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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Levels (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise 2025 sets out the potential to reach 2.180 million in employment and an overall unemployment rate of 6 percent by 2020. Based on a 2014 baseline, Enterprise 2025 envisages an additional 266,000 people in employment by 2020. This is based on the premise of export led growth and the additional indirect jobs stimulated by the activities of exporting enterprises in the wider economy....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Renewable Energy Projects (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise 2025 sets out the potential to reach 2.180 million in employment and an overall unemployment rate of 6 percent by 2020. Based on a 2014 baseline, Enterprise 2025 envisages an additional 266,000 people in employment by 2020. This is based on the premise of export led growth and the additional indirect jobs stimulated by the activities of exporting enterprises in the wider economy....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: The eleventh formal round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations took place from the 19–23rOctober, 2015 and a summary of the state of play of the negotiations after that round is available on the European Commission’s website at . During this round, negotiators discussed all three pillars of the proposed agreement namely market access for EU and US...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Relations (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: The latest year for which full trade figures (goods and services) are available is 2014. These show that total trade between Ireland and Norway in 2014 amounted to €2.6 billion. This comprises €1.5 billion in exports and €1.1 billion in imports. Details are set out below. In 2014, goods exports to Norway amounted to €320 million while services exports amounted...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ State support service for micro and small businesses in each local area. The LEOs provide advice and direction, covering all government supports and requirements, to anyone who wishes to start or expand a business. They can also provide funding for projects that meet certain criteria, generally with regard to export...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland recently reported the creation of 21,118 new jobs by client companies in 2015. This translates into a net increase of 10,169 jobs for 2015 (taking account of job losses) in Enterprise Ireland supported businesses and brings total employment in these companies to 192,223 - a record high for the agency. Almost two thirds of the new jobs created were outside Dublin and all...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland recently reported the creation of 21,118 new jobs by client companies in 2015. This translates into a net increase of 10,169 jobs for 2015 (taking account of job losses) in Enterprise Ireland supported businesses and brings total employment in these companies to 192,223 - a record high for the agency. Almost two thirds of the new jobs created were outside Dublin and all...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 to 212, inclusive, together. IDA client companies created 18,983 new jobs nationwide in 2015, with the total number of those employed directly by IDA client companies at 187,056, the highest number ever recorded. Overall there was a net employment increase of 11,833, the highest level of job creation in over a decade. Cavan and Monaghan are promoted as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland does not capture details relating to the closures of companies in the form required by the Deputy. Companies leave the Enterprise Ireland portfolio for a number of reasons and are therefore not captured by their surveys. Where the Agency has an investment or where there is a grant liability involved, this is followed up as appropriate through any receivership process....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: Since the Action Plan for Jobs process was started in early 2012, well over 1300 discrete actions have been implemented to support and sustain existing jobs and to create new employment opportunities. That said, there are always going to be companies who experience difficulties for a range of different reasons, and in that event, there are a range of supports and protections available for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: Since the Action Plan for Jobs process was started in early 2012, well over 1300 discrete actions have been implemented to support and sustain existing jobs and to create new employment opportunities. That said, there are always going to be companies which experience difficulties for a range of different reasons, and in that event, there are a range of supports and protections available for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards Data (2 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: Since 9 March 2011, I have made 158 appointments to the Boards of Agencies under my Department’s remit. Of these 90 were within my discretion. 40 were as a result of a nomination process and 28 were by virtue of the office held and were not appropriate, therefore, for public advertisement. Of the 90 appointments made within my discretion, 54 applied through an advertised process....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (3 Feb 2016)

Richard Bruton: 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 2018. This whole of Government effort has been integrated into the Action Plan for Jobs process which aims to strengthen the enterprise base, support entrepreneurship and start-ups, regain Ireland’s lost competitiveness and ensure the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (22 Mar 2016)

Richard Bruton: I understand this case is before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT).The EAT is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function and I have no direct involvement in its day to day operations.However I understand that the case in question has been allocated a hearing date and a hearing notice will issue very shortly to the parties involved.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (22 Mar 2016)

Richard Bruton: As part of the Regional Action Plan for Jobs 2015, IDA Ireland is set to invest €150 million over five years in property solutions designed to allow it to create opportunities to win additional projects for all regions. As part of this programme of investment, IDA Ireland is building nine advance facilities around the country, in particular in locations where the private sector has...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Mar 2016)

Richard Bruton: Supporting enterprise development in all regions of the country in order to support job creation is a key objective of the Government, with initiatives such as the regional Action Plans for Jobs seeking to capitalise on the strengths and assets of each region to maximise enterprise growth and job creation. The North East/North West Action Plan for Jobs, launched on 30 November last, aims to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (22 Mar 2016)

Richard Bruton: In February 2015, the company in question announced job losses and the company said its Dublin facility would now focus on four of its key brands, with a €11.7m investment being made to improve the technology there. As the company and the union(s) have been in negotiations relating to future work practices and have availed of the State’s industrial relations machinery, namely...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Data (22 Mar 2016)

Richard Bruton: The application in question was received by my Department on 10thof March and payment of the fee was received on 14thMarch 2016. Applications are processed in strict date order from the date of receipt of payment. The processing times for employment permits are published and updated weekly on the Department’s website. Processing times in respect of this category of application are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (22 Mar 2016)

Richard Bruton: Employment data for both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland is collected annually as part of my Department’s Annual Employment Survey. As a result, it is not possible to provide specific employment figures for 2016 as requested.In 2015,total employment in IDA Ireland client companies stood at 187,056, making 2015 the most successful year in the Agency’s history. Table A provides...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Policy (22 Mar 2016)

Richard Bruton: The South East region is a good example of what can be achieved in creating sustainable employment growth through strong collaborative effort at local level. The economic crisis hit the South East’s job numbers badly with the loss of 37,800 jobs from Q1 2007 to Q1 2012. However, through the focused collaborative approach and a range of reforms delivered in the region, over the period...