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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in the border regions are the first-stop-shop for anyone seeking guidance and support on starting or growing their business. An extra €4 million in funding for the 31 LEOs in 2017 was allocated to fund a range of initiatives including Brexit supports across the country. These supports are aimed at strengthening the capacity of micro and small...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Since the parliamentary question to which the Deputy refers was taken, my Department and its Agencies have made progress in respect of filling Brexit related vacancies. These vacancies arose in respect of posts identified as a result of the additional €3 million that was secured in Budget 2017.  I have set out the specific updates in respect of each...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Western Development Commission (WDC) was established in 1999 to promote, foster and encourage economic and social development in the Western Region, which covers counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Clare.  I understand the Commission has invested over €45 million in enterprises in the Western region during this period. As you are aware, my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Since receipt of the submissions to the public consultation on the resale of tickets, officials of my Department have engaged in follow-up discussions with sporting bodies, event promoters, consumer bodies, primary ticketing service providers and secondary ticket marketplaces. My officials have also liaised with public authorities in EU and EFTA member states with laws that prohibit or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the first-stop-shop front line service assisting in delivering business growth and jobs for the small & micro-enterprise sector. The LEOs are the first port of call for anyone who wishes to start or expand a business, in terms of advice, training, sign posting to other support providers and, in certain circumstances, grant support. The LEOs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise development and job creation in the regions of Ireland is a key policy priority of this Government and my Department has been actively engaged in the regional jobs agenda through the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) initiative for the past two years. The Regional Action Plan for Jobs initiative is a central pillar of the Government’s ambition to create 200,000...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise development and job creation in the regions of Ireland is a key policy priority of this Government and my Department has been actively engaged in the regional jobs agenda through the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) initiative for the past two years. The Regional Action Plan for Jobs initiative is a central pillar of the Government’s ambition to create 200,000...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland’s results for 2017 reported 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. There were 10,309 net new jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies during 2017, bringing the total number to 209,338. In Westmeath, Enterprise Ireland (EI) supported...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and ‘soft’ supports in the form of training and mentoring to anyone wishing to start or grow a business. The LEOs provide a ‘signposting’ service in relation to all relevant state supports available through agencies such as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Brexit presents a significant challenge for Irish companies and the Government, through Enterprise Ireland, is seeking to build resilience within client companies. Brexit will drive companies to focus on increasing their competitiveness, on innovation and product differentiation in parallel with targeting new export markets. In January 2017, Enterprise Ireland launched a new strategy,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Extensive work has been ongoing in my Department to prepare for all Brexit eventualities. This includes both research and the development of specific supports. Officials of my Department have had discussions with senior officials from DG Competition on the potential and the real difficulties encountered by Irish businesses as a result of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.  In...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The IDA remains committed to increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) in every region of Ireland by 30% to 40% by the end of the Agency's current strategy in 2019.  Progress is being made towards that target and the Agency's results show, that in the first three years of the strategy, half of all jobs created have been based outside of Dublin.  IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The North East/North West Action Plan for Jobs is a key policy response for supporting enterprise development in the Border region including counties Sligo and Leitrim.  The Plan is stimulating job creation across the region by facilitating collaborative initiatives between the public and private sector, and through the provision of new competitive funds, via Enterprise Ireland (EI) to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The IDA’s Regional Property Programme (RPP), as announced in 2015, committed €150 million in Exchequer funding over five years to drive the growth of regional FDI by providing property solutions outside Dublin. As well as upgrading existing facilities and acquiring strategic sites suitable for investment, this programme also includes the construction of nine new advance...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Promotion (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland is one of the world’s most open export based countries. We rely on external demand and access to international trade markets for sustainable and continued economic growth. Trade constitutes an increasingly important means of creating more and better jobs and growing our economy. The combination of export-led growth and foreign direct investment has transformed...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am very conscious of the challenges as a result of Brexit faced by SMEs operating in close proximity to the border. My Department has been working with the Department of Finance, Enterprise Ireland (EI) and Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) and others to develop potential supports to respond to the needs of businesses impacted by Brexit. The Brexit Loan Scheme, announced...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 23 November 2017. A decision was made to refuse the granting of the application on 18 January 2018, and the applicant has been notified of this decision in writing and of their right to request a review of this decision in line with the provisions of the Employment Permits Acts within 28 days. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 11 January, 2018.  The Employment Permits section of my Department is currently processing standard applications received on 27 December 2017 and this application should be processed within the next 5 weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Contingency planning at both a domestic and an EU level is focused on three areas: preparing for a no-deal scenario or so-called “disorderly Brexit”; preparing for a transition period based on the “status quo”; and preparing for the future EU-UK relationship. While the outcome of the December European Council and the move on to Phase 2 has lessened the likelihood...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An additional €163m in funding for the Department’s Vote has been secured since the UK Vote on Brexit in June, 2016.  The additional funding is broken down between €157m in capital funding and €6m in Brexit specific Pay allocation. The additional capital for use by the Enterprise Agencies (includes. IDA, EI, the LEOs and SFI) will support our regional jobs...