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

Heather Humphreys: My officials inform me that an application for a Critical Skills Employment Permit in respect of the named individual was submitted to my Department on 8th May 2019. On 18th June 2019, this application was refused because the annual remuneration on offer, €35,000, was less than the minimum annual remuneration required, €60,000, when the occupation in question, in this...

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

Heather Humphreys: The Director of Corporate Enforcement has undertaken over the last two years a significant restructuring of the Office to better reflect the organisation’s needs in the context of both its strategic shift towards deploying resources towards more serious indications of wrongdoing and the increasingly complex environment within which the ODCE operates. This restructuring has included...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The expenditure ceiling for my Department’s Vote in 2020 will be determined as part of the budgetary process. Whilst the National Development Plan has allocated a total of €630 million in capital monies for my Department in 2020, which represents an increase of €10million on our 2019 allocation, the definitive capital and current expenditure allocations for my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (17 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: On 28th June, the EU concluded negotiations for an Association Agreement with Mercosur countries after nearly 20 years and 40 rounds of talks. This marks the EU’s largest trade deal to date and is four times the size of the trade agreement with Japan. Irish exporters have been subject to trade tariffs, barriers and restrictions when exporting to Mercosur. This Agreement will see a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (17 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 309 to 318, inclusive, together. I note the Deputy has asked four questions about IDA properties in Fermoy, as well as three separate questions each in respect of IDA property in Mallow and Carrigtwohill. With regard to Fermoy, the Agency owns two sites consisting of 0.94 hectares in Rathealy and 6.05 hectares in the Business and Technology (B&T)...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (17 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Since 2016, my Department and its agencies have put in place extensive supports, schemes and advisory resources to prepare Irish businesses for the potential challenges posed by Brexit by helping them to assess their preparedness and helping them to implement practical action plans in areas such as customs, supply chain and sourcing, and financial management. These measures aim to assist...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (17 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme is just one of an extensive range of supports, schemes and advisory resources established by my Department and its agencies to help businesses to prepare for Brexit. The Brexit Loan Scheme provides relatively short-term working capital, 1 to 3 years, to eligible businesses with up to 499 employees to help them to innovate, change or adapt to mitigate their...

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

Heather Humphreys: The critical skills employment permit is designed to attract highly skilled people into the labour market. Eligible occupations, on the critical skills occupation list, under this type of permit are deemed to be critically important to growing Ireland's economy, are highly demanded and highly skilled and in significant shortage of supply in our labour market. For this employment type non-EEA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Supports (19 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I was disappointed to learn of the job losses at MTI Technologies in Drogheda earlier this summer, which I understand followed the loss by the company of a key contract. IDA Ireland worked closely with MTI since it established in Ireland. The Agency had also approved grant assistance for the firm. However, I understand that the grant was not drawn down by MTI prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Facilities (19 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Tyndall National Institute (TNI) is a leading research centre in integrated ICT (Information and Communications Technology) hardware and systems. The institute was established in 2004 under an agreement between the then Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and University College Cork. My Department continues to provide core funding for TNI (€5.5m in 2019) which it uses to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Development Plan (19 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: One of my Department’s commitments under the National Development Plan is to develop plans for a National Design Centre (NDC)to support the potential of the design sector to drive innovation and competitiveness and as a source of future job growth potential. My Department officials are currently consulting with stakeholders and drafting a Request for Tender for the development of a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Initiatives (19 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department and its agencies are actively engaged in the development of regional digital hubs / ehubs which provide the opportunity for relocation and for full-time or part-time remote working. A number of projects which have been offered funding under, for example, the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), are already prototype ehubs and should develop over time into more...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (19 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Companies (Amendment) Act 2019 was enacted in April 2019. The purpose of the short two section Act is to amend section 343 of the Companies Act 2014 with respect to the time periods allowed for filing a company’s annual return and associated financial information. The Act amends section 343(2) and 343(3) of the Companies Act 2014 to provide companies with a one-step 56 day period...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Advertising Regulation (19 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Advertising directed at consumers by traders is regulated by the provisions of Part 3 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 on unfair, misleading and prohibited commercial practices that give effect to Directive 2005/29/EC on unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices. These provisions apply to the activities of online influencers who advertise, endorse or review goods or services in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (19 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together. The Regulation of Lobbying Act provides restrictions and conditions on the taking up of certain employments by certain designated public officials (DPO) for a specified period of time where a possible conflict of interest arises. In my Department the positions of Secretary General, Assistant Secretary, and grades equivalent to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (19 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that on 29th July 2019, an application for a General Employment Permit was received in respect of the named individual. On 27 August 2019, this application was refused as the it did not satisfy the qualification criteria. The decision to refuse the application, along with the refusal reasons, issued to both parties in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (24 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Remuneration of all the staff of the Department, its Offices and its Agencies is as sanctioned by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform for various individual grades in line with Government policy. In relation to the Department and its Offices, there are currently 5 staff earning an hourly rate less than the living wage, (based on a 37-hour net working week). This figure reflects...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (24 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland offers a programme of trade missions and events which support the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment. In accordance with the 2019 trade mission programme, my colleague, Mr Pat Breen, T.D., Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fire Safety (24 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: In the area of furniture fire safety, there are no harmonised EU standards. The Irish standards and regulations were introduced to protect consumers by preventing the rapid spread of a fire started on or near furniture. These standards are in line with those introduced in the UK, which is particularly relevant given the cross-border trade in furniture on the island of Ireland and the presence...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (24 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The critical skills employment permit is designed to attract highly skilled people into the labour market. Eligible occupations, on the critical skills occupation list, under this type of permit are deemed to be critically important to growing Ireland's economy, are highly demanded and highly skilled and in significant shortage of supply in our labour market. For this employment type non-EEA...