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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the time available it has not been possible to provide the information requested. My Department will forward this information to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Expenditure (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland is the Government agency responsible for the development and internationalisation of Irish enterprises. Enterprise Ireland has 30 offices worldwide to help Irish firms develop overseas markets. Each year, Enterprise Ireland organises a series of targeted international trade missions. The impact of trade missions together with the many other sales, marketing and trade...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: My colleague, the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Mr Alan Kelly T.D., led an Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Russia from 7 to 10 October, 2013. Based in Moscow, this trade mission was organised with the support of the Irish embassy in Russia and included 20 best-in-class Irish companies from the aviation sector. Russia has become a key export market...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Appeals (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: A Work Permit application in respect of the person named by the Deputy was refused on 21October 2013. In accordance with Section 13 of the Employment Permits Act 2006 a review of this decision was sought by the applicant. I can inform the Deputy that a Work Permit issued on 29November 2013 on foot of this review.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The employment of foreign nationals in the State is governed by the Employment Permits Acts 2003 to 2013. The law is clear on the matter of employment of 3rd country nationals - it is illegal for such a 3rd country national to be employed without the State's permission and it is an offence for both the 3rd country national and the employer concerned. Illegal employment of 3rd country...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Redundancy Payments (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Claims in respect of statutory redundancy and minimum notice, where they remain unpaid, can be taken to the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT). A claim for statutory redundancy must be submitted within one year from the date of dismissal, and up to two years at the discretion of the Tribunal and where reasonable cause is shown. There is no statutory limit for submitting a claim for minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Earlier this year, Forfas published a report on Social Enterprise in Ireland. What is clear from the Forfas report is that social enterprises are not a homogenous group. There are many different types of social enterprises engaged in a wide variety of activity. The spectrum ranges from enterprises that are fully dependent on State support, to a small number of commercially trading...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I understand from Enterprise Ireland that the companies concerned received grant funding from Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland paid grant funding to the companies in question totalling €202,005.83. These grants were awarded over a period beginning in 1997 and concluding in 2012 under programmes covering areas such as Research and Development and Capital grants. The grant...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Media Mergers (3 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of the proposed Consumer Protection and Competition Bill is, amongst other things, to implement the recommendations of the Advisory Group on Media Mergers. Work is at an advanced stage on the drafting of the Bill and it is hoped to finalise it before the end of the year. Given the proposed transfer of responsibility for the public interest test in relation to media mergers to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (4 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Irish seed and venture capital sector is a critical element of the funding environment supporting entrepreneurship and the creation of jobs in Ireland. Along with taking equity stakes in companies, the State has invested heavily in stimulating the Venture Capital sector. Three programmes have been run since 1994 and a fourth programme of €175m was announced by the Government as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (4 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs 2013 sets out a range of commitments with regard to access to finance, including a commitment to investigate the potential for alternative funding mechanisms including peer to peer lending, supply chain finance and crowdfunding. Along with supporting the more traditional models of financing, this would support the need for a broad and diversified range of financing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (4 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Developing enterprise and helping create jobs remain top priorities for Government. The “Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2012-16” identifies investment in the productive sector and human capital – such as direct supports for enterprise development, science, technology and innovation advancement as one of its main components. The Investment Plan commits...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (4 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Developing enterprise and helping create jobs remain top priorities for Government. The “Infrastructure and Capital Investment Plan 2012-16” identifies investment in the productive sector and human capital – such as direct supports for enterprise development, science, technology and innovation advancement as one of its main components. The Investment Plan commits...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (5 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: A Work Permit application made by an employer in respect of the person named by the Deputy was refused on 23 July 2013 on the grounds that it appeared that no Labour Market Needs Test had been carried out in support of the application. A review of this decision was sought in accordance with Section 13 the Employment Permits Act, 2006 but this request was not received within the statutory...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department's Annual Report for 2012 will be finalised by the end of this month and, in light of Irish translation requirements, is expected to be published in January.

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

Richard Bruton: I have been informed by IDA Ireland that there were three agency sponsored site visits by potential investors to County Wicklow in 2011, six in 2012 and, to date in 2013, there have been two visits. These site visits were from new companies visiting the location for the first time and from senior executives of existing companies. As Ireland competes for high quality investments, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (5 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: In this case, the company has excess capacity and four other such sites had already been closed worldwide by the company. This is the key determinant in their decision to initiate a process which is likely to cease production at the plant and to introduce a redundancy programme there, on a phased basis, over the next eighteen months. All 107 jobs will be lost in the process. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Architectural Qualifications (5 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: As the policy responsibility for the registration of architects lies with my colleague, the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government, I have no direct function in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The proposed 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive seeks to update the 3rd Directive to take account of the February 2012 revision of the international standard for anti-money laundering requirements – the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). It includes proposals for the registration of the beneficial owners of companies and other entities. The generality of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to reform the current law on employees' right to engage in collective bargaining (the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001), so as to ensure compliance by the State with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. With this in mind, in late 2012 I wrote to relevant stakeholders inviting their observations on the matter....