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Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 25:In page 57, line 26, to delete "Act," and substitute "Act, and". These amendment together delete section 86(g) of the Bill. That section inserts a provision into Schedule 14 of the Companies Act 2014 that requires unregistered companies to prepare a directors' compliance statement. However, I now intend to introduce regulations to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 26:In page 57, line 27, to delete "Act, and" and substitute "Act.".

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 27:In page 57, to delete lines 28 to 32.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 29:In page 59, lines 12 and 13, to delete all words from and including "Section" in line 12 down to and including line 13 and substitute the following:"Section 633 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (4):". Amendments Nos. 29 and 30 are technical amendments and make further changes to section 633 of the...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 30:In page 59, to delete line 19 and substitute the following:“Supervisory Authority.”,and(b) in paragraph (5)(a) of the Table to the section, by the substitution of “within 30 months after” for “within 2 years after”.”.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 31:In page 61, after line 37, to insert the following:“(b) in section 183—(i) in subsection (9), by the substitution of “previous death of the appointer” for “previous death or insanity of the appointer”, and (ii) in subsection (10), by the substitution of “such death, revocation or transfer” for “such death,...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 32:In page 62, line 6, to delete “any floating charge created by the company” and substitute “a floating charge”. Amendment No. 32 is related to amendment No. 33. Both are technical and propose to correct a typographical error in an amendment tabled on Committee Stage.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 33:In page 62, line 11, to delete “subsection (1)(c)(i)” and substitute “subsection (1)(i) or (ii)”.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 34:In page 62, to delete lines 17 to 19 and substitute the following:“(j) in section 1205—(i) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “subsection (9)” for “subsection (8)”,and (ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):“(c) in subsection (10), there shall be substituted ‘such death or...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 35:In page 64, line 42, to delete “section 91” and substitute “section 100*”.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 to 290, inclusive, together. There were 24 job announcements by IDA Ireland client companies in the South East region from 2011 to date.  It is important to realise that the number of announcements does not necessarily reflect the level of FDI activity in the region, because not all IDA clients choose to publicly announce investments....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Living Wage concept is grounded in the idea that a person’s wage should be sufficient to maintain a safe, decent standard of living. At an individual level the resources required to achieve a minimum essential standard of living is very dependent on family circumstances and thus the interaction of individual earnings with household income and State-provided supports such as Child...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body established on 1 October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC has responsibility for information provision, workplace advice, mediation, conciliation, adjudication, inspection and enforcement in relation to employment rights, equality and equal status matters and industrial relations. Inspectors of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Youth Unemployment (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On 8 December 2016, the EPSCO Council discussed youth unemployment under the format of EU policies on the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative. At EU level, discussions on youth unemployment fall under the remit of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, also known as EPSCO.  While youth unemployment activation policies fall primarily...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) reports to the Taoiseach and the Government, through me on key competitiveness issues facing the Irish economy and offers recommendations on policy actions required to enhance Ireland’s competitive position. The Council is undertaking a benchmarking research exercise comparing Ireland and the UK across a number of dimensions based on key...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategies (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I secured additional monies for 2017 to provide for 39 targeted posts in Enterprise Ireland (EI) to enable it to support its clients across all markets. Extra staff will be placed in EI’s domestic and overseas offices with sectoral knowledge and expertise such as in engineering, food, life sciences and construction. This will drive export growth to other international markets where...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) covers virtually every aspect of economic activity.  It will remove over 99% of tariffs and will create sizeable new market access opportunities in services and investment in many sectors for Irish firms.  Irish firms will also be able to bid for Canadian public contracts at the federal and sub-federal level. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commercial Property (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Decisions in relation to the renting of commercial premises are a matter, in the first instance, for private sector enterprises and not a matter in which I have a function. A key intervention in terms of tackling commercial vacancy rates lies in the setting, by local authorities, of incentivised business rates for unoccupied premises. To this end, a number of Local Authorities have...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategies (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am very much aware of the potential impact of Brexit on border areas and I am committed to doing all I can to assist enterprise in the region.  I regularly engage with stakeholders from the area and, on 19 January, I hosted a large delegation of elected representatives from Cavan and Monaghan to discuss issues including Brexit. IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am informed by IDA Ireland that the 31,000 square foot Advance Technology Building located in Finisklin Business Park Sligo is due for completion at the end of next month. I understand that this building is already being actively marketed by the Agency to all potential investors.