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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that during 2013 there was 1 IDA sponsored site visit to County Kerry by potential investors. At the end of 2013 there were 12 IDA Ireland supported companies in Kerry employing 1,638 people, with 101 new jobs being created during the year. The Agency has also informed me that on 4 June 2013, MYMIC Global along with Minister Jimmy Deenihan and Deputy Michael...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: There were no specific press announcements for Kerry in 2013 however, in terms of employment growth, the preliminary results from the Forfas employment survey for 2013 show a net gain of 345 permanent full time jobs in Enterprise Ireland client companies in Co. Kerry. Please note that these figures are preliminary and are subject to change pending the publication of the official Forfas...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: In preparation for the new LEOs, a project to develop a common LEO website is currently underway. The new Website will incorporate on-line self-assessment tools, signposting to other State services, benchmarking, how to guides etc. The project will deliver a powerful resource for the LEOs which will ensure that a level of web capability is available to all LEOs in the country. The target...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Youth Unemployment Measures (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Minister for Social Protection has the lead responsibility for the implementation of the EU Council Recommendation on a Youth Guarantee. The Department of Social Protection has set up an interdepartmental group with officials and programme managers from the Department of Education and Skills, Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation, and the Department of Children and Youth Affairs,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme facility was introduced in October 2012 following demands from business interest for the introduction of supports for microenterprises in a difficult economic environment. It is brand new to the Irish market and in just over a year it has now developed a presence in the Irish financial market. As of 3 January 2014 MFI, has approved 139 applications to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Implementation (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: The SME Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) was launched in October 2012 in response to numerous calls over many years from business interests. It is a novel Scheme in an Irish context which is currently developing a position in the Irish financial arena. As of 3 January 2014 the SME Credit Guarantee Scheme has seventy-five live facilities resulting in €10.3m being sanctioned through...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Seed Capital Scheme (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: I take it the Deputy is referring to the Seed and Venture Capital Scheme 2013-2018 which was successfully launched in May last year. This Scheme will see a Government investment of €175 million over its lifetime, which is targeting an additional €525 million in funding from the private sector totalling a €700 million fund of capital investment. The launch of the first...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Reports (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: Following the closure of Talk Talk in Waterford in 2011 and the subsequent significant job losses, the Government formed the South East Area Action Plan to co-ordinate a response to the long standing employment challenges in the city and region. Part of that response included a Pilot Competitive Feasibility Fund for the South East Region which was established by Enterprise Ireland in 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Expenditure (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 307 and 309 together. IDA Ireland approved 164 investments during 2013, as announced in the Agency’s End of Year results. I am informed by IDA Ireland that a number of the 164 investments are proceeding without grant aid. In relation to those projects which will be grant aided, the amount of grant aid approved in respect of individual projects is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: Details of the number of IDA sponsored site visits by potential investors on a county basis in 2012 and 2013 are set out in the attached tabular statement. These site visits were from new companies visiting the location for the first time and from senior executives of existing companies. Table shows the number of IDA sponsored site visits by potential investors on a county basis in 2012 and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310 to 312, inclusive, together. The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Details of total employment and the number of new jobs created and lost in IDA client companies as well as the number of such companies on a county by county basis during 2013 are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 313 and 314 together. 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 am informed by IDA Ireland that the provision of property solutions by the Agency...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Big Data Taskforce was established as part of the Action Plan for Jobs 2013 “Big Data” Disruptive Reform. The Taskforce held its inaugural meeting on 10th September 2013 and met on three subsequent occasions up to the end of 2013. As part of the Taskforce’s fact-finding role, it engaged with the Government Departments and agencies managing significant data...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: The rights and remedies that apply where goods are faulty are regulated by the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and Part 2 of the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980, the collective citation for which is the Sale of Goods Act 1893 and 1980. There are also parallel rights and remedies under the European Communities (Certain Aspects of the Sale of Goods and Associated Guarantees) Regulations...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: The Irish Music Rights Organisation is registered as a copyright licensing body in the Register of Copyright Licensing Bodies maintained in line with current Copyright legislation. Section 175 of the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000, provides that the Controller of Patents, Trade Marks and Designs shall maintain a Register of Copyright Licensing Bodies. The Copyright and Related...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 318 and 319 together. I am informed by IDA Ireland that in the past 4 years there have been a total of 77 IDA sponsored site visits by potential investors to County Louth. Site visits are tracked by the Agency on a county basis only. Details of the number of visits paid in each of the years 2010 to 2013 is set out in the attached tabular statement. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Sector Pensions Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: There are very limited circumstances in which added years are made to the pension entitlement of officers of my Department and, in the period in question, these occurred only in instances of ill-health retirements. Between March 2011 and December 2013, my Department awarded added years to eight officers of this Department who, following advice from the Office of the Chief Medical Officer,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: Since coming to Office, I have made 89 appointments to the Boards of Agencies under my Department’s remit. It should be noted that of these, only 30 were new appointments within my discretion. 21 appointments were reappointments and the remaining 38 were allocated under legislation to Department Representatives, social partners, nominees of other Ministers, nominees of prescribed...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Internship Scheme Placements (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: My Department is a participant in the "JobBridge National Internship Scheme” providing work experience placements for interns for a 6 or 9 month period. As interns gain valuable experience which should assist them in their future careers, my Department is pleased to be able to offer these opportunities where appropriate. I might emphasise for the Deputy that Internships do not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Richard Bruton: Ireland’s body of employment rights legislation protects all employees legally employed on an employer-employee basis in Ireland, regardless of the designation/job description given to them. Therefore, once it is clear that a person is working under a contract of employment, on a full-time or part-time basis, that person has the same protection under employment law as other employees....