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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Funding (10 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Seventh EU Framework Programme for Research and Development (FP7), with a budget of €55 billion for the period 2007 to 2013, is currently the EU’s main instrument for funding research and development in Europe. FP7 offers Ireland's SMEs, multinationals, and research institutions valuable opportunities to participate in high-calibre research collaborations with our European...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (10 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Inflation in Ireland as measured by the EU Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices has consistently been well below the EU and Euro Area average in the period 2008 -2012. This has played a major part in helping to restore a significant proportion of our competitiveness losses in the preceding years. Latest available data for the 12 month period to April 2013 indicates that Ireland continues to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (10 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) reports to me on key competitiveness issues facing the Irish economy and offers recommendations on policy actions required to enhance Ireland's competitive position. The Council is supported in its work by Forfas, who monitor Ireland's competitiveness on an on-going basis. The NCC has recently been reconfigured to provide greater synergy between...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (10 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Supports to employers to increase their workforce are primarily provided through the Department of Social Protection. The Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, T.D., has been rolling out a new streamlined service, known as Intreo, which offers practical, tailored employment services and supports for jobseekers and employers alike. The new service includes the provision of recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the current economic climate, a range of factors are impacting on closures of retail outlets, including changing patterns of consumer behaviour through on-line trading. I am aware that many retail companies are concerned about the impact which rates and rents - particularly upward only rent reviews - are having on their cost base. When the Government came into office, it gave extensive...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy is referring to foreign nationals as defined under the Employment Permits Acts 2003 and 2006 as foreign nationals other than nationals of member states of the EEA and Switzerland, often referred to as 3rd country nationals. The law is clear on the matter of employment of 3rd country nationals - it is illegal for such a 3rd country national to be employed without the State’s...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (10 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Details of the number of new jobs created and lost in IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland client companies in County Kildare in each year from 2010 to 2012 are set out in the following tabular statement. The jobs gained and lost in Kildare County...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Michael Conaghan for his kind comments. I agree with him that there are two dimensions to this challenge. It has been crucial to rebuild the export, enterprise, innovation-oriented economy. As the Deputy rightly observed, the domestic economy has more clusters of unemployment as a result of the collapse of the construction industry which had been at the core of much of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Deputy Anthony Lawlor raised the same issue as Deputy Dara Calleary. What we are trying to do with the Action Plan for Jobs is to work across the silos, but the fact that we are engaging in co-ordination across them does not mean that we are in charge of the respective programmes. What we are trying to do is something a little different. Therefore, if members want to raise questions about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thought the Deputy had asked about short-term contracts.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: JobsPlus will not allow an employer to rotate through a number of people. If an employer creates a job and finds an employee through the scheme, he or she will not then be able to let that person go and replace him or her with somebody else through the scheme. There will be no incentive to do this. The issue of who the employer selects-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Yes, but it comes down to the probability of a person leaving the live register. Last year some 140,000 left the live register. Of these, 120,000 were unemployed for less than 12 months and only 20,000 for over 12 months. Looking at the percentages, the chance of finding a job if one is long-term unemployed is only one in nine, but if one is unemployed for only a short time, it is quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The reforms are proceeding. On data reform, we have established the new Insight Centre which involves 250 researchers across four colleges and 45 companies and is now operational. The Health Innovation Hub is progressing well. Six companies are already involved in a pilot project. We are evaluating how we can extend this initiative across the country. Obviously, the JobsPlus scheme was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: It will be before the Dáil in the autumn and we are working to try to complete it. I think we are getting towards the stamped copy. We are close to the end.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: We are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: I was coming to that. We have definitely done a lot of work. As job numbers in the pharmaceutical sector have been stable, there has been no impact on employment. Part of that is due to the fact that IDA Ireland is looking at new opportunities in the bio-pharmaceutical and other sectors. While we are inevitably losing jobs in some sectors, we are expanding elsewhere. As the Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Dara Calleary for his compliments to the staff of the Department. A superhuman effort was made across all areas. There was Horizon 2020, a trade deal and accountancy directives. Many people who stayed at home had to take up the slack to keep the ordinary work going. It was a major effort and I thank the Deputy for his comments. While the Action Plan for Jobs seeks to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: How many minutes does the Chairman suggest I have? He is very flexible.