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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (22 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The net Exchequer provision as published in the Expenditure Report 2014 is €732.07 million. This allocation will ensure that my Department and its agencies will continue to deliver comprehensive programmes of activity and supports in respect of the three programme areas of jobs and enterprise; innovation; and regulation, at a further reduced cost to the taxpayer. It will also help to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Safety Standards (23 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Chinese lanterns or sky lanterns are small balloons, generally made of paper and bamboo, with a burner inside to generate hot air that gives the lantern its lift. Permission is required from the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) before any launch of these products can take place. They are classified as 'free floating balloons' for which written launch permission is required. I am informed...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (23 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Anyone interested in starting or expanding 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, in certain...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey, which is usually carried out in October of each year, reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the Enterprise Development agencies. Details of the level of employment, job losses and the number of new jobs created in IDA and Enterprise Ireland client companies in each year from 2009 to 2012, are set out in the following...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The capital allocations to Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland and the County Enterprise Boards are set out in the following table. Where relevant, the table also highlights additional capital carryover provided to Agencies to facilitate them in operating multi-annual programmes. Table 1: 2009 to 2013 Capital Allocations Agency 2009 Allocation 2010 Allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Programme Expenditure (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Exchequer capital funding is primarily expended through various agencies under the remit of my Department, including IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, Shannon Development, Inter Trade Ireland, INTERREG, the National Standards Authority of Ireland, and the 35 City and County Enterprise Boards. Capital funding has also been allocated for expenditure by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: There are two significant issues that arise in this case. Firstly the matter of seeking to enforce the payment of an award made by one of the employment rights bodies and secondly on this not succeeding, the potential to have recourse to the Insolvency Payments Scheme for payment arising from that award. I am fully aware of the difficulties that are being experienced by the individual in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The relevant enterprise agencies under the remit of my Department are Enterprise Ireland (EI), IDA Ireland (IDA) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). These are independent agencies, each with their respective statutory functions, governance and management structures. Accordingly, procurement is a day-to-day operational matter for the agencies and for their respective Accounting Officers...

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

Richard Bruton: The net Exchequer provision as published in the Expenditure Report 2014 is €732.07 million. This allocation will ensure that my Department and its agencies will continue to deliver a full suite of programmes of activity and supports in respect of the 3 Programme Areas of Jobs and Enterprise; Innovation; and Regulation, at a further reduced cost to the taxpayer. It will also help to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Regional Aid Guidelines enable the State's industrial development agencies to pay grants, at enhanced rates, to businesses in order to support new investment and new employment in productive projects in Ireland's most disadvantaged regions. This helps the convergence of these regions with the more advantaged regions of the Union. All such grants come from the exchequer, i.e. there is no...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 and 379 together. The competence for trade negotiations lies with the European Union. The trade agreement between the European Union and its Member States and Colombia and Peru, was signed in June, 2012. The agreement with Peru was provisionally applied from 1 March, 2013, and following Colombia’s internal procedures for ratification, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (5 Nov 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 hears claims under 18 separate pieces of legislation, some of which are lodged as direct claims to the Tribunal and others which come to the Tribunal by way of appeal or implementation of a Rights Commissioner’s...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the deputy that the dispute at Wallis has been settled and I believe it represents a fair and reasonable outcome from the point of view of both parties involved.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: North-South Implementation Bodies (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: InterTradeIreland is one of the six North/South Implementation Bodies established under the Belfast Agreement (the ‘Good Friday Agreement’) in 1998. Its statutory functions are set down in the British-Irish Agreement Act, 1999 and it has the following remit: "to exchange information and co-ordinate work on trade, business development and related matters in areas where the two...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: One of the principal statutory functions of IDA Ireland is to promote the establishment and development, in the State, of industrial undertakings from outside the State. On the other hand, the remit of Invest Northern Ireland, an agency sponsored by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland, is to support new and existing businesses in that region to grow and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Co-operation (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs process has been shared with my counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive. I am glad to say that there is positive on-going engagement between my Department’s enterprise agencies and their Northern Ireland counterparts. Both sets of agencies are aware of each other’s offerings and they collaborate closely, where appropriate, on schemes and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: INTERREG Funding (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 385 and 386 together. The Interreg Programme is the Cross-Border Territorial Co-operation Programme for Northern Ireland, the Border Region of Ireland and Western Scotland. The programme is 75% funded by the EU, through the European Regional Development Fund, and the remaining 25% is provided by the participating Member States, and has potential funding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: Driving export growth is central to our economic recovery and is a key focus of the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs. Enterprise Development Agency-supported companies account for more than 80% of Ireland’s total exports. CSO figures show that our strong export performance is continuing. Total exports in 2012 by companies based in Ireland amounted to €182.155bn...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: The transposition deadline for the provisions of this Directive was 11 May 2013. As previously indicated to the Deputy, a number of legal issues were identified during consideration of the Draft Regulations and this has delayed completion. While work continues on resolving these issues, it was not possible to formally settle the proposed Regulations from a legal perspective in time to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: The proposed Directive on improving the gender balance among non-executive directors of listed companies is under negotiation at the EU level. As this is an equality measure, the Minister for Justice and Equality leads on the Irish position, with contributions from my Department on the company law aspects of the proposal. As the negotiations are still at an early stage it is not known...