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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Freedom of Information Data (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Details of the total number of FOI requests received by my Department and its Offices to date in 2016, the number of requests refused and the number of requests partially refused are outlined in the following table: Total Number of FOI Requests Received in Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and its Offices from 2016 to date Total FOI Requests Received to date in 2016 Total FOI...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Expenditure (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since my appointment as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on 6th May 2016 I have not been paid for any travel expenses yet. I understand that a claim is currently being processed by the Department’s Finance Unit for an amount of €126.57. This relates to subsistence costs for an official engagement I undertook in Brussels covering the 12th and 13th May 2016. No...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The numbers and grades of personally appointed staff in respect of Ministers’ Offices are governed by “Instructions” issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER). In that context, sanction has been received for the following Special Adviser appointments, both working to me as Minister in the Department: Name Role Salary Mr Alan Cantwell Special...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since the announcement of the vote of the UK to leave the EU, I have been in regular contact with key agencies, in particular Enterprise Ireland, and have met with other key business organisations to gather intelligence on the implications of Brexit and to plan our responses. In turn, Enterprise Ireland has been engaging intensively with its clients to ascertain the potential impact of...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Our international reputation as a place of business and future job creation is critical. Multinationals invest in Ireland for many reasons. They come here because of our highly talented and highly capable workforce. They come here because we are an English-speaking country in the eurozone. They come to invest in Ireland because they can rely on the stability and transparency of the Irish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I appreciate the opportunity to meet the committee this afternoon and I welcome the Senators who were appointed since I last appeared before the committee in June. I will make a few brief comments on the mid-term review of my Department's 2016 Estimate. I understand that in addition to discussing the expenditure position to date in 2016, the committee is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Smith mentioned Coca Cola. What were the other companies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes. I certainly will endeavour to do that. First, Deputy Neville asked how we structure or decide on IDA Ireland site visits.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland representatives meet clients and then introduce them to different sites. Obviously, it is difficult to encourage them to go to different sites if they have no wish to. That is the first thing to understand. The second thing is I am always getting questions on how many site visits were carried out in this county, that county or the other. Sometimes when we look at the numbers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will come back to that little section in a moment. A question was asked about Uber. Most countries are coming to terms with the new forms of work, such as the shared economy. The International Labour Organization, ILO, and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions are conducting research. In Ireland we have a strong suite of employment rights. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will tell Deputy Smith why, exactly. A total of 187,000 people in this country are employed by foreign direct investment companies. I make no apologies for that or for those 187,000 people. Every time I take parliamentary questions I am asked about the number of site visits and how many IDA Ireland companies are opening up in various counties. Most Deputies are looking for that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Smith has mentioned Amazon, Coca Cola and Uber. They are not minimum-wage companies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: What I will state in addition is they are mobile investments. Each country is fighting and killing itself to try to get these really good well-paid jobs into the country. I have stood in the premises of some of these companies to announce jobs and have seen parents crying because their children have got jobs. They are absolutely ecstatic. This applies especially in regional and rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The figure was 135,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Senator Davitt asked about the 135,000 jobs to be delivered by 2020. At the moment, we are delivering approximately 1,000 jobs a week, approximately 52,000 a year. On that basis, the 135,000 jobs can be delivered.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will give some figures for the regions but I want the Senator to understand that they are regional plans for several counties together, for example, Waterford and Wexford together and the four Border counties are together. I have spent all summer visiting the regions to see how it is implemented and will bring that information to Cabinet and it will then become public. I am passionate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will mention two sentences about hedging. Enterprise Ireland, EI, has approximately 18,000 companies and it has contacted each of them. It has set up an webinar, put up a questions and answers facility on its website and it has spoken to the really vulnerable companies. A small percentage have hedged in this respect. I have spoken to different Irish export companies. They are watching...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am coming to the region, not the county.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will answer that question because we did not answer Deputy Neville's question. The Deputy asked why some sites were selected for advance facilities. A key component of IDA Ireland's property strategy is that provision for prospective investors, and such facilities were constructed and completed in Athlone and Waterford. When examining the suitability of a site for an advance facility,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes. Thank you, Deputy.