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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Training (27 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147 and 148 together. The number of staff of my Department who availed of study leave and training days in 2012 and 2013 is set out in the tables below. All staff receive full pay and benefits while availing of training courses or on study leave. The Deputy should note that figures for training in 2013 are up to and including 31st March, as these are the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Groceries Order (27 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I assume the Deputy is referring to the Restrictive Practices (Groceries) Order 1987 (S.I. No.142 of 1987) which prohibited below invoice price selling of those goods rather than banning below cost selling of certain goods. In effect, the Order allowed wholesalers and suppliers to determine minimum retail prices being charged to consumers, thereby seriously constraining competition in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (27 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department and its agencies are working together to address the unemployment problem that is currently experienced throughout the Country as a whole by implementing the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs which aims to create 100,000 net new jobs over the period 2012 to 2016. IDA Ireland has statutory responsibility to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Ireland. At the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (26 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 131 together. Following agreement at the Trade Council that I chaired on 14 June, the Commission now has a mandate to open negotiations with the U.S. on an historic Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).The formal negotiations between the EU and the US are due to begin on 8 July 2013. While it is far too early to anticipate the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Statistics (26 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Higher employment rates among migrants when compared to the native populations in their destination countries is a common and observable feature internationally. This may be explained by several factors: Firstly, movers from the EU-12 (i.e. all recently accessed countries including EU-10 and EU-2) tend to be on average younger than the overall population in their destination countries, this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The main statutory protections for consumers who purchase goods and services from door-to-door salespersons are to be found in the European Communities (Cancellation of Contracts Negotiated Away From Business Premises) Regulations 1989 (S.I. No. 224/1989). These Regulations give effect to Directive 85/577/EEC on Contracts Negotiated Away from Business Premises. They give consumers a right to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: As of the 31st March 2013, 149 applications have been received and 116 were from male applicants and 33 from female applicants. 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 next MFI progress report by mid-July which will continue...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Succeed in Ireland is a new, innovative and ambitious scheme put in place by the Government as part of Action Plan for Jobs 2012. The initiative is intended to complement IDA’s efforts to attract more fast-growing emerging companies to Ireland and focuses on generating projects from Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. The Government recognises that, while IDA Ireland does excellent...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Topical Issue Debate (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Since March 2011, 50 Topical Issue and Dáil Adjournment Debates have been submitted to my Department following selection by the Ceann Comhairle. 90%, i.e. 45 of the 50 Topical Issue and Dáil Adjournment Debates submitted to my Department following selection by the Ceann Comhairle were taken by my Ministers of State and me. In total, I have participated in 19 debates and the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 334 to 336, inclusive, together. The written judgement in the case to which the Deputy's questions refer is not yet published so it would therefore be premature to give any view in relation to this judgement. It is important however to clarify that the terms of Statutory Instrument, S.I. No 59 of 2012, provides only that there is legal clarity confirming...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The report of the EU-US High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth was published on 11 February this year. The Group recommended significantly closer trade relations between the two economies of the EU and the US. It reported on the opportunities for mutually beneficial job creation, economic growth and international competitiveness that would follow from a comprehensive EU - US trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Copyright Legislation Review (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: An independent Copyright Review Committee was established in May 2011 to examine the Irish copyright and legislative framework to identify areas that might be deemed to create barriers to innovation and to make recommendations to resolve any problems identified. The Committee conducted an initial consultation during the summer of 2011 and received submissions from a broad spectrum of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Transport (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Details of Ministerial transport costs, i.e. mileage and subsistence, as requested by the Deputy are set out in the table below. Regarding the year 2011, during which there was a change of Administration, it is to be noted that the arrangements with the drivers providing services for the former Ministers were discontinued and a new set of drivers was engaged. Accordingly, while there is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I can advise the Deputy that the total photography costs incurred by my Department since coming to office are €7,819. The list of occasions for which photography was booked and the breakdown of costs are detailed in the table below. 2011 Occasion for which Photographer booked Breakdown of costs associated with each event Small Business Advisory Group Launch €409 Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department and the Offices of my Department have not commissioned any newspaper supplements in 2011, 2012, or to date in 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Stock Markets Regulation (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Any company that wishes to list on the Irish Stock Exchange’s main market must implement the UK Corporate Governance Code and its Irish Annex. While the legal obligation to comply with the Code only applies to companies listed on the main market, the Irish Stock Exchange’s own Listing Rules require companies on the secondary market to report on how they have applied the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that it will be launching an app promoting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Ireland next month. The app, which will be available for download from the App Store, will be aimed initially at technology companies in the US market who are looking to set up new operations or to expand existing operations in Ireland. IDA is a marketing organisation and has always...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Registered Employment Agreements (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the judgement delivered on 9 May last in McGowan and others v The Labour Court, Ireland and the Attorney General, the Supreme Court held that Part III of the Industrial Relations Act 1946 was invalid having regard to Article 15.2.1 of the Constitution. That Article provides, in effect, that the exclusive power to make laws is vested in the Oireachtas. The Supreme Court took the view that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (25 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Regional Aid, also known as investment aid, is paid in the form of grants by the industrial development agencies to businesses in order to support new investment and new employment in productive projects in Europe's most disadvantaged regions. Such aid must be in accordance with the Regional Aid Map 2007-13. This Map, which was drawn up by my Department in accordance with the European...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (19 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Under the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, employers are permitted to pay employees who are under 18 years of age, first-time job entrants, or those undergoing structured training, specified rates of pay which are less than the rate per hour for an experienced adult worker set out in the act. In the case of a person under the age of 18 years, Section 14(b) of the Act provides that a rate of...