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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Galway City & County is the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and ‘soft’ supports in the form of training and mentoring to anyone wishing to start or grow a business. LEO Galway provides a ‘signposting’ service in relation to all relevant state supports available through...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland (EI) and the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the primary providers of supports to assist enterprises within the indigenous sector that are facing challenges arising from Brexit. They are working vigorously to enable companies to consolidate market share within the UK and also to become more resilient by broadening their sales to other international markets. My...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development Funding (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I launched the Second Call of the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) on Monday the 16th of April.  The first call under the Fund was announced in May 2017, with the results released in December 2017. Twenty-one applicants representing all regions of the country secured a total of up to €30.5m in financial support for a range of enterprise and capability development...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: This Government is committed to supporting job creation in the regions. My Department and its agencies are working towards ambitious targets to ensure that employment and investment are distributed as evenly as possible across the country. This includes County Limerick, which is marketed by the IDA as part of the Mid-West region. The employment situation in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department, through its Enterprise Agencies, is committed to supporting indigenous and FDI businesses to grow, innovate and perform strongly in global markets. I am delighted to say that 2017 was a particularly good year for job creation in Agency supported companies, with Enterprise Ireland client companies creating a total of 1,714 new full time jobs in County Cork, IDA client companies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 111 and 112 together. The Government is currently working to determine the extent to which the recent sanctions announced by the US Government will impact on companies operating in Ireland. It is very much aware of the risk, in particular, for Aughinish Aluminia. I have already spoken directly with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Internet Safety (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Internet safety and security for children and young adults is one of the most urgent and pressing child protection concerns facing policy makers, parents and guardians, teachers and children themselves. An Open Policy Debate on online safety took place on 8thMarch. It was led by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment with the support of five other Government...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Data Protection Commissioner is responsible for upholding the rights of individuals as set out in the Data Protection Acts. The Commissioner is appointed by Government and is independent in the exercise of her functions. Since mid-2016 my Department has been participating in the Inter-Departmental Committee on Data Issues, led by the Department of the Taoiseach. The implications of,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Media Mergers (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The media merger functions previously held by the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation were transferred to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment in the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has a statutory role in determining certain mergers and acquisitions. With respect to media...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Social Media Monitoring (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 116 and 117 together. I have not met with Facebook or Twitter to specifically discuss the impact of "fake news" here in Ireland, nor have I discussed this matter in detail with my officials. Interaction between my Department and multinational companies based here is primarily focused on and aligned with the Department’s key objectives in this area,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Qualifications Recognition (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (General Application) Regulations (S.I. No. 299 of 2007) concerning first aid at work employers have a duty to provide first-aid materials/equipment at all places of work where working conditions require it. Depending on the size and/or specific hazards of the workplace, trained occupational first aiders must also be provided. An...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is continuing to work hard to help Irish businesses across the country to withstand the challenges and avail of the opportunities posed by Brexit. The long-term response to Brexit is for companies to become more competitive, more innovative, and to diversify their export footprint into more markets. In response to Brexit, EI has introduced a range of new supports,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I, as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, am acutely aware that many Irish exporters are highly reliant on the UK as their primary export destination. My Department is central to the Government wide effort to prepare Irish enterprises and our wider business ecosystem for Brexit. Steps already taken include Budget 2018 (and 2017), our Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 121 and 122 together. The North East/North West Regional Action Plan for Jobs is a key policy response for supporting employment growth in the Border region. The Plan is stimulating job creation across the region, including Counties Cavan and Monaghan, by facilitating collaborative initiatives between the public and private sector, and through the provision...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My priority as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation is to drive the creation of high-quality and sustainable jobs around all the regions and counties of Ireland. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) play a critical role in supporting microenterprises in the start-up and expansion phases in all regions throughout the country. The LEOs can offer direct grant aid to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Co-ordination of the whole-of-Government response to Brexit is being taken forward through the cross-Departmental coordination structures chaired by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Contingency planning for a no-deal or worst-case outcome, bringing together the detailed work being undertaken by individual Ministers and their Departments on issues within their policy remit, is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is aware that it is essential that Irish enterprise has access to high-quality, adaptable and flexible talent. In order to meet this demand, the Government is committed to building and retaining a highly skilled indigenous workforce to serve the needs of the economy. This goal is set out under the framework of two overarching skills development strategies: -...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: On becoming Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I made jobs and enterprise growth in the regions my top priority. Since 2015, the Regional Action Plan for Jobs initiative has been a central pillar of the Government's ambition to create 200,000 new jobs by 2020, with 135,000 of these jobs to be located outside of Dublin. Eight Regional Action Plans for Jobs (RAPJs) were...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 130 together. Technology and Innovation remains an integral part of any business, both new businesses getting started and established companies wishing to continue to grow and expand.  In simple terms, innovation involves helping companies improve competitiveness by developing new processes, products or services.  Research, Development...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (18 Apr 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Competition for global foreign direct investment (FDI) has become increasingly intense. Nevertheless, multinational companies continue to invest and reinvest here with leading global firms from many sectors - including life sciences, ICT, engineering and digital media - all based in Ireland. The contribution that these investments make to our wider economy is...