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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that an application for a General Employment Permit in respect of the named individual was received on 15 January 2019. On 26 February 2019, this application was refused because the named individual was in the State without current immigration permission. In addition to being informed of the decision to refuse this application, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (6 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 to 149, inclusive, together. Enterprise Ireland provides financial support to companies via grant and equity investment. Equity investment is made in the form of ordinary shares, convertible shares and preference shares for capital projects greater than €250,000, to support high potential start-ups and high-risk projects in line with EU State Aid...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (6 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The IDA is authorised by my Department to provide a range of financial supports in the form of employment, capital, research and development, environmental and training grants. These grants are an important means of encouraging companies to invest in Ireland, particularly in regional locations.    With regards to equity stakes in client companies, under Section 31 of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (6 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Retail Consultation Forum, which I chair, enables key issues affecting the retail sector to be discussed, with a view to identifying practical actions which could be taken by Government, or by industry itself, to support sustainable jobs growth in the sector. As the largest private sector employer in the country (90% Irish-owned) that supports jobs in every city, town and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Children's Research Programme (6 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The future Children’s Research and Innovation Centre (CRIC) is the planned new facility for paediatric research and innovation that will be located on the St James’s campus. The CRIC will be developed adjacent to the existing St James's Hospital campus research facilities and will be built using separately raised funds. I understand that the potential for contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (6 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 153 and 154 together. Details of expenditure incurred by my Department and its Offices during 2018 on social media advertising and online promoted content are set out in the following table.  To date in 2019 no amount has been spent in this regard; projects where the use of social media may be considered worthwhile will be considered on a case by case...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (6 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As it stands, the UK is scheduled to leave the European Union as of 11pm on Friday, 29 March 2019. While many Irish businesses already have plans in place to mitigate the impacts of Brexit, I am conscious that a proportion of businesses have delayed their Brexit planning due to the degree of uncertainty in the UK surrounding the Brexit negotiations and the withdrawal process. As we approach...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (6 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Diversification beyond the UK is now an urgent imperative for Irish enterprise and is one of the key pillars of Enterprise Ireland’s Eurozone Strategy to 2020.   This Eurozone Strategy is part of Enterprise Ireland’s overarching Strategy to build scale and expand reach. Export diversification is a strong defence against Brexit challenges.  While the UK is and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (6 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The recently published Q4 2018 CSO Labour Force Survey employment figures are overall very positive. Figures show that overall, employment continues to grow strongly with 50,500 jobs created in the year from Q4 2017 to Q4 2018. This brings total employment to 2,281,300, the highest number at work ever recorded. The Border region has shown excellent progress in employment levels since the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The supports are there.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The supports are there.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: There are.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: They are already there.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: There are many supports available to non-exporting indigenous businesses, some of which I listed. We are looking at providing more supports through the future jobs initiative which I will be launching on Sunday. I have met all of the LEOs and assure the Deputy that they can provide a broad range of supports to non-exporting Irish companies. I have read out the list of supports. It is on...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: No.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: To be fair, there is a long list of available supports. A total of 168 Be Prepared grants have been approved, 251 projects have been approved under the Enterprise Ireland market discovery fund, and 43 agile innovation projects have been approved under the aforementioned Enterprise Ireland fund. A total of 13 Brexit advisory clinics have been run with more than 1,000 in attendance and 190...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: -----722 LEO clients have completed a scorecard. The list goes on and on. In fairness, businesses are responding and seeking out these supports. We are here to help them and want to continue to do so. This is emergency legislation before us today but all of these supports have been in place for some time. Since 2016 we have been helping businesses to prepare for Brexit. Admittedly, some...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: We are doing that.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: It is being done.

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: In addressing the amendments, I commissioned a wide-ranging review of the OECD on SME and entrepreneurship policies in March 2018. Part of this extensive review is examining the provision of supports for indigenous businesses and how they are assisted by Government Departments and agencies to grow. This report will examine the strategic framework and delivery system for SMEs and...