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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise 2025 (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise and job creation in the State is influenced by many aspects of Government policy – the national and international economic climate, the domestic business environment, including the regulatory regime, the taxation regime, competition policy, access to business finance, the availability of skills in the economy and so forth. My Department advocates in favour of pro-business...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The provision of State supported hedging products, or similar products aimed at subsidising an exchange rate, is prohibited under EU State Aid rules.  However, there are multiple financial providers active in the Irish market that can provide a comprehensive and competitive range of hedging and foreign exchange products to SMEs who require them. Viable Irish SMEs can access...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injury Claims (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The membership of the Personal Injuries Commission, chaired by Justice Nicholas Kearns, includes representatives from my Department, the Department of Justice and Equality, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association, the Bar Council, the Law Society, Insurance Ireland, the State Claims Agency as well as the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) and the Competition and Consumer...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injury Claims (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The following Table details the number of applications received by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) each year from 2010 to end February 2018 and the number of assessments accepted for that period. The remainder of cases are, either released by the issuing of an authorisation under section 14 (where the respondent does not consent to an assessment or liability may be an issue), or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injury Claims (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Section 51 of the PIAB Acts provides that PIAB assessments shall not be admissible in any subsequent proceedings unless the proceedings concerned relate to the enforcement of any assessment that is being accepted. There are a number of pieces of legislation that come under the remit of my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan T.D., to deal with exaggerated or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injury Claims (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) is an independent statutory agency and I, as Minister, am not permitted in my executive function to interfere in any way with the day to day operations and functions of PIAB.  Section 54 of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 sets out the principal functions of the Board. Section 54(1)(b) states: ‘to prepare and publish a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Job Creation (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I thank Senator Mac Lochlainn for raising this matter. As a representative from the constituency of Cavan-Monaghan, job creation in the Border region is particularly close to my heart. In that regard, I will begin by stressing that the Government is determined to support the growth of high-quality and sustainable employment across Ireland, including in County Donegal. Regional development...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Job Creation (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I do not accept what the Senator says regarding the lack of effort on creating jobs in Donegal. That is untrue. The figures the Senator quotes go back to 1999. He forgets to mention that in the middle of all that time we had a huge economic recession. He knows that as well as I do.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Job Creation (29 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Senator fails to acknowledge that. Most new IDA supported jobs are created from existing companies. There are three very good FDI companies in Donegal and the IDA continues to work closely with them. I have just returned from the United States and I have to make the point that the work the IDA does abroad is second to none. American politicians said to me, "How did you do it? You...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: At present, ‘Town Planning Officers’ are not listed on the Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List however applicants are eligible to submit an application for a General Employment Permit, subject to the usual criteria that apply to that permit type. The State’s general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the workforce of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: From February 9th 2018, when section 16(3)(b) International Protection Act 2015 was struck down by the Supreme Court, until the date of entry into force of the EU (recast) Reception Conditions Directive, any eligible international protection applicants can access the employment permit system on the same basis as other non-EEA nationals. The opt-in process, involving formal discussions with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts Data (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department considers hiring external consultants in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver the project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a project must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a prohibitive...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) has not asked my Department to provide extra financial or staff resources in 2017 and 2018. However, over recent years, a number of senior-level vacancies have arisen within the ODCE through a combination of retirement, promotion and transfer to other parts of the public service. In that context, the skill sets, competencies, roles...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Expenditure (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In terms of staffing resource management, the Department operates under a delegated sanction from the Department of Public Service and Reform. The terms of the delegated sanction require the Department to deliver its programmes and services within its allocated pay budget. It is not open, therefore, for the Department to unilaterally use non-pay money such as the money provided for legal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Section 13(1) of the Employment Permits Act 2006 states that a request for a review of a decision to refuse to grant an employment permit must be submitted by the applicant within 28 days of the date of a decision not to grant it. In the application you refer to, the applicant was the employer, not the employee. As the decision to refuse to grant this employment permit was made on 8...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has not enacted or published any legislation which originated in work carried out by the Law Reform Commission in any of the last ten years.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 612 to 614, inclusive, together. Reflecting the strength of the Irish economy and of global markets in 2017, Enterprise Ireland client companies have reported strong employment performance. Enterprise Ireland’s 2017 employment survey reported: - the highest employment in the history of the agency with 209,338 people employed in Enterprise Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: IDA Ireland continues to highlight the benefits of expanding or locating in Donegal to its client base. It is important to remember, however, that the final decision as to where to invest always rests with the company concerned. It is also the case that site visit activity does not necessarily reflect investment potential, as at least 70% of all new FDI comes from existing IDA Ireland client...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Financial Services Regulation (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I welcome the publication by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) of its report into the personal contract plan car finance market (PCPs). The report was the first comprehensive study of the PCP market in the State. I am also aware that the Central Bank published “An overview of the Irish PCP Market” in recent weeks. The CCPC’s report made a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (17 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The requirements regarding the preparation and publication of the financial statements of limited companies and groups are provided for by the EU Accounting Directive (2013/34/EU) and by the EU Regulation 1606/2002 and the International Financial Reporting Standards adopted by the EU under the provisions of that Regulation. These requirements are largely given effect in Irish law in the...