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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (28 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 256 together. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) is a new generation agreement that will remove tariffs between the EU and Canada and will create sizeable new market access opportunities in services and investment. CETA represents a modern high standard agreement which has the ability to set a new global standard for Trade...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The goal of this Government is to support the creation of an additional 200,000 jobs by 2020 with 135,000 outside Dublin and to achieve sustainable full employment. We also want to attract back 70,000 emigrants from aboard. This is a whole of Government effort and is delivered through our integrated Action Plan for Jobs. The Action Plan for Jobs process aims to strengthen the enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 928 and 946 together. The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) is a new generation agreement that will remove tariffs between the EU and Canada and will create sizeable new market access opportunities in services and investment. It will end limitations in access to public contracts, open up markets for services and offer predictable...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis. By the end of quarter two in 2016, there were a total of 315 IDA Ireland sponsored site visits by potential investors to various locations throughout the country. The following table sets out the number of such visits to each respective county. The table also shows, on a county-by-county basis, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Expenditure (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 931 and 932 together. Whilst IDA Ireland does not categorise grants paid by sector, I have asked the Agency to provide a comprehensive list of the grant amounts paid to companies and a breakdown of the types of grants (e.g. employment, R&D etc.) paid in each year. The number of records involved, however, is significant and will require some time to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 933 and 934 together. IDA Ireland’s official employment and company statistics are drawn from an employment survey conducted by my Department on an annual basis, and are presented over a ten year period. The figures are compiled as an active time series. This means the data presented can change on a year-by-year basis, reflecting the inclusion of new...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Section 86 of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 was commenced by Statutory Instrument 252/2004 – Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 2004 which came into effect on 1 June, 2004.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 936 and 947 together. Co. Kerry has seen a strong increase in foreign direct investment (FDI) related employment in recent years with a total of 434 additional jobs being created from 2011-2015. IDA Ireland is working hard to identify further investment opportunities for the Southwest region, including Kerry, that will help to generate more opportunities...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland markets Kerry as part of its South West region, along with Cork. There are 12 IDA Ireland client companies employing 1,931 people in the county. IDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis. By the end of quarter two in 2016, there were two site visits by potential investors to Co. Kerry. It is important to note that data on site...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 938 and 940 together. I am unaware of any proposals by the company referenced by Deputy Griffin to relocate its operations. It is also the case that this company announced plans some time ago to further expand its premises in its existing location. However, its sister company in that same town had been considering a possible relocation in Ireland due to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The aim of the Government is to ensure that every region can achieve its economic potential and that the benefits of the recovery are felt in every region, county and community in the country. Significant progress has been made in the Dublin region. Since the national Action Plan for Jobs was launched in 2012, more than 76,000 additional people are back at work in Dublin. This compares with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The travel and subsistence costs incurred by the Department for the period 2011 to the end of August 2016 are set out in the following table. It should be noted that the 2013 expenditure includes the travel costs associated with Ireland’s presidency of the EU Commission. Year Expenditure 2011 € 404k 2012 € 454k 2013 € 1.269m 2014 € 555k 2015...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Data Protection (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department has a specific Data Protection Officer in place at Principal Officer level. The Data Protection Officer is supported by a business unit in respect of his data protection activities. The position of the holder and the support business unit are not exclusive to Data Protection. The role includes a number of other responsibilities in the area of governance and compliance, such...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise Ireland is the enterprise development agency, under the remit of my Department, charged with promoting foreign direct investment in the food sector into Ireland. The agency promotes Ireland as a quality location for research and development and manufacturing operations to food companies all over the world. I understand from Enterprise Ireland that they have had contact with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Social Media Regulation (27 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Deputy will appreciate that only the courts can authoritatively interpret and determine statutory provisions. As section 55(q) of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 gives effect to the provision at point no. 11 of Annex I of Directive 2005/29/EC on Unfair Commercial Practices, it is the function of the European Court of Justice to ensure that European Union law is interpreted and applied...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I appreciate the opportunity to meet the committee this afternoon and I welcome the Senators who were appointed since I last appeared before the committee in June. I will make a few brief comments on the mid-term review of my Department's 2016 Estimate. I understand that in addition to discussing the expenditure position to date in 2016, the committee is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Smith mentioned Coca Cola. What were the other companies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes. I certainly will endeavour to do that. First, Deputy Neville asked how we structure or decide on IDA Ireland site visits.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland representatives meet clients and then introduce them to different sites. Obviously, it is difficult to encourage them to go to different sites if they have no wish to. That is the first thing to understand. The second thing is I am always getting questions on how many site visits were carried out in this county, that county or the other. Sometimes when we look at the numbers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will come back to that little section in a moment. A question was asked about Uber. Most countries are coming to terms with the new forms of work, such as the shared economy. The International Labour Organization, ILO, and the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions are conducting research. In Ireland we have a strong suite of employment rights. If...