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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that it has no record of any current applications for an employment permit for the above named people (details supplied). In order to work in Ireland a non-EEA National, unless they are exempted, must hold a valid Employment Permit. The Employment Permits Section of my Department administers the Employment Permits system. All...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that it has no record of any current application for an employment permit for the above named people (details supplied). In order to work in Ireland a non-EEA National, unless they are exempted, must hold a valid Employment Permit. The Employment Permits Section of my Department administers the Employment Permits system. All...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In order to work in Ireland a non-EEA National, unless they are exempted, must hold a valid Employment Permit. The Employment Permits Section of my Department administers the Employment Permits system. All applications for employment permits are processed in line with the Employment Permits Acts and associated Regulations which lay down in legislation the criteria in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I understand that the former Hewlett Packard campus in Leixlip has been recently acquired by a consortium of BlackRock Real Estate Assets and the O'Flynn Group. IDA Ireland intends to meet with the new owners and their agents to understand their plans for the property. Should the new owners agree, IDA Ireland will continue to market the facility to both existing and potential clients in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Appointments (18 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The position of Science Foundation Ireland Director of Industry Programmes was advertised within SFI and externally on Friday, 8 June 2018 with a closing date of 28 June 2018. After an extensive recruitment process an internal applicant was appointed to the role on 3rd September 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (19 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that that an application for a General Employment Permit for the named person (details supplied) was received on 3 July 2018. As part of the decision making process my officials wrote to the prospective employer on 13 September 2018, seeking further information regarding this application. Upon receipt of this requested additional...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (19 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am committed to ensuring that the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, and the Local Enterprise Offices will continue to work with enterprise in County Meath to support investment and enterprise development through the provision of appropriate funding. The company in question received €1,246,257 in funding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Funding (19 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: IDA Ireland provides grant support to Synergy Health Ireland LTD, a company in the STERIS Plc (STERIS) group. STERIS is a provider of infection prevention, contamination control, surgical and critical care technologies for the life sciences and research industries. There are two Synergy Health operations in Ireland, in Tullamore and Westport. The company employs 129 full time staff (115 in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (20 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department does not own any land in Co. Meath. IDA Ireland maintains a supply of available sites that can be offered to firms considering making job-rich investments in Ireland. This helps encourage investors to locate here, particularly in the regions. In Meath, I am informed that IDA Ireland has 24.21 hectares of land available for this purpose at its Business and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (20 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that that a Trusted Partner application for a General Employment Permit for the named person (details supplied) was received on 4 September 2018. My officials inform me that as the Employment Permits Section is currently processing Trusted Partner applications received on 7 August 2018, this application should be considered within the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (20 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that that a Trusted Partner application for a General Employment Permit for the named person (details supplied) was received on 3 September 2018. My officials inform me that as the Employment Permits Section is currently processing Trusted Partner applications received on 7 August, this application should be considered within the next...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (20 Sep 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 (25 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 235 together. Immediate family members, that is dependants, partners and spouses of Critical Skills Employment Permit holders already have very broad access to the Irish labour market. The Dependant/Partner/Spouse Employment Permit is uniquely available to the families of Critical Skills Employment Permit holders, as part of the Government's policy to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Commission (25 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I was pleased to submit the Second and Final Report of the Personal Injuries Commission (PIC) to Government on the 18 September 2018. The publication of this Report now concludes the challenging work programme of the Personal Injuries Commission since its establishment in January 2017. The Report makes ten recommendations and the implementation of which will be a matter for each of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (25 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232 to 234, inclusive, together. County Mayo has hosted four IDA site visits to date in 2018. Site visits are collated by the IDA on a county-by-county basis only and are released every quarter. Information on the number of site visits per month to specific locations is therefore unavailable. With regards to the Castlebar facility, this building is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (25 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Mid Year Expenditure Report 2018 published by the Department of Public Expenditure Reform in July this year sets out the public expenditure position as at the end of June. Whilst the Report noted that total gross voted expenditure was slightly behind profile for the first 6 months of the year, it stated that it was too early to estimate what the end year expenditure position might be and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Communications (25 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As set out in my Department's internal ICT Usage Policy, staff are provided with email accounts for official use. It is the practice that communication of Departmental issues be conducted through Departmental email accounts and not through private email. While no survey into the use of private email addresses has been conducted, I am not aware of any issues arising in this regard....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (26 Sep 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Enterprise Agencies under my remit support commercial enterprise. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) can only provide financial assistance to commercially viable companies with a potential to export but can provide soft supports, such as mentoring and training to anyone wishing to start or grow their business. Enterprise Ireland’s core objective is to help companies start, grow,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Appeals (27 Sep 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 26th September 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Visa Applications (2 Oct 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The person concerned is currently the holder of a Working Holiday Authorisation, WHA. The WHA scheme is operated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. A person who holds a WHA is required to obtain a permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality to enter, reside and work, under the terms of the WHA, in the State. Under the terms of the WHA it is not possible to apply for...