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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: Support provided by EI for companies can be financial and non-financial and impacts on the company over a period of time. EI works in partnership with Irish enterprises providing a cohesive set of supports to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales on global markets driving sustainable economic growth, regional development and employment creation. Clients can also gain access...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Rights Commissioner Service staffing levels expressed in terms of Full Time Equivalent (FTEs) for the 3 years in question are as follows: Rights Commissioners Administrative staff 2010 15 19.6 2011 14 19.6 2012 14 17.1 The time taken from the receipt to the hearing of a complaint which is adjudicated upon by the Rights Commissioner Service for the 3 years in question are as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 31, 121 and 122 together. Under the 2012 Action Plan for Jobs, I requested Forfás to undertake research into a number of factors impacting on Ireland’s international competitiveness, to benchmark these factors and to develop proposals to systematically reduce excessive key business costs or delays. Forfás’s research indicates that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Upward Only Rent Reviews (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland, Shannon Development and Forfás are the only agencies under the aegis of my Department that have upward only rent clauses in place. I am informed by IDA Ireland that, as of February 2013, IDA Ireland currently has 50 occupied property leases across its IDA and Private Finance Building Portfolio. 37 of the leases were granted prior to 28 February 2010, at which time all IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 51 together. Employment in the manufacturing sector suffered a major shock between 2008 and 2010 when approximately 50,000 jobs were lost in the sector. However, numbers have stabilised over the last two years. Some 205,700 people are now directly employed in manufacturing, full-time and part-time, and a similar number of people are employed...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Levels (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 38, 39 and 43 together. The Action Plan for Jobs is a national plan aimed at providing a supporting operating environment for businesses to start up and expand. The Action Plan does not include specific regional sub-plans. However, many of the actions which will be contained in the 2013 Plan will have a positive impact at regional and local level. For...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies but does not collect data relating to unfilled posts. The number of job announcements together with associated potential job numbers in IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland’s client companies in each of the past five years are set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Levels (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The number of jobs created in the manufacturing and services sectors in the past twelve months has not yet been finalised. The total number of jobs lost and gained, and the total of net new full-time jobs created in manufacturing , for the period 2006-2011 is set out below. 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Job Gains 34,497 28,888 23,664 13,962 ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) is the official source of estimates of unemployment in the State. QNHS estimates are published by NUTS3 Region and are not available at county level. The CSO Live Register is published by county and Social Welfare Local Office. The Live Register is not designed to measure unemployment. It includes part-time workers (those who work up to three...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Licences (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 47 together. The Forfás report on "The Review and Audit of Licences", which recommends the introduction of an integrated licensing system, was discussed by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs on 17 December 2012 and 14 January 2013. The committee, which is chaired by An Taoiseach, considered an action plan for the introduction...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Financial Services Sector (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The process regarding the sale of Bank of America's (BOA's) UK credit card businesses is ongoing. IDA Ireland continues to monitor the situation closely and is providing relevant input into the process as it moves forward. BOA has not yet sold the UK MBNA portfolio supported out of Carrick-on-Shannon. IDA's understanding is that BOA is still searching for a buyer for the UK book as to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 55 together. This report, published last year, is an extensive body of research which identifies current cross-border economic realities and places them in their historical context. It represents an important contribution to our consideration of the various issues involved. However its key recommendation, on the establishment of a Border...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The following tabular statement sets out details of payments from IDA Ireland to its clients in County Dublin from 2009 to 2011. The figures for 2012 will not be available until signed off by the Comptroller and Auditor General. Final data for 2012 will be published before 30 June in IDA Ireland’s Annual Report. Enterprise Ireland payments to its clients in County Dublin from 2009...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Trading (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The County Enterprise Boards (CEBs) in the border region provide support for micro-enterprises at local level in the start-up and expansion phases, through the provision of both financial and non-financial assistance. Trading across borders is a feature of all open economies and it can present both opportunities and challenges. The European Single Market has made cross-border trading in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. The survey shows that in 2012, in Counties Meath and Laois a total of 70 jobs were created in IDA supported companies while 126 jobs were lost. Details on the number of jobs created and lost in County Laois and in County Meath in 2012 are set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland’s remit is to attract foreign direct investment to Ireland thereby creating employment opportunities in Ireland. IDA Ireland has indicated that, in some cases, the investment secured will have a need for native language speakers, due to the nature of the job/function while, in other cases, employees with high, but non-native, language proficiency will be needed,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: A total of 12,000 net new jobs were created across private sector activity in the economy in the year to the end of Quarter 3 2012. As this is an aggregate figure across different economic sectors, it is not possible to break the net figure down into full-time and part-time jobs. However, it is worth noting that IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland client companies created almost 10,000...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU State Aid Negotiations (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: As part of a State Aid Modernisation initiative currently being undertaken by the EU Commission a number of instruments are being reviewed in parallel, including, in particular, Guidelines on Regional Aid, Environmental Aid, Risk Capital, Research Development and Innovation, Broadband Guidelines and Aviation Guidelines. Of major importance from an Irish perspective is the revision of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59, 61 and 129 together. In the current economic environment, there is a range of factors that impact on the competitiveness of companies, including, for example, the emergence of on-line shopping in the retail sector. It is sometimes a combination of these factors that causes a company to close. However, I am aware that many retail and commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (21 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Succeed in Ireland initiative is managed by Connect Ireland under a contract from the IDA. The cost of administering the scheme is administered by Connect Ireland. Under the Succeed in Ireland initiative, IDA Ireland will pay a finder’s fee of up to a maximum of €4,000, excluding VAT, on the creation of a sustainable job i.e. a job that has been in place for 2 years. As...