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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The names of all External Public Relations, Communications Consultants and Organisations used by my Department and the Offices of my Department, the details of the services supplied by each; and the expenditure on each since 9 March 2011 to date (as at 17 June 2013) is as follows:- Year Name of External PR, Communication Consultant/Organisation Purpose Cost 2011 Barberry Limited; trading...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Labour Relations Commission (LRC) is an independent statutory body under the aegis of my Department. As an independent quasi-judicial body, I have no role in the day-to-day exercise of its functions. I am informed that the total cost of providing interpreters for the Labour Relations Commission, per year, from 2007 to 2012 was as set out in the table below. Year Cost (€) 2007...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Since coming to Office I have made 71 appointments to the State Boards under my aegis. It should be noted that of these, only 24 of these were new appointments made at my discretion. 9 were reappointments, and the remaining 38 were allocated under legislation to Department Representatives, social partners, nominees of other Ministers, nominees of prescribed bodies and appointments on an Ex...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Labour Court is an independent statutory body under the aegis of my Department. As an independent quasi-judicial body, I have no role in the day-to-day exercise of its functions. I am informed that the total cost of providing interpreters for the Labour Court, per year, from 2007 to 2012 was as set out in the following table. Year Cost (€) 2007 Nil 2008 1,595.40 2009...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Equality Tribunal is an independent statutory body under the aegis of my Department. As an independent quasi-judicial body, I have no role in the day-to-day exercise of its functions. I am informed that the total cost of providing interpreters for the Equality Tribunal, per year, from 2007 to 2012 was as set out in the following table. Year Cost (€) 2007 6,234.19 2008...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The question of the filling of the two vacancies on the Board of the National Consumer Agency is currently under consideration. In so far as the amalgamation of the Agency with the Competition Authority is concerned, work on drafting the legislation to merge both bodies is on-going and the Bill is included in the “A list” in the Government’s current Legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Since this Government came to office, there has been a series of public advertisements seeking expressions of interest from those members of the public who are interested in serving on State Boards, including the Board of the IDA. In addition, my Department receives a number of unsolicited expressions of interest from people willing to serve on State Boards. As a result, I have at my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Sick Leave (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The information sought by the Deputy in respect of my Department is as follows. Sick Days 2009 2010 2011 2012 Sick Days (Total) 10,644.5 11,120 10,223 8,301.5 Average no. of sick days per employee (FTE)* 10.03 12.28 12.30 10.53 Median overall sick days per employee 7 7 6 6 Sick Days (Certified) 9,406.50 9,971 9,264 7,520.5 Average no. of certified sick days per...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: Ireland is already rated highly internationally as one of the best countries in the world in which to do business, and we have built a strong competitive basis on which to compete on global markets. Ireland has moved up to 17th place out of 60 countries in the IMD's World Competitiveness Yearbook 2013, having being ranked 24th only two years ago. In the World Bank's Doing Business 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: EU - US trade and Investment Partnership Agreement (TTIP) The Irish Presidency of the EU Council positioned trade policy development as one of its key priority objectives. The primary goal of the Irish Presidency in the trade area was to advance the recommendations of the High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth and work towards agreement for a new generation Trade and Investment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Issues (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department has a number of Offices and Agencies with regulatory and enforcement remits, namely the Competition Authority, National Consumer Agency, Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, Companies Registration Office, Registry of Friendly Societies, Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority, Employment Appeals Tribunal, Labour Relations Commission, Labour Court,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (18 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. My Department currently has the following State Agencies supporting us in our work: 1. Enterprise Ireland 2. IDA Ireland 3. Science Foundation Ireland 4. Shannon Development 5. County and City Enterprise Boards (35) 6. National Standards Authority of Ireland 7. Forfás 8. National Consumer Agency 9. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: World Trade Negotiations (13 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The interests of the European Union and its member states are represented in the WTO by the European Commission. Ireland is fully participating in the formulation of the EU's position with regard to WTO matters in the EU's Trade Policy Committee and in the EU's Foreign Affairs Council (Trade). Indeed the Council which meets on 14 June under Ireland's EU Presidency, which I will chair, will...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Grocery Industry Competition (13 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for Government contains a specific commitment to enact legislation to regulate certain practices in the grocery goods sector. I intend to give effect to this commitment by including an enabling provision in the Consumer and Competition Bill. This Bill will also, inter alia, merge the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority, update and reform competition law on...

Seanad: European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank Senators for their contributions and welcome the broad consensus on the legislation. To paraphrase Senator Leyden, one of the first lessons one learns in economics is that trade and economic interaction deliver mutual gains. This lesson remains very much at the heart of the European Union. Great benefits are realised from trading across borders and the free movement of goods and...

Seanad: European Union (Accession of the Republic of Croatia) (Access to the Labour Market) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am very pleased to have the opportunity to introduce the Bill in this House and I look forward to our discussions here today. The Bill makes provision for the Government's decision on 30 April 2013 to permit access to the Irish labour market for nationals of Croatia upon its accession to the EU from 1 July 2013. I propose first to summarise the background and context for the Bill. I will...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (12 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department and its enterprise agencies have a culture of engaging in on-going evaluation of the effectiveness and efficiency of agency supports to business, to ensure that taxpayers are getting value for money and enterprises can avail of the most appropriate supports tailored to their needs. Shortly after my appointment as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, I requested that...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank members for their interest in and commitment to this field. We may not agree on everything, but there is no question of the level of commitment on all sides. Deputy Tóibín asked whether we were delivering outputs relative to our inputs. Our Department has seen a 16% cut in its inputs in the form of 500 fewer people employed. We do not claim that it is all down to us...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: The figure is 3.1 times.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for the Public Services 2013
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (11 Jun 2013)

Richard Bruton: I have no doubt. The figures would be pretty much in line with whatever a Secretary General gets, which is the top of the tree, and what a service officer gets, at the bottom of the tree. It would be very easy to provide that information. I ask the Deputy to recognise that all the pay cuts realised in the Croke Park agreement and its predecessors have been graded in such a way that the...