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

Richard Bruton: A total of €29.4m (€10.9m on current expenditure and €18.5m for capital supports) was allocated for expenditure on County Enterprise Development via the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in 2014. Expenditure of this funding will be monitored using the agreed Service Level Agreement between Enterprise Ireland and each Local Authority. The Capital budget €18.5m...

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

Richard Bruton: The Construction Industry (Pension Assurance and Sick Pay) Registered Employment Agreement (REA) required employers in the construction sector to become and remain a party to a contributory pension scheme approved by the Revenue Commissioners and set out the conditions upon which pension and mortality payments were payable and the associated minimum amounts and benefits. In the judgment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance Issues (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: At present, a proposal for a Directive to enhance gender balance on boards of large listed companies is under negotiation at the EU level. As the proposal is an equality measure, the Minister for Justice and Equality leads on the Irish position, with contributions from my Department on the company law aspects of the proposal. If the EU measure is adopted, its provisions will fall to be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Adviser Appointments (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The table set out below outlines the salary details of the two Special Advisors appointed by me as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation in line with the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments and as sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. There are no Special Advisers appointed by my Department’s Ministers of State. Name Post Salary Scale Current...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance Issues (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: In our programme for Government we have committed to ensuring that the rights of women and men to participate fully in society are upheld, and, specifically to take steps to ensure that all State Boards have at least 40 per cent of each gender represented on their Boards. In considering appointments to the boards of Agencies under my Department’s remit, I consider the following...

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

Richard Bruton: The Statement of Government Priorities 2014-2016 recognises the central role of my Department in delivering on the overall priorities for the remainder of the Government’s term of office, towards sustaining and deepening Ireland’s economic recovery. The continued delivery and implementation of the Action Plan for Jobs (APJ) will be central to the economic recovery. The APJ is...

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

Richard Bruton: The briefing material that was prepared is currently the subject of a Freedom of Information (FOI) request that has been submitted to my Department. Following the determination of this request, I intend to publish simultaneously the briefing material released in this regard on my Department’s website.

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

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland’s Midlands Region consists of Counties Longford, Laois, Offaly, Westmeath and Roscommon. In this region IDA prioritises the marketing of the linked Gateway of Athlone/Tullamore/Mullingar. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that the agency successfully secured 44 agency sponsored site visits by potential investors to the Midlands Region in the last three years. These...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Adviser Appointments (17 Jul 2014)

Richard Bruton: The two Special Advisors (details set out in tabular format below) appointed by me as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation were assigned in line with the Guidelines for Ministerial Appointments and as sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. No Special Advisers were appointed to work for my Department’s Ministers of State. Special Advisers to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: First, I congratulate you, a Chathaoirligh, on your appointment and wish you well. The committee has been very ably guided in recent times by Deputy English and I know you will continue that. The committee has been extraordinarily constructive in its approach. We might not share what the solutions are in all cases, but there is certainly a shared view that we must transition the economy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: First, I agree that we do not go out thinking that our employment challenge is cracked. On the other hand, it is fair to point out that there has been a good regional spread. In 2013 every region of the country saw an improvement in employment, but not at the same rate; clearly, regional challenges remain. To address that challenge we will be introducing a framework for a regional...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: I have looked at the literature on entrepreneurship because we are drawing up this policy and it focuses on networks that are not created by government. The Government can do a certain amount, but the magic ingredient is often in the business-led networks, whether through mentoring or allowing products get onto shelves, or angel investors. A large part of these successful regions and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: That is in the proportion of new investments, but the proportion of new jobs is actually marginally better than 44%, so it is not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: These are investments approved, so these are new projects, and if one looked at employment it is 48%. The low point was 23% in terms of employment created, which is an end-of-year, retrospective number. That recovered in 2013 to 30%. By 23 July of this year, the number of projects was 33, 13 of which were outside Dublin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: It is a clearly a mixture of factors. Obviously we have put a very conscious focus on regional spread and there is no doubt that the IDA recognises that as an important part of its mandate. The IDA is also concentrating on emerging companies and has sought to match the mobile investment it chases with achieving a better regional spread. It is focusing more on emerging companies rather than...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: I do not have those data with me but it is a mixed picture. Some companies are more open while others are not. Some still want to go to the deep labour market pools but some do not. It is not a question of political opportunity. Companies come with a very clear matrix of what they want. The question then is how to meet their needs within that while promoting what we have in the regions....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am convinced that the new structures for Shannon are better and not worse. The proof of that is that virtually every political representative in the region also agreed. There was a sense that, for example, if one is trying to compete for foreign direct investment a single regional authority will not be able to compete with a body such as the IDA and its experience and presence in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: The IDA is probably the best FDI promotion agency in the world. It is certainly in the top two. We have a competitive advantage in doing that. The development of Dublin will be crucial in continuing to attract FDI. If, in due course, Dublin city has an elected major there will be a role for him or her to develop it as the sort of city that is attractive to foreign investment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: There is an international war for talent in certain key sectors. There is a worldwide scarcity of people who have experience and training in fields such as advanced data analytics. I suppose all Ireland can do is to ensure that we seek to educate as many of them as we can. Through the agreement with the former Minister for Education and Skills, we are more than doubling our ICT provision....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Review of Vote 32: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (16 Sep 2014)

Richard Bruton: We have done very well at a time when capital resources generally have been severely constrained. The proportion of those capital resources that we are winning has grown consistently and has almost doubled. As Senator Quinn observed, the Government does not create jobs; rather, enterprise is what creates jobs. Our programmes have been aligned to support enterprise in creating the jobs. I...