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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS), which is published by the Central Statistics Office, provides a breakdown of employment by economic sector. It also groups these sectors into the broad headings of Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Industry (including construction), and Services. The latest Survey was published on 27 February, and shows that there were just over 1.9...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 94, 97 and 100 together. The manufacturing sector had lost 50,000 jobs in the years up to 2010. However, the sector has seen a modest return to growth in employment over the last few years, with an additional 8,000 jobs having been created in the last year alone. In relation to overall employment in the manufacturing sector, when account is taken of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Funding (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: Horizon 2020, with a budget of €79 billion and covering the next seven years, is the biggest ever European Research and Innovation Programme and the largest worldwide. Horizon 2020 offers huge opportunities to researchers, research organisations and industry to engage in cutting edge research, and power Europe towards economic recovery The structure and objectives of Horizon 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Government recognises that the availability of competitively priced world class infrastructure (energy, telecoms, transport, waste and water) and related services are critical to supporting enterprise development, and in turn, job creation. My Department and its agencies monitor the issues relevant to job creation and retention – including the infrastructural needs of enterprises...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: My regular engagement with small and medium enterprises around the country, and with their representative bodies, provides a forum to discuss their concerns on a wide range of issues, including those related to costs such as local authority charges, utility costs (including energy), rents, and labour costs. The Forfás report “Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2012”...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 99 and 101 together. The latest Quarterly National Household Survey (QNHS) shows that, in spite of the creation of an additional 61,000 jobs overall in the economy in Quarter 4 2013, the number of people under 25 years of age in employment decreased by 1,600 year-on-year. We have, nonetheless, seen a marked improvement from the 14,500 jobs lost in this age...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (13 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: In order to work in Ireland a non-EEA National ( ) must hold a valid Employment Permit and my Department's Employment Permits Section administers the Employment Permits system. The onus to maintain a current immigration status rests on the non-EEA national that may be the subject of a work permit application. An individual’s immigration status has a major bearing on the consideration...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (12 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 80 and 83 together. I understand in the case of Staunton sports that the Examiner is currently in the process of engaging with various parties who have expressed an interest in the business, including the Management Team, and as part of the process has requested proposals from each of the parties as to their plans for the business and the employees of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (12 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: There have been no meetings between either myself or officials of my Department with the enterprise referred to by the Deputy since my taking up office on 9 March 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (12 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The following reports/reviews/studies were commissioned by me or my Department since 9th March 2011. 9th March 2011 to 31st December 2011 Details of reports/reviews/studies Date commissioned Date completed Cost € An independent Copyright Review Committee was tasked to review the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 in relation to the Digital Environment to identify any areas...

Gateway Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I do not mind the Deputy intervening.

Gateway Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The increase in employment of 61,000 in the past 12 months - or 66,500 if one looks only at the private sector - is nothing to do with increased emigration. These are extra people at work in Ireland today. Emigration could be any number, but the fact is there are additional people in work who were not in work 12 months ago. The past five quarters have seen increases in the employment rate....

Gateway Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, is considering that concept of building a social clause into public contracts, which would include, for instance, a quota of apprentices from the live register. I understand it is being piloted and there is an ambition to expand. I hope we are coming to a point in our economic recovery where more employers will be...

Gateway Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: "acknowledges the important role that activation and work placement initiatives have had on supporting jobseekers; notes that: — the number of people in employment in Ireland grew by 61,000 or 3.3 per cent last year and stood at over 1.9 million at the end of 2013;...

Gateway Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: It is important to see this in the context of a range of schemes. I refer to the additional part-time training which is available to a person on the Gateway scheme. FÁS provides approximately 15,000 part-time training courses. JobsPlus is the new grant scheme targeted at people who have been unemployed more than one or two years. A total of 1,600 people are participating in that...

Topical Issues Debate: Job Protection (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I will.

Topical Issues Debate: Job Protection (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: To be fair to NAMA, there is a bit of a misunderstanding of its role. NAMA was supportive of an arrangement that would have facilitated a management buy-out of a company that was insolvent. Implicit in that was an agreement to have some of the debts dealt with to allow the company to continue to proceed. As I understand it, it was not NAMA's fault that it was not possible for this process...

Topical Issues Debate: Job Protection (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. As Minister with responsibility for employment, I am always concerned about any job losses. Indeed, job retention and creation has been my main focus since taking office. The company referred to by the Deputies is in the middle of the examinership process and, as such, it is important that nothing be said here this evening that might affect the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: We will follow the practice we had this year whereby our departmental budget on consultancy reflected Forfás's spend. It is intended that the consultancy commissioned independently will be shown in the accounts in the usual way and will be open to scrutiny here when the Estimates are presented.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (Forfás Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (11 Mar 2014)

Richard Bruton: We are setting up a strategic policy division within the Department. We will continue to maintain the approach that has existed with Forfás and, indeed, is adopted by other Departments such as the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform whereby certain studies can be published that do not reflect or do not necessarily reflect the views of the Minister. We are retaining the scope to...