Results 1-20 of 38 for 5 million speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Community Enterprise Centres (17 May 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Last year, the Government announced details of the 5-year, €250 million Regional Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at accelerating the jobs recovery in every part of the country. Under the Regional Plan, Enterprise Ireland launched a competitive call, the Community Enterprise Initiatives Fund, with a budget of €5 million over two years, which focused on community-driven enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (31 May 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Last year, the Government announced details of the 5-year, €250 million Regional Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at accelerating the jobs recovery in every part of the country. Under the Regional Plan, Enterprise Ireland launched a competitive call, the Community Enterprise Initiatives Fund, with a budget of €5 million over two years, which focused on community-driven enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Grant Payments (31 May 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Last year, the Government announced details of the 5-year, €250 million Regional Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at accelerating the jobs recovery in every part of the country. Under the Regional Plan, Enterprise Ireland launched a competitive call, the Community Enterprise Initiatives Fund, with a budget of €5 million over two years, which focused on community-driven enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (17 May 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Last year, the Government announced details of the 5-year, €250 million Regional Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at accelerating the jobs recovery in every part of the country. Under the Regional Plan, Enterprise Ireland launched a competitive call, the Community Enterprise Initiatives Fund, with a budget of €5 million over two years, which focused on community-driven enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (4 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...Introducing a new or innovative product or service to international markets. - Involved in manufacturing or internationally traded services. - Capable of creating 10 jobs in Ireland and realising €1 million in sales within three to four years of starting up. - Led by an experienced management team. - Headquartered and controlled in Ireland. - Less than six years old. Table 1...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Medical Cards: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2015)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...application is sent back and they have to start all over again within three months, getting bank statements and so on. They find that very difficult. It always surprises me to read that 1.729 million people have medical cards and 573,000 have the general medical service, GMS, card. That is 2 million of the 5 million living in Ireland. It is a large number but sometimes when I am...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The PRTLI programme has been allocated €14.4 million. While this figure is small relative to recent years, the historic liabilities in cycle 5 are close to being paid down in full. We are at an early stage in terms of the design of the successor to PRTLI cycle 5. As such, it has yet to be decided whether there will be any specific Brexit-related component to the programme. However,...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...universities. The PRTLI, which has been funded by my Department since 2010, has provided rounds of investment in research infrastructure since 1998. The funding allocation for 2017 is €14.4 million. In 2016, the funding allocation was €30.4 million, including a Supplementary Estimate in December of €20 million. In total, sustained investment since 1998 amounting to...

Other Questions: Job Creation Targets (15 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: A Programme for a Partnership Government sets a target of creating an additional 200,000 jobs by 2020, of which 135,000 jobs are to be created outside Dublin. I am convinced that we can achieve these targets. Since 2012, the unemployment rate reduced from 15.1% to 7.8% in May this year. We have 155,000 extra people at work since 2012 and employment is growing in every region. My focus...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...about the new multi-annual HCI scheme. It will be a transformative development for the third level sector. From January 2020, exactly 14 months ago, the HCI will be set up to invest €300 million over the period 2020 to 2024. This ring-fenced allocation of €60 million each year will be a key part of the Government's strategic response to Brexit and other challenges facing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development Capital Scheme (9 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...x2019;s Action Plan for Jobs process and has the objective of increasing the availability of risk capital and closing the ‘equity gap’ experienced by SMEs seeking risk capital in the region of €2 million to €12 million. Such a measure, in tandem with the many other actions contained in the annual Action Plan for Jobs process, have helped over 125,000 people back...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme Data (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...be possible to provide further information on same. I have extracted for the Deputy the following highlight statistics from MFI’s inception on 1 October 2012 to 30 September 2016:- - Of some 2,275 applications received, loans were approved for 1062; - Total value of loans approved, €15.766 million for 1,062 micro-enterprises - Total value of loans drawn down,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Jul 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Last year, the Government announced details of the 5-year, €250 million Regional Action Plan for Jobs, aimed at accelerating the jobs recovery in every part of the country. Under the Regional Plan, Enterprise Ireland launched a competitive call, the Community Enterprise Initiatives Fund, with a budget of €5 million over two years, which focused on community-driven enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory independent body responsible for the enforcement of domestic and EU competition law in the State. Section 9 (5) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 provides that the CCPC is independent in the performance of its functions, including carrying out investigations of alleged anti-competitive practices. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (15 Feb 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Ireland has won €337 million in competitive EU funding under Horizon 2020 from 2014 to September 2016. Higher Education Institutes accounted for €198 million or, 59% of the total. Companies won €104 million or, 31%, with €74 million of this going to SMEs. This result indicates that Ireland is on track to achieve its national target of securing €1.25...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (19 Jul 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...a pay increase for those recruited in these traditional recruitment grades, post 1 January, 2011 is as follows. A pay increase of 2%, inclusive of employers PRSI is estimated at €24,531. A pay increase of 4%, inclusive of employers PRSI is estimated at €49,061. Finally, a pay increase of 5%, inclusive of employers PRSI is estimated at €61,327. The total pay bill...

Other Questions: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (15 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...balance of probability grounds. Thus, proving a case in criminal cases is at a higher level. Very high penalties apply to criminal offences under the Competition Act. There is a fine of up to €5 million or 10% of turnover, whichever is the higher, for an undertaking, or a term of imprisonment of up to ten years for a person. That is the reason for having a high level of proof....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018: Motion (4 Oct 2018)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...will be monitored through the systems performance framework 2018 to 2020 and the strategic dialogue and the performance compact processes will be overseen by the HEA. Last month, we announced a €5 million higher education innovation and transformation fund and ring-fenced that funding for multi-campus institutions.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Data (4 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: ...world-leading products and services and exporting them all around the world. The strategy builds on the success of recent years and sets new ambitious targets for jobs growth of 60,000 and to increase exports by €5 billion per year, with two-thirds of exports going beyond the UK. EI provides financial supports to clients to build scale and expand reach by driving Innovation,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (11 Oct 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 623, 625 and 626 together. IDA Ireland’s official employment figures are drawn from an employment survey conducted by my Department on an annual basis. The following table (A) provides a breakdown of the number of jobs created and lost in IDA Ireland client companies in the South East from 2008 to 2015. The figures for 2016 will be available early in...