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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (27 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has not made any payments to, or procured any services from, the named person or the named company during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (27 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: While not directly responsible for delivering climate change mitigation programmes, my Department ensures that climate change is factored into its core enterprise and innovation policy responsibilities. My Department works closely with its agencies to fund climate change related research and to deliver environmental performance improvement programmes which directly assist enterprise in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (28 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Since becoming Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I have made jobs and enterprise in the regions one of my top priorities. Co. Cavan and the town of Belturbet forms part of the North-East/North West Region Action Plan for Jobs, the aim of which is to achieve a 10-15 percent growth in employment in the region over the period 2015 to 2020, and to ensure that unemployment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Reports (28 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: On the 6thMarch 2018, the CCPC published its report analysing the Personal Contract Plan (PCP) car finance market and made a number of recommendations with a view to safe guarding consumers. The report followed a study in which the CCPC examined the size and value of the PCP market, spoke to consumers to understand the experiences of those who have signed up to PCP contracts and examined the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (28 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The employment permits system is managed through the operation of the Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List (HSEOL) and the Ineligible Categories of Employment List (ICEL). These occupations lists are reviewed twice yearly to keep pace with rapid labour market changes and to be proactively identifying and addressing shortages as they arise. My Department has commenced the Quarter 4 2018...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (29 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that the above named person was granted a Dependant/Partner/Spouse employment permit on 28th November 2018.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (29 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme provides affordable working capital to eligible businesses with up to 499 employees that are or will be impacted by Brexit and meet the scheme criteria. The €23 million exchequer funding (€14 million from my Department and €9 million from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) has been leveraged to provide a fund of up to €300...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Planning Framework (29 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Planning Framework was developed through a detailed consultation process which received inputs from many Government Departments and stakeholders. The process was coordinated by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. I understand that the population projections and modeling which informs much of the analysis presented in the Project Ireland 2040 National...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (29 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland's targets in the area of lifelong learning are set out in Ireland's National Skills Strategy 2025, which was developed and is being implemented by the Department of Education and Skills. As that strategy highlights, 'Given the changing demand for skills, increasing people's lifelong learning activity, especially those in the workforce, is a vital element of Ireland's future skills...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (29 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: CSO data on underemployment is only available from 2008 onwards. The number underemployed as a percentage of employed was 4.7% in Q3 2008. It peaked during the recession at 8.0% in Q3 2012 and has since fallen to 4.9% in Q3 2018. Table Persons aged 15 years and over in Employment (Thousand), both sexes, Quarter 3 2008Q3 2009Q3 2010Q3 2011Q3 2012Q3 2013Q3 2014Q3 2015Q3 2016Q3 2017Q3 2018Q3...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Data (29 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The data requested by the Deputy is collected by the Central Statistics Office, which is under the aegis of the Department of the Taoiseach. In this regard, the Department of the Taoiseach have informed me that the latest Business Demography data was published on the CSO website on July 4th 2018, with reference year 2016, and is available at...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Globalisation Fund (29 Nov 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund does not come under the remit of my Department but that of the Department of Education and Skills. Therefore, any adjustments to the strict qualifying criteria fall to that Department to address. My Department and its agencies are providing extensive supports to ensure that businesses are prepared for Brexit. These supports aim to assist...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. I will be answering a number of questions from Deputies across the country on this specific issue. I do not know why they were referred elsewhere. It is out of my hands. I do not know. I cannot answer that question.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: It is possible. I do not know. I note the release of the results of the labour force survey for quarter 3 of 2018 by the CSO on Tuesday, 20 November. Overall, the release is very positive. Figures show employment continues to grow strongly with 66,700 jobs created in the year from quarter 3 of 2017 to quarter 3 of 2018, which brings total employment to 2,273,000. The number of people in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Job creation in the regions is a key priority for the Government. Our ambition has been to create 200,000 new jobs by 2020, of which some 135,000 will be outside Dublin. According to Central Statistics Office figures released last week, we are over 96% of the way there in meeting both targets. We are well on course to meet and exceed them by 2020. Overall, three out of every five new jobs...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Data (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am absolutely conscious of the need for a regional balance. We have done a great deal of work during the past year to ensure there has been a regional balance. Only last Monday, in the second call for the regional enterprise development fund, I announced an allocation of a little over €25 million in funding that will support the regions to deliver on their economic and enterprise...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. My Department and its agencies are working as part of a coherent cross-government approach to help businesses and the country to prepare for a worst case Brexit scenario, while continuing to work with our EU partners to secure the best possible Brexit outcome. As the Deputy is aware, the Government has placed preparing for Brexit at the top of its...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: All Departments and agencies are continuing their contingency planning for Brexit, anticipating both orderly and disorderly scenarios. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, and indeed all Departments, have continually stressed the importance of stakeholders taking all necessary steps within their control to prepare for Brexit, including the importance of undertaking contingency...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, hosted an all-island sectoral meeting on Brexit in Dundalk last year. A number of other stakeholder events were held this year and last year. The Department continues to work with the road haulage, tourism, aviation and maritime sectors and stakeholders to identify and plan further for the implications of Brexit. A study was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Insurance Costs (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The cost of insurance working group, chaired by my colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D’Arcy, has undertaken a review of the factors which are influencing the increased cost of insurance. Its objective is to identify immediate and longer-term measures which can address increasing costs while bearing in mind the need to maintain a stable insurance...