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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49, 50, 55 and 60 together. Responsibility for statistical information rests with the Central Statistics Office (CSO). However, I understand that the CSO does not compile statistics on jobs created and lost on a county basis. As far as agencies of my Department are concerned, the number of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland’s mission is to work with entrepreneurs, Irish businesses, and the research and investment communities to develop Ireland’s international trade, innovation, and competitiveness with the ultimate objective of employment and export growth. Enterprise Ireland’s support is targeted primarily at exporting companies, delivered by working directly with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52, 54 and 58 together. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has been, and will continue to be, an integral part of Ireland’s economic development strategy. Foreign-owned firms contribute substantially to Ireland’s exports, jobs, expenditure in the Irish economy and to Exchequer funds. FDI plays a key role in stimulating the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: European research programmes provide valuable opportunities for Irish-based firms to engage in high-level international research, while also being a critical source of non-exchequer funding for this important economic activity. Running from 2014 to 2020 with a budget of almost €80 billion, Horizon 2020 is the EU’s new programme for research and innovation and is part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs is the Government’s main policy instrument to support job creation. The Action Plan has set a target of supporting the creation of an additional 100,000 jobs in the economy by 2016 by improving the operating environment for businesses. Over 99% of all businesses in Ireland are SMEs and it is estimated that 72% of all employees in Ireland work in SMEs....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Development Agencies and the new Local Enterprise Offices operate a range of supports and services, including assisting companies in both the Manufacturing and Services sectors, as both of these sectors are crucial to the economy and to job creation. In addition, it can be possible for companies to also access State or EU supports from other sources. However many companies are not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Young entrepreneurs and third level students are a seed bed for future business start-ups and as such they should be part of Ireland getting back on its feet, and the drive to stimulate more entrepreneurship, micro and small business activity. It is not only important to support existing entrepreneurs but also to work towards encouraging greater levels of entrepreneurship in the future....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: As regards jobs created and lost, the only figures available to my Department are those in respect of jobs created and lost, on a county basis, in client companies of the Enterprise Development Agencies under the aegis of my Department. Tables 1 and 2 below provide details of jobs created and lost, since 2008 in companies in Co. Kildare that were supported by Enterprise Ireland (EI) and IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (5 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: Under the Industrial Development Acts, the management of IDA Ireland’s property portfolio, including the provision of buildings for client companies, is a day to day operational matter for the Agency. In order to boost regional development and win new business, IDA Ireland proposes to build an advanced manufacturing facilities in both Waterford and Athlone. In the current economic...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Regional Development (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. She has underlined to a degree some of the difficulties facing IDA Ireland in securing a regional spread. Much of the mobile investment in recent years has been high tech, high skill, research-related investment which has, to a large degree, been focused on cities that offer that environment. The figures show that Galway is not doing...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Regional Development (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I would be happy to do so. We are focusing on it and I hope we will be in a position to update the Seanad later in the year.

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Retention (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Senator for raising this issue. I share his concerns following the recent developments in Bausch & Lomb initiated by the new owners of the company. I fully realise the exceptional pressures on workers and their families that stem from the restructuring proposals made by Bausch & Lomb. The company has provided significant numbers of jobs in Waterford for several...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Retention (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland's early warning system is about identifying companies within its remit that are facing difficulties and seeking to work through a transformation agenda. Over three quarters of IDA Ireland's budget is spent on the transformation agenda and working with companies to reposition them to protect jobs for the future. This work is not done in the public arena, rather it is done on the...

Seanad: Adjournment Matters: Job Retention (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am always open to meeting public representatives and I have no problem meeting them. This is an area in which I have taken an initiative to place a focus on the south east. I have recognised the need identified and taken an active role in trying to meet it. I welcome the support of public representatives in seeking to meet it.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: I have been informed by IDA Ireland that as part of its ongoing operational management they have recently committed to undertake a review of the property offerings in Castlebar in regard to its suitability for marketing to FDI clients. This work has not yet commenced but as part of the process, the Property Division of IDA Ireland will firstly assess the potential of the current property...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs is the Government's key policy instrument to assist job creation. Its aim is to support enterprises to create employment throughout the whole of the country and in all regions. The 2014 Action Plan for Jobs recognises that regions that support strong and dynamic enterprises are crucial to Ireland's return to overall economic growth. In this context, the Action Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Properties (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland and Shannon Development are the only two agencies under the remit of my Department who hold industrial property portfolios. Under legislation both agencies are independent in the exercise of their property function. Property solutions to companies who are clients of Enterprise Ireland are also provided by IDA Ireland. As part of the restructuring of Shannon Development, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. I am informed by IDA Ireland that the number of people employed in their client companies in 2013 was 166,184. Every ten jobs in an IDA Ireland client company supports seven jobs in the wider economy. 2013 represented the fourth successive year of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: A notification of a decision to revoke the permit issued to the person named by the Deputy on 15 May 2014. In accordance with Section 16 (3) and Section 16(4) of the Employment Permits Act 2006, the decision to revoke the permit in question shall not take effect until the expiry of a 28 day period following the notification of the decision to revoke. This is in order to allow either the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (4 Jun 2014)

Richard Bruton: On behalf of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR), and as part of the Government's National Digital Strategy, the Local Enterprise Office Dublin City recently conducted an Online Training pilot scheme targeting small businesses in the Dublin area. The pilot consisted of two 'trials', each of which were successfully completed; one was completed at the end of...