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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department and its agencies are providing extensive supports, schemes and advice to ensure that businesses are prepared for Brexit. These measures aim to assist businesses in identifying key risk areas and the practical preparatory actions to be taken over the coming months. While I have seen a very positive uptake of the supports available, not everyone is engaging. With Brexit around...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Department launched the first call of the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund on 29 June 2018 and Expressions of Interest were sought by the deadline of 3pm on Friday, 17 August 2018. Information on the Fund and how to apply was provided by the Department with the support of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland. Expressions of Interest were sought for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: 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 3rd October 2018. The Employment Permits section is experiencing high levels of demand for employment permits this year and this has contributed to increased processing times for applications. At end October 2018, 13,953 applications...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Brexit represents the most significant economic challenge facing businesses in the last 50 years but I am satisfied that my Department, its offices and agencies are fully focused on supporting businesses to withstand the challenges presented. I am confident that the agencies under my remit have the supports available to enable companies to consolidate existing market share and build...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 282 and 283 together. My Department recognises that innovation is key to maintaining competitiveness for Ireland in global markets, and for providing jobs and sustaining growth across the whole of the economy, as well as embedding the foreign direct investment base in Ireland. In 2018, Ireland rose to 9th place in the European Innovation Scorecard. We also...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Driving more enterprise creation by supporting the indigenous sector is a key focus of mine and I am working closely with the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) and with Enterprise Ireland (EI) to achieve this. A strong and resilient indigenous sector is a crucial part of a growing economy. I recently announced a record budget allocation for my Department to help businesses, entrepreneurs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has a comprehensive and wide-ranging approach to fostering and supporting job creating enterprises that encompasses both strategic and enterprise agency led input. The Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) initiative is a central pillar of the Government’s ambition to create 200,000 new jobs by 2020, 135,000 of which are outside of Dublin. A key objective of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Since becoming Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I have made jobs and enterprise in the regions my top priority. We want to have a situation where all regions are enabled to realise their potential as contributors to economic recovery and growth, and thereby reduce regional disparities. Strategic investments within the overarching national context (Project Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government has laid a solid foundation for businesses, allowing for jobs and growth to flourish while safeguarding against global challenges including Brexit. Innovation is an essential element to maintaining competitiveness, providing jobs and sustaining growth. My Department’s innovation budget for 2019 has been increased by €40m to almost €369m and will fund a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Growth (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 289 together. Competitiveness is key to success in international markets, to job growth and as a means of achieving sustainable improvements in living standards. Improving competitiveness performance is a core focus for Government, and as part of this work my Department, its agencies and the National Competitiveness Council are continually engaged...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am determined to see the numbers of businesses in Ireland led by women grow and for supports to continue to be delivered to businesswomen throughout Ireland. The deputy can be assured that my Department has a strong focus on the provision of supports and programmes to assist women to lead businesses, whether they are established businesses or new businesses. The Government has to lead...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Both Enterprise 2025 - Ireland's National Enterprise Policy, and Innovation 2020 - Ireland's national strategy for research and development, science and technology emphasise that increasing our people's standard of living requires Ireland to have a strong, innovative and internationally competitive enterprise base which grows employment, sales and exports. A key factor in achieving this is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (4 Dec 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 an Taoiseach have informed me that the exact information requested by the Deputy is not available. The Labour Force Survey (LFS) is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I understand what the Deputy seeks to achieve. The effect of the amendment is to remove the discretion of the court as to what order it may make on what costs, if any, it will allow a claimant or respondent, taking into account the failure by the claimant or respondent to comply or submit in the manner specified in subsection (1). It raises constitutional concerns because it would cut...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I move amendment No. 2:In page 6, to delete lines 23 and 24 and substitute the following: "(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1) shall apply to — (a) an application under section 11 of the Principal Act made on or after the date on which this section comes into operation, and (b) an application under section 11 of the Principal Act made before the date on which this section...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Yes. It will be reviewed every three years.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: PIAB has offered to help the Judicial Council, but it will be up to the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan, to deal with this during the passage of the Judicial Council Bill 2017.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Yes, it will be up to the Parliament to decide. It will probably be up to the Judicial Council to decide when it has the power to do so. At the time of the publication of the Bill, the second and final report of the Personal Injuries Commission had not been published. This report was subsequently published on 18 September 2018 and a key recommendation of the report was that the Judicial...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Section 11 amends the composition of the board of PIAB in line with Government policy to have more board members appointed through the Public Appointments Service, PAS. Section 11 removes ICTU and IBEC as bodies designated under the Bill to nominate members to the board. As I mentioned during the Second Stage debate, it will be open to members of ICTU or IBEC to apply through the PAS...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: ICTU will lose two seats and IBEC will lose one seat.