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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: All of the IDA Ireland client company data centres are located in the Dublin area and therefore did not receive any financial funding from the Agency. Dublin is now fast emerging as one of Europe’s major hubs for data centre services and cloud computing infrastructure. Since January 2010, significant data centre investments have been secured for Ireland from companies such as Google,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Two civil servants (Clerical Officer) are currently assigned to my constituency office on the Clerical Officer salary scale (PPC rate) of €23,177 to €37,341. My constituency office is located in the Department’s Head Office in Kildare Street. No specific accommodation or equipment costs have been incurred for these constituency office duties.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Total trade with Mexico is just over €1 billion. Goods exports to the country increased by 55% from €445 million to €690 million between 2009 and 2013. This pace of growth, in the context of a very difficult global trading environment, suggests that, in the future, Mexico has the potential to become a very important market for Irish exporters. In the Government Review...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Remit (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, the current role of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) is to provide support for micro-enterprises in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential, and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level. Priority is given to enterprises in the manufacturing or internationally traded...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Programme for Government Implementation (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The timeline for delivery of commitments under the programme for Government is over the lifetime of this Government. The position in relation to progress under each commitment, within the remit of my Department, is set out in the following table.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (25 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not have any commercial State bodies under its remit.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: In respect of the rental accommodation scheme, RAS, and the rent supplement, new housing assistance payments legislation is in preparation. There is no date for the landlord and tenant Bill but work is continuing on it.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Unfortunately, I only have a briefing on promised legislation, so I must advise the Deputy to submit a parliamentary question to the Minister for Health in respect of those two matters. I do not know of any promised legislation in that regard, but if there is I will communicate with the Deputy. However, I do not think there is any such promised legislation.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy cannot encourage Ministers to go abroad for St. Patrick's Day and then lament the fact that there are not enough of them here to deal with all the questions as Gaeilge.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: To be fair, I have been a Member of this House for many years and I have never seen a Taoiseach and Tánaiste deal constantly with more questions in Irish.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The House is making progress in this area but we must acknowledge that not every Member of the House has the level of competence in Irish to deal with the serious matters that Deputies might raise on the Order of Business or during Leaders' Questions. I am therefore dealing with this issue to the best of my ability.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The heads of the Bill reviewing the Irish language will come to the Government shortly. I understand that the consumer and competition Bill will be published in this session.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: It will be later this year.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am afraid the Taoiseach was not good enough to leave me at home to see St. Vincent's win the championship this year, so I too will unfortunately be out of the country when that great contest occurs. However, I certainly wish Castlebar Mitchels well.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I will stick to the blue and whites, however, and will be supporting St. Vincent's who have earned their opportunity.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: It is proposed to take No. 24, statements on the 20-year strategy on the Irish language (resumed), to adjourn at 2 p.m. today if not previously concluded; and No. 21, statements on the Government's priorities for the year ahead (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall on its rising today adjourn until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 25 March 2014.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I join with Deputy Calleary in wishing people a very happy St. Patrick's Day. I know many people will be travelling and I hope they do so safely. As the Deputy acknowledges, ministerial travel abroad is of benefit to our economy and the promotion of Ireland as a good location for tourism and economic activity. This is a good opportunity and many countries would be envious of the way in...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I join with the Deputy in wishing those who have left our shores to find work well. The most useful thing we can do is create an economy that once again offers opportunities. It is encouraging to see that in the past 12 months, employment growth in this country has been faster than in any other OECD country. Hopefully, we will be in a position to offer more and more people the chance to...

Order of Business (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: A date has not been fixed for that Bill.

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Healy for raising this issue. Certainly, this is one of the biggest challenges we face in terms of getting over the legacy of the banking crisis, and there are many families trying to cope with this. What is encouraging is that, for the first time, there is a sign that the numbers in mortgage difficulty are beginning to decline. As the Deputy knows, under the guidance of the...