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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Competitiveness Council: Discussion (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: We are accompanied by departmental officials, including Mr. Philip Kelly, assistant secretary, Mr. Tommy Murray, industrial division, Mr. Aidan Hodson, research division, and Mr. Pat Kelly. There are many files for this Council, which spans a large area of responsibility and involves Departments other than ours. The Council is divided into two days. One is largely devoted to the research...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Health and Safety Authority, an agency under the aegis of my Department, is the national statutory body with responsibility for enforcing occupational safety and health law, including the investigation of serious workplace accidents and fatalities. On Sunday the 8th September last, the Authority was advised of a workplace accident at the Corrib gas pipeline work site in Aughoose, Co....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Offices (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: The opening of the Enterprise Ireland offices in Austin, Texas and Istanbul, Turkey forms part of the Action Plan for Jobs and its central strategy of building a powerful engine of Irish exporting businesses. An executive has been appointed to the office in Austin, Texas and the office will commence operations in October 2013. A search has commenced for suitable office space in Istanbul...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 295 together. An Award of €50,000 was made in the above case by the Employment Appeals Tribunal in the complainants favour against the latter company. On the 17 January 2012 a request to have the award enforced by me as Minister was forwarded to the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) for enforcement. This request was accompanied by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Board Appointments (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: As I have previously outlined to this House Professor Mark Ferguson was appointed Director General of Science Foundation Ireland in January 2012. Professor Ferguson has an extensive track record over the past three decades in both the academic and commercial spheres. Upon joining SFI, Professor Ferguson, as required of all employees, signed the Code of Business Conduct for Employees which...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: I would clarify that statutory law already permits private sector workers to work past the age of 65, as there is no statutory retirement age for such employees in Ireland. However, a contract of employment may contain a retirement age. The existence of a clause in the employment contract setting out a maximum retirement age is a matter of contract between the employer and employee and they...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (24 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am determined to ensure that Ireland can continue to compete globally for foreign direct investment. In winning such investments, I am, however, mindful of the need to address the concerns that have been expressed to me by Deputies on all sides of the House about the relatively low level of site visits to certain regional locations. I have, accordingly, requested IDA Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Property (19 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland is the only State Agency under the aegis of my Department that owns property in Co. Kildare. The management of IDA Ireland’s Industrial property portfolio is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency, as part of the statutory responsibility assigned to it by the Oireachtas, and it is not a matter in which the Minister of the day has any involvement. I have been...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 477 and 491 together. The first round of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks took place in Washington, D.C. between 8 and 12 July 2013 and the second round is scheduled to take place in Brussels from 7 to 11 October 2013. The EU Commission has set up a specific webpage in order to provide as much information to stakeholders...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: Companies operating in Ireland are free to establish and organise themselves in the most suitable form to promote and run their businesses, provided that they comply fully with relevant national and EU legislation, including relevant legislation on the content of their financial statements. The requirements regarding the preparation and publication of the financial statements of limited...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 499 together. It has been the consistent policy of successive Irish Governments, including this one, to promote collective bargaining through the development of an institutional framework supportive of a voluntary system of industrial relations that is premised upon freedom of contract and freedom of association and underpinned by a legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480, 482 and 523 together. Legislation along the lines referred to in the deputies' questions has been on the statute book in Ireland for some time. The European Communities (Cancellation of Contracts Negotiated Away From Business Premises) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 224/1989) give effect to Directive 85/577/EEC on Contracts Negotiated Away from Business...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Health and Safety Authority (HSA), is the national statutory body with responsibility for enforcing occupational safety and health law, promoting and encouraging accident prevention, and providing information and advice to all companies, organisations and individuals, including farmers. The HSA has focused on health and safety in the agriculture sector over many years and continues to do...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: While export statistics under the heading “chemical materials” are not available, details of the value of exports from Ireland to Syria of “chemicals and related products”, as defined by the Central Statistics Office, are outlined below. Included in these figures are export values for a range of products, including medical and pharmaceutical products and drinks...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Government is focused on delivering on a practical programme of actions that can achieve positive improvements in the overall operating environment for small businesses. Improving working capital is of course a priority for the Government. I introduced two targeted schemes to support an additional flow of credit into the economy, namely the Microenterprise Loan Fund and the Credit...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: An application for a Green Card Employment Permit was received in respect of the person named above. This application was refused on 23rd January 2013. A review of this decision was sought in accordance with Section 13 of the 2006 Employment Permits Act. The review upheld the original decision to refuse the permit on the basis that the information on the application indicated that the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: When approving financial assistance for a company, IDA enters into a legal and binding contract with the company involved. The contract, which is confidential between IDA Ireland and the company, includes conditions and milestones with which the company is required to comply before any financial assistance is paid. All IDA clients enter into formal Grant Agreements in full knowledge that the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Job Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that they do not track the numbers of jobs approved for which a third level qualification is required.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Job Numbers (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: Details of the number of jobs promoted by the IDA for each salary band from €20,000 up to €150,000 for each year since 2007 is set out in the attached tabular statement. Table showing the number of jobs promoted by the IDA for each salary band from €20,000 up to €150,000 for each year since 2007 Salary Scales 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20,000 - 30,000 1,004...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (18 Sep 2013)

Richard Bruton: All of the financial (capital, employment, R&D and training) and non-financial supports used by IDA Ireland to attract and develop various sectors are also available to the aviation leasing industry subject to compliance with relevant eligibility criterion and EU State Aid requirements. Over the last forty years or so, the State has introduced several measures that have supported the...