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- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (14 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: The Regional Aid Guidelines enable the State to grant State Aid, 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 of the European Union. Regional Aid is also provided under Schemes for tourism grants, marine tourism,...
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: I completely reject the idea that there is a two-tier recovery.
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: What is encouraging about this recovery is that we have 90,000 extra at work and every region of the country has enjoyed growth in employment.
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: Virtually every sector is enjoying growth in employment. Contrary to what a lot of the House may think, Enterprise Ireland supported companies, that is, Irish export-oriented companies, created more jobs in the past 12 months than did overseas companies. Nearly 19,000 extra jobs were created in Irish enterprises last year. Indeed, the company to which Deputy Barry Cowen refers is one...
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: I will take no lectures from Deputy Cowen on the managing of our regional recovery. When he was in government-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: -----he built regional growth.
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: When Deputy Cowen's party was in government, it erected-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: They sought to develop regions on the basis of a construction sector. In Deputy Cowen's own county, he has seen a 60% collapse-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: -----in the construction sector. I have now established a regional enterprise strategy and I invited Deputy Cowen to come and attend with other stakeholders to see how we could develop the regions, and he did not turn up.
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: Let us be honest with ourselves. During the time that Fianna Fáil was in government-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: -----employment in companies supported by our agencies fell by 500 during the period his party was in office and since we have come in, it has grown by 500. We have reversed the trend that his party presided over and we are determined to go further. We are now sitting down with the stakeholders in the regions to see how we can best develop the potential strength of those regions. One of...
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: -----that, with the removal of obstacles, the dairy sector will be one of the star performers.
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: We will build employment. We will have hit our 100,000 jobs target 21 months ahead of the target which we set. By contrast, Fianna Fáil presided in government over a period when 300,000 jobs were lost.
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: That is the reality. We have reversed those trends and we are determined to deliver.
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh for raising this question. This is an area where significant effort has been put in by the Minister, Deputy Kelly, and the Minister of State, Deputy Coffey. No doubt that sad death triggered a concerted response and we have seen an improvement in those numbers. However, Deputy Ó Snodaigh is correct that this needs a sustained strategy and that is what...
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: My understanding is that each local authority has been asked to submit plans. Dublin City Council has submitted plans for individual sites and for individual social housing projects. These will be approved in accordance with the usual procedures. The council blocked some of the proposals, as is its right. However, the new social housing strategy developed by the Minister, Deputy Kelly,...
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: There is no doubt that there has been a very high reliance on the private rented sector in recent years for dealing with social housing needs. The Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly, has changed that direction and his commitment is to build 35,000 social housing units-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: -----by housing associations and by the city councils. That is a reversal of the trend and it will meet a need in the market. Private rented accommodation will remain a part of the policy. The Government is developing the housing assistance payment which will be available as a better transition-----
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: -----for people who are dependent on rent supplement to allow them go back to work and continue to receive rent support. In addition, the Minister has sought from the local authorities sites where there is the prospect for immediate housing by the private sector which will carry with it a certain percentage of social housing. The Minister is developing a multi-pronged approach to addressing...
- Leaders' Questions (19 May 2015)
Richard Bruton: There has been a bottleneck in housing supply, in particular in the Dublin area. However, a series of initiatives are being put in place to break the bottleneck. I am confident that these will have an impact over the coming year and beyond.