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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Across Government Departments significant work is ongoing to ensure all necessary supports will be available to enterprise regarding a wide variety of Brexit implications. Provision in the revised estimates for financial support is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Finance. In relation to state aid, my Department and its agencies together with the Department of Agriculture, Food...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy regarding the number of employment permits issued for chefs in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019 is set out below. The employment permits system is managed through the operation of the Highly Skilled Eligible Occupations List (HSEOL) and the Ineligible Categories of Employment List (ICEL). These lists are reviewed twice...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Agreements (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The EU-South Korea Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed in October 2010 and has been provisionally applied since July 2011. The FTA was approved by Dáil Éireann on 21st July 2011 and was formally ratified by the EU in December 2015. At the time it was the most ambitious trade agreement ever negotiated by the EU and the first with an Asian country. The majority of import duties...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Expenditure (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Health and Safety Authority has 104 FTE staff in the inspector grades who work across all sectors in the economy. In 2018, the HSA was allocated additional funding of €1.1m, including €400,000 for Brexit related posts and €300,000 for the operation of the Irish National Accreditation Board, which is part of the HSA. For 2019 it has been allocated...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: In response to the challenges we face, the Government agreed to the development of Future Jobs Ireland, the composition and implementation of which is being led jointly by my Department and the Department of the Taoiseach. The development has included extensive consultation to help shape the ambitions for 2019 and thereafter. Future Jobs Ireland is a whole of Government, multi-annual...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (5 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports for entrepreneurs and businesses that intend to start or grow. The LEOs can offer direct grant aid to microenterprises (10 employees or fewer) in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors which, over time, have the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on General Product Safety, transposed into Irish law by S.I. No. 199 of 2004, places the onus on all economic operators – manufacturers, distributors, importers – to ensure that only safe products are placed on the market. If economic operators become aware that products on the market present...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 and 116 together. Ireland continues to perform very strongly in terms of attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), with 229,057 people now employed in IDA Ireland client companies here. FDI flows into the country have been particularly significant in recent years with pronounced growth in total job numbers and investment projects. I am pleased...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Funding (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: IDA provided employment grants to National Pen in the years 2015-2018, the value of which is set out in the table below. In order to draw down an employment grant, an IDA client company - such as National Pen - must meet performance targets that are set out in a contract between the firm and the Agency. Such contracts also provide that jobs supported by a grant must remain in place for five...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Data Protection (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has no role in the monitoring and enforcement of data protection legislation. The Minister for Justice and Equality has informed me that responsibility for these functions lies with the Data Protection Commission, which is independent in the performance of its functions.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (28 Feb 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 €23 million exchequer funding announced in the 2018 Budget (€14 million from my Department and €9 million from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) has been leveraged to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Brexit represents a significant challenge for businesses in Ireland, which cannot be underestimated. That’s why Government, working with industry bodies and business groups, started developing supports for businesses from the time when Brexit first became a possibility. Government’s priority is to ensure that businesses around the country can manage risks and avail of any...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Programmes (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 to 124, inclusive, together. It remains my intention to commission an independent review of the Succeed-in-Ireland (SII) programme. As I have indicated previously, a review would equip us with a thorough understanding of SII's results and its contribution to employment generation in the State. However, there needs to be clarity on the full and final costs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I am informed by IDA Ireland that there are currently no companies in the Agency's client portfolio which were previously a client of Údarás na Gaeltachta.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Relations (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: International Trade Policy is a competence of the EU Commission under the EU Treaties and defined as the Common Commercial Policy (CCP). Under this architecture the Commission represents Ireland and other Member States at the WTO taking into account the needs of individual Member States and the collective good of the Union. As such, the EU is leading on all negotiations relating to Brexit. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The recent EU Commission approval for state aid to Carbery Food Ingredients Ltd. is individual, notifiable aid measure in the form of a direct grant for an investment project covering the processing and marketing of agricultural products (milk). The investment is in line with State Aid rules and meets with the rural development objectives including fostering the competitiveness of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (28 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has been working closely with the Commission and DG Competition since November 2017 through the Irish/EU Technical Working Group on State Aid. The objective of the Group is to scope and design schemes to support enterprises impacted by Brexit in line with State Aid rules. Much has been achieved by this Working Group. It has examined and explored a range of opportunities...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. As somebody who has lived all my life in a Border county, I am acutely aware of the challenges that Brexit presents to this country. I know the very real fear in communities all across the Border region about what the final Brexit outcome will look like and the impact it will have on their lives, businesses, farms and families. We...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Relations (27 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The European Union and the United States have the largest bilateral trade and investment relationship and enjoy the most integrated economic relationship in the world.  The EU and the US economies together account for about half the entire world GDP and for nearly a third of world trade flows.  The relationship has proved indispensable for the prosperity of both sides of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (27 Feb 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Across Government Departments significant work is ongoing to ensure all necessary supports will be available to enterprise regarding a wide variety of Brexit implications. Provision in the revised estimates for financial support is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Finance. In relation to state aid, my Department and its agencies have been working closely with the EU Commission...