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Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of this new section is to facilitate the exemption of a specific category of captive insurers and re-insurers (of insurance-reinsurance companies) from the obligation under Article 41 of Directive 2006/43/EC to have an audit committee. Captive insurance is considered to be inherently an exercise in self-insurance by a corporation and as such the inherent risk profile of most...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of this amendment is to align the Bill with existing law as section 224(6) of the Companies Act 1990 allows a subsidiary of an insurance company to hold shares in its holding company when done pursuant to section 9(1) of the Insurance Act 1990. As the Bill stands this provision is omitted and this was not intended.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of this amendment is to reflect existing law and to provide that in respect of a designated activity company, a public limited company or a company limited by guarantee carrying on life assurance business, industrial assurance business or both, any amount properly transferred to the profit and loss account of the company from a surplus in the fund or funds maintained by it in...

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of this amendment is to facilitate the bringing of notice in the Companies Registration Office Gazette in circumstances where a company - to which the Multi Unit Developments Act applies - is struck off the register under section 311 of the 1963 Act or section 12 of the 1982 Act to have the company restored to the register.

Seanad: Companies Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of these amendments is to insert a missing word in the text. The text ought to indicate that the “Minister may by regulations do anything...". The second amendment in this grouping is grammatical in nature and does not have a substantive impact on the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: In seeking to provide the Deputy with the information requested, the assumption has been made that the question relates to civil proceedings taken by or against the Department or one of its offices. During the years from 2009 to 2014, the total amount paid by my Department under the terms of settlements which included confidentiality agreements or confidentiality clauses was...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Since coming to Office in March 2011, I have made 41 appointments to the Boards of Agencies under my Department’s remit within my discretion. Appointments and reappointments were also allocated under legislation to Department Representatives, social partners, nominees of other Ministers, nominees of prescribed bodies and appointments on an Ex Officio basis and were not appropriate,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (19 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. Details of the total number of people employed in IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland client companies in each of the years from 2010 to 2013, inclusive, are set out in the attached tabular statements. Figures for 2014 will not be available until...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (19 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: All staff of my Department are paid in accordance with official Civil Service payscales and there are no circumstances in which unapproved top-ups are applied. I have asked the agencies within my Department's remit to revert to me with confirmation that the salaries paid to all staff have been properly approved and that there is no instance of unapproved bonus or top-up. I will revert to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: NSAI Legal Metrology Service is responsible for implementation of the Metrology Acts 1980-1996 and related Regulations. It does this through certifying and inspecting measurement instruments and the quantities in pre-packaged products. A wide range of scales, including carcass weighers, platform weighers, bench weighers and animal weighbridges, are subject to legal metrological control when...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Grocery Industry Competition (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for Governmentcontains a commitment to regulate certain practices in the grocery goods sector and this will be met by way of enabling powers to regulate certain practices in the grocery good sector. These are contained in the Competition and Consumer Protection Bill which is currently before the House. I am strongly of the view that it is important to ensure there is balance in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I wish to confirm to the Deputy that I have read the recent Mazars report titled "How to Be A Stand Out SME" and I participated in the launch of the report last month. The report was prepared to provide analysis, insights, learnings and guidance to SMEs no matter where in the world they operate. The Mazars report goes on to explore what it takes to achieve levels of superior performance, to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 246 together. The Forfás Strategy for the Manufacturing Sector, which I commissioned and which was published last year, identified that an additional 20,000 jobs can be created in the sector by 2016. To this end, the enterprise agencies and other relevant players have been tasked with working to enhance the competitiveness of manufacturing in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Since Microfinance Ireland was launched in October 2012, 8 applications have been received from businesses in County Longford. To date one application has been approved to the value of €15,000, 2 applications are still “work in progress” and 5 applications have been declined. My Department publishes quarterly reports on the progress of MFI on the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Corporate Governance (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Director of Corporate Enforcement has no power to disqualify persons from acting as company directors. The Director may make an application to the High Court for a disqualification order but it is ultimately a matter for the Court to decide on whether to grant such an order. The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) does not maintain records of the number of persons who...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Entitlement to Annual leave is laid down under the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997. Annual leave is earned on all hours worked including overtime. An employee is entitled to 4 working weeks in a leave year where they have worked at least 1365 hours, or one third of a working week for each month in the leave year where they have worked at least 117 hours, or 8 per cent of the hours...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Casual Trading Regulations (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Under Section 6 of the Casual Trading Act 1995, the making of bye laws in respect of casual trading is a function of the local authorities in relation to the regulation of casual trading in its functional area. Directive 2006/123/EC [the Services Directive] on services in the internal market was transposed into Irish law by way of S. I. No. 533 of 2010, European Communities (Provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Statistics (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I understand that the figures that the Deputy relies upon are contained in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report for 2013. The GEM Report is prepared independently of my Department and its agencies and I would suggest that the Deputy contact the authors of the GEM Report directly in order to obtain the required information. The most recent figures that I have to hand from the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Remit (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are responsible for the delivery of a range of services and supports to the micro enterprise and small business sector, as set out in the Service Level Agreements (SLAs) between Enterprise Ireland and each of the Local Authorities. These services and supports cover four key areas: Business Information and Advisory Services, Enterprise Support Services,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Establishment (24 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The newly established network of 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) is the mechanism through which people will connect at local level with all the appropriate information that they need in order to start, grow and succeed in business. The Galway LEO is part of the countrywide network which will deliver an improved system of local enterprise supports to start-ups and small businesses....