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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Details of the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate legislation in the period in question are set out in the following table. Project Cost Date/Duration Number of Staff Involved Outsourced Yes/No Unofficial consolidation of the Patents Act, 1992. Staff time spent on producing the consolidations has not been costed. Unofficial consolidations were produced in 2012, 2014,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I am aware of the challenges that we face in meeting the demand for construction workers. My Department works in conjunction with the Department of Education and Skills in developing the policies and interventions to address the skills needs of the economy but primary policy responsibility for this area rests with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Data (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In 2015 my Department received delegated sanction, which remains in place, from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The sanction delegates to my Department the management of its, and its Agencies, pay and staff allocation (up to Principal Officer standard) within an overall pay budget. The number of staff in each of the Agencies under my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The following table provides a breakdown of grant aid provided by IDA Ireland to client companies in Dublin between 2014 and 2016. Details of grants paid in 2017 will be available in the coming weeks. It is important to note that grants paid in a particular year are not necessarily linked to either the investments won or the jobs created in that 12-month period. Grants are generally...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Protection (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am aware that the company in question has announced plans to restructure its global operations. I understand, however, that this process is still ongoing. The potential impact, if any, on the company's Irish operations is therefore still unclear. I want to emphasise that as soon as details emerged about this planned restructuring, I asked IDA Ireland to engage with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government is pursuing and preparing a number of complementary strategies which help promote job retention and creation across the regions. For example, since its launch in January 2015, the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) process - coordinated by my Department - is focused on ensuring that all regions of the country can fulfil their enterprise and job creation potential and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The latest disability information relates to the end of 2016. Information relating to 2017 is currently being gathered and will be submitted to the relevant Monitoring Committee by the 31st March 2017 as required by the Disability Act 2005. The 2016 information for my Department (which was then called the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) and its Agencies is listed in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In relation to the first point, the Deputy may be referring to data presented in the GeoView publication, the latest edition of which was published in the second half of 2017, and which notes Sligo's position relative to other counties in relation to commercial vacancy rates. The same publication also notes that all but two counties experienced a year on year rise in commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The following table provides details on IDA Ireland site visits to Sligo and Leitrim for the period 2012 to September 2017. Full year figures for 2017 will be available next month. The IDA continues to do its utmost to encourage clients to locate in regional areas, including counties Sligo and Leitrim. We have to remember, however, that the ultimate decision as to where to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland (EI) has an office located in the Spanish capital of Madrid which offers a large network of contacts and support across various sectors for EI client companies. In that regard, EI is playing a key role in supporting companies seeking out opportunities in Spain across a range of sectors including in telecoms and pharmaceuticals. The value of EI client company exports...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Communications (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I can confirm that my Department does not use any anti-profanity software on its email systems or online contact forms. Past experience indicates that there are occasions when legitimate email correspondence may contain profanities, and attempting to filter such material would block this correspondence.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategies (16 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In the time available, it has not been possible to provide the information requested. I will provide this to the Deputy once it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (17 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: “Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021” was published in September 2015 by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on behalf of Government at that time. This capital plan set out that an indicative amount of €3.01 billion in capital investments would be made through the Department’s Vote primarily through the enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Bullying in the Workplace (17 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: During the period in question, one complaint was lodged in 2017 under Dignity at Work – the Civil Service anti-bullying, harassment and sexual harassment policy. The complaint is the subject of an ongoing process and therefore it is not possible to state the outcome. Notwithstanding this, given the low number of complaints lodged during the period it would not be appropriate to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme announced in Budget 2018 will provide affordable working capital financing to eligible Irish businesses that are either currently impacted by Brexit or will be in the future. Along with the SBCI and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, my Department is continuing to develop the Brexit Loan Scheme ahead of its planned launch in March of this year. In...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The 2017 Revised Estimates Volume capital allocation for my Department was €555 million. The provisional outturn of capital expenditure was €546.53 million, leaving some €8.47 million in capital monies remaining. Of this, €8 million was converted to current moneys and expended by year end as part of the Department’s contribution to the new Brexit Loan...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s improving competitiveness performance over the period 2011-2016 has been central to the recovery in employment and economic growth. Nevertheless, as set out in the 2017 Competitiveness Challenge a range of threats have emerged, not least of which is the impact of Brexit. I share the Council’s view that Ireland must rigorously pursue cost competitiveness, address...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Under its current strategy, IDA Ireland has targeted an increase of 30% to 40% in foreign direct investment (FDI) in every region outside Dublin by 2019. Site visits remain an important tool to help encourage further such FDI and the IDA does its utmost to draw the attention of potential investors to suitable locations outside of our main urban areas. We should always remember,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together. On 3 January 2018, Enterprise Ireland (EI) announced its 2017 end year results. The 2017 performance was strong, reporting the highest employment in the history of the agency, the highest net job creation in the history of the agency and the lowest number of job losses since 1998. In 2017 EI supported client companies employed 209,338...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together. 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. Details of the number of LEO supported clients and of the number of jobs in micro-enterprises supported by the LEOs for 2015 and 2016...