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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: No, our commitment referred to 2016, and that remains our ambition and target. However, we did not pretend, and it would be naive to pretend, that this can be divided up into bundles of 5,000 jobs or 20,000 jobs. The economy does not work like that. We must repair the banking system and many of the sectors of the economy that have been damaged. We must put many things in place, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: To be honest, there is much creative use of funds going on. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, has announced a €2.5 billion stimulus fund made up of public private partnerships, which is an innovative way of using resources, and he is capitalising the flow of our national lottery. He has established an infrastructure fund within the pension reserve...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is not keen to accept these are ways-----

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (27 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: This case came before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) by way of an appeal for implementation of a Rights Commissioner decision under the terms of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 to 2007. The EAT heard the appeal on 2 December, 2011. The EAT being satisfied that the decision under the terms of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 to 2007, had not been carried out by the respondent, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Expansion Fund (27 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: In general, the supports provided by my Department’s agencies are designed to support business development through a range of start-up and expansion programmes. In relation to the recruitment of employees, Enterprise Ireland provides grant support up to a maximum of €15,000 per job towards the recruitment of new employees under its Job Expansion Fund. This scheme applies to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Numbers (27 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: There are no agency or contract staff currently employed in my Department except for the following staff appointed by me and the Ministers of State at my Department: two special advisers, one personal assistant in each Minister’s office, one personal secretary in each Minister's office and two civilian drivers for each Minister. Staff who occupy the posts listed above are paid an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: In my Department the reappointment of one former Assistant Principal post was sanctioned for the period 25/10/12 – 31/7/13 in connection with Ireland’s Presidency of the EU. The post is sanctioned at the first point on the Assistant Principal scale and the total cost to my Department for the period of the reappointment is €51,856.69. During this time, the pension...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: Carrisbrook House was acquired by AnCO in 1969 on a 65 year full-repairing lease, commencing on 1st August 1969 and expiring on 31st July 2034. There is no provision for lease breaks on the property and the rent is due for review every seven years. The rent review provisions provide only for equal or greater rent than that being paid in the preceding period. The Industrial Development...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: Each County Enterprise Board is required to operate an objective formal complaints procedure which forms part of the Board’s on-going commitment to customer service. Dissatisfaction with the level or type of assistance offered by a CEB should, in the first instance, be brought to the attention of the Board, usually through the Chief Executive Officer. Any complaint against a CEB can...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 to 132, inclusive, together. It is important to note that the number of jobs created by IDA companies typically exceeds the number of jobs actually announced. For instance, in 2012, the number of jobs created by IDA companies was up to 50% greater than the numbers of jobs formally announced as companies do not always wish to publicise increases in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Job Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: Jobs announced by IDA Ireland are typically created over a period of between 3 and 5 years from the announcement, depending on the company’s business plan. It should also be noted that some investment and job creation projects are not announced. During 2012, there were five IDA Ireland job announcements for County Louth with the potential to create a total of 1,515 jobs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: One of the high level goals in IDA’s Strategy “Horizon 2020 is the creation of a total of 105,000 new jobs in the economy - 62,000 direct jobs in client companies and 43,000 indirect in the wider economy - over the period 2010 to 2014. IDA is making good progress in achieving this particular target and, by the end of 2012, the agency had delivered 36,000 gross jobs, slightly...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Job Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports, on a county basis, on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Information is provided by companies on a confidential basis for statistical purposes only. It is not possible, therefore, to provide information at company level or for individual locations throughout a particular country. It...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: There are no members or former members of the judiciary who, have acted in the capacity described in the Question, for my Department during the past 5 years.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tribunals of Inquiry Recommendations (5 Mar 2013)

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 contained in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: My attention has not been drawn to any difficulties arising since March 2011 in relation to the performance of his functions by the Director of Corporate Enforcement, as a result of funding constraints. I am aware that the Office of the Director, in common with the other Divisions and Offices of my Department, participated in a Departmental Workforce Planning exercise in 2012....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: Within the Action Plan for Jobs 2013, I have committed to publish a National Entrepreneurship Policy Statement. As set out in the Table of Actions that was launched on 22 February 2013 with the Action Plan, the Policy Statement will be published in quarter 4 of 2013. To deliver on this commitment, the work programme will involve research and consultation with interested parties and relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA that the Agency did not deliver any advance units in 2011 or in 2012. IDA’s property strategy has evolved and changed over the years. In the 1970s it was the prevailing view that to facilitate widely dispersed job creation and regional development it would be beneficial to have IDA-built advance factories available throughout the country. That view changed and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: I have supplied the details as requested in tabular form from 2006 to end of 2012 in relation to the Labour Court. The Labour Relations Commission (LRC) is not in a position to compile the requested information within the above timeframe; however, it has undertaken to provide this information and I will revert to you shortly when I have received this information from the LRC. Year No of...