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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (31 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Negotiating Directives for Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with both Australia and New Zealand were agreed by EU Trade Ministers at the Trade Council on 22nd May 2018. The draft negotiating directives were first published by the European Commission on the 13th September 2017.  Since then my Department has been actively engaged at EU level, principally through the Trade Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (31 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In my Department, a dedicated Brexit Unit was established in 2016, led at Assistant Secretary level within the EU Affairs and Trade Policy Division, to coordinate and represent the Department and its Agencies response to Brexit.  During 2017, this Unit increased its staffing complement to lead on engagements with a broad range of stakeholder to further inform and validate this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Sections of my Department inform me that an application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 14th April 2018. A decision was made to refuse the granting of the application on 11th June, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: IDA Ireland continues to highlight the benefits of expanding or locating in all counties of Ireland 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 foreign direct investment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Common Commercial Policy is an exclusive competence of the European Union under the Treaty of the Functioning of the European Union. The Lisbon Treaty extended this competence to cover foreign direct investment, as well as making the European Parliament a co-legislator alongside the Council on trade matters. The European Commission acts as lead negotiator on behalf of all EU countries...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Programme for Government Implementation (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: A key objective of the Programme for Partnership Government, from the perspective of my Department, is to provide a supportive environment for enterprise and employment and to deliver sustainable full employment. In the Programme, my Department was tasked with supporting a leap forward in the capacity and performance of our enterprise sector and delivering an environment that is conducive to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Education Policy (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My colleague Richard Bruton TD, Minister for Education, has policy responsibility for the International Education Strategy for Ireland, 2016 - 2020. As part of that Strategy, Enterprise Ireland, which is an agency under my remit, is tasked with the promotion and marketing of international education. I understand that the Department of Education and Skills does not have a policy to promote...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Details of sections or parts of my Department's legislation from the last four years that have not been commenced are set out below. Act/Section of Act that has not been Commenced Reason Commencement Order has not been made Companies Act 2014 Section 4(2) Section 1325 Section 4(2) in so far as it relates to Regulation 6 of the European Communities (Mergers and Divisions of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: At my request, my Department is currently chairing an Interdepartmental Group to review the economic migration policies underpinning the current employment permits system, the purpose of which is to ensure that our current policies are fully supportive of Ireland’s emerging labour market needs, be they skills or labour shortages in certain sectors. A full report on the review is due...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The EU–Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) entered into force provisionally from the 21st September 2017. Provisional application is a standard part of EU trade agreements and allows only those parts of the agreement for which the EU has competence to be provisionally applied, pending the completion of each Member State’s procedures according to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My ambition is to secure Ireland's position as the best place to succeed in business, delivering sustainable employment and high standards of living for all. The Deputy will be aware that the recently published National Development Plan (NDP) sets out a high-level financial and budgetary framework, which includes indicative Exchequer allocations, for each Ministerial Vote Group, over a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Data (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: On 31May 2018, the US announced that it will impose tariffs on steel (25%) and aluminium (10%) imports from the European Union to the US from the 1st June 2018. This followed the expiry of temporary exemptions granted to the EU in respect of the original Presidential Proclamations imposing these tariffs from the 23rd March 2018. The measures were introduced following an investigation by the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Data (12 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has not paid any EU fines in the years 2015-2017.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (13 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s overarching labour market policy is to promote the sourcing of skills and labour needs from within the workforce of Ireland and the European Economic Area. As the economy improves and we approach full employment, labour as well as skills shortages are becoming apparent in some sectors with the consequent potential to constrict growth due to labour shortages. In...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (13 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: On 14 September 2016, the EU Commission published a package of copyright reform proposals as part of its Digital Single Market strategy. This included a Directive on copyright in the Digital Single Market (hereinafter the “Copyright Directive”). The intention of the Directive is to craft modern copyright legislation suitable for all European citizens. Among the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (13 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: At my request, my Department is currently conducting a review of economic migration policies underpinning the current employment permits system to ensure that our policies are fully supportive of Ireland’s emerging labour market needs, be they skills or labour shortages in certain sectors. A full report on the review is due by end June. Following on from that Report, it is expected...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Training Fund (13 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Given the recent fall in unemployment to 5.8% and the increased rate of technological change which will impact on many people currently employed, I support the National Competitiveness Council's recommendation to reorient the expenditure profile of the National Training Fund (NTF) to provide greater support to effective in-employment training programmes. My Department is participating...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (13 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I welcome this recommendation from the National Competitiveness Council, in relation to an updated forecast for high level ICT skills in the Irish economy to 2022. In 2013, the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) published the study "Addressing the Demand for High-Level ICT Skills". This study included a demand forecast for ICT skills over the period 2013-2018. The findings and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Strategy (13 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The '2018 Globalization Report: Who Benefits Most from Globalization' which the Deputy refers to in his question was published on the 8th June 2018 by Bertelsmann Stiftung. The report analyses globalisation’s effect on growth across a total of 42 countries. The report found that Ireland is the most globalised economy out of the 42 studied and is highly integrated especially in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Development Plan Administration (13 Jun 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In May 2018 the Government agreed in respect of the four funds under the National Development Plan, that is, the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund and the Climate Action Fund, that each Fund will have an advisory board with civil servants and experts from the relevant sector as members, and final...