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Written Answers — Pay Rates: Pay Rates (7 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: Earlier today, the High Court issued its ruling in a legal challenge, taken by John Grace Fried Chicken Ltd and others, to the Joint Labour Committee system and the 2008 Employment Regulation Order (ERO) covering the Catering Sector outside of Dublin. The High Court ruled that certain provisions of the Industrial Relations Acts of 1946 and 1990 governing the making of EROs are...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (7 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: As Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, I recognises the importance of supporting business start-ups if we are to encourage entrepreneurship and create more jobs. I also acknowledge that micro enterprises can find it very difficult to access funding from traditional sources, particularly at start-up phase. For this reason, the Minister for Finance and I confirmed on 10 May last,...

Written Answers — Credit Guarantee Scheme: Credit Guarantee Scheme (7 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that as part of the Jobs Initiative announced in this House on 10 May, both the Minister for Finance and I confirmed the commitment given under the Programme for Government to initiate a tendering process for the development of a temporary partial credit guarantee scheme. A call for competition for the design of a scheme was published on e-tenders on 15 June with a...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (12 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: Matters to do with public procurement procedures fall to be considered by my colleague the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform who has overall responsibility for the Government's public procurement procedures. Matters concerned with the implementation of public procurement procedures in respect of particular contracts fall to be taken up with the relevant Government Departments in...

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (12 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: An annual Exchequer allocation is provided each year for the operation of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs). The Exchequer allocation is made in the context of the overall public finances and in 2011 amounts to €27.242m, of which €15m in Capital is available for direct grants and training, mentoring and advice services to micro-enterprise clients. The bulk of the non-capital...

Written Answers — Foreign Direct Investment: Foreign Direct Investment (12 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 to 219, inclusive, together. There are a total of 16 IDA supported Canadian companies located in Ireland employing 800 people. The names of those companies and their location in Ireland are set out in the tabular statement. The IDA's strategy includes winning as many new jobs as possible each year and giving equal priority to maintaining existing jobs....

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (12 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: In 2010 my Department commissioned a study to measure the information obligations arising for employers under Company Law, Employment Law and Health & Safety Law. The companies that took part in the survey outlined a number of areas in which information obligations posed the greatest difficulty. These information obligations were then measured to identify the specific administrative burden...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (12 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that in the time available it is only possible to provide grant payments for a five year period and job creation figures for a ten year period. The Agency informs me that in the 5-year period 2006 to 2010 it paid a total of €705,882 in grants to its client companies in Monaghan. Details of the amount paid in each of those years is set out in the tabular...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (12 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that in the time available it is only possible to provide grant payments for a five year period and job creation figures for a ten year period. The Agency informs me that in the 5-year period 2006 to 2010 it paid a total of €915,345 in grants to its client companies in Cavan. Details of the amount paid in each of those years is set out in the tabular...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (12 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 223 and 224 together. The role of the Government is to create the conditions in which enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation can flourish and in which quality employment opportunities can be grown and maintained. Enterprise Ireland monitors the employment trends in the companies it supports through the Annual Employment Survey, which is conducted in...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (12 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: Directive 2006/123/EC [the Services Directive] on services in the internal market was transposed into Irish law by way of S. I. No. 533 of 2010, (European Communities (Provision of Services) Regulations 2010) and S. I. No. 555, (European Communities (Court Orders for the Protection of Consumer Interests) Regulations, 2010). The Directive is not concerned specifically with casual trading but...

Written Answers — World Trade Negotiations: World Trade Negotiations (13 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: The World Trade Organisation's Doha Development Round of negotiations is about promoting trade liberalisation with a particular focus on helping developing countries. As Ireland has shown, countries that are open to trade and investment and position themselves to gain most from globalisation, can be more successful than others in sustaining growth and moving up the development ladder. Trade...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 107 together. The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualized basis and figures for 2011 will not be available until the end of the year. The survey shows that in the four year period, 2007 to 2010 inclusive, there were a...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 and 110 together. Job creation is central to our economic recovery and the Programme for Government has job creation at its core. The role of my Department is to ensure that we have the right policies in place that will support and grow our enterprise base in order to facilitate job creation. The Jobs Initiative announced in May focuses our limited...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (13 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: In terms of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), Dublin has been a success story with a critical mass of population, skills pool, educational infrastructure, international access connections, existing business activity across all sectors and extensive property solutions for future activity. I am informed by IDA that data is provided on the Dublin City Region as a whole and is not...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: My Department has an EU Affairs Section specifically dedicated to monitoring EU developments. There are 4 staff in the EU Affairs Section of the Department. The role of the Section is primarily to: 1. Define, coordinate and develop the Department's position on EU policy matters and its relationship with the EU Institutions. 2. Oversee key aspects of the Department's EU priorities with...

Written Answers — Health and Safety Regulations: Health and Safety Regulations (14 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: The EU's General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC), transposed into Irish law by S.I. No. 199 of 2004, places the onus on all operators, manufacturers, distributors, importers etc. to ensure that only safe products are placed on the market. If operators become aware that products on the market present a potential hazard they must take appropriate measures up to and including recall of the...

Written Answers — Industrial Relations: Industrial Relations (14 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: I met with representatives of the Communications Workers' Union on 4th July regarding the Union's concerns around the recent announcement by Vodafone to offshore 139 jobs from its Irish call centres. I understand that Vodafone Ireland, which is not an IDA or EI client, has announced this as a part of a review of its European operations and which will also impact on its operations in other...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (14 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: None of the named companies are currently employed by my Department.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (14 Jul 2011)

Richard Bruton: The Jobs Initiative, which was announced by the Government on 10 May, represented a positive intervention to support those entrepreneurs and business people that will create jobs and rebuild our economy. The measures announced in the Jobs Initiative included the halving of Employer's PRSI on employee earnings up to €356 per week, reductions in the lower rate of VAT from 13.5% to 9%, and...