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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: An application in respect of an employment permit for the person named was received in my Department on 7th March 2013. This application was refused on 27th March 2013. A request to review the decision was received within the prescribed timeframe of 21 days and this review will take place shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) opened for business on Monday 1st October 2012. A full progress report on the operation of the scheme from 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013 can be found on my Department’s website (www.enterprise.gov.ie) and the Microfinance Ireland (MFI) website (www.microfinanceireland.ie ). I hope to publish the next MFI progress report by mid-July. Detailed below is the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department ensures that a high profile is given to ensuring that a good performance on the transposition of Directives is maintained. Within the Department transposition is monitored on a regular basis. A total of 7 Directives require to be transposed by my Department up to the end of May 2015. One Directive is recently overdue since 11th May 2013, Directive 2010/32/EU on implementing the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Draft transposing Regulations to bring the "Sharps" Directive into force in Irish legislation have been prepared by my Department in conjunction with the Health & Safety Authority (HSA) and the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC). However, in considering the Draft Regulations, a number of issues arose and two issues remain outstanding. These are currently being responded to by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Reports (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Consumer Protection Act 2007 requires the National Consumer Agency no later than 6 months after the end of each financial year to make a report in writing to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation of its activities during the year. The Act further provides that before the report is published, the Minister shall as soon as practicable after receiving the annual report cause to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: World Trade Negotiations (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Both the European Union (EU) and the 27 EU Member States are members of the WTO. The European Commission negotiates at the WTOon behalf of the European Union and its Member States when authorised by the Council. In doing so, the Commission seeks to reconcile EU Member States' interests and priorities with WTO partners' requests by aiming to secure a consensus among the Member States....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I would like to thank the Deputy for bringing this campaign to my attention. In 2010 American Express created the Small Business Saturday movement to encourage people to shop at their local business on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. To reach as many people as possible, American Express made Facebook the hub of its marketing efforts for the initiative. Both multinationals have promoted...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: A work permit application has been received in respect of this person on 13th May 2013. I understand that a decision will made in the coming days in relation to this case.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Presidency Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 371 and 372 together. In the event that the European Commission were to adopt a legislative proposal for an EU measure of the kind referred to by the Deputy, with an appropriate legal basis and supported by an impact assessment, the relevant Irish Authorities would deal with such a draft measure in the same manner as all other such Commission proposals. As...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Anyone interested in starting their own business should in the first instance contact their local County and City Enterprise Board (CEB). The CEBs support the indigenous micro-enterprise sector in the start-up and expansion phases and stimulate enterprise potential at local level. They are the first port of call in terms of advice, direction, training and grant support for anyone who wishes...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, would also like to make an opening statement on the innovation side. How brief should be the opening statements?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I will be very brief. The work of my Department is essentially work connected with the transition of the Irish economy from the model which got us into trouble, namely, construction, debt and property, to a new model based on enterprise, innovation and exports. This is the journey we are seeking to travel. We have introduced the concept of an action plan for jobs which essentially is a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The savings have been achieved by the non-filling of vacancies, the reduction of posts under the employment control framework and our ongoing streamlining of agencies, such as the workplace relations bodies, and the reform of the county enterprise boards. We have also sought to make use of ICT and other means of improving our capacity to reform in the context of declining numbers. The...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I will try to deal with those points and questions as best I can. In some instances we may be obliged to provide additional information at a later date. In the context of the microfinance loan fund, 72 applications - with a value of €1.15 million and supporting 181 jobs - have been approved. That is the up-to-date position. The fund is obviously in a roll-out phase. I understand...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: No, I would not expect it, given the pattern. Obviously it is too early to say but not given the pattern of focus on the sectors where we are already strong. Increasingly, the wins are for people with higher skills and those in research and development areas. The Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, will advert to the fact that almost 40% or 50% of the projects we are winning now have a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Does Deputy Tóibín mean the multiplier in terms of the knock-on?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: By and large they are different. Each sector is different. If a company is in the exporting sector then traditionally it ought to have similar knock-on effects. By and large the multiplier is higher for an Enterprise Ireland company than for an IDA company because they tend to have higher purchases of materials and services in the domestic economy than an IDA company. However, one of the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The data on county enterprise board employment has not been collected on the rigorous statistical basis that has applied traditionally to the IDA and Enterprise Ireland. One thing we need to do is get a more accurate reflection of the jobs impact and that is something we hope to develop. Deputy Calleary raised the issue of the case being made that Ireland is a tax haven. We absolutely...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Different things are going on in those budgets. For example, let us consider Enterprise Ireland. Part of the reason for the under-spend in those figures was that the take-up in the innovation fund was less rapid. The people were not as quick to come in with matching funds and therefore it did not get the take-up that had been budgeted for; that came later. Essentially, the capital...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will see that the flow of new investments from Asia on the foreign direct investment, FDI, front is probably less than the IDA would have hoped for but we believe it is a market with which we must persist. We will be seeking to maintain our presence in these markets even though, in the short term, one might say it is not turning around the same return, either in IDA investment or...