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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Security Checks (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am advised that it would not be appropriate for me to divulge the detail of security arrangements that obtain in respect of my Department, including the Ministerial offices.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies Establishment (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will be aware, following enactment of the Microenterprise Loan Fund Act 2012, Microfinance Ireland was established as a private limited company in August 2012, as a subsidiary of the Social Finance Foundation and has charitable status. Microfinance Ireland provides loans of up to €25,000 to start-up, newly established, or growing microenterprises employing less than 10...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (18 Feb 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 and not one in which I have a function. I understand from IDA Ireland that the Agency has identified a number of locations where the private sector is unable to develop property solutions...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 342 and 343 together. International labour standards are legal instruments drawn up by the ILO's constituents (governments, employers and workers) setting out basic principles and rights at work. They are either conventions, which are legally binding international treaties that may be ratified by member states, or recommendations, which serve as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 344 and 345 together. The most recent regional employment data, from the Central Statistics Office shows that in the 12 months up to the end of September 2013 an additional 10,000 people were in employment in the South East region, including Waterford, and that the unemployment rate there fell by 2.8% during that period. This is a very positive development,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: Responsibility for statistical information rests with the Central Statistics Office However, I understand that the CSO does not compile statistics on jobs created on a county basis. As regards jobs created, the only figures available to my Department are those in respect of jobs created, on a county basis, in client companies of the Enterprise Development Agencies under the aegis of my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Land Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: Shannon Development is in the process of transferring land at a number of specific locations in the Limerick Region to IDA Ireland for Industrial Development purposes. The remaining land and property portfolio of Shannon Development will remain in the ownership of Shannon Development and continue to be managed by Shannon Development on the same basis as previously. The wider land and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: The transposition of the provisions of Directive 2010/32/EU (known as the ‘Sharps’ directive) on the basis of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, had originally been recommended in the Regulatory Impact Assessment undertaken in 2011 by the Health and Safety Authority. In line with the public consultation procedures conducted under Section 57 of the Act of 2005, a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Abolition (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: The purpose of the CEB Dissolution Bill 2013, which is going through its final stages in the Oireachtas, is to give effect to the Government Decision to create an enhanced national micro enterprise support model, delivered through the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) which will be established in each Local Authority area. The LEOs will have primary responsibility for the delivery of State...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Expenditure (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: It should be noted that Enterprise Ireland has no subsidiary organisations. Also, due to the volume and detail of the information sought by the Deputy, it is not possible to collate the information required within the timeframe given. I will endeavour to have the information required provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: It should be noted that Enterprise Ireland has no subsidiary organisations. Also, due to the volume and detail of the information sought by the Deputy, it is not possible to collate the information required within the timeframe given. I will endeavour to have the information required provided to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Remuneration (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: Pay and incremental progression within my Department is operated in line with Government policy and the payment of increments is subject to satisfactory performance under the Performance Management Development System (PMDS) and compliance with sick leave regulations. It should be noted that the process of progression by one incremental step per annum has been modified in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: Neither my Department nor the Offices under the aegis of my Department subscribe to Pricestats for daily inflation data for Ireland. Subscriptions to database services by the Agencies under my remit is a day-to-day matter for the individual Agencies concerned, for which I have no direct function. I have asked all Agencies under the aegis of my Department to advise me of any such...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Corporate Governance (13 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: I have no further plans to enhance the powers of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. The Director previously brought to my attention that section 77 of the Finance Act 2011 inserted a new section into the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 which restricted the amount of information from the Revenue Commissioners that the Director could properly obtain and use in support of his investigative and...

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

Richard Bruton: It is unfortunate that due to over capacity factors affecting the parent company, some redundancies were announced in this plant in Newbridge late last year, involving slightly over one fifth of the total workforce at that facility. These redundancies are scheduled to take place throughout 2014. The company is currently working through the redundancy programme and, thankfully, a significant...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Establishment (13 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: When established, the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) will become the first-stop-shop through which information on national and local supports for business can be accessed, where new start-up and micro-enterprises can be grant-aided, where small businesses can receive training and mentoring, and where businesses with clear high growth potential can be fast-tracked to the next level of support...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Registered Employment Agreements (13 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: In the judgment delivered on 9 May 2013 in McGowan and others v The Labour Court, Ireland and the Attorney General, the Supreme Court held that Part III of the Industrial Relations Act 1946 was invalid having regard to Article 15.2.1 of the Constitution. That Article provides, in effect, that the exclusive power to make laws is vested in the Oireachtas. The Supreme Court took the view that...

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

Richard Bruton: I am interpreting the Deputy’s question as referring to the bodies under the aegis of my Department in relation to which I am responsible for answering Parliamentary Questions. The following are the offices under the aegis of my Department. 1. Companies Registration Office 2. Employment Appeals Tribunal 3. Labour Court 4. Labour Relations Commission 5. National Employment...

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

Richard Bruton: The following are the bodies for which I have authority to appoint board members: Forfás; National Competitiveness Council; National Standards Authority of Ireland; Crafts Council of Ireland; Enterprise Ireland; Tyndall National Institute; Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited; IDA Ireland; Science Foundation Ireland;Trade Mark Agent Board; Patent Agent Board; Labour Relations...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Authority Functions (12 Feb 2014)

Richard Bruton: No further specific new powers or functions have been conferred on local authorities by legislation under my Department since June 2009. However the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill, 2013, currently being debated by the Oireachtas, provides for the dissolution of the County and City Enterprise Boards and the transfer of their existing functions to Enterprise Ireland. The...