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Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I will certainly check out who is paying for the permits. According to the information we have, however, it is normally employers. Under the previous legislation, where an application was made by an employee, he or she did not go through the labour market test. That may have provided something of an incentive for some of the provisions not to be fully applied because of the way in which...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I can accept the idea of a review but not the terms of the amendment. I point out to Senators that a quarter of all permits issued so far this year had no fee at all attached to them be they new or renewals. This is because a range of applicants do not currently have to pay any fee, including spouses and employers which are registered charities. That said, it is my intention to carry out a...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The documentation required to be submitted within four weeks of the date of dismissal by reason of redundancy will be set out in regulations. Such documentation is likely to include: a copy of the P45, which must be dated within the last 4 weeks, and/or a letter from the previous employer stating that permit holder has been made redundant within the last four weeks, and an explanation of the...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I can check out the situation in regard to joint inspections. The section provides clarity to applicants on the role of the Garda National Immigration Bureau in the employment permit application process but also speeds up the decision-making process. This is because, under section 6(f) of the current Act, all applications for employment permits must include information and documents in...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Senators. I should single out Senator Quinn, who, to be fair, put a lot of work into devising a piece of legislation. While there were some unintended consequences of the way it was formulated which we felt unable to accept at the time, we have, I believe, caught the spirit of what he intended and done it in a way that our own legal advisers are happy with. I join with the...

Seanad: Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (16 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: We will be working on the operational requirements in August with a view to commencement on 1 September.

Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: From the Seanad (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: This is merely a technical amendment that was picked up in drafting.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The “Succeed in Ireland” initiative has been in existence since March 2012. The initiative launched by the government, is managed by IDA Ireland and executed under contract by Connect Ireland. Connect Ireland on IDA’s behalf, markets, promotes and implements the ‘Succeed in Ireland’ initiative in the international marketplace. Under the contract,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Remit (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: Anyone interested in starting their own business should in the first instance contact their Local Enterprise Office (LEO). The LEOs 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 and guidance for anyone who wishes to start or expand a business. The LEOs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: As you know, 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 Ireland by working with companies and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland offers a range of financial and non-financial supports to assist companies through all stages of the business development cycle. Enterprise Ireland’s Competitive Start fund is aimed at accelerating the development of High Potential Start-Up companies (HPSUs) and creating a strong pipeline of HPSUs. Enterprise Ireland piloted the Competitive Start Fund in 2011 which...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The industrial relations system in Ireland is voluntary in nature both as regards access to the Labour Relations Commission and the Labour Court. Any change to that principle would alter fundamentally the conduct of industrial relations. Mandatory attendance at conciliation would clearly affect potential for agreed outcomes compared to situations where the parties attend voluntarily. I...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 307 and 308 together. The following is the position in relation to State agencies or bodies under the aegis of my Department which have been abolished since 2011. Measure Position to date Dissolve the 35 County Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and transfer their functions to Enterprise Ireland (EI) The 35 County Enterprise Boards were dissolved on 15thApril 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: There were no bonuses paid to any of the staff of my Department and Offices on the years in question. Salaries paid by agencies to staff are subject to contracts which, in latter years, have been subject to specific clearance by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I have asked all agencies under the aegis of my Department to advise me of any instances of bonus payment in 2013...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jul 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: Appointments to State Boards (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The following chairpersons appointed to State boards under the aegis of my Department since March 2011 have appeared before Joint Oireachtas Committee as follows: March to December 2011 Name of Chairperson Name of State board Title of Oireachtas Committee Date of Appearance No appearance by Chairpersons before Joint Oireachtas Committees in 2011 - - - January to December 2012 ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Rehiring (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The details requested by the Deputy are set out in tabular format. In the period nine retired public servants were engaged on temporary contracts by my Department including two civilian drivers engaged by one of the Ministers of State. Grade Period of Employment Reason for Temporary Hire - - - Remuneration Notes - - - 2011 2012 2013 2014 to date - Former public servant, now...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that to date in 2014 there has been 1 IDA sponsored site visit by potential investors to County Kerry. There are many complex factors influencing investor location decision-making such as the increasing preference of investors globally for cities of scale with 1 million plus population, significant challenges from lower cost locations in the UK and Eastern...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Programme for Government Implementation (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The timeline for delivery of commitments under the Programme for Government is over the lifetime of this Government. The position in relation to progress under each commitment, within the remit of my Department, is set out in the table. Commitments in Programme for Government Ref. Commitment Progress to Date 1.2.4 Reverse the cut in the minimum wage Cut reversed on July 1st 2011 1.2.6...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 315 and 316 together. My Department and its agencies are working together to address the unemployment problem that is currently experienced in counties Cavan and Monaghan by implementing the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs which aims to create 100,000 net new jobs over the period 2012 to 2016. Monaghan and Cavan are part of IDA Ireland’s...