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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Since the Action Plan for Jobs was introduced in 2012, the Government has implemented over 500 actions to support job creation across all Government Departments and a significant number of State agencies. The 2012 Action Plan for Jobs contained 270 actions and 92% of these were delivered by the end of that year. The 2013 Action Plan contained 333 actions and had a 90% implementation rate....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Strategy for the Manufacturing Sector, which I commissioned, and which was published in April last, identified that an additional 20,000 jobs can be created in the sector by 2016. A complementary report on the skills needs for the sector, which I had commissioned at the same time, was published by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs and Forfás and it identified a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 40 together. As part of a wider trade and investment mission to Singapore and Malaysia, I recently led the first-ever joint trade mission of Irish, Northern Ireland and British companies, together with fellow Ministers Arlene Foster, Northern Ireland Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment and Stephen Hammond, UK Parliamentary Under Secretary...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Following on from the recent first-ever joint trade mission to Singapore which I led along with my UK and NI Ministerial colleagues, Enterprise Ireland and its UK and NI equivalent development agencies are engaged in an evaluation of the mission and the benefits to its client companies. This will assist in informing how we might take future efforts forward.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The current Programme for Government contained a commitment to reverse the €1 per hour reduction in the National Minimum Wage introduced by the previous Government on 1 February 2011. The increase was provided for in the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 and effected by the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (Section 11) (No. 2) Order 2011 from 1 July 2011. The restoration of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The aim of the Action Plan for Jobs is to support enterprises to create employment throughout the whole of the country and in all regions. Regions that support strong and dynamic enterprises are crucial to Ireland’s return to overall economic growth. The 2014 Action Plan for Jobs, which was published at the end of February, includes a commitment to develop a framework for a Regional...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Retention (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 91 together. I understand in the case of Staunton sports that the Examiner is currently in the process of engaging with various parties who have expressed an interest in the business, including the Management Team, and as part of the process has requested proposals from each of the parties as to their plans for the business and the employees of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) was established by the Oireachtas pursuant to the Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012, as a private limited company, and a subsidiary of Social Finance Foundation. Under section 5 of this Act I was required to make a grant of €10 million to MFI out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas. Section 21 of this Act sets out the provisions in relation to annual...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Details of the land holdings of IDA Ireland outside of the gateway cities and hub towns are set out in the attached tabular statement. IDA Ireland also provides property solutions to companies who are clients of Enterprise Ireland. Under the Industrial Development legislation, IDA Ireland is independent in the exercise of its property function. The empirical results of international...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I have undertaken a significant number of foreign direct investment missions with IDA Ireland, export-focussed trade missions with Enterprise Ireland and joint trade and investment missions with both agencies since taking office in March 2011. The foreign direct investment missions arranged by IDA Ireland typically involve meeting with Chairpersons, CEOs and other senior executives of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), which is published by the Central Statistics Office, provides a breakdown of employment by economic sector. It also groups these sectors into the broad headings of Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Industry (including construction), and Services. The latest Survey was published on 27 February, and shows that there were just over 1.9...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94, 97 and 100 together. The manufacturing sector had lost 50,000 jobs in the years up to 2010. However, the sector has seen a modest return to growth in employment over the last few years, with an additional 8,000 jobs having been created in the last year alone. In relation to overall employment in the manufacturing sector, when account is taken of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Funding (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Horizon 2020, with a budget of €79 billion and covering the next seven years, is the biggest ever European Research and Innovation Programme and the largest worldwide. Horizon 2020 offers huge opportunities to researchers, research organisations and industry to engage in cutting edge research, and power Europe towards economic recovery The structure and objectives of Horizon 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Government recognises that the availability of competitively priced world class infrastructure (energy, telecoms, transport, waste and water) and related services are critical to supporting enterprise development, and in turn, job creation. My Department and its agencies monitor the issues relevant to job creation and retention – including the infrastructural needs of enterprises...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: My regular engagement with small and medium enterprises around the country, and with their representative bodies, provides a forum to discuss their concerns on a wide range of issues, including those related to costs such as local authority charges, utility costs (including energy), rents, and labour costs. The Forfás report “Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2012”...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 101 together. The latest Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) shows that, in spite of the creation of an additional 61,000 jobs overall in the economy in Quarter 4 2013, the number of people under 25 years of age in employment decreased by 1,600 year-on-year. We have, nonetheless, seen a marked improvement from the 14,500 jobs lost in this age...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: In order to work in Ireland a non-EEA National ( ) must hold a valid Employment Permit and my Department's Employment Permits Section administers the Employment Permits system. The onus to maintain a current immigration status rests on the non-EEA national that may be the subject of a work permit application. An individual’s immigration status has a major bearing on the consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I understand from Enterprise Ireland that since the launch of the first Community Enterprise Centre scheme in 1989, €64 million has been approved by the agency for the development of CECs across the country. To date, there have been 4 capital schemes and 117 CECs have been completed. In January 2012, Enterprise Ireland introduced a €2m fund to support the appointment of 46...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 446 to 448, inclusive, together. Earlier this month this company announced that it intended to close its manufacturing facility in West County Dublin, by the end of 2015, impacting 130 employees, as the company makes changes to its global manufacturing network. A further group of about 40 posts in that facility are unaffected. In addition, a single...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I have interpreted the Deputy’s question to relate to unpublished policy reports handed to me since I took up office on 9 March 2011. Details of policy reports not yet published 2013 Annual Report of the Company Law Review Group Review of Business Mentoring Services in Ireland – prepared by Forfás “Good for Business, Good for the Community –...