Results 181-200 of 2,023 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (11 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise 2025 sets out a total of 30 metrics against which success of our policies can be measured over time. In terms of overarching national outcomes one of the metrics relates to Ireland's competitiveness. The  metric used is sourced from the World Bank Doing Business. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–190. A high ease of doing business...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (11 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: For Ireland as a small open economy, sustainable long term growth is dependent on continued success in international markets. Although the global economy has been in a low growth phase over the last five years, Ireland’s internationally traded sector has driven solid economic growth, demonstrating its ability to rebound following a deep recessionary period. Our export led strategy is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (11 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The evidence provided by the report, Expanding and diversifying the manufactured exports of Irish-owned enterprises April 4, 2017, undertaken by the ESRI on behalf of my Department and Enterprise Ireland, highlights the balance of exports between multinational corporations and indigenous enterprises. This research on manufacturing exports examines how firms launch, adapt, diversify and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The latest report by the National Competitiveness Council highlights how the challenges posed by Brexit provide urgent impetus to pursue policies that enhance our competitiveness performance. The Council's report provides a timely reminder of Ireland's strengths, which need to be protected and enhanced, and also of areas where we need to remain vigilant and accelerate progress on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Fund for Strategic Investments (11 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) is an initiative launched jointly by the EIB Group (European Investment Bank and European Investment Fund) and the European Commission to help overcome the current investment gap in the EU by mobilising private financing for strategic investments. EFSI is one of the three pillars of the Investment Plan for Europe that aims to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (11 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis only. In the first quarter of 2017, there were 173 site visits, up from 136 for the same period in 2016.  The table sets out, on a county-by-county basis, the number of IDA Ireland-sponsored site visits for the first quarter of 2017. Site Visits by County, 2016 and Quarter 1 2017 County 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Government is conscious of the need to consider the types of supports that Irish businesses may require to address challenges arising as a result of the Brexit Referendum, which is likely to represent a structural shift in the UK trading relations.  Short, medium and long term responses from market diversification through to price repositioning will be needed. On foot of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Central Bank of Ireland (11 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Central Bank delivers effective regulation and supervision in achieving its mandate of safeguarding financial stability and protecting consumers. It carries out its functions in the context of a harmonised approach to financial regulation across the European Union. A key element in sustaining Ireland's attractiveness to financial services providers is the Central Bank's...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (10 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department has been working with the Department of Finance, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Enterprise Ireland and the SBCI to build an understanding of the business needs of companies in adapting to the challenges posed by Brexit and to develop appropriate and targeted responses to support them. Based on this work, I recently secured the agreement of the Cabinet...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department has been working with the Department of Finance, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Enterprise Ireland and the SBCI to build an understanding of the business needs of companies in adapting to the challenges posed by Brexit and to develop appropriate and targeted responses to support them. Based on this work, I recently secured the agreement of the Cabinet...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (10 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Employment Permits Section informs me that it has no record of an employment permit application in relation to the named individual. I note that you refer to the extension of a working holiday Visa which is about to expire. I would advise that the individual make contact with INIS, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. Contact details are on the INIS website at...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (ESF) was established by Government to support viable but vulnerable exporting companies who were experiencing difficulties due to the economic crisis which started in 2008.   The State Aid basis for the Enterprise Stabilisation Fund is the Temporary Aid Framework 2008.  Based on this derogation from the EU, the ESF was open for applications for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Official Engagements (10 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My colleague the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment has informed me that the forty-sixth sessions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Body for Implementation and Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice, as well as the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Paris Agreement, will take place from 8 to 18 May 2017, in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (9 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On the 30th October 2016, the EU – Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was signed by representatives from Canada, the EU and its Member States.  On the 15th February 2017, the European Parliament voted in support of the provisional application of CETA. The process of ratification can now commence in some 43 national parliaments and regional assemblies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (9 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: This Research project, which my Department has funded, will assess the potential impacts of WTO tariffs on Cross Border Trade and is expected to be finalised later this month.  I propose to have it published as soon as is practicable thereafter. 

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (9 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Employment Permits Section informs me that it has no record of an employment permit application in relation to the named individual.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Recruitment (9 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: All Departmental recruitment is undertaken on our behalf by the Public Appointments Service except insofar as Service Grades are concerned which the Department manages itself.  No consultancy would be involved.  In general, recruitment to the State Agencies under the remit of my Department is carried out through the Public Appointments Service (PAS). However, in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts (9 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department considers hiring external consultants in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver the project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a project must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a prohibitive...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (9 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 -2014 provides that an employer must provide his/her employee with a written statement of the particulars of the employee’s terms of employment. It also provides that an employer must notify the employee of any changes in the particulars as given in the statement.  There is no offence provision under the Act to provide for the taking...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Bank Branch Closures (9 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In March this year the company in question announced a number of changes to its business, which would include a number of redundancies. At the same time the company notified me of proposed collective redundancies as required under the Protection of Employment Act 1977. That Act requires employers proposing collective redundancies to enter into an information and consultation process with...