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

Richard Bruton: I am very much aware that young people have been the group most seriously affected over the past number of years by Ireland's economic collapse. As we see the early stages of an economic recovery, we also see that youth employment figures have started to increase in the past year. It is important that we continue on our course to turn our economy around so that we create more job...

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

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that under the powers conferred on me by the Industrial Development Act 1993, I have appointed Mr Frank Ryan as a member of the Board of IDA Ireland and as Chairperson of that Board with effect from I January 2014. Frank Ryan, is a distinguished public servant with over 35 years’ experience in supporting the economic development of this country and...

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

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will appreciate, I cannot give legal advice in the context of answering a Dáil question and the interpretation of the law is a matter for the Courts and relevant quasi-judicial bodies. The National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) is mandated to secure compliance with employment rights legislation. Under the current reform programme NERA’s Information Unit has...

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

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on the numbers of jobs gained and lost in the enterprise development agencies’ client companies and shows that in 2013, there were 161,112 people employed in IDA Ireland client companies, the highest figure in IDA Ireland’s history. In IDA Ireland’s South West Region, which consists of counties Cork and Kerry, there were...

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

Richard Bruton: Anyone interested in starting or expanding their own business should in the first instance contact their local County and City Enterprise Board (CEB). The CEBs support the indigenous micro-enterprise sector in the start-up and expansion phases and stimulate enterprise potential at local level. They are the first port of call in terms of advice, direction, training and, in certain...

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

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Details on a county by county basis of: (i) total employment in IDA Ireland client companies, (ii) the number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies, (iii) the number of such companies, (iv) and the number of IDA...

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

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. The information is provided by companies on a confidential basis for statistical purposes only. It is therefore not possible to provide information broken down by company....

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

Richard Bruton: The quasi-judicial and inspection bodies that operate in the Employment Rights and Industrial Relations area do so independently of me as Minister and details of complaints submitted to them are confidential to the parties involved. However, I understand that one complaint in respect of the company mentioned, that has yet to be heard, has been submitted to the Employment Appeals Tribunal...

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

Richard Bruton: The European Communities (Misleading Advertising) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 134 of 1988) were revoked in 2007. Misleading advertising directed at consumers is now regulated by the Consumer Protection Act 2007, while misleading advertising directed at traders and comparative advertising is regulated by the European Communities (Misleading and Comparative Marketing Communications) Regulations...

Topical Issues Debate: Job Creation (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The figures speak for themselves in terms of County Westmeath as a whole. Last year, companies supported by the IDA created 222 jobs and companies created by Enterprise Ireland created 171 jobs. That is almost 400 jobs in the exporting sector alone. Let us not forget that part of our strategy has been to build tourism and agriculture. Agriculture took on an additional 25,000 people this...

Topical Issues Debate: Job Creation (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The story of Mullingar and County Westmeath is not unlike that in the rest of the country. Essentially, we have been in a very difficult transition. This has been at the heart of the Action Plan for Jobs. When we started work on the action plan process, the economy was losing about 1,600 jobs per week, but the most recent data show that the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The decision by the company to commence a process which may lead to the total closure of the plant, with the loss of about 400 jobs, was taken following an extensive review by the parent company of their operations, in the context of declining revenues and shrinking international market opportunities. There are also complex changes in the dynamics of this business worldwide, which have...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Dangerous Substance Licence Issues (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Under the aegis of my Department, the Health and Safety Authority has an enforcement function under the Dangerous Substances Acts, and a very limited licensing function in that it is the body that licenses petrol stations run by a Local/Harbour Authority. It also has a licensing appeals function. Neither the Health and Safety Authority nor I have a role in the approval of applications for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Despite the significant job losses in manufacturing in the years up to 2010, this trend has been reversed and there are now 213,600 people directly employed in the sector in Ireland. Given that a similar number of people are employed indirectly: the total supported within the sector is therefore over 420,000. Last year, in order to build on the potential for this sector, I asked Forfás...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Government this week published its Medium-Term Economic Strategy to 2020. The Strategy provides an overall framework for social and economic policies that are being developed and implemented across Government to build on the progress we have made to date and set Ireland on the path to sustainable recovery. The Government’s goal, as set out in the Medium-Term Economic Strategy,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Freedom of Information Requests (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The total number of requests received by my Department under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 in the years 2012 and 2013 are as follows: 2012: 74 2013 (to date): 42 Eleven of the seventy four requests received in 2012 attracted ‘search and retrieval’ fees, in accordance with Section 47 of the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003. The maximum individual fee...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The person named by the Deputy first held an Employment Permit covering the period 21st April 2008 to 20th April 2009. The person then changed employer and held an Employment Permit in respect of that new employment that covered the period 16th August 2011 to 15th August 2013. A renewal of this Employment Permit was sought but this was refused on 27th June 2013 on the grounds that the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process RIA (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department has published a total of 13 Bills since I was appointed Minister in March 2011. 11 of these Bills had a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) completed in advance of the publication of the Bill concerned and these are listed below: Patents (Amendment) Bill 2011 Competition (Amendment) Bill 2011 Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill 2011 Industrial...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The following are the State Bodies/Boards under the aegis of my Department. 1. Enterprise Ireland 2. IDA Ireland 3. Science Foundation Ireland 4. Shannon Development 5. County and City Enterprise Boards (35) 6. National Standards Authority of Ireland 7. Forfás 8. National Consumer Agency 9. The Competition Authority 10. Irish Auditing and Accounting Standards Authority 11....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (19 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Of the twelve State Agencies under the aegis of my Department, six have the same Chairperson as was in place at the time of my appointment as Minister. The details of these are as follows: National Consumer Agency Mr. Stephen Costello was appointed as Chairperson of the National Consumer Agency on 1st May 2007 in accordance with the Consumer Protection Act 2007. I reappointed Mr. Costello...