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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Retail Sector (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: A project will be designed with in-house and outside consultants. The project will be put into category 1 and the application will be made by the end of the year under the urban regeneration scheme.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Retail Sector (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: I hope they will get money for that.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Retail Sector (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: The Deputy mentioned two towns. Scarriff received funding under the village renewal scheme while Kilrush received funding of €1.7 million recently for the Vandeleur gardens project, which will build a showcase for craft shops etc. Clare County Council also has plans to regenerate Frances Street in Kilrush. The rural enterprise scheme also has an important contribution in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: The availability of marketable serviced land and buildings in advance of demand remains a key element in the IDA's ability to compete for mobile foreign direct investment. Not only does such a supply of properties help the agency to secure significant investments, it also allows projects to begin at an earlier date by diminishing difficulties associated with land acquisition, planning and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: Deputy Ó Cuív should have listened to the reply. I will repeat what I said, without the script. The IDA and Enterprise Ireland work together. This collaboration is extremely important for job creation in Ireland. Without it, and the co-operation of the local enterprise offices, we would not be in the position we are in now where unemployment is at 5.6%. The IDA may have idle...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: I do not have the information in regard to Roundstone and Ballinrobe but I will ensure it is forwarded to the Deputy. The Deputy asked about digital hubs. They are an extremely important part of the creation of jobs in the regions. If the Deputy had listened to my earlier reply he would have heard me say that Enterprise Ireland and the IDA work closely with the local authorities and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: As Deputy Clare Daly pointed out, employment rights are a matter for my colleague the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, Deputy Regina Doherty. Ireland has a very thorough employment rights framework. All migrant workers in the State, including those who are here on a temporary basis, are afforded, under employment rights legislation, the same employment rights as Irish...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle has to give her leeway after missing out on her.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: Traditionally, seasonal workers have mainly been involved in labour intensive industries such as horticulture, the hospitality sector and tourism. Statistics show that they have come from EU member states and do not require a permit. As rightly pointed out, there is an issue with non-EEA workers. There is a demand for seasonal workers, as the Deputy rightly pointed out and the Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Employment Rights (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: With regard to the employment permits my Departments issues for non-EEA nationals who work in the State, they have protection under the Employment Permits Act under which they are entitled to minimum annual remuneration levels. Information on employment rights is on the reverse side of all permits issued to employees. I acknowledge the issue the Deputy has rightly raised and the example in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: Both the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and I have met the Deputy on many occasions. In April 2018 the Department asked the regional action plan for jobs implementation committees to start a process to refresh and refocus all regional plans to ensure their relevance and impact up to 2020 in order that we could continue to deliver jobs across the country in every region and be robust in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: I know Deputy Deering has a great interest in enterprise. Carlow is a great county. I have been there on several occasions with Deputy Deering. We take a collaborative approach with the agencies and with local government, which is very important. Carlow is very lucky to have an information age technology college and the innovation centre attached to it, which plays a very important...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: That advance unit is very important because there has to be a facility for a company that is ready to move in. Carlow is very well located geographically. It is near Dublin and it has been a recipient of inward investment. Only recently the IDA announced 170 jobs in MSD there, Enterprise Ireland announced a Crowley Carbon investment in Carlow-Kilkenny, and Netwatch, an indigenous company,...

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

Pat Breen: Employment Regulation Orders (ERO), are provided for in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012 and set the minimum rates of pay and conditions of employment for workers in a specified business sector. An ERO is drawn up by a Joint Labour Committee (JLC). A JLC is composed of equal numbers of representatives of employers and workers in an employment sector with an independent...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Union Membership (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: The right of workers to form associations and join a trade union is enshrined in Article 40 of the Irish Constitution. However, our Superior Courts have established that the Constitutional guarantee of the freedom of association does not guarantee workers the right to have their union recognised for the purpose of collective bargaining. Notwithstanding this, it has been the consistent...

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

Pat Breen: The Government, since 2011 has been firmly focused on restoring the economy to a more stable footing and sustaining existing jobs and growing employment in all sectors and in all parts of the country. The economy has recovered strongly and there are now more people at work than any time in the last decade. With the increase in employment and increase in earnings, there is now more spending in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (13 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 and 175 together. The Government, since 2011 has been firmly focused on restoring the economy to a more stable footing and sustaining existing jobs and growing employment in all sectors and in all parts of the country. The economy has recovered strongly and there are now more people at work than any time in the last decade. With the increase in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (27 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: I thank Deputy Tóibín for raising this important issue. I was appointed Minister of State with responsibility for small business in 2016. My responsibilities have increased significantly since then. My Department and the agencies have developed a suite of advisory and financial Brexit supports for businesses. We are very conscious of the importance of small businesses. I will...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (27 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: Small to medium-sized enterprises are an integral part of the Irish business network. Only this morning, I launched the small to medium enterprise and entrepreneurship, SMEE, consultation group, which in conjunction with the OECD will draft a report on the SME sector in Ireland. The report will be an important one. I will also attend a working group dealing with this issue in Paris next...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (27 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: I will follow up on that for the Deputy. Insurance is a very important area, but it is an issue for the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy D'Arcy, rather than my Department. I will follow it up with him.