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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2017: Motion (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Chairman for giving me the opportunity to say a few brief introductory words on the Department's 2017 Revised Estimate. My officials have already provided the committee with a detailed briefing document. The material tries to give committee members a deeper understanding of what the Department is delivering and what we are hoping to do in the near to medium term. I also...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I beg the committee's pardon. Page 21, in the second sentence of Part 2, the 2016 Revised Estimates Volume, REV, allocation should be €810.4 million, not €813.4 million.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Are we taking groups of questions together?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There will be 39 people in Enterprise Ireland, nine in IDA Ireland and three or four in our Department.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Some of Enterprise Ireland's 39 jobs would be based abroad. The same applies in the case of IDA Ireland. They should have staff who are able to respond.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise Ireland is interviewing people. I also wish to ensure that the committee understands something else. It was first announced through this committee that we had given IDA Ireland an extra €500,000 to ensure that it was able to advertise and to do a good PR campaign. The Deputy also asked about the regional black spots. When IDA Ireland launched its 2017-2018 plan, it...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I hear what the Deputy is saying. We are adding to IDA Ireland's 275 staff, for example, by taking on graduates as part of another programme. We have made additional staff available in America under the Winning Abroad initiative, which was launched by IDA Ireland in mid-2014. I have just extended the funding of that initiative to make sure experienced people continue to be available to the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Chair for giving me an opportunity to explain that. Brexit will have an impact on our exporters. Enterprise Ireland deals with that client base here in Ireland. It has been dealing with approximately 1,500 companies on a weekly or daily basis since last year's referendum in the UK. It has contacted each of those companies to go through their accounts. It knows the weaknesses...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Deputy has said that there has been a reduction in the targets for the LEOs. The target for 2016 was for the LEOs to create 2,500 jobs, but they created 4,100 jobs. It was an exceptional year. The target for this year is 3,100. We hope this modest target for the LEOs will be exceeded. The Deputy also asked about Enterprise Ireland's response to Brexit. Enterprise Ireland has been...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I want loads and loads. InterTrade Ireland has been very successful. It has created approximately 2,100 jobs this year. It is working along the Border. It is working with companies that are trading across the Border. I urge any members of the public listening to this committee to go to the InterTrade Ireland website where one can see the resources that it is offering, particularly for...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: We have a service level agreement with each of the agencies. As Minister, I am always looking at the bottom line. The metric that I use is how many jobs are being created. We obviously want value for money. There are commitments in the programme for Government, such as the €200 million for IDA Ireland, to ensure they can create jobs in the regions. The commitment to create 200,000...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Most contracts will be for three years. I have had the great pleasure of meeting staff from Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland in Ireland and abroad. The Deputy would be so proud of them. They are experts in their field. They have sectoral knowledge and expertise. If we were recruiting for a role involving biopharma, the person employed would be an expert in biopharma. There are also...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Language is hugely important to them. We have, for example, targeted growth in China, India, Asia, the Gulf and Latin America. They would employ people from those countries to ensure the communication is good between companies that might be thinking of coming to Ireland or, even more important, our indigenous companies that might be thinking of going abroad. I talked about sectoral...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I regularly meet the IDA officials formally and informally. That would be a topic that came up. I have raised it with the chief executive again since we discussed it in the Dáil - I think it was last Wednesday or Thursday. Of course, I would like to see more site visits, but I again make the point that site visits are not the be-all and end-all. Many of the jobs that are announced...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I can compare it with Irish job creation. The Deputy talks about it being verified. I cannot verify anything because we just finished that programme last Sunday. There is a legal dispute and we cannot verify anything until after that legal dispute is resolved. On 27 March I wrote to the committee Chairman. We will set up the commission shortly. The timeline associated with the review is...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: With Enterprise Ireland it is €11,100. With IDA Ireland it is €10,500. With the LEOs it is €8,800. I will get the international figure for the Deputy. They are the Irish figures on what it costs us to support jobs.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: No.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Chairman and officials.