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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Companies Bill 2012 represents the largest substantive Bill in the history of the State. The Bill consolidates the existing 16 Companies Acts, which date from 1963 to 2012, into one Act and it also introduces a number of reforms which make it easier to operate a company in Ireland. The Bill passed Second Stage in the Dail on 25 April 2013 and Committee Stage is expected to be taken shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: S.I. no 391 of 2008, made under Section 9 (1) of the Official Languages Act, 2003 by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, requires that public bodies must ensure that: a system is in place to confirm that all new signs placed by the public body or on its behalf after 1 March, 2009 comply with the criteria set out in the regulations; any signs placed at any location before 1...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the time available for response to this question, my Department has identified the following provisions of legislation, which have not yet been commenced. Under the Industrial Development Act 1993, Forfás is the overall employer of both its own staff and those of Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland. The Industrial Development (Enterprise Ireland) Act,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department ensures that a high profile is given to ensuring that a good performance on the transposition of EU Directives is maintained. In that regard, transposition is monitored on a regular basis within the Department. My Department has three EU Directives due for transposition by the end of 2013. One of these is currently overdue – EU Directive 2010/32/EU implementing the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the Industrial development agencies. However, I am informed by IDA Ireland that the Forfás Employment Survey does not track jobs lost by salary. Details of the number of jobs lost in client companies of IDA Ireland in the 6 year period from 2007 to 2012 inclusive are set out in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Details of the number of jobs promoted by IDA Ireland by salary scale are set out in the attached tabular statement for the years 2007 to 2012. IDA supports job creation where a company is making a new investment in Ireland. This includes new companies opening in Ireland for the first time or the expansion of an existing operation in Ireland. The job creation support focuses on the average...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the Industrial Development agencies. Details of the number of jobs created and the number of jobs created in Customer Care and International Services by IDA Ireland Client Companies in the six year period from 2007 to 2012 inclusive are set out in the attached tabular statements. I am...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that they are unable to provide the number of jobs promoted that require foreign language skills at native speaker level as the Forfás Employment survey does not track the language skills of employees in individual companies. The Agency has explained that research undertaken by the Expert Group on Future Skills identifies foreign language skills as a key...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Participation (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: A Trade Mission to South Africa and Nigeria is planned for 11 - 15 November 2013. The Trade Mission will be led by Mr Joe Costello, T.D. Minister of State, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Trade & Development. The Trade Mission is part of Enterprise Ireland's ongoing commitment to drive trade with Africa and will cover Johannesburg, Cape Town and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) received 8,004 referrals from employees/trade unions in 2011 and 4,977 in 2012. The average waiting time to be heard was 76.5 weeks in 2011 and 79.5 in 2012. To address waiting times and maximise efficiency, Divisions of the EAT have extended sitting times, are dealing with more cases per hearing. This approach has resulted in a significant increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Once a complaint submitted to any of the Employment Rights bodies listed has been either adjudicated upon or withdrawn/settled, the body in question has no further role in the matter. The complaints submitted are often complex and range across a number of employment-related areas. The bodies do not collect data on the findings that are made in favour of employees or employers. In the event...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Initiative (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: ConnectIreland.com is the biggest website for the Succeed in Ireland initiative, which is a new, innovative and ambitious scheme, put in place by the Government as part of Action Plan for Jobs 2012. The initiative is intended to complement IDA’s efforts to attract more fast-growing emerging companies to Ireland and focuses on generating projects from Small and Medium Sized...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Tourism Employment (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: The National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland, which comes under the responsibility of my colleague, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, is the lead agency responsible for encouraging, promoting and supporting the recruitment, training and education of people for the tourism industry. Over the past 20 years, Fáilte Ireland has been responsible for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Details of IDA job announcements by location for the period 2011 and 2012 is set out in the accompanmying tabular statement. (Table A). Details of employment data for 2011 and 2012 are also set out in the attached tabular statement. (Table B). These jobs are expected to come on stream over the next three years. However, it must be remembered that for a variety of reasons, some job creation...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: With regard to individual company announcements, the appended table sets out the number of job announcements made by Enterprise Ireland (EI) clients in association with EI, in the years 2011 and 2012. It is generally expected that jobs announced as part of a joint press release will come on stream in a three year period following the announcement. It should however, be noted that some job...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: It is not possible to include a provision along the lines suggested by the Deputy in the Regulations to be enacted to transpose Directive 2011/83/EU. Article 9(3) of the Directive provides as follows: " The Member States shall not prohibit the contracting parties from performing their contractual obligations during the withdrawal period. Nevertheless, in the case of off-premises contracts,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Vouchers Initiative (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Under the Innovation Vouchers initiative, administered by Enterprise Ireland, the number of Vouchers approved and distributed in County Galway in the last three year and to date in 2013 is set out as follows. Year Number Approved 2013 29 2012 59 2011 54 2010 57

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Patent Legislation (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to note the Deputy's positive disposition generally towards the introduction of unitary patent protection among participating EU Member States and a system of enforcement through the setting up of a Unified Patent Court. This initiative has been a very long time in gestation and progress was stalled on so many occasions over the past four decades so it is timely to bring this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regulatory Impact Assessment Data (1 Oct 2013)

Richard Bruton: Details of Regulatory Impact Assessments undertaken by my Department since 2011 are set out as follows. RIA Undertaken (Name of Bill/Act/Regulations) Details of Regulatory Impact Assessment County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill, 2013 The RIA was undertaken to consider options on how best to implement the Government Decision of 17 April 2012 to dissolve the County Enterprise Boards...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (26 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Westmeath County Enterprise Board operate under the aegis of my Department. Westmeath Community Development falls under the remit of my colleague, Mr Phil Hogan TD, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government. Employment data for Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland is collected annually as part of the Forfás Annual Employment Survey....