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Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I wish to take this opportunity to thank Deputies for their support in passing this legislation quickly. It was justifiable to remove this element from the much larger Bill that we are considering.

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Creighton for her amendment and comments. We are united in the desire to see companies avail of examinership, which has been successful, albeit only for large companies. Of the 80 or so examinerships each year, 75% are successful. It is an instrument that we need to make accessible to small companies and that is what this legislation sets out to do. By making it accessible...

Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) has 17 managers within a current total staff complement of 142.5. NSAI has reduced its headcount by 29% since 2008 and has recently been informed that it has a new target of 134 for the end of 2014. Such reductions, at all levels of the organisation, cause difficulties. The NSAI is responding to this challenge through restructuring and,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The management of IDA Ireland’s property portfolio, including the purchase of land and the development of business parks is a day to day operational matter for the Agency and not one in which I have a function. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that on average, over the last 5 years, the Agency has delivered 3-5 site visits per year to Millennium Business Park in Osberstown. In...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (12 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Funding assistance to business, is delivered through the Enterprise Development Agencies which operate under the aegis of my Department, particularly IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the County and City Enterprise Boards. I have made enquires with these Agencies and I understand from IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the Kildare County Enterprise Board that they have not provided...

Seanad: Critical Utilities (Security of Supply) Bill 2013: Second Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank the 12 Senators who participated in this debate. It has been a very interesting discussion. Like others, I welcome the recent resolution of the dispute at the ESB, which is a good example of our existing industrial relations machinery in action. The trade unions, management and staff of the Labour Relations Commission certainly deserve recognition for ending the uncertainty that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Details of the amount of grants paid in Co. Carlow and Co. Wicklow from 2007 to 2012 are set out in the following tabular statement. As Ireland competes for high quality investments, the concept of scale is crucial. Leading global corporations require a significant population pool, access to qualified talent, world standard physical and digital infrastructure coupled with the availability...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the case of the Merck Sharp and Dohme (MSD) plant in Swords, the company has had to undertake a review of its worldwide manufacturing capabilities to improve it overall operational effectiveness. Following the merger of that company with Schering Plough, the combined operation has excess manufacturing capacity worldwide. Accordingly, as part of an overall rationalisation, the company...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Law Issues (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Company law in Ireland is currently spread out over 16 enactments and numerous statutory instruments. The Companies Bill 2012 ("the Bill") is a consolidation of all these provisions in one Bill which aims to streamline, simplify and clarify the law. The Bill is the largest substantive Bill in the history of the State, spread out over 25 Parts, 17 Schedules and comprising some 1,429...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Audit proposals adopted by the EU Commission at the end of 2011 contain draft provisions relating to auditor and audit firm rotation in respect of the audit of public interest entities. These audit proposals are currently the subject of Trilogue negotiations between the European Council, the European Commission and the Parliament. The audit provisions arising from this process, including...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: According to the Quarterly National Household Survey for Quarter 3, 2013, published by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), approximately 4,800 jobs per month have been created – a total of 58,000 in the 12 months to end of the third quarter of 2013. A monthly breakdown of jobs by standard occupational classification is not available. However, the following table provides statistics...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department ensures that a high profile is given to ensuring that a good performance on the transposition of Directives is maintained. Within the Department transposition is monitored on a regular basis. Currently one Directive is overdue since 11th May 2013, Directive 2010/32/EU on implementing the Framework agreement on prevention from sharp injuries in the hospital and health care...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Legal Costs (11 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: No costs have been incurred in my Department as a result of Oireachtas members initiating legal challenges in the Courts for each of the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The proposed 4th Anti-Money Laundering Directive seeks to update the 3rd Directive to take account of the February 2012 revision of the international standard for anti-money laundering requirements – the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). It includes proposals for the registration of the beneficial owners of companies and other entities. The generality of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to reform the current law on employees' right to engage in collective bargaining (the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2001), so as to ensure compliance by the State with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. With this in mind, in late 2012 I wrote to relevant stakeholders inviting their observations on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Figures for 2013 will not be available until year end. Details of the number of new full time jobs created in IDA Ireland’s client companies for each of the years...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on jobs gains and losses in the enterprise development agencies. The information is gathered on an annual basis and aggregated at county level. Information is given by companies on a confidential basis for statistical purposes only. The numbers of job losses in each of the past three years in IDA supported companies is set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey provides an analysis of employment trends and levels in Industrial and Services companies under the remit of IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Shannon Development and Údarás na Gaeltachta. This research also gives details of job losses and job gains. This work is undertaken on a calendar year basis and the survey to identify outcomes for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (10 Dec 2013)

Richard Bruton: Given the number of agencies involved, and within the timeframe available, my Department has been unable to collate the information requested. However, my Department is in the process of doing so and will provide the information directly to the Deputy as soon as all the information is assembled.