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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (1 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: Later this month, the new Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) will be established countrywide and they will become the 31First-Stop-Shops for new entrepreneurs and existing micro and small business owners at local level. In preparation for the new support structure, a new LEO website, comprising a gateway and 31 sub sites, has been designed. The design and development of the new website is a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (1 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: It is important to note that there is no legal definition of an “au pair”. Rather, Ireland's body of employment rights legislation protects all employees legally employed on an employer-employee basis in Ireland, regardless of what title is given to them. Therefore, once it is clear that a person is working under a contract of employment, on a full-time or part-time basis,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (1 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 to 249, inclusive, together. There are 52 Enterprise Ireland client companies in Longford employing 1,632 people on a full time basis. There are 105 Enterprise Ireland client companies in Westmeath employing 2,610 people on a full time basis. Enterprise Ireland runs many initiatives to help sustain existing jobs and to create new jobs in the Midlands...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Staff (1 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland is an autonomous agency set up by statute, with a mandate to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) into this country and to support new and existing FDI operations so as to maximise the related industrial employment, output, exports, and economy expenditures including wages and corporation tax contributions. The management and location of IDA Ireland staff is a day to day...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Growth (1 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Potential Exporters Division of Enterprise Ireland holds “Export Awareness Events” and “Exploring Exporting Workshops” across the regions for new and early exporters to develop the tools and techniques needed to succeed in export markets. Enterprise Ireland is committed to helping companies strengthen their export readiness and export selling capabilities....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law Reform (2 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Company Law Review Group (CLRG) publishes all of its Reports in full and these are available on its website – www.clrg.org. Its Report entitled “CLRG Report on reducing the costs of rescuing viable small private companies 2012” is published as a separate report and also included in the CLRG Annual Report 2012. This Report contains recommendations regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (2 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: Ireland’s NUTS-II regions are defined as:- Border, Midland and Western NUTS-II Region and - Southern and Eastern NUTS-II RegionThe BMW Region NUTS II also contains three NUTS III regions: Border: The counties of Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Louth, Monaghan and Sligo. West: The counties of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon. Midland: The counties of Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (2 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: As stated in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 27 March 2014, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Establishment (3 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Government Decision of April 2012 to reform the national micro and small business support infrastructure sees the dissolution of the 35 existing County Enterprise Boards and the transfer of their functions, assets and liabilities to Enterprise Ireland. The functions will then be carried out by the Local Authorities on behalf of Enterprise Ireland through the establishment of Local...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Services (3 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Patents Office, the Companies Registration Office and the Registrar of Friendly Societies in my Department accept payment by debit or credit card for the payment of fees in respect of patents, trademarks and designs in the case of the Patent Office, and in respect of payment of fees in the case of the Companies Registration Office and the Registrar of Friendly Societies. Following a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (3 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: Anyone interested in starting 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 grant support for anyone who wishes...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause (3 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: Responsibility for public procurement policy, as well as for coordination of the Government's Exchequer Capital Investment Framework, rests with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The 2013 Action Plan for Jobs included a commitment from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to examine the potential for developing an approach for the inclusion of social clauses in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (3 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: I refer the Deputy to my previous answers in relation to this issue, on Wednesday 12 March 2014, to Dáil Questions Nos. 80 and 83 and on Thursday, 13th March, 2014, to Dáil Questions Nos. 88 and 91. As I outlined in these replies, Examinership allows for the rescue of companies that find themselves insolvent but have the potential to return to financial viability and continue in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (3 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: I wish to inform the Deputy that the company concerned in County Galway is a client of Údarás na Gaeltachta and matters in regard to that Agency are the responsibility of my colleague, Mr. Jimmy Deenihan, T.D., Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. With regard to the company from County Roscommon, I understand that Enterprise Ireland cannot provide assistance to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Funding (3 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: The new Programme for the Competitiveness of Enterprises and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (COSME) will run from 2014 to 2020, with an overall budget of €2.23bn. The SME Policy Unit of my Department has policy responsibility for COSME policy issues and liaison with the EU Commission. Executive responsibility rests with Enterprise Ireland and the Enterprise Europe Network Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (3 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: With a budget of just under €80 billion and covering the period 2014 to 2020, Horizon 2020 is the EU's new programme for research and innovation. Horizon 2020 is a core part of Europe 2020, the Innovation Union and the European Research Area and is responding to the economic crisis by investing in future jobs and growth, addressing people's concerns about their livelihoods, safety and...

Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: It is proposed to take No. 9, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of Ireland’s participation in an EDA Category B project on counter improvised explosive device manual neutralisation techniques (back from committee); No. 10, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the...

Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: This is not a matter on which legislation is promised.

Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: That notwithstanding, I am sure the work is continuing. The ambition continues to be to produce a worked-out model on that time structure, but I will get back to the Deputy with additional detail if it can be obtained.

Order of Business (8 Apr 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am glad to tell the Deputy that the Cabinet today confirmed the announcement by the Taoiseach that there would be a Cabinet sub-committee dealing with the preparation of the Garda authority Bill. That committee has been established today. It is hoped that substantial progress will be made by the end of this year but, obviously, its work will have to depend on the progress made. The...