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

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There are no specific regulations applying to car washing businesses for which my Department has responsibility.  These businesses are subject to general consumer protection legislation, including Part IV of the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980 on the supply of services; the Consumer Protection Act 2007 on unfair, misleading and aggressive...

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

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The European Union manages trade relations with countries outside the EU through its trade policy.  This means that it is the EU not individual member states that negotiate international trade agreements.  The European Commission acts as chief negotiator on behalf of the whole EU, but does so in close cooperation with the Council and European Parliament who ultimately approve any...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (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 the 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. My Department has not incurred costs regarding security arrangements on maintaining vacant or...

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

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was established on 1 October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and 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.  At that time, the WRC assumed the roles and...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am pleased to bring the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 before the Seanad today. This is a short Bill, comprising only two sections dealing with a particular and discrete issue in the law on financial reporting by companies, namely, the application of section 279 of the Companies Act 2014 which permits certain companies to prepare and file Companies Act financial statements using the...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank all the Senators for their cross-party support. My approach is to do the best thing no matter who puts it forward. I note to Senator Davitt that the supply and confidence agreement is working. I had intended to put this through in the statutory audits Bill but I am delighted that we could get it through this way. I thank the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the...

Seanad: Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I said that last week.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In October 2016 the Low Pay Commission submitted its report on the sub-minima rates of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, which included a study by the ESRI on the usage of sub-minima rates both in Ireland and internationally. The Commission found that sub-minima rates of a similar nature are in use in a number of OECD countries.  It concluded that incidence of usage of the sub-minima...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ticket Touting (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Twenty three submissions had been received by 10 April 2017 in response to the consultation.  The submissions will be made publicly available in due course. I have no immediate plans to issue a report summarising the main proposals and recommendations in the submissions, but have not ruled it out. 

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Data (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Of the Non-Commercial State Sponsored Bodies which come under the remit of my Department, the following Departmental officials have been appointed to their Board.  Agency Nominee IDA Ireland Dermot Mulligan SFI Dermot Mulligan Enterprise Ireland Clare Dunne PIAB Breda Power  HSA Paraig Hennessy NSAI Nina Brennan Some of these appointments were made by my predecessor...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Data (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The following agencies under the aegis of my Department are required to implement the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies: - Enterprise Ireland;   - National Standards Authority of Ireland; - The Personal Injuries Assessment Board;   - Health and Safety Authority;   - IDA Ireland; and -  Science Foundation Ireland. The Competition and Consumer...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Dispute Resolution Processes (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: EU Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes was transposed into Irish legislation through S.I.s 343 and 368 of 2015. The Directive on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) caters for business to consumer (B2C) transactions only and is intended to offer a simple, fast and low-cost alternative to civil...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am aware that IDA Ireland has had frequent engagement with Monaghan County Council and District Council with regard to the site in question and that the Agency continues to bring the facility to the attention of prospective investors.   Securing new investment for Monaghan, as well as other regional areas of Ireland, remains a priority of mine.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland maintains statistics in relation to site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis. It is expected that data on site visits for quarter 1, 2017 will be available at the end of this month.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The General Employment Permit application in respect of the named individual was received in the Employment Permits Section and was placed in the processing queue on the 22/03/2017. Applications are processed strictly in date order by Employer Type, that is, Trusted Partner or Standard Employer and applicants can keep track of our current processing dates at ...

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I do not support amendment No. 2, the effect of which would be to introduce a permanent exemption from an important transparency measure. It would also be confined to a particular sector, which I believe would not be appropriate. Furthermore, it would raise concerns from a state aid point of view. It is a long-standing rule of Irish company law that virtually all types of company must...

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Senator was chatting.

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The difficulty I have is with the third line of the amendment. It is on the distribution of pharmaceutical products. It only speaks about one type of company and one sector. We believe that will have implications on state aid rules. The issue is more complex than the Fianna Fáil amendment suggests. As I said, it affects other sectors and it may cut across state aid rules. I have...

Seanad: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (12 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I understand the Senators' comments but I still have to deal with the issue that this is not just in the pharmaceutical sector. I must talk with the other companies. We have written to the companies and I am meeting some of them tomorrow to understand exactly what their views and issues are. To be fair, the concerns of the pharmaceutical industry only came to light in the last few weeks,...