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

Heather Humphreys: Extensive work has been ongoing in my Department to prepare for all Brexit eventualities. This includes both research and the development of specific supports. Officials of my Department have had discussions with senior officials from DG Competition on the potential and the real difficulties encountered by Irish businesses as a result of the UK’s decision to leave the EU.  In...

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

Heather Humphreys: The IDA remains committed to increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) in every region of Ireland by 30% to 40% by the end of the Agency's current strategy in 2019.  Progress is being made towards that target and the Agency's results show, that in the first three years of the strategy, half of all jobs created have been based outside of Dublin.  IDA...

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

Heather Humphreys: The North East/North West Action Plan for Jobs is a key policy response for supporting enterprise development in the Border region including counties Sligo and Leitrim.  The Plan is stimulating job creation across the region by facilitating collaborative initiatives between the public and private sector, and through the provision of new competitive funds, via Enterprise Ireland (EI) to...

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

Heather Humphreys: The IDA’s Regional Property Programme (RPP), as announced in 2015, committed €150 million in Exchequer funding over five years to drive the growth of regional FDI by providing property solutions outside Dublin. As well as upgrading existing facilities and acquiring strategic sites suitable for investment, this programme also includes the construction of nine new advance...

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

Heather Humphreys: Ireland is one of the world’s most open export based countries. We rely on external demand and access to international trade markets for sustainable and continued economic growth. Trade constitutes an increasingly important means of creating more and better jobs and growing our economy. The combination of export-led growth and foreign direct investment has transformed...

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

Heather Humphreys: I am very conscious of the challenges as a result of Brexit faced by SMEs operating in close proximity to the border. My Department has been working with the Department of Finance, Enterprise Ireland (EI) and Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) and others to develop potential supports to respond to the needs of businesses impacted by Brexit. The Brexit Loan Scheme, announced...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 23 November 2017. A decision was made to refuse the granting of the application on 18 January 2018, and the applicant has been notified of this decision in writing and of their right to request a review of this decision in line with the provisions of the Employment Permits Acts within 28 days. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 11 January, 2018.  The Employment Permits section of my Department is currently processing standard applications received on 27 December 2017 and this application should be processed within the next 5 weeks.

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

Heather Humphreys: Contingency planning at both a domestic and an EU level is focused on three areas: preparing for a no-deal scenario or so-called “disorderly Brexit”; preparing for a transition period based on the “status quo”; and preparing for the future EU-UK relationship. While the outcome of the December European Council and the move on to Phase 2 has lessened the likelihood...

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

Heather Humphreys: An additional €163m in funding for the Department’s Vote has been secured since the UK Vote on Brexit in June, 2016.  The additional funding is broken down between €157m in capital funding and €6m in Brexit specific Pay allocation. The additional capital for use by the Enterprise Agencies (includes. IDA, EI, the LEOs and SFI) will support our regional jobs...

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

Heather Humphreys: My Department does not have any contracts with the company in question

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

Heather Humphreys: The UK’s decision to leave the EU will have a profound effect on Ireland – their stated intention to leave the Single Market and the Customs Union undoubtedly poses a range of challenges for all firms, both those that are internationally trading, and those focused on the domestic market. The challenges will impact upon firms across a range of time horizons – from the...

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

Heather Humphreys: Driving more job creation at a regional level by supporting the indigenous sector is a key focus of mine and I am working closely with the Local Enterprise Offices and with Enterprise Ireland to achieve this. The first year of the Enterprise Ireland (EI)  2017-2020 Strategy was a very strong year for job creation among EI clients with over 19,300 new jobs created in 2017, resulting in a...

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

Heather Humphreys: My view is that competitiveness continues to be an important issue for business in Ireland, just as it is for all firms operating in a global marketplace.  Improving competitiveness is a multi-faceted process that involves efforts from both the private and public sector.  Firms must ensure that they are operating in the most efficient manner possible, adopting the newest approaches...

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

Heather Humphreys: Competitiveness is key to success in international markets, jobs growth and as a means of achieving sustainable improvements in living standards. Improving competitiveness performance is a core focus of the work of the Government, and as part of this work my Department, its agencies and the National Competitiveness Council are continually engaged with relevant stakeholders on the particular...

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

Heather Humphreys: The companies that will be affected by Brexit are economy wide, all sizes of business and across all sectors and regions. Traditional sectors with low margins, which provide large scale employment throughout the regions, are particularly vulnerable. To mitigate these vulnerabilities, the Enterprise Ireland strategy 2017-20 “Build Scale-Expand Reach”looks to increase the reach...

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

Heather Humphreys: Competitiveness is key to success in international markets, jobs growth and as a means of achieving sustainable improvements in living standards. Improving competitiveness performance is a core focus of the work of the Government, and as part of this work my Department, its agencies and the National Competitiveness Council are continually engaged with relevant stakeholders on the particular...

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

Heather Humphreys: Competition for foreign direct investment (FDI) remains intense. Nevertheless, multinational companies continue to invest and re-invest here with leading global firms from many sectors - including life sciences, ICT, engineering and digital media - all based in Ireland. The contribution that these investments make to our wider economy remains highly significant. Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Development Policy (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Regional Action Plans for Jobs is a central pillar of the Government’s ambition to create an additional 200,000 jobs, of which 135,000 are outside the Dublin region, by 2020. A key objective of each of the plans is to have a further 10 to 15 per cent at work in each region by 2020, with the unemployment rate of each region not more than one percentage point greater than the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (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, involving public and private stakeholders collectively driving a range of innovative and practical actions to support enterprise...