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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (9 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department and its agencies are working towards ambitious targets to ensure that employment and investment are distributed as evenly as possible across the country. Significant progress is being made with, for example, 58% of all IDA-supported employment now outside of Dublin. This represents the highest number of people employed by IDA clients outside of the capital in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (10 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I am informed that the IDA met with the site's new owners last December and that it has been provided with marketing information for the Liffey Business Campus. The Agency is continuing to actively market the site to both existing and potential clients through its network of offices in Ireland and overseas. More broadly, the Agency's efforts to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (11 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The IDA's €150m Regional Property Programme (RPP) is designed to provide property solutions for overseas companies considering investing or expanding in Ireland. As part of Budget 2019, I announced an additional €10 million in funding for the RPP. These increased resources will enable the IDA to develop new buildings as part of the next phase of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (11 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The State's general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the workforce of the State and other EEA states.  Where specific skills prove difficult to source within the State and EEA, the employment permits system offers a conduit into the Irish labour market for non-EEA nationals with in-demand skills and is operated as a vacancy led system.   ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Contracts Data (11 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has not awarded any contracts to the company in question in the past seven years.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Parliamentary Committee Report (11 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 103 and 104 together. I understand that the Deputy is referring to a UK Parliamentary Committee Report on the Future of Audit.  It would be inappropriate for me to comment on a Report concerning activities in another jurisdiction.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Law (11 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (“CCPC”) was established on 31 October 2014 under section 9 of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014, following the amalgamation of the Competition Authority and the National Consumer Agency. One of the CCPC’s principal statutory functions as a competent authority is to investigate suspected breaches of EU and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (11 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that the named individual applied for a General Employment Permit on 9th January 2019. On 1st April 2019, this application was refused for the following reasons: - Failure to carry out a Labour Market Needs Test which is a requirement for this permit type as the job on offer is not listed on the Critical Skills Occupation List...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Relations (16 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 250 together. As the Deputy will be aware, International Trade Policy is a competence of the EU Commission under the EU Treaties and defined as the Common Commercial Policy (CCP). The Lisbon Treaty extended this competence to cover foreign direct investment, as well as making the European Parliament a co-legislator alongside the Council on trade...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (16 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: IDA Ireland hosted 159 site visits as of the first quarter of 2019, with almost 65% of these visits taking place in regional locations.  Whilst site visits are an important tool in helping showcase regional locations to investors, it is important to remember - as I have made clear before - that the final decision as to where to invest rests solely with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (16 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The employment permits system is managed through the operation of the Critical Skills Occupations List and the Ineligible Occupations List for the purposes of granting an employment permit.  The Lists are subject to twice-yearly review which is predicated on a formalised and evidence-based process that takes account of labour market conditions and submissions from sectors and other...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Insurance Data (16 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department does not collect the type of information being sought by the Deputy.  I am advised that the Department of Finance, or the Central Bank of Ireland, who have responsibility for insurance in general, do not collect this type of information either. While the Deputy is aware that neither I, as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, nor my colleague the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (16 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The meeting on 27 February 2019 was between Department officials and representatives of American Chamber Europe (including Microsoft). The meeting provided an opportunity for American Chamber Europe to present their position paper "Towards a digitalised Single Market (2019 -2024): Recommendations for the next digital policy agenda of the European Commission", which is attached at the link....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Disability Act Employment Targets (16 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 257 and 258 together. My Department, as a public service employer, has a legal obligation under the Disability Act 2005 to report each year on the number and percentage of employees with disabilities. Part 5 of the Act sets out the following obligations on Government Departments and public service bodies regarding the employment of people with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (16 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 261 and 262 together. My Department has responsibility for the administration of the Employment Permits Acts 2003-2014 and the consideration of applications for employment permits which allow non-EEA nationals to take up employment in the State.  Under this legislation, in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (17 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Regional development, not just in the Border area but across Ireland, remains a key priority. Together with my Department and its enterprise Agencies, I am focused on strengthening investment and job creation all over the country.  The annual results of the IDA demonstrate that we are making significant progress. In 2018, for example, 56% of all net new jobs created by the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (17 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Since becoming Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I have made regional development my top priority. Indeed, enterprise development and job creation in the regions of Ireland is a key policy priority of this Government. We want to have a situation where all regions are enabled to realise their potential as contributors to economic development, and thereby reduce regional...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Examinership Arrangements (17 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I am informed that the Irish stores of the company referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy operate under a separate Irish company established following an examinership process here in 2016.  As such, the Irish stores are not directly affected by the decision to place the UK Group's holding company in administration.  According to a statement on the company's website, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications Data (17 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My officials in the Employment Permits section of my Department inform me that current processing times for employment permits are: - 3 weeks for Trusted Partner applications (which made up 71% of all applications in 2018). - 11 weeks for Standard applications (which made up 29% of applications in 2018). The Department is continuing to take steps to improve these processing times. The main...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (17 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. There has been extensive engagement with the Office of the Attorney General on the publication of the Report of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) prepared under section 955(1)(a) of the Companies Act 2014. Because of section 956 of the Companies Act 2014 the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation is prohibited from...