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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) has been in operation since 2012, and as of 31 December 2017, 530 loans to the value of €84,396,594 have been sanctioned by participating lenders under the scheme. The CGS is currently operated on behalf of the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). While the benefit of a guarantee is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am very conscious of the anxiety that the announcement of possible job losses by the company concerned creates for the workers there.  My first thoughts are with these workers and their families as well as their local communities as they receive this difficult news. I understand that the company in question are planning to achieve cost savings by driving simplification of its...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Innovation 2020, Ireland’s strategy for research and development, science and technology, sets out Ireland’s ambition to be a Global Innovation Leader.  Benchmarking Ireland’s performance against other comparable economies is a key tool to enable the delivery of that ambition and to enable us to develop steps to improve our comparative performance. The European...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The tables attached show that Ireland ranks 15th out of 28 EU countries in terms of Government Budget Allocations for R&D (GBARD) in 2016 and 18th out of 28 EU countries in terms of its GBARD as a percentage of total Government expenditure in 2016. 2016 is the latest data available. Source of data: Eurostat. - GEO/TIME 2016 European Union (current...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government Budget Allocations for R&D (GBARD) as a percentage of GDP, GNP and the GBARD trend 2005-2017 are available at the link below. Estimates for 2018 are not available yet as the R and D Budget Survey 2018 is currently in the field. .

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The attached table shows capital expenditure for publicly funded R and D in Ireland for 2005-2017. In addition to Irish Government funding, capital R and D expenditure is funded by the European Commission. These figures are also shown in the table. The figure for 2018 is not yet available as the R and D Budget Survey is in the field. € thousands 2005 2006 2007...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme launched on 28 March provides affordable financing to eligible Irish businesses either currently impacted by Brexit or which will be in the future. The €300 million scheme is being delivered by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) through participating finance providers (currently Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank, with AIB to follow in June)...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) reports to Government on key competitiveness and productivity issues facing the economy and offers recommendations on policy actions required to enhance Ireland’s competitiveness. The NCC is independent of Government and under its Terms of Reference is responsible for the management and direction of its own work programme. Since the UK...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (19 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department, through its agency Enterprise Ireland, supports companies in urban and rural areas to start, innovate and remain competitive in international markets, now and into the future. On an annual basis Enterprise Ireland works with approximately 5,000 companies through a network of market and sector advisers based across 10 national offices and 33 international offices. These...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland is actively working with companies with global ambition to internationalise, and in doing so, diversify their global footprint. This is critical for long term business growth, particularly in light of Brexit. In 2017 Enterprise Ireland: - Supported clients in winning 1,391 new overseas contracts; - Supported clients establish 350 new overseas presences; -...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Office (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports to those who are interested in starting or growing their own business. The suite of LEO Brexit supports available to micro and small businesses through the 31 LEOs nationwide include: - Access to the ‘Brexit SME Scorecard’ online tool where...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As I have previously noted, the property in question was placed on the open market last summer. The IDA continues to engage with the owner about its potential sale and is actively drawing the attention of its clients to the property.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Neither my Department nor any of its Offices received invoices from the company referred to over the period 2007 to 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulation of Lobbying (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Policy responsibility for the regulation of lobbying lies with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Public bodies have specific responsibilities under the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015. The Act requires each public body to publish a list showing the name, grade and brief details of the role and responsibilities for each person that is a “designated public...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Initiative (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) is an initiative under the Government's Action Plan for Jobs which is run by the 31 LEOs nationwide in partnership with the Local Authorities. The initiative is funded by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation through Enterprise Ireland.  The aims of the competition are to support a culture of entrepreneurship at...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government's goal is to support the creation of an additional 200,000 jobs by 2020, including 135,000 outside of Dublin, and to attract back at least 70,000 emigrants. The whole of Government effort to deliver on these objectives is supported by the annual Action Plan for Jobs. The CSO estimates that between April 2016 and April 2017, 27,400 Irish emigrants returned to Ireland. As...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. No. of staff 1serving in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) (2001-2018)  Grade 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2 Director 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Corporate Compliance Manager 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Section 949(3) of the Companies Act 2014 provides that the Director of Corporate Enforcement shall be independent in the performance of his statutory functions. I, as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation have no direct role in relation to these functions.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The State Aid Modernisation Working Group meeting is being hosted by Ireland for the first time on 27th April 2018.  Member States take it in turn to host the meeting.  The Working Group, which meets 3 – 4 times a year, is currently chaired by France who develops the Agenda in consultation with DG Competition.  Member States may make recommendations for items to be...