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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Policy (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I am currently in the process of launching the new Regional Enterprise Plans in every region, with eight Plans launched to date, with the ninth Plan (South-East) scheduled to be launched by the end of this month. The Regional Enterprise Plans to 2020 are enterprise focused documents that are the result of a refresh and refocus of the Regional Action Plans for Jobs to ensure their relevance...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department, and its agencies have, and continue to be, centrally involved in supporting businesses to prepare for the challenges of Brexit. Actions to get Ireland Brexit ready have already been taken by the Government, with dedicated measures announced in Budgets 2017, 2018 and 2019.  Over the course of the last three budgets I have introduced, through the enterprise agencies, an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The feasibility of power communications technologies as a means of providing quality broadband infrastructure in the regions is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment but clearly, reliable high-speed broadband is essential to increase the attractiveness of regional areas for investment. Delivering improved connectivity can enhance the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department continues to work with IDA Ireland to attract new foreign direct investment (FDI) - Brexit-related or otherwise - to Ireland. The Agency’s Brexit-strategy has involved significant engagement with potential clients, both in the UK and elsewhere, who are considering expanding or locating in Ireland. This strategy has been supported by a multi-media...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Mid-West region has shown excellent progress in employment levels since the launch of the Regional Action Plan for Jobs 2015-2017.  From Q1 2015 (baseline year) to Q4 2018, a total of 14,700 more people are now in employment in the Mid-West region. From Q1 2015 (baseline year) to Q4 2018, unemployment has more than halved in the Mid-West region falling from 12 percent to 5.6...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The recently published Q4 2018 CSO Labour Force Survey employment figures are overall very positive. Figures show that overall, employment continues to grow strongly with 50,500 jobs created in the year from Q4 2017 to Q4 2018. This brings total employment to 2,281,300, the highest number at work ever recorded. The West region has shown excellent progress in employment levels since the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) is a self funding agency and does not receive Exchequer funding. PIAB generates a fee income from claimants (€45) and respondents, generally insurers, of €600. When PIAB was established, it was faced with a number of legal cases challenging certain aspects of the legislation and the way in which PIAB operated. It was considered...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 to 127, inclusive, together. The remit of my Department involves significant engagement with business in Ireland involving small and large indigenous companies and multinational corporations. Therefore, my Department has had a significant number of meetings and engagements with the companies in question during the seven year period covered by these...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that an application for a General Employment Permit in respect of the named individual was received on 15 January 2019. On 26 February 2019, this application was refused because the named individual was in the State without current immigration permission. In addition to being informed of the decision to refuse this application, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Management (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is responsible for ensuring that Ireland has a robust legal framework to allow for the protection of intellectual property rights. Protection of such rights from piracy, whether digital or otherwise, is undertaken by rightsholders pursuing civil proceedings. A number of successful cases have been taken in recent years, which have included the establishment of a formal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236, 238 and 241 together. Regional development remains an absolute priority of mine. I am focused on both supporting and sustaining existing employment levels in regional Ireland while also working to create new economic opportunities and jobs in every county of Ireland. I remain optimistic about the job creation potential of Irish companies across...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that it has no record of any application for an employment permit for the above named person (details supplied). The State's general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the domestic and/or other EEA countries. Where specific skills prove difficult to source within the State/EEA, an employment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Year on year, the recently published Q4 2018 CSO Labour Force Survey employment figures are overall very positive. In the year from Q4 2017 to Q4 2018 the figures show that employment continues to grow strongly with 50,500 jobs created, bringing total employment to 2,281,300, the highest number at work ever recorded. The number of people in employment has increased in six of the eight...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise development continues to be a key pillar in the creation of jobs in all regions across the country. I am currently in the process of finalising the launches of the new Regional Enterprise Plans in every region, with eight Plans launched to date, with the ninth Plan (South-East) scheduled to be launched by the end of this month. The Regional Enterprise Plans to 2020 are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding Data (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: International comparisons for Gross Expenditure on R&D (GERD) as a percentage of GDP are available for 2016 (latest data). Table 1 shows Civil GERD (excluding military expenditure) as a percentage of GDP for EU and OECD countries and of GNP and GNI* for Ireland in 2016. Ireland's Civil GERD as a percentage of GDP was 1.18 and as a percentage of GNP and GNI* was 1.46 and 1.84...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding Data (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The following table shows Government Budget Allocations on R&D (GBARD) by funding Department for 2017 and each Department's GBARD as a percentage of total GBARD. GBARD is all the public funding allocated to R&D performed across all sectors of the economy, e.g. within the higher education sector, by businesses or by Government Departments and agencies. Government Sector...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The recently published CSO Labour Force Survey employment figures for Q4 2018, which are only available at the regional level, show that there has been excellent progress in employment growth in the Midlands region since the launch of the Regional Action Plan for Jobs 2015-2017.  From Q1 2015 (baseline year) to Q4 2018, there are 20,000 more people in employment in the Midlands,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Border region (including Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan and Monaghan) has shown very good progress in employment levels since the launch of the Regional Action Plan for Jobs 2015-2017.  From Q1 2015 (baseline year) to Q4 2018, a total of 8,200 more people are now in employment. Unemployment has more than halved in the Border region falling from 8.6 percent to 3.8 percent...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: While IDA Ireland is focused on inward investment, the Agency manages its property portfolio for the benefit of both its own clients and those of Enterprise Ireland.  The IDA’s property team, for example, works closely with Enterprise Ireland to support the needs of indigenous companies who may be seeking appropriate properties. There is also ongoing engagement between the two...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data (12 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Regional Enterprise Development Fund is a €60m competitive fund introduced by my Department and administered by Enterprise Ireland. It is aimed at supporting collaborative and innovative projects that can help to sustain and add to employment at a national, regional and county level. The REDF was designed to support the ambition in the Programme for Government to create an...