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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table. No. of staff 1serving in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) (2001-2018)  Grade 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2 Director 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Corporate Compliance Manager 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Legal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Section 949(3) of the Companies Act 2014 provides that the Director of Corporate Enforcement shall be independent in the performance of his statutory functions. I, as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation have no direct role in relation to these functions.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (24 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The State Aid Modernisation Working Group meeting is being hosted by Ireland for the first time on 27th April 2018.  Member States take it in turn to host the meeting.  The Working Group, which meets 3 – 4 times a year, is currently chaired by France who develops the Agenda in consultation with DG Competition.  Member States may make recommendations for items to be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Reviews (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The provisions on misleading commercial practices in the Consumer Protection Act 2007 give effect to the provisions of Directive 2005/29/EC on Unfair Business-to-Consumer Commercial Practices. With the exception of commercial practices in the area of financial services, the Directive is a maximum harmonization measure whose provisions cannot be exceeded or supplemented in the national laws...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: IDA Ireland continues to highlight the benefits of expanding or locating in all counties of Ireland to its client base. It is important to remember, however, that the final decision as to where to invest always rests with the company concerned. It is also the case that site visit activity does not necessarily reflect investment potential, as at least 70% of all new FDI comes from existing IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The availability of an adequate supply of marketable serviced land and buildings in advance of demand is a key element in the IDA's ability to compete for mobile foreign direct investment. The availability of property solutions allows projects to commence at an earlier date by diminishing much of the difficulties associated with land acquisition, planning and construction. It is, therefore,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s extensive response to Brexit is already underway and includes measures such as: - Enterprise Ireland’s €5,000 ‘Be Prepared’ grant for firms; - Enterprise Ireland’s Brexit Scorecard; - Bord Bia’s Brexit Barometer; - InterTrade Ireland’s Brexit Advisory Service; - the €300m Brexit Loan Scheme for Business; - the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department’s enterprise policy has a strong focus on upskilling workers in employment. This can be seen in numerous ways including through policy documents such as the Action Plan for Jobs 2018 and Enterprise 2025 Renewed, and through my Department’s continued engagement with the Department of Education and Skills. The Action Plan for Jobs 2018 has four immediate key aims....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) has been in operation since 2012, and as of 31 December 2017, 530 loans to the value of €84,396,594 have been sanctioned by participating lenders under the scheme. The CGS is currently operated on behalf of the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). While the benefit of a guarantee is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am very conscious of the anxiety that the announcement of possible job losses by the company concerned creates for the workers there.  My first thoughts are with these workers and their families as well as their local communities as they receive this difficult news. I understand that the company in question are planning to achieve cost savings by driving simplification of its...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Innovation 2020, Ireland’s strategy for research and development, science and technology, sets out Ireland’s ambition to be a Global Innovation Leader.  Benchmarking Ireland’s performance against other comparable economies is a key tool to enable the delivery of that ambition and to enable us to develop steps to improve our comparative performance. The European...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The tables attached show that Ireland ranks 15th out of 28 EU countries in terms of Government Budget Allocations for R&D (GBARD) in 2016 and 18th out of 28 EU countries in terms of its GBARD as a percentage of total Government expenditure in 2016. 2016 is the latest data available. Source of data: Eurostat. - GEO/TIME 2016 European Union (current...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government Budget Allocations for R&D (GBARD) as a percentage of GDP, GNP and the GBARD trend 2005-2017 are available at the link below. Estimates for 2018 are not available yet as the R and D Budget Survey 2018 is currently in the field. .

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The attached table shows capital expenditure for publicly funded R and D in Ireland for 2005-2017. In addition to Irish Government funding, capital R and D expenditure is funded by the European Commission. These figures are also shown in the table. The figure for 2018 is not yet available as the R and D Budget Survey is in the field. € thousands 2005 2006 2007...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme launched on 28 March provides affordable financing to eligible Irish businesses either currently impacted by Brexit or which will be in the future. The €300 million scheme is being delivered by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) through participating finance providers (currently Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank, with AIB to follow in June)...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) reports to Government on key competitiveness and productivity issues facing the economy and offers recommendations on policy actions required to enhance Ireland’s competitiveness. The NCC is independent of Government and under its Terms of Reference is responsible for the management and direction of its own work programme. Since the UK...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (19 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In early 2015, Enterprise Ireland launched the Capital Investment Initiative to assist client companies improve productivity and competitiveness through the acquisition of new capital equipment and technology. This initiative, which is targeted at manufacturing and/or an internationally traded services SMEs, provides grant aid of up to a maximum of €250,000. Approved funding...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy is right that success breeds success. When people see success, it brings others to the area. What is being done in Mullingar is wonderful and I was delighted when we visited for a second time, that we met people from a number of local businesses, including TEG Technology, Robotics & Drives and Trend Technologies. A great deal of exciting, innovative, cutting-edge work is...

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. The Government is committed to supporting job creation in the regions. My Department and its agencies are working towards ambitious targets to ensure employment and investment are distributed as evenly as possible across the country. This includes County Carlow which is marketed by IDA Ireland as part of the south-east region. The employment...