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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: We are operating in Ireland and in the Irish market. It is not just about exporting to Germany and France. It is about expanding our exports globally. Some of the companies will be going to China and some will be going to the Middle East, Asia or the United States. Therefore, we have to deal with the facts of where we are. The Deputy is correct that interest rates here are as they are...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I would be happy to arrange to give the Deputy a briefing on what has happened. I genuinely believe this is a good news story for Ardmore. The initiative is allowing it to expand to its potential. There is considerable potential in that space in Wicklow, where there are two studios very close to each other. What I have been talking about all the time here is clustering and a talent pool....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I plan to have a meeting with the representatives of all the committees for the Action Plan for Jobs. We will have a consultation day and consider what has worked well in some areas and what has not worked so well in others. Bringing all seven Action Plan for Jobs committees, the regional action plan committees, together will be a good exercise to obtain information on what has worked well...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Some, however, have performed better than others so it is a case of determining the areas that have performed exceptionally well and those that could learn from them. The South East Action Plan for Jobs was launched in September 2015. It aimed to increase employment in the region by 10% to 15% over the period to 2020, resulting in the delivery of 25,000 jobs. The implementation of the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I agree with what the Minister of State said. Put simply, we have somewhat been victims of our own success because GNP in this country has grown hugely over the last years. The percentage has, therefore, gone down. Where the Department was able to get extra money, the vast majority went to innovation. There was an addition of €105 million in the innovation budget between 2015 and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits section of my Department inform me that an application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 11 September 2017. The application was referred for a pre-issue investigation to the Workplace Relations Commission. The application was refused on 8th February for a number of reasons, including the status of the employee in the State,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department operates a managed employment permits system which maximises the benefits of economic migration while minimising the risk of disrupting our labour market. The Employment Permits Act 2006, as amended, sets out a requirement that regard is taken of shortages or surpluses of skills, qualifications and experience required to achieve economic and social development and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I have met with the Director General of Science Foundation Ireland, Professor Mark Ferguson, on a number of occasions since my appointment as Minister. I will meet with Professor Ferguson again in the near future although that has yet to be scheduled in my diary. My colleague Minister John Halligan T. D., in his role as Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am advised that, at present, IDA Ireland does not own any land in County Clare. However, should any new or existing clients of the Agency require a property solution in the County, the IDA's property team would provide their full support. There is a strong base of investment in Clare with 68 IDA client companies employing a total of 6,775 people. The level of employment by FDI...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 325 to 327, inclusive, together. I am determined to support the growth of high-quality and sustainable employment across Ireland, including in County Donegal. Last year the number of IDA supported jobs in Donegal increased by 11%, reaching a total of 3,389. The Agency continues to work hard to create further employment opportunities in the County and to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (27 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department has responsibility for the State's employment permits regime. During the years referred to by the Deputy a total of 559 employment permits were issued under the sectoral heading of "Entertainment" which includes film and television productions. My Department does not record if the particular enterprise in which a person is employed is in receipt of State funding. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (22 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Department has undertaken significant research and consultation to better understand the challenges posed by Brexit for businesses in Ireland, and based on this work has designed a suite of supports for impacted businesses. I will shortly launch a €300 million Brexit Loan Scheme. This scheme is designed to assist eligible businesses exposed to negative impacts resulting from...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (22 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme announced during Budget 2018 will be launched shortly. The scheme will be delivered by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) through finance providers to get much needed working capital into Irish businesses. The €300 million fund for the scheme is underpinned by a counter-guarantee from the European Commission and EIB Group through its...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Details in relation to additional funding and staffing requests from the Health and Safety Authority are set out in the tables. It should be noted that given the role and remit of the Health and Safety Authority it is staffed by a mixture of technical expertise grades at inspector level and administrative grades. The technical inspector grades cover the Occupational Safety and Health remit...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Regarding its financial resources, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (CCPC) allocation is divided between “General Administration” and “Financial Information and Education Functions” expenditure. The first element covers the general administration and expenses of the CCPC in relation to the exercise of its statutory functions, except for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Vacant Properties (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government is committed to providing supports that will assist the key stakeholders in towns and villages to make their centres vibrant and vital. My Department continues to offer a suite of measures to support businesses to grow and new business start-ups, primarily through our enterprise agencies and the Local Enterprise Offices. As noted in the Framework for Town Centre Renewal,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff Data (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I have employed the services of two Special Advisers, details of whom are available through the Department of Public Expenditure website, but are set out below for the Deputy’s information. Name Role Salary Ms Lucy Moylan Special Adviser PO Standard Scale (Point 1) Mr. Pauric McPhillips Special Adviser PO Standard Scale (Point...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: This Government is strongly committed to regional development and my Department and its agencies are working towards ambitious targets to ensure that employment and investment are as evenly distributed across the country as possible. The employment situation in the South East, which covers Waterford, Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny and South Tipperary, has been steadily improving in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (21 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Programme for Partnership Government commitment is to support the creation of 200,000 jobs by 2020, including 135,000 jobs outside of Dublin.  Regional job creation targets have been set through the Regional Action Plan for Jobs, the primary objective of which is to have a further 10 to 15 per cent at work in each region by 2020 and to ensure the unemployment rate of each region is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Data (20 Mar 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378 to 381, inclusive, together. Enterprise Ireland is the state agency under my aegis with responsibility for helping Irish companies to internationalise and scale. The manufacturing and internationally traded services companies that Enterprise Ireland works with are a critical source of existing employment and job creation in every county in Ireland and are...