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

Heather Humphreys: The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs is an independent body that advises the Government on the current and future skills needs of the Irish economy. It is served by a Secretariat that is based in my Department. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs is funded through the National Training Fund. The information below details: Funding allocated to the EGFSN from 2016 to 2018;...

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

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 and 141 together. The EU completed a significant reform of the rules governing statutory audit with the adoption of two new instruments in April 2014. The resulting Audit Directive (2014/56/EU) and Regulation ((EU)(537/2014)) updated existing EU law. The package contained new legislative requirements including in relation to the independence regime...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: In May 2018 a pilot scheme of employment permit quotas for dairy farm assistants, horticulture workers and meat processing operatives was put in place.  To date this pilot scheme has proved very successful with a total of 1,479 out of the total quota of 2,050 permits having issued broken down as follows: - Meat Processing Operatives 1,500 of which 1,339permits have issued....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Data (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has its head office located in Dublin, with certain offices based in regional locations. There are also a number of State Agencies that come within the remit of my Department, some of whom have a regional presence. The State Agencies under the remit of my Department; the HQ location of each such body by county, and the headcount and full-time equivalents of each Agency are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that it has no record of a current 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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s €60 million Regional Enterprise Development Fund, administered by Enterprise Ireland, has the objective ofsupporting every region to build on its unique strengths and ultimately create sustainable jobs.  Administered via two competitive calls, 42 projects were approved funding totalling €59.5 million.  The budget for this fund is part of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Agreements (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: On the 25th July 2018, European Commission President Juncker and President Trump met in Washington to launch a new phase in the close friendship and strong trade relations between the United States and the European Union.  They agreed a Joint EU-US Statement to - - work together toward zero tariffs, zero non-tariff barriers, and zero subsidies (on non-auto industrial goods) and to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Staffing resources are an ongoing priority to ensure my Department’s continued ability to facilitate the wide mission and volume of work in a range of challenging policy areas. This will continue with ongoing day-to-day review of the appropriate staffing mix across my Department in response to evolving policy and operational priorities. My Department has seen a careful increase...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (18 Apr 2019)

Heather Humphreys: While the immediate risk of a no-deal exit has diminished, Brexit continues to represent a significant challenge for businesses in Ireland, which cannot be underestimated. That’s why my Department started developing supports for businesses from the time when Brexit first became a possibility. Government’s priority is to ensure that businesses around the country can manage risks...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (8 May 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....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s Employment Permits system acts as a conduit for key skills which are required to develop enterprise in the State, while simultaneously protecting the balance of the labour market and the employment rights of those migrants who come to work here. By design it is pro-cyclical, expanding and contracting in tandem with fluctuations in the economy. The system is ordered through...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that an application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 8th January 2019. On 15 March 2019, this application was refused as the position on offer is on the List of Ineligible Categories of Employment for Employment Permits, In addition the employer failed to fulfil the Labour Market Needs Test...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: International trade missions and events support the goal of securing high-level market access for Irish companies aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment. An extensive schedule of international trade missions and events for 2019 was launched in February this year. This covers a total of 207 events within Ireland and international locations, to include 73...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is keenly aware of the impacts Brexit may have on the economies of Ireland and Northern Ireland, though the macroeconomic impacts for both and jointly would depend to a great extent on the type of Brexit that ultimately emerges. I can point to the range of informative research that my Department and its agencies have undertaken to inform how we best understand the impacts of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Emigrant Support Services (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation currently has no plans to offer financial incentives to engineers to return to Ireland to work in industry here. However, through Enterprise Ireland, the Department does invest in techlifeireland.com, a website focused on building awareness globally amongst Information and Communication Technology engineers of the wide variety...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I launched the new Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan to 2020 on the 6th February in Mountmellick, Co. Laois. This was the first of nine Regional Enterprise Plans that I launched during February and March of this year. The Plans have emerged from a 'bottom-up' process to refresh and refocus the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) 2015-2017, and the new Plans remain focused on delivering on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I launched the new Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan to 2020 on the 6th February last in Mountmellick, Co. Laois. The Plan is one of 9 Plans that have emerged from a 'bottom-up' process to refresh and refocus the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) 2015-2017, and the new Plans remain focused on delivering on the employment targets set to 2020 under the original RAPJs. The Midland Regional...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 563 and 567 together. It is important that the IDA has a supply of available properties that can be offered to firms considering making job-rich investments in Ireland, particularly for the regions. This helps diminish the lead-in time for potential investments and can be a key factor in securing projects for regional locations. The Agency works closely with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (8 May 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. As reflected in IDA Ireland's annual results for 2018, significant progress is being made with 58% of all IDA-supported employment now outside of Dublin. This represents the highest number of people employed by IDA clients...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: On an annual basis Enterprise Ireland (EI) works with approximately 5,000 manufacturing and internationally traded services companies through the agency’s network of 10 offices in Ireland and 33 international offices. In 2018 EI client companies reported strong employment performance with 215,207 people employed and 18,846 new jobs created. The tables below present the figures for the...