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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The development agencies are unable to directly support exports under EU State Aid rules. Enterprise Ireland works with approximately 3,000 clients providing both soft and financial support to assist in enhancing their capability and employment potential. Enterprise Ireland clients have Development Advisors who work with them to identify what supports are most appropriate to assist their...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Manufacturing Development Forum (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs 2012 included a series of actions to address the Manufacturing Sector, in order to exploit the advances in manufacturing technology, and to build and maintain a strong base of manufacturing activity. This developed as a result of the challenges facing the sector and of the imperative of supporting the employment levels in that sector. A key proposal in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that, having regard to its statutory responsibility for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Ireland, it will continue to promote Kerry as part of its marketing efforts, in response to specific client queries and also on an opportunistic basis. At the end of 2012 there were 12 IDA Ireland supported companies in Kerry with total employment of circa 1,600...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget Submissions (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Enterprise Development Agencies, i.e. the IDA, Enterprise Ireland, Forfás and Science Foundation Ireland, made a joint Pre-Budget 2013 Submission to my Department. Many IDA client companies are members of representative organisations. These representative organisations make an annual Pre-Budget Submission to the Minister for Finance on behalf of their members, examples would...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: North South economic co-operation is and will remain a priority of mine and of the Government. To this effect, there is on-going dialogue between relevant Ministers and officials, North and South, to promote economic development, job creation and innovation, in the border region. From my own perspective, I attend meetings in the Trade and Business development sectoral format of the North...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pharmaceutical Sector (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: In 2012, there was a reduction in employment levels in some pharmaceutical companies in Ireland due to the expiry of patent protections combined with increased competition from overseas sites. IDA has been working for many years to diversify the pharmaceutical base here in Ireland. Patents on several blockbuster drugs expired over the last decade and, notwithstanding these developments,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Mentoring Strategy (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 42 and 46 together. I would like to acknowledge the importance of mentoring as a means of supporting start-up businesses and of sustaining and growing existing businesses. The mentoring programmes operated by the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and by Enterprise Ireland (EI) are a key element of the supports currently provided by those agencies to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 43 and 49 together. The micro and small business sector is central to Ireland’s overall economic recovery and future growth. The purpose of restructuring the current model for the delivery of State supports to that sector is to rejuvenate and enhance the national model so as to ensure that the micro and small business sector is properly positioned to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department, and the relevant State Agencies under its remit, have a clear focus on the role of innovation as a key driver of business success and growth.Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Science Foundation Ireland, provide a range of innovation and technology development programmes that deliver financial, technical and experiential support. These programmes help companies become more innovative,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Net-outward migration flows have contributed to the reduction in the labour force over the course of the recession. Between April 2008 and April 2012 the CSO estimate that there was net-outward migration of 41,000 for the 15+ age group. As of April 2012, net-outward migration for the working age population was 34,000, made up of an outflow of 87,000 and an inflow of 53,000. Not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Certain operating costs for business are largely outside the control of Government. For example, fuel and energy prices are primarily driven by external factors such as global fossil fuel prices. In addition, currency exchange rates are important in creating relative price differences that can lead to higher costs for businesses in one jurisdiction compared to the other and this can have a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: In accordance with the commitment given in the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland have established a senior management team to drive effective collaboration on key priorities such as including more Irish companies in the global supply chains of multinational companies. IDA Ireland has confirmed that its focus is on ensuring that each engagement with a client...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: An Implementation Working Group (IWG), chaired by my Department and with membership drawn from the key stakeholders involved in the project, is overseeing the establishment of the new national infrastructure that will support micro and small enterprises. Final decisions on the number and exact location of the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) have not yet been made. County Managers and CEB...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Sector Staff Numbers (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Policy responsibility for public sector numbers is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Brendan Howlin, T.D. I understand that Minister Howlin’s Department will be in a position to supply the figures the Deputy is seeking. In this context, the Deputy should address his question directly to Minister Howlin.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: A green card permit application was refused in this instance on 21st September 2012. Following a successful appeal, which addressed the issues of concern in the refusal, a permit issued on 30th November 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs has been a cornerstone of Government policy in seeking to create a supportive operating environment where businesses can grow and generate jobs. The Action Plan recognises the role that public bodies play in supporting the private sector and communities to create jobs at a local level. A number of significant activities which focused on supporting employment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland transferred the greater part of the site in question to Dublin City University (DCU) who will develop the site into an internationally‐recognised “Innovation Campus”, involving a partnership of education and research institutions, enterprise and the semi‐state sector. I was pleased to officially open the DCU Innovation Campus on Monday last,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The only meeting that took place with representatives of the tobacco industry in the last six months was with officials from the Intellectual Property Unit of my Department, who met with Mr. Brian Dunphy, Regulatory Affairs Advisor, Japan Tobacco International Ireland Ltd. on 11 September, 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Community Development (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Projects in the social economy cover a range of community, voluntary and not-for-profit activities. The Programme for Government recognised the importance of the social enterprise sector, in particular, to local economies. It states that: “The Government will promote the development of a vibrant and effective social enterprise sector. We will instruct agencies to view social...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Since 1993, Government policy and supports for enterprises employing fewer than 10 people have been mainly implemented through the City and County Enterprise Boards. Policy has evolved over the years, as articulated in various Operating Agreements between the Minister and the CEBs, as well as through the County Enterprise Plans under the Local and Micro-Enterprise Development Priorities of...