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Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: I dealt with that already. Notices do not come into effect if they are not paid and such matters go to a hearing.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Referral to Select Committee (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation pursuant to Standing Order 82A(3)(a).

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: I thank all the Deputies who contributed. I welcome the broad support for the Bill, including from Deputy Troy representing Fianna Fáil and Deputy Mac Lochlainn representing Sinn Féin. We have put a lot of thought into how we structure this and we believe we have done it in the best way. There has been a lot of work done, to answer Deputy Troy's point, in integrating the bodies...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: I apologise for that. Section 76 provides for the making of regulations by the Minister, after consultation with the chairman, whereby certain functions of the Labour Court may be performed by the chairman or a deputy chairman sitting alone. In particular, such regulations may provide that certain specified preliminary applications or procedural matters can be dealt with by the chairman or...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Order for Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Second Stage (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This Bill is the culmination of a huge amount of work that has occurred in my Department and across the number of agencies that are involved in this new structure. It is a great example of public service reform, one of the developments that many people have sought to deliver, to examine systems that perhaps are not performing to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 73 and 77 together. My Department is responsible for the implementation of the Late Payment Directive that established EU law in the area of prompt payments which was recast through an EU Directive (2011/7/EU) and came into effect across the EU on 16 March 2013. The issue of prompt payment is now covered in Irish law by the European Communities (Late...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commissions of Investigation (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: No commissions of investigation, inquiries or similar investigations have been established under the aegis of my Department during the past 12 months or are being considered for establishment during the next 12 months.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on the number of jobs gained and lost in the enterprise development agencies. The survey shows that over the past three years there have been a total of 43,255 new jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies (including companies that were formerly clients of Shannon Development). Details of the number of jobs created in the three year period...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (8 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: The information in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 227 of 30 September 2014 contains a link which explains the draft legal text tabled by the EU. This includes a clear explanation as to how public services are protected. In the TiSA talks, each country is free to choose the services or activities it wants to allow foreign companies to provide. These choices are known as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme and SEEDS Report: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: We intend to look first at the existing enterprise base and then at the region's enterprise assets, which are across a range in that there are incubators, technology centres, industrial parks, enterprise networks and community enterprise centres. We are looking at the whole gamut of the region's assets in seeking to identify a consensus on what are the competitive opportunities and what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme and SEEDS Report: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: The numbers in the south east are good. Having been in relentless decline, employment numbers stabilised in the year to quarter 2 of 2012, with an increase of just 1,500. That trend was repeated the following year, with 1,700, and in the year to the second quarter of 2014, with 10,800. That is a good, solid improvement which was also reflected in a steady decline in the number of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme and SEEDS Report: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am dealing with the south east.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme and SEEDS Report: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: The situation in the south east has been problematic for a number of years. There has been high unemployment in the region, its manufacturing base has suffered a very high level of attrition and it has suffered in particular from the collapse in construction. Talk Talk collapsed a few months into my term as Minister with the loss of 650 jobs. That led us to put together the south east...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme and SEEDS Report: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: Not if they have pre-ticked the consent box.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme and SEEDS Report: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: One of the things that has frustrated me is that 97% of people take a refusals lying down and go away with their tails between their legs. Only 3% of people challenge and generally they have a good outcome. I hope that by pre-ticking the consent box we will at least have sight of information on the issue. There is no guarantee, however, that all of the loan applications will succeed....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme and SEEDS Report: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: Undoubtedly, we have had to restructure the scheme to try to make it more attractive to the banks. As the Deputy notes, a longer period is provided for now. It remains - this was the important thing that came out of the study - an effective tool. We need to make it more effective and more usable. I think the Deputy is right to say banking inertia exists. There is no doubt about that; one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme and SEEDS Report: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: Most committee members will be familiar with this scheme which was introduced in 2012 after lengthy consideration. It was a novel approach at that point; we had not tried a credit guarantee scheme before in Ireland. In retrospect, one could certainly say it was designed conservatively. There was a 75% guarantee on individual loans, with a portfolio cap of 10%. The loans were up to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: Since the formal negotiations between the European Union and the United States on a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) began in July 2013, seven negotiating rounds have taken place. The most recent (7th) Round took place in the US from 29th September to 3rd October. The EU Chief negotiator’s press statement following the end of the 7th Round is available at ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Growth Initiatives (7 Oct 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the South East Economic Development Strategy (referred to as SEEDS), which was launched in September last, represents a detailed assessment of a wide range of factors that can contribute to the overall economic development of the South East Region. I am pleased that the new Report acknowledges the progress...