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

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2013 will not be available until year end. Details of the number of new full time jobs created in IDA Ireland’s client companies for each of the years...

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

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on jobs gains and losses in the enterprise development agencies. The information is gathered on an annual basis and aggregated at county level. Information is given by companies on a confidential basis for statistical purposes only. The numbers of job losses in each of the past three years in IDA supported companies is set out in the...

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

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey provides an analysis of employment trends and levels in Industrial and Services companies under the remit of IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Shannon Development and Údarás na Gaeltachta. This research also gives details of job losses and job gains. This work is undertaken on a calendar year basis and the survey to identify outcomes for...

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

Richard Bruton: Given the number of agencies involved, and within the timeframe available, my Department has been unable to collate the information requested. However, my Department is in the process of doing so and will provide the information directly to the Deputy as soon as all the information is assembled.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees Agreements (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012 provides that reviews of each Joint Labour Committees (JLC) be carried out by the Labour Court, as soon as practicable after the commencement of the Act, and at least once every 5 years thereafter. The review assisted the Labour Court’s deliberations as to whether any JLC should be abolished, maintained in its current form, amalgamated...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Programme Expenditure (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The €23million in capital expenditure referred to in the Deputy’s question represents the difference between the capital expenditure from my Department’s Vote as reported in the End November Expenditure Return published by the Minister for Finance and the amount of capital expenditure originally profiled for that period at the beginning of the year. In this regard, as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The total number of jobs lost and gained for the Manufacturing and Financial Services Sectors, for the period 2007-2012, is set out in the tables below. Both sets of figures are compiled by Forfas as part of that agency’s business information monitoring and are updated, if necessary, in Forfas’ Annual Employment Survey. The figures show an overall gain of approximately 3,000...

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

Richard Bruton: Pfizer recently undertook a review of its worldwide manufacturing capabilities to improve its overall operational effectiveness. The Global Pharmaceutical industry is experiencing a number of challenges due to patent expiry and over-capacity in manufacturing and Pfizer is no exception. Greater efficiencies and competitiveness are continually being sought across all Pfizer’s sites in...

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

Richard Bruton: My Department provides funding to two entities who are registered with charitable status as approved by the Revenue Commissioners. The first such body is the Consumers’ Association of Ireland. Funding is provided to the Association to support suitable projects to enhance its capacity to address the needs of consumers. Funding in the amount of €48,484.90 was provided to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Details of the amount of grants paid in Co. Carlow and Co. Wicklow from 2007 to 2012 are set out in the following tabular statement. As Ireland competes for high quality investments, the concept of scale is crucial. Leading global corporations require a significant population pool, access to qualified talent, world standard physical and digital infrastructure coupled with the availability...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the case of the Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) plant in Swords, the company has had to undertake a review of its worldwide manufacturing capabilities to improve it overall operational effectiveness. Following the merger of that company with Schering Plough, the combined operation has excess manufacturing capacity worldwide. Accordingly, as part of an overall rationalisation, the company...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Law Issues (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Company law in Ireland is currently spread out over 16 enactments and numerous statutory instruments. The Companies Bill 2012 ("the Bill") is a consolidation of all these provisions in one Bill which aims to streamline, simplify and clarify the law. The Bill is the largest substantive Bill in the history of the State, spread out over 25 Parts, 17 Schedules and comprising some 1,429...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Audit proposals adopted by the EU Commission at the end of 2011 contain draft provisions relating to auditor and audit firm rotation in respect of the audit of public interest entities. These audit proposals are currently the subject of Trilogue negotiations between the European Council, the European Commission and the Parliament. The audit provisions arising from this process, including...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: According to the Quarterly National Household Survey for Quarter 3, 2013, published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), approximately 4,800 jobs per month have been created – a total of 58,000 in the 12 months to end of the third quarter of 2013. A monthly breakdown of jobs by standard occupational classification is not available. However, the following table provides statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (11 Dec 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. Currently one Directive is overdue since 11th May 2013, Directive 2010/32/EU on implementing the Framework agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and health care...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Legal Costs (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: No costs have been incurred in my Department as a result of Oireachtas members initiating legal challenges in the Courts for each of the past five years.

Seanad: Critical Utilities (Security of Supply) Bill 2013: Second Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank the 12 Senators who participated in this debate. It has been a very interesting discussion. Like others, I welcome the recent resolution of the dispute at the ESB, which is a good example of our existing industrial relations machinery in action. The trade unions, management and staff of the Labour Relations Commission certainly deserve recognition for ending the uncertainty that...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Creighton for her amendment and comments. We are united in the desire to see companies avail of examinership, which has been successful, albeit only for large companies. Of the 80 or so examinerships each year, 75% are successful. It is an instrument that we need to make accessible to small companies and that is what this legislation sets out to do. By making it accessible...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: To address Deputy Timmins, it is beside the point that we are favouring foreign direct investment, FDI, over small to medium-sized enterprises, SMEs. Virtually all of the initiatives in the Action Plan for Jobs are aimed at SMEs, for example, micro-finance, the loan guarantee, the reform of the wage settlement mechanisms, the establishment of local enterprise offices, LEOs, the creation of...