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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (21 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, this study commissioned by my Department and undertaken by Copenhagen Economics was published on Tuesday 14thFebruary. It is also the subject of a stakeholder conference today in Croke Park. The report examines the Strategic Implications Arising for Ireland from Changing EU-UK Trading Relations and provides an evidence base on key trade and investment questions...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (21 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department is carrying out extensive work to prepare for all Brexit eventualities. Informed by detailed research,  my Department is  putting in place a package of measures that will allow us to respond to the needs of businesses including the Brexit Loan Scheme which was announced in Budget 2018, and will provide affordable working capital financing to eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (21 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The long-term response to Brexit is for companies to become more competitive, more innovative and to diversify their export footprint into more markets. I am confident that the agencies under my Department have the supports to enable companies to consolidate market share within the UK and also to become more resilient by broadening their sales to other international markets. Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (21 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My Department, principally through Enterprise Ireland and the LEOs, has continued to promote the importance of businesses preparing for Brexit, and has developed a range of supports to help them achieve this. (EI) and the (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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (21 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together. The Enterprise Stabilisation Fund (ESF) was established by Government to support viable but vulnerable exporting companies that were experiencing difficulties due to the economic crisis, which started in 2008. Client companies of Enterprise Ireland, IDA, Údarás Na Gaeltachta, and Shannon Development across all sectors within...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ticket Touting (21 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Since receipt of the submissions to the public consultation on the resale of tickets, officials of my Department have engaged in follow-up discussions with sporting bodies, event promoters, consumer bodies, primary ticketing service providers and secondary ticket marketplaces. My officials have also liaised with public authorities in EU and EFTA member states with laws that prohibit or...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: First Stage (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: No.

Seventeenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection: Motion (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the Seventeenth Report of the Standing Committee of Selection in accordance with Standing Order 27F, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 15th February, 2018, and discharges a member, and appoints a member to a Committee accordingly.

Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018: Motion (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I move:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018,a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 25th January, 2018.

Report Regarding Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Referral to Select Committee (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Minister with responsibility for Defence, regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016, copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 5th October, 2017, in accordance with section 13 of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, be referred to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs...

Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Order of the Dáil of 12th December, 2017, setting out the rota in which Questions to members of the Government are to be asked, Questions for oral answer, following those next set down to the Minister for Defence, shall be set down to Ministers in the following temporary sequence:Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Minister for Finance...

Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 Regulations: Referral to Joint Committee (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:(i) Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 4(7)) (Membership of Council) Regulations 2017, and (ii) Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 4(2)) (Designation of professions: counsellors and psychotherapists and establishment of registration board) Regulations...

Public Health (Availability of Defibrillators) Bill 2018: First Stage (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: No.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In 2017, 45% of the jobs created in companies supported by the IDA were outside the Dublin region. I will arrange to have the specific figures sought by the Deputy supplied to her. The IDA and Enterprise Ireland are very focused on the regions.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Activation Measures (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The State's economic migration policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the workforce of the State and other EEA states. Where specific skills prove difficult to source within the State and EEA, an employment permit may be sought by an employer to hire a non-EEA national. As the State approaches full employment, labour as well as skills needs are beginning to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: While my Department does not have designated information officers to deal specifically with Brexit queries, I am satisfied that there are existing supports available for dealing with queries submitted from the general public and members of the Houses of the Oireachtas. In this regard, my Department is committed to maintaining and improving its commitment to, and delivery of, the highest...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am disappointed with the announced redundancies at the company. At a time when the country as a whole is moving towards full employment, that does not make it any easier for any person who finds themselves faced with redundancy. It also underlines that though the economy overall is performing well, there are challenges out there that require every company to make sure it is competitive and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I am disappointed with the announced redundancies at the company. At a time when the country as a whole is moving towards full employment, that does not make it any easier for any person who finds themselves faced with redundancy. It also underlines that though the economy overall is performing well, there are challenges out there that require every company to make sure it is competitive and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 271 together. This Government remains strongly committed to regional development. 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, including in Counties Cork, Galway and Limerick. IDA Ireland always does its best to highlight suitable...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (20 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Government remains committed to deepening economic cooperation between North and South. This clearly benefits communities on both sides of the border and helps to create employment and economic opportunities all over Ireland. A key instrument for helping to grow such economic activity is InterTrade Ireland (ITI), the cross-border body established under the Good Friday Agreement. ITI,...