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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403 and 404 together. IDA Ireland’s performance in 2017 resulted in the third consecutive year of strong growth under the Agency's current strategy. By the end of last year, total employment in the Agency's client companies stood at 210,443, of which over 122,000 people are employed in IDA client companies outside of Dublin. I am working closely with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ticket Touting (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table: Company/Organisation Number of Meetings Aiken Promotions 3 Consumer Association of Ireland 1 DoneDeal 1 Football Association of Ireland 1 Gaelic Athletic Association 1 MCD Promotions 1 StubHub 3 Seatwave 1 Tickets.ie 2 Ticketmaster 1 Toutless.com 1 Viagogo 1

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Communications Unit (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Department officials and representatives of the Enterprise agencies have engaged with the Strategic Communications Unit as part of the wider development of the Global Footprint 2025 initiative. This process is still ongoing. With regard to accelerating efforts to diversify source markets for FDI, IDA Ireland will establish a Pioneering Markets team within its Growth Markets Division,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Communications Unit (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Action Plan for Jobs 2018 sets out how the Strategic Communications Unit (SCU) of the Department of An Taoiseach will, in conjunction with my Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and other relevant Departments and agencies, coordinate a national Brexit preparedness public information and awareness campaign. This campaign has been discussed at a number of meetings...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise 2025 Renewed was launched on 9th March 2018 and sets out the aim to have 2.3 million people in employment by 2020.  This will be measured by reference to average employment over the four quarters of 2020. The objective is to ensure that, through the implementation of effective policies, we realise employment growth that is sustainable over the longer term and that job creation...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland ranks 17th of 190 economies on their ease of doing business based on 11 different indicators using the World Bank's Doing Business competitiveness ranking. The ambition in Enterprise 2025 Renewed is that Ireland's ranking according to this measure be amongst the top 5 small countries. For this purpose, Ireland is compared against other comparable high income countries, as designated...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Competitiveness is challenging to measure. The National Competitiveness Council uses three main competitiveness benchmarks - those of the World Bank, IMD and the World Economic Forum (WEF) which differ in terms of methodology, data sources and country coverage. These indices are not perfect measures of competitiveness and can be somewhat subjective in nature. It is also important to bear in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise 2025 Renewed, launched on 9th March, sets out a target to have 2.3 million people in employment by 2020. The objective is to ensure that, through effective policies, we realise employment growth that is sustainable over the longer term to 2025. Enterprise 2025 Renewed does not set out annual targets. Nevertheless, the Action Plan for Jobs 2018 (launched together with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In early 2015, Enterprise Ireland launched the Capital Investment Initiative to assist client companies improve productivity and competitiveness through the acquisition of new capital equipment and technology. This initiative, which is targeted at manufacturing and/or an internationally traded services SMEs, provides grant aid of up to a maximum of €250,000. Approved funding under...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland’s Strategy 2017-2020 represents a strategic response to Brexit aiming to grow more resilient Irish companies by building scale and expanding reach. To support its Strategy, my Department provided for additional capital monies in 2017 to enable EI implement a variety of initiatives and ramp up its supports to drive improvements in productivity, innovation, management...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I welcome the publication on 6 March 2018 by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) of its report on the personal contract plan (PCP) car finance market. The report contains a number of recommendations, mainly for consideration by the Department of Finance and the Central Bank of Ireland, which, if acted upon, would afford additional protections to consumers in the PCP...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland has no Bilateral Investment Treaties (BITs) since the termination of its BIT with the Czech Republic in 2011. BITs set the terms and conditions for investments between two states. Most of the intra-EU BITs date back to the 1990s when one or both countries were not yet a member of the EU. Their aim was to strengthen investor protection in cases of potential unfair or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am in regular formal and informal contact with all the Agencies under my Department’s remit. I last met formally with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Julie Sinnamon, and the Chairperson, Terence O’Rourke, of Enterprise Ireland at the Enterprise Ireland Board meeting on 14 February 2018 and was introduced to the full Board. Prior to this date, I met with the CEO and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Development Plan Data (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Development Plan 2018-2027 sets out the significant level of investment which will underpin the National Planning Framework (NPF) and drive its implementation over the next ten years. One of the National Strategic Outcomes of the NPF is the achievement of a strong economy, supported by enterprise, innovation and skills. Over the lifetime of the National Development Plan, my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Details in relation to additional funding and staffing requests from the Health and Safety Authority are set out in the tables. It should be noted that given the role and remit of the Health and Safety Authority it is staffed by a mixture of technical expertise grades at inspector level and administrative grades. The technical inspector grades cover the Occupational Safety and Health remit...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Regarding its financial resources, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (CCPC) allocation is divided between “General Administration” and “Financial Information and Education Functions” expenditure. The first element covers the general administration and expenses of the CCPC in relation to the exercise of its statutory functions, except for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Vacant Properties (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government is committed to providing supports that will assist the key stakeholders in towns and villages to make their centres vibrant and vital. My Department continues to offer a suite of measures to support businesses to grow and new business start-ups, primarily through our enterprise agencies and the Local Enterprise Offices. As noted in the Framework for Town Centre Renewal,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff Data (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I have employed the services of two Special Advisers, details of whom are available through the Department of Public Expenditure website, but are set out below for the Deputy’s information. Name Role Salary Ms Lucy Moylan Special Adviser PO Standard Scale (Point 1) Mr. Pauric McPhillips Special Adviser PO Standard Scale (Point...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: This Government is strongly committed to regional development and my Department and its agencies are working towards ambitious targets to ensure that employment and investment are as evenly distributed across the country as possible. The employment situation in the South East, which covers Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and South Tipperary, has been steadily improving in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Partnership Government commitment is to support the creation of 200,000 jobs by 2020, including 135,000 jobs outside of Dublin.  Regional job creation targets have been set through the Regional Action Plan for Jobs, the primary objective of which is to have a further 10 to 15 per cent at work in each region by 2020 and to ensure the unemployment rate of each region is...