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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 170 together. I would advise the Deputy that capital expenditure by my Department is mainly by way of grants to support the multi-annual capital investment programmes of our Enterprise Development and Innovation Agencies. While certain programmes or funds, for example the €500 million Disruptive Technology Innovation Fund, may exceed...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (17 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The State's general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within Ireland and other EEA countries. Where specific skills prove difficult to source within the State or EEA, an employment permit may be sought by an employer to hire a non-EEA national in line with the Employment Permits Acts and associated Regulations, which lay down in legislation the criteria in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The critical skills employment permit is designed to attract highly skilled people into the labour market. Eligible occupations, on the critical skills occupation list, under this type of permit are deemed to be critically important to growing Ireland's economy, are highly demanded and highly skilled and in significant shortage of supply in our labour market. For this employment type non-EEA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As announced last Tuesday as part of Budget 2020 my Department will have immediate access to €110 million of the Brexit contingency fund in the event of a no-deal Brexit scenario. A suite of measures will be activated to support businesses that are most affected. Importantly, this package is an initial tranche, which will be built upon as required. There are currently a range of grant...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As outlined in the Budget last week, the Government is putting in place an additional contingency package of over €1 billion for Brexit supports for the coming year.  This contingency will ensure that an initial provision of €110 million will be available to my Department and our Enterprise and Regulatory Agencies to provide targeted supports to impacted businesses in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As outlined in the Budget last week, the Government is putting in place an additional contingency package of over €1billion for Brexit supports for the coming year.  This contingency will ensure that an initial provision of €110m will be available to my Department and our Enterprise and Regulatory Agencies to provide targeted supports to impacted businesses in the immediate...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As outlined in the Budget last week, the Government is putting in place an additional contingency package of over €1billion for Brexit supports for the coming year.  This contingency will ensure that an initial provision of €110m will be available to my Department and our Enterprise and Regulatory Agencies to provide targeted supports to impacted businesses in the immediate...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure Programme (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The €10 million allocation to the Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) announced in Budget 2020 represents additional capital investment in new and emerging innovative technologies. This will bring the allocation for DTIF to €30 million for 2020. This allocation is in line with the commitment to provide a total DTIF Capital funding allocation to end 2022 of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Budget 2020 set out the Current and Capital ceilings for my Department (€339 million and €632 million respectively). However, the allocations for each of the Department’s subheads, including the Future Growth Loan Scheme, will not be finalised until the annual Revised Estimates process is completed. The Revised Estimates Volume is usually published in early December and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report is an annual assessment of the factors driving productivity and prosperity in selected countries. The WEF Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) combines 103 indicators derived from both qualitative surveys and quantitative data to assess the drivers of productivity and long-term prosperity. The findings of the report serve as a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, regional development, not just in the Border area but across Ireland, has been a key priority of mine. That is why my Department and its Agencies have been doing everything we can to increase the level of employment and investment in every county in Ireland. This has included placing a particular emphasis on boosting foreign direct...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: In order to support the retail sector, I introduced the pilot Online Retail Scheme in 2018. The Scheme’s purpose was to support Irish retailers to strategically enhance their online sales capabilities to increase competitiveness and subsequently scale their businesses in international markets. Separately the Trading Online Voucher Scheme (TOVS) is available to retailers through the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding Data (16 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Budget 2020 set out the Current and Capital ceilings for my Department (€339 million and €632 million respectively). However, the allocations for each of the Department’s subheads, including the Programme for Research in Third Level Institutions, will not be finalised until the annual Revised Estimates process is completed. The Revised Estimates Volume is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Commission (15 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Personal Injuries Commission (PIC) was established in 2017 to compare Ireland’s personal injury claims processes against other jurisdictions, to benchmark international personal injury awards with those in Ireland, to report on alternative compensation and resolution models and make recommendations which could enhance the Irish claims environment. During its 18-month work...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (15 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As announced by my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, as part of Budget 2020 Government Departments will have access to the €1.2 billion Brexit fund to provide supports in the event of a no deal scenario.  From this, a contingency fund of €650m has been put in place to support the enterprise, agriculture...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Social Partnership, in various forms, has been a central facet of Irish society for over three decades. Since 2016, the Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) has brought together representatives of employers, trade unions and Government to discuss economic, employment and labour market issues. The Forum, which is chaired by the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department, through the SBCI, is working to increase the availability and use of the Credit Guarantee Scheme with the main banks. The SBCI is currently working with the banks to increase the availability and use of the Credit Guarantee Scheme in the context of Brexit. Specifically, the banks are promoting the CGS to underpin transit guarantees required for use of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Export credit insurance is a complex area that is subject to State Aid constraints. There are existing facilities in the market which may be accessed by exporters immediately to mitigate the impact of Brexit on their businesses. These include the Brexit Loan Scheme and Future Growth Loan Scheme.  The Brexit Loan Scheme provides affordable financing to businesses that are either...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme provides affordable working capital to eligible businesses with up to 499 employees that are or will be Brexit-impacted and which meet the scheme criteria. The scheme leverages €23 million exchequer funding to provide a fund of up to €300 million over its lifetime. Under the first stage of the scheme’s application process, businesses apply to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (15 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 307 to 309, inclusive, together. As part of Budget 2020 I announced a range of targeted measures that can be effectively deployed to meet the specific requirements of individual firms that may experience liquidity or transformative investment challenges in a no-deal Brexit scenario. These measures will be rolled out as part of the initial €110m...

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