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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Emigration Data (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am aware of the “Time to Go” report which Marian Harkin, MEP, launched on behalf of the National Youth Council earlier this month. This is a very useful piece of independent qualitative research on the phenomenon of emigration in Ireland today. The recommendations in the Report are, however, outside the direct remit of my Department. At a macro level the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The “Succeed in Ireland” initiative is managed by Connect Ireland under a contract with IDA. The initiative provides for the payment of a “finder’s fee” to anybody who acted as an “introducer” to a foreign company which subsequently established an internationally traded service in Ireland. The reward scheme provides that IDA will pay up to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the Action Plan for Jobs, the Government has set a target of having 100,000 more people at work by 2016. When we launched the first Action Plan in February 2012, I said that the transformation required by our economy would not come through one big bang solution, but through deliberate and determined action across all areas of Government and the private sector. One year into the Action...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: LOFAR is a €150m network of radio telescopes that is currently being deployed across northern Europe. The project is predominantly in the field of astrophysics and it will enable scientists to study the early universe, discover new planets and monitor the Sun’s affect on the Earth. LOFAR is expected to give new views of the Universe and inspire young scientists and engineers....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Disability Act Employment Targets (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 sets out the following obligations on Government Departments and public service bodies with regard to the employment of people with disabilities. - Public bodies must, insofar as practicable, take all reasonable measures to promote and support their employment of people with disabilities. - Public bodies shall ensure, unless there are good reasons for not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136, 137, 142 and 143 together. Following an initiative which I undertook last year, in the context of the Action Plan for Jobs, where I asked Forfás to undertake a detailed strategy for the Manufacturing Strategy in Ireland up to 2020, I was delighted to have had the opportunity last month to launch that finalised strategy, which sets out a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The net number of new jobs created in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and total employment in their client companies for each year since 2009 is set out in Tables 1 to 3 accompanying this reply. 2012 was a particularly good year for job creation in Agency-supported companies, with IDA client companies creating a total of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 141 together. The development of appropriate policy responses to support the retention of existing jobs and creation of new jobs is dependent on robust analysis and consultation with key stakeholders, including business representative bodies. This is undertaken on an on-going basis by Government, the State Agencies and other independent bodies. In...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The importance of investment in science, technology and innovation to Ireland’s on-going and future economic development has been well recognised by the Government. Innovation is an integral part of the Government’s overall economic policy and a key pillar in our 2013 Action Plan for Jobs is ‘using research and innovation to drive job creation’. Supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (22 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The type of data outlined in the Deputy's question is not collated by any Government Department or Agency. However, there are a range of measures in place which aim to match available skills with employment opportunities. The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN), which reports jointly to me and to the Minister for Education and Skills, publishes an annual Skills Bulletin which...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (22 May 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. For example, Ireland has moved up four places to 20th place in the IMD's World Competitiveness Yearbook 2012 and is also ranked 15th in the World Bank’s Doing Business 2012 Report. There...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The existing employment rights adjudication bodies within the State (namely the Labour Court, the Employment Appeals Tribunal, the Equality Tribunal and the Rights Commissioner Service) are independent in the exercise of their quasi-judicial functions and I have no direct involvement in their day to day operations. I am informed that the average waiting times for a hearing at the State's...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Accounts (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The latest annual report for the Labour Relations Commission, namely that for 2011, was laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas on 19th October 2012. The audited accounts were subsequently laid on 19th December 2012. In accordance with Section 31(2) of the Industrial Relations Act, 1990, I will arrange for a copy of the 2012 Labour Relation Commission's annual report, along with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Employment Appeals Tribunal is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function and I have no direct involvement in its day to day operations. The Tribunal is one of the front-line services directly affected by the current turbulence in the labour market. The Tribunal hears claims under 18 separate pieces of legislation, some of which are lodged as direct claims to the Tribunal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fodder Crisis (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: The cutting of grass owned by the Agencies under my remit is an operational matter for the Agencies concerned, for which I have no direct function. I am referring the specific question to each of the Agencies under my remit with a request to respond to you directly.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Travel (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the time available, it has not been possible for my officials to compile all of the information on a year by year basis as requested by the Deputy in respect of the period 2005 to March 2011. However, I will forward the details to the Deputy in writing as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the time available, it has not been possible for my officials to compile all of the information on a year by year basis as requested by the Deputy in respect of the period 2005 to March 2011. However, I will forward the details to the Deputy in writing as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: Neither my Department, nor its Enterprise Development Agencies, in particular Enterprise Ireland (EI) and the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) provide funding for the establishment of Training Centres. These Agencies do however, provide a suite of programmes to assist companies to develop their enterprises and support both start up and established businesses. All companies eligible...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: During 2012, IDA had a total of 18 offices located overseas, this compares to 19 for the previous year. The location of IDA’s overseas offices and the numbers of staff employed therein are, subject to the overall budgetary constraints and the Employment Control Framework, a day to day operational matter for the Agency itself. IDA locates its offices overseas in the locations which the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (21 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am pleased to confirm that the level of redundancies at the Kildare operation of this company is less that at first indicated. Whereas it had been envisaged that up to 70 posts were going to be lost, the position now is that the job losses will total 39, and it is heartening that all of them will be achieved on a voluntary basis. These redundancies will be finalised by the end of this...