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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a sectoral analysis has been carried out of skills shortages in the economy for the next five, ten, 15 and 20-year period; the impact skills shortages are having on Irish competitiveness levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22973/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I ask the Minister has a sectoral analysis been carried out of skills shortages in the economy for the next five, ten, 15 and 20-year periods and the impact skills shortages are having on Irish competitiveness levels. The Minister will have seen the most recent report where we are now burning at an alarming rate through our competitiveness advantagesvis-à-visour international...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: There is no point in us pretending about the impact the skills shortages will have across all sectors of the economy. We have rapid growth, our GDP has increased and our debt ratios have dropped dramatically but underneath all the positive news, are the alarm bells beginning to ring due to the drop in competitiveness? If we do not arrest that particular issue, we will have the same...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I have been very well behaved this morning.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: When we are talking about this issue, and while we acknowledge the positives, it is important to recognise the underlying threats. We face an obvious threat in the context of Brexit and the impact that may have on the broader economy. There are skills shortages across all sectors of the economy and I do not detect any discernible positive efforts being made to address these, either in the...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA site visits and vacant IDA properties nationwide in Q1, 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22862/18]

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I ask the Minister of State to outline the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits and to detail vacant IDA Ireland properties nationwide. The first quarter statistics for 2018 on the number of IDA Ireland site visits across the country are quite alarming in that there are significant disparities between Dublin and the regions. I ask the Minister of State to elaborate on that and explain...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: The site visit statistics are symptomatic of the greater problem of regional imbalance. We accept there have been increases in employment across the country and a major increase in inward investment through companies supported by IDA Ireland. Given that 51% of site visits between 2012 and 2017 were in Dublin, which sends a worrying signal to the regions, and in light of the investment...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: That is my point.

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: The Minister of State has told us that 4,500 of the net 10,000 jobs created by IDA Ireland last year were outside Dublin, which means that 5,500 jobs were created in Dublin. The reality is that 55% of the net job creation was in Dublin and 45% of it was in the rest of the country, which rather proves my point. The Government's site visits policy is also relevant in this context. It is...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Deputy Scanlon sends his apologies but he feels strongly about this issue, as do many Deputies. The question relates to regional imbalance. Will the Minister indicate the status report on IDA Ireland advanced factory units being constructed in counties Sligo and Leitrim?

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the fact that the advance factory unit site was completed in Sligo. I welcome the partnership of IDA Ireland and the local authority to open up infrastructural development. The key issue is to ensure that we have a proactive campaign of site visits to promote the north west. The Minister of State referred to clustering. Certainly in Sligo and the surrounding part of the...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I want the Minister of State to convey the sentiments that I have expressed on behalf of Deputy Scanlon to ensure there is a continual proactive engagement by the IDA in attracting and encouraging multinationals to locate and invest in the Sligo-Leitrim region. The fact that the Oakfield site is now coming on stream because of the collaboration between the local authority and the IDA is a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish SMEs and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22861/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the Innovation 2020 research and development intensity target of 2.5% of GNP will be attained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22859/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the introduction of legislation to enhance the powers of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in view of the recommendation in the cost of motor insurance report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22860/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate steps being taken to reverse the reputational damage done to Ireland’s image as a location for future foreign direct investment for data centre projects in view of the confirmation that a company (details supplied) will not proceed with a data centre investment in Athenry County Galway; [22858/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the 2018 digital economy and society index by the European Commission; and his further views on more than half of the Irish adult population lacking at least basic digital skills. [22980/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants that received funding under Enterprise Ireland’s high potential start-up feasibility grant in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county; the number that received funding by firm size of less than ten, 11 to 49, 50 to 249 and more than 250 employees; and the amount paid out by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants that received funding under Enterprise Ireland’s commercial case feasibility support in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by county; the number that received funding by firm size of less than 10, 11 to 49, 50 to 249 and more than 250 employees; and the amount paid out by county and by...