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Other Questions: Job Losses (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: I have had discussions with Mondelez at senior executive level and the company has committed to me that it will invest in its operation here with the aim of achieving best-in-class production processes. Enterprise Ireland has also been in contact with the company on a continuous basis regarding the assistance it could provide for restructuring to minimise job losses. The workplace relations...

Other Questions: Job Losses (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: There is, indeed, an investment programme which the company has committed to but it requires a restructuring of its operations. Its intention is to achieve state-of-the-art production lines in Coolock. There were counterproposals and Enterprise Ireland supported the workers in furnishing those counterproposals. The position is they have entered into the detailed negotiations that I...

Other Questions: Job Losses (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: I can assure the Deputy much of the work of my Department focuses on companies which need to restructure to protect jobs and both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland have transformation programmes to help companies do that. They have been successful. Job losses in the IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland companies are at the lowest level in a decade and we are succeeding in managing companies....

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Budget 2016 and the entire Action Plan for Jobs process have been designed to achieve balanced and sustainable growth across sectors, spanning both Irish-owned and foreign-owned enterprises. The recovery in jobs and exports to date is in large part due to the considerable improvements in the business environment for enterprise that have taken place in recent years. The measures announced by...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Over two thirds of the budget I expend goes to Irish companies as opposed to foreign companies. Last year, for the first time in many years, the net job growth from Irish-owned companies supported by Enterprise Ireland exceeded that of the IDA, so that was significant progress. There is no doubt we are seeing the emergence of what Germany would call Mittelstand companies - strong, globally...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The issue that comes up time and again is that of skills. There is no doubt that as digitisation, or whatever we want to call it, transforms virtually every sector, there is an increasing focus on a narrow range of skills. We need to up our capability across a whole range of skills. I am very encouraged by the new apprenticeship programme, where 86 employer partnerships applied to create...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: That is correct. Trade missions are to deal with trade but there are many avenues where the Irish Government takes a very strong line in regard to human rights issues. The situation is that we bring companies with us on trade missions which then seek to open up opportunities to trade. In the past four years, such measures and missions have opened up a net 40,000 extra people at work in...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Irish companies that are selling into Saudi Arabia are predominantly in areas like milk products, technology, medical products, oil and so on, and Irish services are also significant. Overall, the trade is about €1.5 billion into Saudi Arabia from Ireland, which is probably supporting 1,000 jobs in Ireland. It is a significant market for many of the companies we were just talking...

Other Questions: Human Rights Issues (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Ireland does not have an arms industry. The products Ireland sells are products such as soft drink concentrates, medical and pharmaceutical products, infant foods, general industrial machinery and equipment, dairy products, medical devices, stents, pacemakers, digital media and so on. Those are the markets Irish business is selling into in Saudi Arabia and they are important markets for...

Other Questions: Job Creation (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: A key objective of the Action Plan for Jobs process, which the Government commenced in 2012, was to rebuild our economy based on enterprise and entrepreneurship, talent, innovation and exports and provide a solid foundation for future growth. The goal of the Government has been to replace all of the jobs lost during the economic crisis and deliver sustainable full employment by the end of...

Other Questions: Job Creation (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: We will open a portal to allow individuals who are abroad see where there are opportunities emerging in Ireland. There is strong growth in ICT, financial services, bio-pharma and other sectors. The food sector is doing extraordinarily well and the Kerry Group recently filled 900 posts in its research centre. There are thriving and strong areas and opportunities and there are signs there is...

Other Questions: Job Creation (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: I assure the Deputy that opportunities for graduates are very strong in the sectors where I have direct responsibility. As I said to Deputy Durkan, the issue in some areas is a skill shortage, particularly in the technology area. There is a need and desire to see people with qualifications return. In regard to conditions in the health area, that is a matter the Deputy will have to take up...

Topical Issue Debate: IDA Jobs Data (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Griffin for raising this issue. As the Deputy knows, under my direction, the enterprise agencies have adopted a very strong regional focus, particularly in the past 12 months. I have worked with local stakeholders in the south west to develop a regional action plan for jobs for the region. This includes very strong ambitions for both Irish-owned and foreign-owned businesses...

Topical Issue Debate: IDA Jobs Data (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is right to cite Killorglin as an example because the key to successful regional development is that the region identify competitive strengths it can develop and use to achieve job growth. Kerry is in a very strong position because it has core strength in a range of sectors, as the Deputy has pointed out. It has strength in food, tourism, financial services, engineering,...

Topical Issue Debate: IDA Jobs Data (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The success of this will depend on the collaboration that can be built at local level. That is the key.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The aim of the Action Plan for Jobs is to help enterprises to create employment in all regions of the country. The latest Quarterly National Household Survey figures from the CSO show that employment has increased nationally by over 133,000 since the start of the Action Plan for Jobs process in 2012. However, not all regions are yet fully experiencing the benefits of economic recovery....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland has supported 101 start-up entrepreneurs in Donegal in the past three years through its various programmes, and in addition the Donegal Local Enterprise Office had supported 196 start-up entrepreneurs through its programmes. As the Deputy knows, the local enterprise office now has a service level agreement with Enterprise Ireland which allows start-ups progress to EI...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Under our Action Plan for Jobs we have targeted the winning of new Foreign Direct Investment and have taken measures to ensure that such companies have access to the talent they need, the supports for innovation and a good business environment. This strategy has been successful for the country. Dublin as our capital city and home to many ambitious and creative enterprises and a deep pool of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: A key objective of the Action Plan for Jobs process, which this Government commenced in 2012, was to rebuild our economy based on enterprise and entrepreneurship, talent, innovation and exports and provide a solid foundation for future growth. The goal of this Government has been to replace all of the jobs lost during the economic crisis and deliver sustainable full employment by the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The investment in this particular case will involve an expenditure of about €200m on a Data Centre. I myself met the company earlier this year to discuss the proposal and I arranged that IDA Ireland was closely engaged with them during the development of the initiative. The provision of major Data Centres is a significant feature of our wider work to develop the Digital Economy in...