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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (12 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: Sanction was sought from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) by my Department on 27th February 2012 to enhance staff deployment to assist with EU presidency preparations. Sanction was given to my Department on 24th July 2012 for temporary promotions (as set out in tabular format below) from within my Department’s existing resources to assist my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (13 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland has assured me that, through its network of overseas offices, it continues to market the linked hub locations of Killarney in South Kerry and Tralee in North Kerry for new Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). As part of this marketing campaign the Agency markets all available land and buildings in the County. Based on the strengths of the region, IDA Ireland is targeting, in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (13 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: I welcomed the adoption of the Decent Work for Domestic Workers Convention and Recommendation at the International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation. The issue of ratification by Ireland of Convention No. 189 on decent work for domestic workers is being considered in the context of our standard approach to the ratification of international instruments. Ireland does...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (13 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: Officials in my Department are currently compiling the information sought by the Deputy. As our current financial system was changed in 2003 it does not hold information prior to 2004, therefore extracting the equivalent accurate data required for 2001-2003 may prove to be very complex and costly. Once the available information is collated I will arrange for it to be forwarded to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits (13 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 to 83, inclusive, together. The Employment Permits Acts 2003 to 2006 make it a criminal offence to employ a foreign national without an employment permit, or for a foreign national to work without an employment permit. Section 2(4) of the 2003 Act places an onus on the employer to carry out reasonably thorough checks in order to be satisfied that a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tribunals of Inquiry (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: The Moriarty Tribunal made two recommendations for changes to company law, as follows: · That a provision similar to section 172 of the UK Companies Act, 2006 be adopted, together with the adoption of additional implementation or enforcement measures. · That consideration be given by the Oireachtas, and/or by the Company Law Review Group, to enacting provisions similar to those...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: There is currently no record in my Department of a valid permit application in respect of the proposed employee named above. However, application papers in respect of a spousal permit for this employee were returned on 5th December 2012 as they were not accompanied by an up to date P30 from the Revenue Commissioners confirming the employer’s registration as an employer for tax...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: My Department has the lead responsibility for the Competitiveness Council and for the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (ESPHCA). When the Foreign Affairs Council considers trade matters, such matters also come within the remit of my Department. The Competitiveness Council itself is sub-divided into industry, internal market and research issues. The following...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: The Green Way is a Cleantech cluster established by industry, academic institutions and public/semi-state players in the Dublin region. Its vision is to create jobs and unlock trade opportunities for companies through the activation and development of an internationally recognised Cleantech cluster. The partners in the Green Way include Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: I have been informed by IDA Ireland that it is currently in discussions with Cork County Council regarding the transfer of land at Miles and Cloheen, Clonakilty and at Brookpark, Dunmanway. IDA Ireland is working to expedite the completion of the overall transfer with Cork County Council’s legal officers. The Agency is hopeful that the transfer will be completed early in the New Year.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Redundancy Payments (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: With regard to the Redundancy Payments Acts, responsibility for this legislation and, consequently, the Redundancy Payments Scheme and the payment of rebates to employers is a matter for the Minister for Social Protection. The Department of Social Protection advise that under the Redundancy Payments Acts an eligible employee is entitled to two weeks statutory redundancy payment for every...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: The initiative which was established last year for the South East region followed a very significant and unexpected company closure, involving a major loss of jobs in one company in Waterford City. Accordingly it was considered appropriate to initiate a specific and coordinated response to that exceptional event. The South East region has the highest unemployment rate of all regions in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: There are two major elements to the Government’s response to unemployment – Pathways to Work and the Action Plan for Jobs. The aim of the Action Plan for Jobs is to create a supportive environment for enterprise to generate and sustain jobs, while the aim of Pathways to Work is ensure that as many of those jobs as possible go to people who are currently on the Live Register,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: Since 2004, Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from within the workforce of the European Economic Area (EEA). Current Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific vacancies and in response to employer demand for strategic skills and labour shortages in designated occupations in key...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Agencies (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: The total rental income accrued from properties in the ownership of Shannon Development and its subsidiaries for the past five years is as follows: 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 €15.142m €14.632m €12.270m €11.161m €9.996m The recent Government announcement on the future of Shannon Airport and Shannon Development confirmed the Government’s earlier...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Agencies (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: The recent Government announcement on the future of Shannon Airport and Shannon Development confirmed the Government’s earlier decision in principle to merge both organisations to form a new, State owned, commercial entity which will exploit the assets of both organisations for the development of strategic sectoral opportunities, particularly within the aviation sector. In arriving at...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Creation (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: I thank Senator Michael D'Arcy for raising this issue. In the aftermath of the closure of TalkTalk last year I established a special group to focus on the south east because I recognise that it faces serious problems. The structural rate of unemployment is much higher than elsewhere and the wave of investment which preceded the Celtic tiger years passed the region by. The problem is not...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Creation (18 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: Announcements about the creation of 250 jobs were not made in many counties over the last 12 months. Wexford is not being neglected in any sense by my Department or my agencies. However, we have to exploit the strengths of the overall region by building the resources available in gateway cities such as Waterford. The IDA's strategy focuses on gateways and hubs. It is important that we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (19 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: The principal channels of capital funding from my Department to Waterford are through the operations of Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, IDA Ireland and the two local County Enterprise Boards. In the case of Enterprise Ireland, funding is provided for a range of enterprise development activities, including R&D and Innovation funding such as research collaboration and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Functions (20 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: The administrative head of my Department is the Secretary General, who is principally responsible for the implementation of Government policy insofar as it relates to responsibilities relating to jobs, enterprise and innovation. He is also responsible for overseeing the functions and outputs of the various offices within my Department’s remit. He also has overall responsibility for...