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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Law Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: Private companies in receivership continue to be subject to the requirements of the Companies Acts 1963-2012 including the obligation to file annual returns within the timeframes outlined in those Acts.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Law Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 394 and 395 together. As the central repository of public statutory information on Irish companies and business names, the Companies Registration Office (CRO) organises the data that it receives by company name and registered number and makes this information searchable and accessible to the public on its website via either the company name or company...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Law Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 396 to 399, inclusive, together. The role of the solvency unit in the Companies Registration Office (CRO) is to ensure that the data filed in the CRO on receiverships is registered in accordance with the Companies Acts 1963-2012. The Companies Acts 1963-2012 set out the powers and duties of receivers. Sections 319 and 321 of the Companies Act 1963 provide...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Seed Capital Scheme Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: The new Seed and Venture Capital Scheme 2013-2018 was committed to in Budget 2013 for investment in high potential start-up and scaling companies. I announced the launch of the new Scheme and a first open and competitive call for expressions of interest from Venture Capital Funds on 31 May 2013. This was a key 2013 Action Plan for Jobs target for Q2 2013 and included a comprehensive set of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Development (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department developed proposals for the Microenterprise Loan Fund, in close consultation with relevant stakeholders, (including the Department of Finance, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the European Investment Bank, and practitioners already in the area of Microfinancing), on foot of a clear commitment in the Programme for Government. As the relevant expertise, both...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Development (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: Social Finance Foundation (SFF) is a not-for-profit company (limited by guarantee and having no share capital) that acts as a wholesale supplier of funding for social finance which was launched in 2007 by the last Government. Social finance is about the availability of loan finance at affordable interest rates primarily to community-based projects. These projects, which generate a social...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: As Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation I have responsibility for workplace health and safety legislation. The implementation and enforcement of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005), has been delegated to the Health and Safety Authority, an agency under the aegis of my Department. Under this legislation the definition of a place of work includes any, or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to advise the Deputy that a permit issued in respect of the person named on 29th October 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: Anyone interested in starting or expanding their 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: Trade Agreements (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: The political agreement reached on the key elements of a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between the EU and Canada was announced on 18 October 2013 by EU Commission President Barroso and Canadian Prime Minister Harper. There will now be further technical discussions based on this political agreement, which are necessary to finalise the legal text of the agreement. As...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that the data on site visits by potential investors is tracked on a county by county basis. Balbriggan is part of county Dublin and, in the period from January 2012 to date, there have been a total of 372 site visits by potential investors to the Dublin area – City and County.As Ireland competes for high quality investments, the concept of scale is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Regional Aid Guidelines enable the State’s industrial development agencies to pay grants, at enhanced rates, to businesses in order to support new investment and new employment in productive projects in Ireland's most disadvantaged regions. This helps the convergence of these regions with the more advantaged regions of the Union. All such grants come from the exchequer, i.e. there...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2014 (5 Nov 2013)

Richard Bruton: As published in the 2014 Expenditure Report on 15th October 2013 the table below details the 2013 and 2014 Net Exchequer funding applicable to my Department. - Total Capital* Current Estimate 2013 €760.589m €451.50m €309.089m Estimate 2014 €732.074m €440.50m €291.574m Difference - €28.50m (-3.7%) -€ 11.00m -€ 17.515m ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey, which is usually carried out in October of each year, reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the Enterprise Development agencies. Details of the level of employment, job losses and the number of new jobs created in IDA and Enterprise Ireland client companies in each year from 2009 to 2012, are set out in the following...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The capital allocations to Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland and the County Enterprise Boards are set out in the following table. Where relevant, the table also highlights additional capital carryover provided to Agencies to facilitate them in operating multi-annual programmes. Table 1: 2009 to 2013 Capital Allocations Agency 2009 Allocation 2010 Allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Programme Expenditure (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Exchequer capital funding is primarily expended through various agencies under the remit of my Department, including IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, Shannon Development, Inter Trade Ireland, INTERREG, the National Standards Authority of Ireland, and the 35 City and County Enterprise Boards. Capital funding has also been allocated for expenditure by my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: There are two significant issues that arise in this case. Firstly the matter of seeking to enforce the payment of an award made by one of the employment rights bodies and secondly on this not succeeding, the potential to have recourse to the Insolvency Payments Scheme for payment arising from that award. I am fully aware of the difficulties that are being experienced by the individual in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The relevant enterprise agencies under the remit of my Department are Enterprise Ireland (EI), IDA Ireland (IDA) and Science Foundation Ireland (SFI). These are independent agencies, each with their respective statutory functions, governance and management structures. Accordingly, procurement is a day-to-day operational matter for the agencies and for their respective Accounting Officers...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The net Exchequer provision as published in the Expenditure Report 2014 is €732.07 million. This allocation will ensure that my Department and its agencies will continue to deliver a full suite of programmes of activity and supports in respect of the 3 Programme Areas of Jobs and Enterprise; Innovation; and Regulation, at a further reduced cost to the taxpayer. It will also help to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (24 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Regional Aid Guidelines enable the State's industrial development agencies to pay grants, at enhanced rates, to businesses in order to support new investment and new employment in productive projects in Ireland's most disadvantaged regions. This helps the convergence of these regions with the more advantaged regions of the Union. All such grants come from the exchequer, i.e. there is no...