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Order of Business (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Deputy is messing.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Employment Rights Authority (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body which was established on 1 October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC assumes the roles and functions previously carried out by the National Employment Rights Authority, the Equality Tribunal, the Labour Relations Commission and the first-instance functions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I understand that the company in question has agreed a lease on an existing building in the IDA Business Park in Dundalk. It is anticipated, once works are completed to the building and the company completes other preparatory requirements, that the facility will be operationally ready by the middle of this year.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Fund for Strategic Investments (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The European Fund for Strategic Investment, EFSI, is an EU initiative launched jointly by the European Investment Bank and the European Commission. The initiative is designed to help overcome the  low levels of private investment in in key areas such as infrastructure, education, research and innovation, as well as risk finance for small businesses in the European Union by mobilising...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In accordance with Council Regulation No 2015/1588 of 13 July 2015 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to certain categories of horizontal State aid (codification) the Advisory Committee on State Aid is a consultative forum. The Commission is required to consult the Advisory Committee on State aid when publishing draft Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The purpose of the amendment to insert a new section 3(1)(j) into the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 is to delete section 1237 (5) of the Companies Act 2014. Section 1237(5) of the Companies Act 2014 gives the Minister the power to grant an unlimited company an exemption from the obligation in section 1237(1) of the same Act, to end the name of the company with “unlimited...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Appeals (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The General Employment Permit application in respect of the named individual was refused on the 27/03/2017 on the grounds that the employment did not appear to be eligible for this employment permit type and that all required documentation was not provided.    The applicant has requested a review of this decision in line with Section...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The General Employment Permit application in respect of the named individual was refused on the 22/03/2017 on a number of grounds.  The employer in this case has been convicted of an offence under the Employment Permits Acts. The Employment Permit Acts provide that the Minister may refuse to grant an employment permit for a period of five years after such...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Accommodation for my Department is provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in buildings which are either State owned or leased by OPW on our behalf.  Therefore, my Department does not directly own or control any properties.  No building assigned to my Department by the OPW is unoccupied.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

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

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The IDA is working assiduously, on a daily basis, to pursue opportunities for new foreign direct investment (FDI) that may arise for Ireland on account of Brexit. This process involves engaging with potential clients, both at home and abroad, in connection with various issues associated with locating or expanding in Ireland. This work is highly sensitive in nature, given the commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Over the last six years there have been eight IDA Ireland-sponsored site visits by potential investors to County Cavan.  It is important to remember, however, that site visits do not reflect the totality of efforts made by the Agency to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to a particular region or county. It is also the case that site visits themselves are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2014 do not specifically prescribe a definition of appropriate identification. For the Deputy’s information, in practice, an example of appropriate identification would be a letter from the employer stating the trainees name, what training the trainee is undertaking, when they began the training, the name of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: A competent person is defined in section 2 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 as: “(2) (a) For the purposes of the relevant statutory provisions, a person is deemed to be a competent person where, having regard to the task he or she is required to perform and taking account of the size or hazards (or both of them) of the undertaking or establishment in which he or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since the dissolution of the County Enterprise Boards in April 2014, the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and ‘soft supports’ to those wishing to start or grow their own business. The LEO services include an extensive range of high-quality training and mentoring supports which are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since the dissolution of the County Enterprise Boards in April 2014, the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and ‘soft supports’ to those wishing to start or grow their own business. The LEO services include an extensive range of high-quality training and mentoring supports which are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 781 and 782 together. Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is globally recognised as the key economic differentiator.  RDI enables companies in Ireland to make products and services that are better, cheaper or more novel than those in global markets.  Thus, in order to export, and to provide insulation from market shocks, such as those posed by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is globally recognised as the key economic differentiator.  RDI enables companies in Ireland to make products and services that are better, cheaper or more novel than those in global markets.  Thus, in order to export, and to provide insulation from market shocks, such as those posed by Brexit, Irish companies must innovate. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is globally recognised as a key economic differentiator.  RDI enables companies in Ireland to make products and services that are better, cheaper or more novel than those in global markets.  Thus, in order to export, and to provide insulation from market shocks, such as those posed by Brexit, companies in Ireland must innovate. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Following engagement between my officials and the Deputy's Oireachtas office, the following clarification on the information sought by the Deputy was provided by his office: "The deputy is looking for the aggregate of funding secured under Horizon 2020 for each of the years 2014 to 2016 inclusive with the aggregate broken down by higher education institution, and for the aggregate of funding...