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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Firstly, I should point out that the company concerned is not a client of Enterprise Ireland. I understand from Enterprise Ireland that the agency is working with client companies in the printing sector committed to diversifying their operations into new technologies such as digital print (to offer short runs, economical and quicker turnaround, personalisation) and fulfilment/packaging...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Remit (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) throughout the country are charged with promoting entrepreneurship and micro-enterprise development and are the first-stop-shop for those beginning a new business as well as those wishing to expand their existing one. They are the single point of access to all local and national enterprise supports and services. The LEO structure provides a service...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I share the Deputy’s concern in relation to employees’ rights to receive their wages and the apparent failure of their employer to pay their wages for a number of weeks before the closure of the premises in question. Officials from the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) have met with representatives of the employees to inform them about their entitlements and means of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme facility was introduced in October 2012 following demands from business interests for the introduction of supports for microenterprises in a difficult economic environment. It has now developed a presence in the Irish financial market. As of 31 March 2014, Microfinance Ireland (MFI) has approved 192 applications to the value of €3m supporting 437...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Issues (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Government is committed to reform of the State’s existing Workplace Relations Services. The system that developed over the last eighty years had become unwieldy and complex and was no longer fit for purpose. Indeed, there was universal acceptance of the need for a root-and-branch reform of the existing structures. My objective is to deliver a world-class workplace relations...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Manufacturing Sector (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Strategy on Manufacturing, which was launched in April 2013, identified that a total of 205,700 people were directly employed in Manufacturing and that a similar number of jobs were indirectly supported. At the end of 2013, Central Statistics Office Data (Quarterly National Household Survey, Q 4 2013) shows that a total of 215,900 were directly employed in the sector, a rise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland Remit (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Science Foundation Ireland’s investments build links between academia and industry in areas of national importance in order to promote and assist the development and competitiveness of industry, enterprise and employment in the State. The remit of Science Foundation Ireland was amended last year with the enactment of the Industrial Development (Science Foundation Ireland) Act 2013 (No....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection that any consideration of a restructure of pension scheme benefits under section 50 of the Pensions Act must comply with the provisions in the Pensions Act and with guidance issued by the Pensions Board. This guidance makes provision for the notification of all pensioners in advance of any application to the Pensions Board to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49, 50, 55 and 60 together. Responsibility for statistical information rests with the Central Statistics Office (CSO). However, I understand that the CSO does not compile statistics on jobs created and lost on a county basis. As far as agencies of my Department are concerned, the number of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland’s mission is to work with entrepreneurs, Irish businesses, and the research and investment communities to develop Ireland’s international trade, innovation, and competitiveness with the ultimate objective of employment and export growth. Enterprise Ireland’s support is targeted primarily at exporting companies, delivered by working directly with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52, 54 and 58 together. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been, and will continue to be, an integral part of Ireland’s economic development strategy. Foreign-owned firms contribute substantially to Ireland’s exports, jobs, expenditure in the Irish economy and to Exchequer funds. FDI plays a key role in stimulating the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: European research programmes provide valuable opportunities for Irish-based firms to engage in high-level international research, while also being a critical source of non-exchequer funding for this important economic activity. Running from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of almost €80 billion, Horizon 2020 is the EU’s new programme for research and innovation and is part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs is the Government’s main policy instrument to support job creation. The Action Plan has set a target of supporting the creation of an additional 100,000 jobs in the economy by 2016 by improving the operating environment for businesses. Over 99% of all businesses in Ireland are SMEs and it is estimated that 72% of all employees in Ireland work in SMEs....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Development Agencies and the new Local Enterprise Offices operate a range of supports and services, including assisting companies in both the Manufacturing and Services sectors, as both of these sectors are crucial to the economy and to job creation. In addition, it can be possible for companies to also access State or EU supports from other sources. However many companies are not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Young entrepreneurs and third level students are a seed bed for future business start-ups and as such they should be part of Ireland getting back on its feet, and the drive to stimulate more entrepreneurship, micro and small business activity. It is not only important to support existing entrepreneurs but also to work towards encouraging greater levels of entrepreneurship in the future....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: As regards jobs created and lost, the only figures available to my Department are those in respect of jobs created and lost, on a county basis, in client companies of the Enterprise Development Agencies under the aegis of my Department. Tables 1 and 2 below provide details of jobs created and lost, since 2008 in companies in Co. Kildare that were supported by Enterprise Ireland (EI) and IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Under the Industrial Development Acts, the management of IDA Ireland’s property portfolio, including the provision of buildings for client companies, is a day to day operational matter for the Agency. In order to boost regional development and win new business, IDA Ireland proposes to build an advanced manufacturing facilities in both Waterford and Athlone. In the current economic...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. I am informed by IDA Ireland that the number of people employed in their client companies in 2013 was 166,184. Every 10 jobs in an IDA Ireland client company supports 7 jobs in the wider economy. 2013 represented the fourth successive year of jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The official signing ceremony for the EU-Colombia/Peru Trade Agreement took place on 26 June 2012. The EU was represented by the Presidency and by the EU Commission. All EU Member States are Parties to the Agreement and signature by all Member States took place ahead of the official signing ceremony. Ireland signed on 25 June, 2012. The full entry into force of the Agreement is subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am aware that the Office of the Director, in common with the other Divisions and Offices of my Department, participated in a Departmental Workforce Planning exercise in 2012 and again in 2013. Notwithstanding the merits of the various submissions received, the moratorium on recruitment and the need to observe Employment Control Framework targets severely limit the capacity of my Department...