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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (19 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, extensive and detailed Brexit preparedness and contingency work is underway across all Government Departments and State agencies. In a number of key areas for Ireland, the appropriate response and mitigation will be at the EU level. The EU Commission acknowledged the particular impact of Brexit on Ireland and Irish business in its contingency planning...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (19 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department and its agencies are providing extensive supports to ensure that businesses are prepared for Brexit. These supports aim to assist businesses in identifying key risk areas and the practical preparatory actions to be taken over the coming months. The information is set out in the table below: Scheme Uptake (as of 17 December 2018) Allocation/Expenditure by year Brexit...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (19 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme provides affordable working capital to eligible businesses with up to 499 employees that are or will be Brexit impacted and which meet the scheme criteria. The €23 million exchequer funding announced in the 2018 Budget (€14 million from my Department and €9 million from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) has been leveraged to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (19 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme was launched on the 28 March this year. I am pleased to say there has been a steady stream of applications so far. The SBCI have received 326 applications under the Brexit Loan Scheme up to 10 December 2018. 287 of those applications have been deemed eligible for a loan under the scheme, and of those, 58 have progressed to sanction at finance provider level to a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (19 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291 and 292 together. IDA Ireland continues to highlight the benefits of expanding or locating in regional areas to its clients. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Wheelchair Accessible Vehicles (19 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) develops standards for products and services upon request of industry, regulators or policy makers. Indigenous standards may be promulgated where no existing international or European standards have been adopted or proposed. Section 8 of the National Disability Authority Act 1999 provides that the National Disability Authority (NDA),...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Details of expenditure incurred by my Department and its Offices over the period 2016 to date on social media are set out in the table below. It is not possible at this stage to provide details of the projected spend on social media in 2019 as projects where the use of social media may be considered beneficial will only be identified over the course of the year. My Department and its...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The table below provides details of expenditure incurred by my Department and its Offices on marketing and media, including advertising campaigns, over the period 2016 to date. It is not possible at this stage to provide details of the projected spend by my Department in 2019 on marketing and media initiatives as projects which are considered beneficial will only be identified over the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (15 Jan 2019)

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. Ireland is a leader EU -wide in linking...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (15 Jan 2019)

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. Ireland is a leader EU -wide in linking...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The first phase of the IDA’s €150m Regional Property Programme (RPP) is scheduled to conclude this year. The final advance buildings planned in the initial programme are currently under construction in Dundalk, Galway, Waterford and Limerick and are on track for completion by the end of 2019. As part of Budget 2019, an additional €10m of funding was allocated to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: In 2017 IDA Ireland appointed Jacobs Engineering, supported by AOS Planning, to identify potential strategic land banks in Ireland that would be particularly suitable for the sustainable development of data centre projects. The study was commissioned to understand what locations in Ireland are best placed to win and sustain this type of investment. The evaluation process, which has since been...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The IDA Ireland business and technology park in Killygarry, County Cavan covers approximately 17 hectares. The main tenant on the park at present is ATA Group, an Enterprise Ireland (EI) client. IDA Ireland has completed a sale, in the past number of months, of other land at the park to a separate EI client company. It is hoped that this recent investment will generate new employment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (15 Jan 2019)

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 weeks. My Department and I have been very active in the 'Getting Ireland Brexit Ready' public information campaign. This...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Department incurred taxi costs totalling €39,771.36 during 2018. The Department’s Travel and Subsistence policy requires that taxis should only be used where no other form of suitable public transport is available, or where there is a justifiable reason to use a taxi. The 2018 costs cover taxi services availed of by staff of the Department and its Offices undertaking...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that it has not received an application for an Employment Permit in respect of the named person (details supplied).

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Standards Authority of Ireland (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The regulation of carbon monoxide alarms is a policy matter for my colleague, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy TD. The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI), an agency under my remit, carries out national standardisation activity in support of policy makers and regulators in their functions. As I advised in my reply to you of 11 December...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The table below provides details of expenditure incurred by my Department and its Offices on marketing and media, including advertising campaigns, over the period 2016 to 2018. It is not possible at this stage to provide details of the projected spend by my Department in 2019 on marketing and media initiatives as projects which are considered beneficial will only be identified over the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: In my Department, the Communications Unit coordinates and deals with all queries from the media. This Unit also informs the public via traditional and social media about policies, functions and activities of the Department. This Unit is currently led by the Head of Communications - Principal Officer level – who was appointed on 17 July 2017. The Department made this appointment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (15 Jan 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland provides financial and non-financial supports to clients. Support to client companies is tailored to the company’s stage of development, its business plan and level of ambition. In 2017 Enterprise Ireland provided €203,276,000 in financial support to industry (figures for 2018 will not be available until Enterprise Ireland’s 2018 Annual Report is...