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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (1 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Authorised officers have sought information from a number of parties in relation to the collective redundancies that took place on 12 June 2015, pursuant to the appointment of a provisional liquidator to OCS Operations Limited. The work of the authorised officers relates to the application of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 (as amended) to the collective redundancies in question. That...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (1 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The duty of directors under section 224 of the Companies Act 2014 is owed to the company and the company alone and is enforceable in the same way as any other fiduciary duty owed to a company by its directors. The mechanism for the enforcement of directors’ fiduciary duties is through a court action. Section 599 of the Act provides that, on the application of the liquidator or any...

Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (2 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on the important issue of delivering sustainable full employment and getting people back to work. A Programme for a Partnership Government is ambitious and it is our ambition to help to create 200,000 additional jobs by 2020, including 135,000 jobs outside Dublin. We also want to reduce the unemployment rate to 6% and our target this year is to...

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

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since 2015 IDA Ireland has been working towards targets set out in their strategy “Winning - Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019”. For the first time, under this strategy, ambitious investment targets have been set on a regional basis whereby the Agency aims to increase the level of investment by between 30% to 40% in each region. The Government’s commitment to...

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am pleased the House is having this debate on the important issue of insurance costs. CSO inflation data indicates insurance prices have increased by 55% since 2011. This is well in excess of European Union trends and it is vital for our consumers and enterprise base that Ireland maintains its price competitiveness to continue attracting inward investment and supporting job creation. ...

Adjournment Debate: Employment Rights (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Deputy Jan O'Sullivan for raising this serious matter and I share her concerns about the position of the employees in question. I know the Deputy has a significant interest in children's welfare and education, which was so evident when she was Minister for Education and Skills. I also share her concern about the position of families who may be affected by the sudden closure of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Supporting enterprise development in all regions of the country in order to support job creation is a key priority of the Government, with initiatives such as the regional Action Plans for Jobs seeking to build on the capabilities and strengths of each region to maximise enterprise growth and job creation. The Action Plan for Jobs for the Midland Region was launched on June 29th, 2015, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Government is currently focussed on best utilising the mechanisms already in place for strengthening economic cooperation between both sides of the border. The work of InterTrade Ireland (ITI) is especially important in this context. ITI, which is jointly funded and overseen by my Department and the Department for the Economy in Belfast, provides a range of enterprise development...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Both of our main economic development agencies, Enterprise Ireland (EI) and IDA Ireland, engage with relevant bodies in Northern Ireland to pursue areas of mutual interest. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is in place between EI and Invest Northern Ireland (INI) to enable clients of both agencies to access market services and each other’s trade events. There is also close...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since 2015 IDA Ireland has been working towards targets set out in their strategy “Winning Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019” including the creation of 80,000 new jobs and 900 new investments, which would bring total FDI employment in Ireland to 209,000 by 2019. For the first time, the Agency aims to increase the level of investment by between 30% to 40% in each region. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In 2015, EI client companies’ total employment topped 192,223, a record high for the agency. EI client companies, directly and indirectly, are supporting c.400,000 jobs which effectively translates into one in every five of Ireland’s workforce. I will shortly be announcing the outturn for client exports for 2015. 2016 is the final year of its 2014-2016 Strategy “Driving...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) were established in April 2014 as the “First Stop Shop” support service for micro and small businesses in each Local Authority area. Their aim is to promote entrepreneurship, foster business start-ups and develop existing micro and small businesses to drive job creation and to provide accessible high quality supports for their clients’...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The category of employment in the scenario cited by the Deputy is one which is ineligible for an employment permit and thus one in respect of which an Employment Permit would not be issued.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Grant Payments (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise Ireland announced, on 1 June, the applicants that were allocated funding for their proposals under the Community Enterprise Initiative. I am pleased to say that the organization in question was successful in applying for grant assistance towards the cost of the development of a hub to encourage indigenous Irish companies to sell directly across the European Union.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Data (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My department collects a wide range of data across areas of business that come within its remit, including for example data on the issuing of employment permits, the registration of companies, public expenditure on research and innovation, export licensing statistics, the granting of patents and registration of trademarks, and on employment, sales, exports and expenditure by companies which...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: A General Employment Permit in respect of the person named by the Deputy was issued by my Department on 10th November 2015. The Deputy’s query regarding the status of this person’s Immigration Visa application is more appropriate for my colleague, the Minister for Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Standards Authority of Ireland (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The relevant scheme applicable for the timber stakes will depend on which use the producer has in mind for the final product. If he intends manufacturing timber poles for overhead lines the EU Regulation on construction products applies, in which case it would be standard I.S. EN 14229:2010 – Structural Timber – Wood Poles for Overhead Lines. If the products are for roadside...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Waste Management Regulations (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The previous questions referred to by the Deputy concerned a claim that a company will now only accept payment of invoices for bin charges through an online billing system for electronic tags thereby putting persons without access to the Internet at a disadvantage. The general consumer protection legislation for which my Department has responsibility does not contain provisions on the form to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission which is statutorily independent in the exercise of its enforcement function has advised me that the matter referred to in the Deputy’s question is under examination along with a number of other consumer issues which have arisen as a result of the introduction of a pay by weight charging structure for household waste. The Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Correspondence (8 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In the period 1 January 2015 to 30 April 2016, there were 428 representations listed as being from Members of the Oireachtas logged on the representations database of my Department. This figure does not include any follow up correspondence which may have arisen on these representations. Out of the 428 representations referred to above, there were nine that had yet to be replied to...