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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function and I have no direct involvement in its day to day operations. The Tribunal is one of the front-line services directly affected by the current turbulence in the labour market. The Tribunal hears claims under 18 separate pieces of legislation, some of which are lodged as direct claims to the Tribunal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fodder Crisis (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The cutting of grass owned by the Agencies under my remit is an operational matter for the Agencies concerned, for which I have no direct function. I am referring the specific question to each of the Agencies under my remit with a request to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Travel (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the time available, it has not been possible for my officials to compile all of the information on a year by year basis as requested by the Deputy in respect of the period 2005 to March 2011. However, I will forward the details to the Deputy in writing as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the time available, it has not been possible for my officials to compile all of the information on a year by year basis as requested by the Deputy in respect of the period 2005 to March 2011. However, I will forward the details to the Deputy in writing as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: Neither my Department, nor its Enterprise Development Agencies, in particular Enterprise Ireland (EI) and the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) provide funding for the establishment of Training Centres. These Agencies do however, provide a suite of programmes to assist companies to develop their enterprises and support both start up and established businesses. All companies eligible...

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

Richard Bruton: During 2012, IDA had a total of 18 offices located overseas, this compares to 19 for the previous year. The location of IDA’s overseas offices and the numbers of staff employed therein are, subject to the overall budgetary constraints and the Employment Control Framework, a day to day operational matter for the Agency itself. IDA locates its offices overseas in the locations which the...

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

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to confirm that the level of redundancies at the Kildare operation of this company is less that at first indicated. Whereas it had been envisaged that up to 70 posts were going to be lost, the position now is that the job losses will total 39, and it is heartening that all of them will be achieved on a voluntary basis. These redundancies will be finalised by the end of this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for bringing this business idea to my attention. My Department has had previous contacts with the Deputy's correspondent on this issue. Enterprise Ireland has a broad system of financial and non-financial supports in place to assist clients through all stages of the business development cycle. My Department has provided the Deputy's correspondent in this matter with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Traveller Community Issues (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Department for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has no remit with regard to the provision of formal education/qualifications or labour market activation measures. Responsibility for these policy instruments rest with the Department of Education and Skills and the Department of Social Protection respectively. I understand my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality and the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Law Issues (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 391, 393 and 395 together. The following Table sets out the information sought by the Deputy: Total no. of six monthly abstracts filed in 2012 in respect of companies in receivership Total no. delivered later than the statutory deadline 2102 1543 The CRO is the central repository of public statutory information on Irish companies and business names. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Law Issues (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 392 and 394 together. The Companies Acts set out the powers and duties of receivers. There is an obligation on receivers to comply with the legislative provisions applicable to them. Sections 319 and 321 of the Companies Act 1963 provide that a receiver must send to the Registrar of Companies an abstract detailing the assets of the company of which he has...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Accounts (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: There is no statutory obligation on the Registrar of Companies to prepare an annual report. However, the Registrar does prepare such a report and this is laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas, in conjunction with the annual statutory companies report, prepared by my Department. Both reports for 2012 are currently being translated into Irish and, following consideration by Government, will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Registered Employment Agreements (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: In recent years, there has been a continuing series of legal challenges to the JLC and registered employment agreement, REA, systems, including the 2011 Grace Fried Chicken case that resulted in the High Court striking down all employment regulation orders, EROs, and the recent Supreme Court ruling in respect of REAs. As the Deputies will be aware, on 1 August last, a new legal framework...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Registered Employment Agreements (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: This Supreme Court action was taken under the 1946 Act. It was not taken under the Act passed in 2012. It preceded that. That is important in terms of timing. In drafting the 2012 Act, we were aware of this pending action and have sought to make the legislation robust to such challenges. Obviously, we have not yet got a final order from the Supreme Court nor have we got advice from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Registered Employment Agreements (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I accept that but I presume that the REAs must renew under the new legislation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The special assignee relief programme, SARP, is a tax concession for the temporary placement in Ireland of senior executives currently employed elsewhere by a multinational company. In essence, if we can attract the correct strategic senior executives to Ireland, he or she may bring hundreds more jobs. The business case for SARP is to make it easier for companies to locate strategic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The companies to which the Deputy refers, Google and Apple, between them employ more than 6,000 people in Ireland. These are real substantive companies providing significant employment and they are very competitive players. I repeat what the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister for Finance said: there are no special deals under our tax code with any company. This is categorically...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am surprised at the Deputy's remarks. I should not need to tell any Member of the Oireachtas that there are no deals in our tax regime. I am sure the Deputy was party to the debates on the Finance Bill. Our legislation is set out clearly. There are no special deals with any companies. Such special deals apply in some countries which are competitors of ours which spin their own tax...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Sinn Féin path is not sustainable.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Initiatives (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The potential of the manufacturing sector has been neglected in recent years. In consequence, as part of the Action Plan for Jobs 2012, I established a manufacturing forum chaired by Patrick Miskelly and supported by an analysis team in Forfás to develop a detailed strategy for manufacturing, which I launched last month along with a separate strategy on the skill needs of manufacturing...