directive 2003/51/EC of 18 June 2003 amended Article 31 of Directive 1978/660/EEC of 25 July 1978 by replacing the existing text of paragraph (1)(c)(bb) and by inserting a new paragraph (1a).  The new text of paragraph (1)(c)(bb) made no reference to losses. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005) provides for the securing of the safety, health and welfare of persons at work. Specifically that Act places a duty on employers to ensure as far as reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare of their employees. This duty includes the assessment of the risks at that place of work and the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the first-stop-shop for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports to those wishing to start or grow their own business. The LEOs can offer direct grant aid to microenterprises (10 employees or fewer) in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sector which, over time, have the potential to develop into strong...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Action Plan for Jobs for the Dublin Region was launched in January 2016, the last of 8 Regional Action Plans to be published. The core objective of the Plan is, through the delivery of 90 collaborative actions, to increase employment in the region by 10-15% to 2020, resulting in the delivery of 66,000 additional jobs to the region in that period. The first Progress Report was published...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: This company's facility in Tallaght is a data centre. Details on the number of positions at the facility are not available.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Ownership of this facility changed recently and IDA Ireland is working with the senior management of the new company in order assess potential future developments.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is engaging intensively with all agencies of her Department including Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) and with the research community generally on the possible implications of Brexit for research and innovation in Ireland. As part of the Government’s ongoing consultation work on Brexit, a series of dialogues with civic...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has met formally with the Director General of SFI on three occasions since her appointment. The Minister of State for Training, Skills and Innovation has met formally with the Director General of SFI on six occasions since his appointment. The possible implications of Brexit has been a discussion point during some of these...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Ireland has won €337 million in competitive EU funding under Horizon 2020 from 2014 to September 2016. Higher Education Institutes accounted for €198 million or, 59% of the total. Companies won €104 million or, 31%, with €74 million of this going to SMEs. This result indicates that Ireland is on track to achieve its national target of securing €1.25...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Travel (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The table shows the costs borne by my Department to date for the official foreign engagements that I and my Ministerial colleagues, Minister Breen and Minister Halligan, have undertaken since our appointments in May 2016. In a number of instances, the columns which show “Not applicable” indicate that travel undertaken was either on a single day and did not involve...

Topical Issue Debate: Industrial Disputes (16 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Deputies Joan Collins, Clare Daly, Carol Nolan, Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Mick Barry for raising this matter and welcome the opportunity to respond. I have no direct role in the resolution of this dispute or similar disputes. I understand the dispute at Tesco relates to proposed changes to pre-1996 employee contracts for approximately 250 of the 14,500 staff employed at Tesco....