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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, an additional €3 million was secured for my Department in respect of Pay in Budget 2017 targeted specifically to assist with increased staffing needs for the Department and a number of our Agencies to deal with the evolving Brexit scenario.  In Budget 2018, an additional pay allocation of a further €3 million was gained...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: A company that qualifies as small or micro sized may qualify for the audit exemption. This entitlement is lost if the company fails to file its annual return on time. At present, over 93% of Irish registered companies meet their filing date obligations. Accordingly, the vast majority of small and micro sized companies file on time and do not, therefore, lose their entitlement to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 to 226, inclusive, and 228 together. The Company Law Review Group’s (‘the CLRG’) review of the audit exemption in 2009 led to recommendations to extend the audit exemption to companies limited by guarantee and dormant companies.  The CLRG returned to the issue of the audit exemption in the course of 2011 and this is set...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 230 together. Section 127 of the Companies Act 1963, as amended by section 60 of the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001, provided that a company had to deliver its annual return to the Registrar of Companies not later than 28 days after the annual return date. The purpose of the amendments made by section 60 was to introduce the concept of an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229, 231 and 232 together. Section 9 of the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017 removes the possibility of a company to apply to the District Court for an extension of its annual return date. Applications may continue to be made to the High Court. The High Court may extend the time for filing of the annual return if it considers the making of such an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233, 234 and 236 together. The Companies Registration Office (“CRO”) receives late filing fees, which are paid by companies which have filed their annual return late, or by companies which have been struck off the register for non-filing and are subsequently re-instated to the register by filing all outstanding returns which are late.  These...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 commenced on 9 June 2017 and transposed the 2013 EU Accounting Directive.  Along with other amendments to the Companies Act 2014, the 2017 Act introduced the concept of a ‘micro’ category of company, to exist alongside small, medium and large companies. The obligation on a micro company is to file financial statements annually with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Companies Registration Office (CRO) takes a number of measures which are designed to help companies and their directors to comply with their statutory obligations to file annual returns.  Letters are issued to companies in advance of their annual return date to notify them that their annual return date is imminent. If a company fails to file on time, it will receive a further letter...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together. Section 343 obliges companies to make an annual return to the Companies Registration Office. The requirement for a company to file its annual return on time is an important transparency measure.  The financial statements and other information that accompany the annual return provide important safeguards for third parties such as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Section 797 of the Companies Act 2014 provides that the Court may order compliance by a company or officer who has failed to comply with a provision of the Act and has failed to remedy this default within 14 days after the service of a notice requiring the default to be remedied.  Section 797(3) provides that the Court may make the Order only on application by one of the following: a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together. Companies can have an annual return date of up to 9 months after their financial year end. Thereafter companies have up to 28 days to file their annual return with the Registrar of Companies and up to a further 28 days to file their accompanying financial statements. These are final deadlines and therefore it is open to companies,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Money Laundering (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Since 15 November 2016, the European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2016 (Statutory Instrument No. 560 of 2016) has required all corporate and legal entities to hold adequate, accurate and current information on their beneficial owner(s) in their own register. Article 30.3 of the EU Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (4AMLD) specifies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (9 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Data on IDA Ireland site visits is collated on a county-by-county basis only. Information on the number of site visits to specific locations in individual counties is therefore unavailable. IDA Ireland does not also release details of the specific itineraries of potential investors on grounds of client confidentiality and commercial sensitivity. Enterprise Ireland does not conduct site...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Appeals (9 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that following the submission and consideration of additional information at review stage a decision has been made to award a General Employment Permit to the person concerned and the permit issued on 4th May 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Contracts (9 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In the time available, it has not been possible to supply the information requested. My Department will supply the information requested once it has been collated.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Film Industry (9 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ardmore Studios Limited has been sold to Olcott Entertainment Limited. The Ardmore site is currently zoned for Film Industry use only, and this protection is due to run for at least 5 more years under the Bray Municipal District Local Area plan. The site cannot be used for non-Film Industry development without the agreement of Wicklow County Council to alter the current zoning restriction....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Noise Pollution (9 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: It is my understanding that enforcement measures by the Local Authorities to ensure adequate measures are in place to control noise levels in concert halls and cinemas in relation to noise pollution and to protect the general public is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Section 107 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 provides...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure Programme (9 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 to 159, inclusive, together. The 2018 Revised Estimates Volume published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform provided for capital expenditure funding of €555 million for use by my Department 2018. The breakdown of my Department’s 2018 Capital allocation, across the various programme areas, is set out in the following Table: -...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Remit (10 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory independent body responsible for the enforcement of domestic and EU competition law in the State.  Section 9 (5) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 provides that the CCPC is independent in the performance of its functions, including carrying out investigations of alleged anti-competitive...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (10 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 to 155, inclusive, and 157 together. The announcement by Coca-Cola that it will be closing Athy International Concentrates, on a phased basis from September 2018 to December 2019, is very disappointing. While I very much regret the decision the company has taken, I do welcome its commitment to making every effort to help those employees who will lose...