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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Fund Ireland (14 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Innovation 2020, Ireland's strategy for research and development, science and technology, was launched in December 2015 and articulates Ireland’s ambition to become a Global Innovation Leader. The strategy aims to build on the significant successes which have seen Ireland dramatically improve its innovation performance globally. Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is globally...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (14 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department and I are aware that it is essential that Irish enterprise has access to high quality, adaptable and flexible talent. In order to meet this demand, the Government is committed to building and retaining a highly skilled indigenous workforce to serve the needs of the economy. The Government is seeking to advance this goal under the framework of two overarching skills...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (14 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has a strong focus of developing indigenous businesses. I am consistently engaging and listening to the needs of start-ups and established small businesses. I am aware of their importance as SMEs account for 99.8% of all enterprises in the State and are predominantly indigenous. We provide, principally through our Agencies, a range of tailored supports for start-up enterprises...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (14 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Government is determined to maintain the closest possible North-South trading relationship on the island of Ireland after Brexit. Cross-border trade is now at an all-time high and my Department and its Agencies are working to protect and sustain that two-way enterprise relationship as best we can. Important work in that context continues to be undertaken by InterTradeIreland (ITI),...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Details of expenditure incurred by my Department and its Offices on advertising to date in 2019 are set out in the table below. In engaging service providers, the Department and its Offices are mindful of the need to secure value for money and, accordingly, strive to keep costs to the minimum. Advertisement Type Purpose Cost Iris Oifigiúil Advertising Various official notices in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (9 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has policy responsibility for the Employment Permit Acts and administers the granting of employment permits to non- EEA nationals to work in the State. Migrant workers from the European Union and European Economic Area (EEA) do not require an employment permit to work in Ireland. There is currently no employment permit type specifically designed for seasonal workers to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (9 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland remains a global leader in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) with over 1,400 multinational companies from over 40 countries choosing to invest here. While North America remains the principal source of FDI into the country, the IDA continues to diversify its portfolio of investors here. In 2018 alone, for example, 24 investments were secured from growth markets, representing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (9 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 80 together. The State's general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the workforce of the State and other EEA states. Where specific skills prove difficult to source within the State and EEA, the employment permits system offers a conduit into the Irish labour market for non-EEA nationals with in-demand skills...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My officials in the Employment Permits section of my Department inform me that current processing times for employment permits are: - 3 weeks for Trusted Partner applications (which made up 71% of all applications in 2018). - 11 weeks for Standard applications (which made up 29% of applications in 2018). The Department is continuing to take steps to improve these processing times....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s Employment Permits system acts as a conduit for key skills which are required to develop enterprise in the State, while simultaneously protecting the balance of the labour market and the employment rights of those migrants who come to work here. By design it is pro-cyclical, expanding and contracting in tandem with fluctuations in the economy. The system is ordered through...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that an application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 8th January 2019. On 15 March 2019, this application was refused as the position on offer is on the List of Ineligible Categories of Employment for Employment Permits, In addition the employer failed to fulfil the Labour Market Needs Test...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: International trade missions and events support the goal of securing high-level market access for Irish companies aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment. An extensive schedule of international trade missions and events for 2019 was launched in February this year. This covers a total of 207 events within Ireland and international locations, to include 73...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is keenly aware of the impacts Brexit may have on the economies of Ireland and Northern Ireland, though the macroeconomic impacts for both and jointly would depend to a great extent on the type of Brexit that ultimately emerges. I can point to the range of informative research that my Department and its agencies have undertaken to inform how we best understand the impacts of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Emigrant Support Services (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation currently has no plans to offer financial incentives to engineers to return to Ireland to work in industry here. However, through Enterprise Ireland, the Department does invest in techlifeireland.com, a website focused on building awareness globally amongst Information and Communication Technology engineers of the wide variety...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I launched the new Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan to 2020 on the 6th February in Mountmellick, Co. Laois. This was the first of nine Regional Enterprise Plans that I launched during February and March of this year. The Plans have emerged from a 'bottom-up' process to refresh and refocus the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) 2015-2017, and the new Plans remain focused on delivering on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I launched the new Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan to 2020 on the 6th February last in Mountmellick, Co. Laois. The Plan is one of 9 Plans that have emerged from a 'bottom-up' process to refresh and refocus the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) 2015-2017, and the new Plans remain focused on delivering on the employment targets set to 2020 under the original RAPJs. The Midland Regional...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 563 and 567 together. It is important that the IDA has a supply of available properties that can be offered to firms considering making job-rich investments in Ireland, particularly for the regions. This helps diminish the lead-in time for potential investments and can be a key factor in securing projects for regional locations. The Agency works closely with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department and its agencies are working towards ambitious targets to ensure that employment and investment are distributed as evenly as possible across the country. As reflected in IDA Ireland's annual results for 2018, significant progress is being made with 58% of all IDA-supported employment now outside of Dublin. This represents the highest number of people employed by IDA clients...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: On an annual basis Enterprise Ireland (EI) works with approximately 5,000 manufacturing and internationally traded services companies through the agency’s network of 10 offices in Ireland and 33 international offices. In 2018 EI client companies reported strong employment performance with 215,207 people employed and 18,846 new jobs created. The tables below present the figures for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (8 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the “first-stop-shop” for providing advice, guidance, financial assistance and other supports to those wishing to start or grow a business. In 2018 there was a gross gain of 8,007 new jobs which saw a net gain of 3,656 for the year. The LEOs have 7,164 client companies who support 36,666 jobs. This is the 5th year in a row of employment...