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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Mid East Action Plan for Jobs is a key policy response for supporting employment growth in the Mid East region, with public and private stakeholders currently engaged in driving the range of innovative and practical actions set out in the Plan.   Progress on implementation of the Regional Action Plans is constantly under review and two Progress Reports on the implementation...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise development and job creation in the regions of Ireland is a key policy priority of this Government and my Department has been actively engaged in the regional jobs agenda through the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) initiative for the past two years. The Regional Action Plan for Jobs initiative is a central pillar of the Government’s ambition to create 200,000...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I, as Minister for Business, Enterprise and innovation have the statutory power to seek information from the Director of Corporate Enforcement about the performance of the Director’s functions under section 955(1)(a) of the Companies Act 2014. However, this statutory power does not extend to the publication of such information. The Companies Act 2014 contains strict...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Enterprise Ireland Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), launched in May 2017, is a €60 million competitive fund aimed at supporting significant regional initiatives that will build on sectoral strengths and improve enterprise capability across the regions. The REDF is intended to support the ambition, goals, and implementation of the Regional Action Plans for Jobs. REDF...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Military Exports (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In 2015, 81 licences with a value of €43m were issued to export goods with a military classification.  In 2016, 128 licences with a value of €63m were issued to export goods with a military classification.  The increase in the value of exports of goods with a military classification between 2015 and 2016 is due mainly to increases in exports to Germany, USA and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Competitiveness is a cross government agenda. It requires a focus on, inter alia, infrastructure, research, technology, innovation, education and skills as well as our fiscal regime.   My Department supports the work of the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) in the identification and analysis of key challenges that affect our competitiveness. Recent global...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The establishment of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement as an agency is one of the key actions contained in the Government’s package of measures to tackle “white collar crime”.  This will give the Director greater autonomy and flexibility and ensure that the Agency  is better equipped to investigate increasingly complex breaches of company law....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: It is my intention to publish on my Department's website the six month export licence statistics covering the period July 2017 to December 2017 by the end of February. The six monthly statistics provide summary, interim data on licensing activity and are made available in order to provide the public with a greater level of transparency about exports of controlled goods and services,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (7 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: Local Enterprise Offices (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: My priority as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation is to drive the creation of high-quality and sustainable jobs around all the regions and counties of Ireland. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) play a critical role in supporting microenterprises in the start-up and expansion phases in every part of the country. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in the border regions are the first-stop-shop for anyone seeking guidance and support on starting or growing their business. An extra €4 million in funding for the 31 LEOs in 2017 was allocated to fund a range of initiatives including Brexit supports across the country. These supports are aimed at strengthening the capacity of micro and small...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Since the parliamentary question to which the Deputy refers was taken, my Department and its Agencies have made progress in respect of filling Brexit related vacancies. These vacancies arose in respect of posts identified as a result of the additional €3 million that was secured in Budget 2017.  I have set out the specific updates in respect of each...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Western Development Commission (WDC) was established in 1999 to promote, foster and encourage economic and social development in the Western Region, which covers counties Donegal, Leitrim, Sligo, Mayo, Roscommon, Galway and Clare.  I understand the Commission has invested over €45 million in enterprises in the Western region during this period. As you are aware, my...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (7 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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the first-stop-shop front line service assisting in delivering business growth and jobs for the small & micro-enterprise sector. The LEOs are the first port of call for anyone who wishes to start or expand a business, in terms of advice, training, sign posting to other support providers and, in certain circumstances, grant support. The LEOs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise development and job creation in the regions of Ireland is a key policy priority of this Government and my Department has been actively engaged in the regional jobs agenda through the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) initiative for the past two years. The Regional Action Plan for Jobs initiative is a central pillar of the Government’s ambition to create 200,000...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Action Plan for Jobs (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise development and job creation in the regions of Ireland is a key policy priority of this Government and my Department has been actively engaged in the regional jobs agenda through the Regional Action Plan for Jobs (RAPJ) initiative for the past two years. The Regional Action Plan for Jobs initiative is a central pillar of the Government’s ambition to create 200,000...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland’s results for 2017 reported the highest employment in the history of the agency, the highest net job creation in the history of the agency and the lowest number of job losses since 1998. There were 10,309 net new jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies during 2017, bringing the total number to 209,338. In Westmeath, Enterprise Ireland (EI) supported...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and ‘soft’ supports in the form of training and mentoring to anyone wishing to start or grow a business. The LEOs provide a ‘signposting’ service in relation to all relevant state supports available through agencies such as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Brexit presents a significant challenge for Irish companies and the Government, through Enterprise Ireland, is seeking to build resilience within client companies. Brexit will drive companies to focus on increasing their competitiveness, on innovation and product differentiation in parallel with targeting new export markets. In January 2017, Enterprise Ireland launched a new strategy,...