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

Heather Humphreys: The Expenditure Report 2019 set out the summary capital and current allocations for my Department in 2019.  The gross allocation of €950.2million for my Department in 2019 as set out in the Report represents an increase of 9.1% on the Department’s 2018 allocation of €871million and includes an increase in our capital funding from €555m to €620million in...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Enterprise Ireland Seed and Venture Capital Scheme (SVC) has been in operation since 1994 and there have been four distinct programme periods. These are 1994-1999, 2000-2006, 2007-2012 and 2013-2018. Across the programme phases, Enterprise Ireland has committed approximately €510 million, which, using a co-investment model, has raised a total of €1.19 billion in seed and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (25 Oct 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In Budget 2019 I announced an additional €2.75m to Enterprise Ireland for the creation of new ‘Regional Innovation and Technology Clusters’ via the Institutes of Technology, building their facilities, expertise and supportive capabilities as drivers of global enterprises in and across the regions. This will support SME productivity and innovation, entrepreneurship and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Data (25 Oct 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The number of awards and budget allocation by year for the SFI Strategic Partnership Programme are shown in the below table. The awards are multi-annual in nature (i.e. the projects awarded in 2014 can involve funding in 2015 and 2016 etc.). YEAR No. of Awards Total funding € 2014 3 2,386,145.30 2015 3 10,325,710.58 2016 5 11,077,846.50 2017 3 6,189,705.50

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

Heather Humphreys: Retail is the largest private sector employer in the country, and supports jobs in every city, town and village in the country. Digitalisation has increased the scope for competition in the sector, and online retailing has grown rapidly in Ireland. As Chair of the Retail Consultation Forum I am committed to supporting the needs of the retail sector in developing their online capability...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (25 Oct 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Improving Ireland’s competitiveness is a key priority for this Government.  We are working hard to consolidate this country's traditional strengths in terms of talent, productivity and export competitiveness.  The reduction in foreign direct investment (FDI) in the report that the Deputy is referring to concerns the movement of cash assets following the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (25 Oct 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Following the court proceedings in relation the application for an employment permit of the person concerned, my officials have reviewed the application and an employment permit has now been granted. My officials having examined the Judges ruling, have reviewed and amended operational procedures to ensure they are now fully compliant with the judgement.

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

Heather Humphreys: The Expenditure Report 2019 which accompanied the Budget 2019 Statement by my colleague the Minister for Finance set out my Department’s summary capital expenditure ceiling for next year. The proposed gross allocation of €950.2million for my Department in 2019, as set out in the Report, includes an increase in our capital funding from €555m to €620million in 2019....

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

Heather Humphreys: The Expenditure Report 2019 which accompanied the Budget 2019 Statement by my colleague the Minister for Finance set out my Department’s summary capital expenditure ceiling for next year. The proposed gross allocation of €950.2million for my Department in 2019, as set out in the Report, includes an increase in our capital funding from €555m to €620million in 2019....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Arms Trade (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 453 and 454 together. In 2008, the Council adopted Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing control of exports of military technology and equipment. The Common Position replaced an earlier political agreement, the EU Code of Conduct on Arms Exports. My Department is responsible for implementing these controls in Ireland. Under Irish law,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 455 to 457, inclusive, together. Ireland operates a managed employment permits system which maximises the benefits of economic migration while minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. Current Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific vacancies and where the positions on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Since becoming Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I have made jobs and enterprise in the regions my top priority. Enterprise development has been central to our success in reducing unemployment from a high of 16% to 5.4% at the end of September - the lowest level in over a decade. The Mid East region has seen good progress recently, with an unemployment rate of 5% in 2017,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 459 and 460 together. Ireland continues to perform very strongly in terms of attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), with over 210,000 people employed in IDA Ireland client companies here. FDI flows into the country have been particularly significant in recent years with pronounced growth in total job numbers and investment projects. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 462, 469 and 474 together. The Employment Permits section of my Department inform me that an application for a Critical Skills Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 1st October 2018. As the Employment Permits section is currently processing Standard applications received on 24th July 2018, this application should be considered within the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Records indicate that a meeting with Enet took place in the Department on 30th January 2018. The meeting was attended by Minister Halligan and an official of the Department. I have arranged for the minute of this meeting to be sent to the Deputy. As I outlined in response to previous questions from the Deputy, I met with a representative of Enet in December 2016 in my previous role as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As outlined in my previous response, I met with a representative of the company in question in December 2016 in my previous role as Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. I was accompanied by an official of the Department. The meeting related to issues now under the remit of the Department of Rural and Community Development. The meeting was a short meet and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Consultations (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 465 and 466 together. Details of public consultations undertaken by my Department since 2009 have been made available on my Department's website, and can be accessed at the following address: Submissions received in response to public consultations are held in the relevant business units within my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The construction sector occupations you mention are all eligible for a General Employment Permit, which is the primary means of granting access to the labour market for skills of a more general nature following the application of certain criteria. The employment permits system is managed in part through the operation of the Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List (HSEOL) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (6 Nov 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 functions. The purpose of this provision, and similar provisions in legislation in other areas of law enforcement, is to ensure that the law is enforced without the possibility of interference from any party or the appearance of any such interference. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (6 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The decision by Coca Cola to close Athy International Concentrates was very disappointing for the town of Athy and its wider catchment area. I am informed that the closure is taking place on a phased basis from September 2018 to December 2019. While I very much regret this development, I understand that Coca Cola has committed to supporting staff through redundancy packages, financial advice...