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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 the Chairman. I will, however, try to keep to five minutes. This discussion is, in a sense, very timely. I met the committee in February after we had just published the Action Plan for Jobs 2013. As we are now starting the process of engaging in consultation on the plan for 2014, it is timely to meet the committee. I do not need to remind members of the action plan, but its...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Farm Safety (9 Jul 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 Authority's 2013 Programme of Work, approved by me earlier this year, was prepared against a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Longford County Enterprise Board are all working to promote enterprise development in County Longford. IDA Ireland is charged with the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and its regions while Enterprise Ireland has responsibility for the development and promotion of Ireland's indigenous business sector. The role of the Longford County...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Statistics (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Companies Registration Office (CRO) is the statutory authority for registering companies in Ireland and is the central repository of public statutory information on Irish companies. At the end of 2012, there were 184,549 companies on the companies register, 185,181 at end 2011 and 185,608 at end 2010. These figures do not include companies in the course of liquidation, of which there were...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Space-Related Enterprise Activities (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 to 264, inclusive, together. The table attached at Appendix 1 sets out Ireland’s contribution to the European Space Agency (ESA) each year from 2002 to 2012 together with the number of contracts awarded by ESA to Irish companies and other entities. The number of contracts is based on data provided by ESA. Ireland’s investment in ESA is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: As the Deputy will appreciate, there are discussions going on all the time between companies and Enterprise Ireland. This activity only crystallizes once an application for support has been tabled. I understand from Enterprise Ireland that the Agency would need to carry out surveys across all of its departments given that such discussions can relate to applications for the various support...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: A full progress report on the operation of the scheme from 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013 can be found on my Department's website () and the Microfinance Ireland (MFI) website (). I hope to publish the second quarter progress report shortly, which will include county based information. To date there have been 2 applications received from Longford, and both were declined. MFI conducts an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Abolition (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: I have been informed by Enterprise Ireland that there were no clients officially transferred to Enterprise Ireland by the Longford County Enterprise Board or by Longford Community Resources Limited.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: A proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on collective management of copyright and related rights and multi-territorial licensing of rights in musical works for online uses in the internal market was published in July 2012. With Council, the European Parliament has a co-decision role on the Directive so that, until the final text of the Directive is adopted,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: North South economic co-operation is and will remain a priority of mine and of the Government. To this effect, there is on-going dialogue between relevant Ministers and officials, North and South, to promote economic development, job creation and innovation on a cross-border basis. From my own perspective, I attend meetings in the Trade and Business development sectoral format of the North...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 275 together. Following considerable preparatory work by the Irish Presidency and intensive discussions at the EU's Trade Council that I chaired on 14 June, EU Trade ministers reached agreement on a mandate for the Commission to negotiate a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the United States, the "transatlantic trade and investment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Surveys (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Ireland’s recent ranking of 10th in the Global Innovation Index 2013 is encouraging and a positive affirmation of our capabilities in this area. This is the 6th edition of the Global Innovation Index and it evaluated 142 economies worldwide, using 84 indicators. Ireland had relative strengths in knowledge and technology outputs, including knowledge creation, impact and diffusion;...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland actively works with viable companies to help them to both sustain and create jobs. All clients provide base employment data when seeking support from Enterprise Ireland. Employment data for Enterprise Ireland is collected annually as part of the Forfás Annual Employment Survey which measures the number of jobs in agency assisted clients. Clients are not obliged to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Europe 2020 Strategy (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department is responsible for the research and development and the employment targets under the Europe 2020 Strategy. The position in respect of these targets is as follows. Research and Development: Ireland's Headline Target for R&D under the Europe 2020 Strategy is to improve the conditions for research and development, in particular with the aim of raising combined public...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: As trade negotiations are a matter of European Union (EU) competence, Ireland’s involvement in trade negotiations is as an active contributor to overall EU policy and consequently I attach great importance to promoting the EU’s external trade agenda. Regarding the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) both the European Union and the United States have a strong...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (9 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) has a total staff complement of 36.3 Whole Time Equivalents (WTEs). In addition, there is 1 temporary Legal Secretary on contract and 6.6 members of An Garda Síochána seconded to the Office. The ODCE's staff complement comprises three distinct sub-categories, i.e. - staff in professional grades (9 WTEs) - staff in general...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Bullying in the Workplace (4 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 every employer has a duty, to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare of their employees and to manage and conduct work activities in such a way so as to prevent, as far as is reasonably practicable, any improper conduct or behaviour likely to put the safety, health or welfare of their employees at work...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (4 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland offers a range of financial and non-financial supports to assist clients through all stages of the business development cycle. The nature and level of support offered to Enterprise Ireland's clients depends on the individual company's development needs and is assessed in consultation with their Enterprise Ireland development adviser. Funding decisions are broadly...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Intellectual Property Protocol (4 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Treaty entitled the “Marrakesh Treaty to facilitate access to published works for persons who are blind, visually impaired or otherwise print disabled” was adopted on 28 June 2013 at Marrakesh. The objective of the Treaty is to improve access for the blind, visually impaired, and print disabled to published works in formats such as braille, large print text and audio books....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Appeals (4 Jul 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will be aware that an application for an employment permit was refused in this instance on 4th April 2012 and that this decision was upheld on appeal on 3rdJuly 2012. I can confirm to the Deputy that the place of employment in respect of the permit application was the first location named by the Deputy in her question. I can also confirm that at the time of application there...