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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure Programme (9 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 to 159, inclusive, together. The 2018 Revised Estimates Volume published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform provided for capital expenditure funding of €555 million for use by my Department 2018. The breakdown of my Department’s 2018 Capital allocation, across the various programme areas, is set out in the following Table: -...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government's goal is to support the creation of an additional 200,000 jobs by 2020, including 135,000 outside of Dublin, and to attract back at least 70,000 emigrants. The whole of Government effort to deliver on these objectives is supported by the annual Action Plan for Jobs. The CSO estimates that between April 2016 and April 2017, 27,400 Irish emigrants returned to Ireland. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Film Industry Promotion (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ardmore Studios Limited has been sold to Olcott Entertainment Limited. The Ardmore site is currently zoned for Film Industry use only, and this protection is due to run for at least 5 more years under the Bray Municipal District Local Area plan.  The site cannot be used for non-Film Industry development without the agreement of Wicklow County Council to alter the current zoning...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 211, 212, 215 and 217 together. The Board of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board is appointed by me as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 and in compliance with the procedures outlined in the ‘Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: IDA Ireland's primary regional development goal, as set out in its current strategy 'Winning: Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019', is to increase investment by 30% to 40% in every region of Ireland. Real progress has been made towards that target over the first three years of this strategy with half of all jobs created by IDA client companies since 2015 located outside Dublin. IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards Data (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Board of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board is appointed by me as the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation in accordance with the provisions of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 and in compliance with the procedures outlined in the ‘Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies (2016).The Board consists of a Chairperson, the Chief Executive and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Data (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The site in question, which comprises approximately 54 acres of land at Carrigtowhill in County Cork, is owned by IDA Ireland. The Agency continues to actively market the site to potential investors.  IDA Ireland is engaging with Cork County Council and other key stakeholders to ensure the site is best placed to attract investment.  The site presents an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Funding (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was launched in 1998, with five cycles of expenditure to date.  In addition to supporting the provision of top-class research infrastructure (buildings, laboratories and cutting-edge equipment), PRTLI saw significant investment in human capital development, through Structured PhD/Emergent Technology programmes across...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The distribution of Current and Capital allocations by my Department to Enterprise Ireland, LEOs, InterTrade Ireland and the IDA, in each of the years from 2014 to 2018, is set out in tabular form. Enterprise Ireland - Current Capital Total 2014 €80.873m €159.6m - plus €11m in capital carryover €251.473m 2015 €83.722m €163.43m - Plus ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In my Department, a dedicated Brexit Unit was established in 2016, led at Assistant Secretary level within the EU Affairs and Trade Policy Division, to coordinate and represent the Department and it's Agencies response to Brexit.  During 2017, this Unit increased its staffing complement to lead on engagements with a broad range of stakeholder to further inform and validate this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, an additional €3 million was secured for my Department in respect of Pay in Budget 2017 targeted specifically to assist with increased staffing needs for the Department and a number of our Agencies to deal with the evolving Brexit scenario.  In Budget 2018, an additional pay allocation of a further €3 million was gained...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: A company that qualifies as small or micro sized may qualify for the audit exemption. This entitlement is lost if the company fails to file its annual return on time. At present, over 93% of Irish registered companies meet their filing date obligations. Accordingly, the vast majority of small and micro sized companies file on time and do not, therefore, lose their entitlement to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 to 226, inclusive, and 228 together. The Company Law Review Group’s (‘the CLRG’) review of the audit exemption in 2009 led to recommendations to extend the audit exemption to companies limited by guarantee and dormant companies.  The CLRG returned to the issue of the audit exemption in the course of 2011 and this is set...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 230 together. Section 127 of the Companies Act 1963, as amended by section 60 of the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001, provided that a company had to deliver its annual return to the Registrar of Companies not later than 28 days after the annual return date. The purpose of the amendments made by section 60 was to introduce the concept of an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229, 231 and 232 together. Section 9 of the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017 removes the possibility of a company to apply to the District Court for an extension of its annual return date. Applications may continue to be made to the High Court. The High Court may extend the time for filing of the annual return if it considers the making of such an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233, 234 and 236 together. The Companies Registration Office (“CRO”) receives late filing fees, which are paid by companies which have filed their annual return late, or by companies which have been struck off the register for non-filing and are subsequently re-instated to the register by filing all outstanding returns which are late.  These...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Companies (Accounting) Act 2017 commenced on 9 June 2017 and transposed the 2013 EU Accounting Directive.  Along with other amendments to the Companies Act 2014, the 2017 Act introduced the concept of a ‘micro’ category of company, to exist alongside small, medium and large companies. The obligation on a micro company is to file financial statements annually with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Companies Registration Office (CRO) takes a number of measures which are designed to help companies and their directors to comply with their statutory obligations to file annual returns.  Letters are issued to companies in advance of their annual return date to notify them that their annual return date is imminent. If a company fails to file on time, it will receive a further letter...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 and 239 together. Section 343 obliges companies to make an annual return to the Companies Registration Office. The requirement for a company to file its annual return on time is an important transparency measure.  The financial statements and other information that accompany the annual return provide important safeguards for third parties such as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (8 May 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Section 797 of the Companies Act 2014 provides that the Court may order compliance by a company or officer who has failed to comply with a provision of the Act and has failed to remedy this default within 14 days after the service of a notice requiring the default to be remedied.  Section 797(3) provides that the Court may make the Order only on application by one of the following: a...