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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards Data (7 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Deputy will be aware that in 2014 the Government agreed new arrangements for appointments to State Boards (Government Decision S180/20/10/1617). The Government Decision requires that all appointments (with some limited exceptions) are to be advertised through the State Boards portal, stateboards.ie. The process of advertising and selection of suitable potential candidates for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 286 and 295 together. Under its current strategy, IDA Ireland has targeted an increase of 30% to 40% in foreign direct investment (FDI) in every region outside Dublin by 2019. Site visits remain an important tool to help encourage further such FDI and the IDA does its utmost to draw the attention of potential investors to suitable locations outside of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I fully appreciate the importance of ensuring that Irish businesses, including those located in Donegal, are best able to withstand the pressures that Brexit may exert. That is why, for example, additional financial resources have been secured to support the strategic response to Brexit by our enterprise agencies including IDA Ireland. Brexit, or more particularly the response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The EU’s suite of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) has evolved over time, from the ‘First Generation’ FTAs dating back to the 1970s which focused on tariffs for goods, to the current ‘New Generation’ of FTAs which go beyond the reduction or elimination of conventional tariff barriers to include; non-tariff and regulatory barriers, services, investment,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Enterprise Ireland’s 2017 results reported the highest employment in the history of the agency, the highest net job creation in the history of the agency and also the lowest number of job losses since 1998. In 2017, 209,338 people were employed at Enterprise Ireland supported companies and 19,332 jobs were created with 10,309 net new jobs when losses are taken into account....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Up to 31st January 2018, a total of 43 Brexit Readiness Vouchers  have been approved by InterTrade Ireland,  with a further 11 cases being processed at present. These vouchers are valued at €2,000 each, so the total expenditure to date is €86,000. Details by county are given in the following table: County Approved Pending Total per County Cavan 4 1 5 Donegal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An application for a General Employment Permit for the person referred to by the Deputy (details above) was received on 20th November, 2017. A decision was made to refuse the granting of the application on 1st February, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Details of the vacancies on positions within the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) are set out below in tabular form. Over recent years, a number of senior-level vacancies have arisen within the ODCE through a combination of retirement, promotion and transfer to other parts of the public service. In that context, the skill sets, competencies, roles and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The total number of staff employed by the ODCE at the beginning of 2018 was 35 (32.5 full time equivalent). The breakdown by grade is set out in Tabular form below. Title Director Enforcement Portfolio Manager Digital Forensic Specialists Legal Adviser Solicitor Accountant Grade 1 Principal Officer Assistant Principal Officer Higher Executive Officer Executive Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The funding allocation for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) in respect of 2017 was €4.895m and €5.057m in respect of 2018. The distribution of the funding allocations across my Department’s Vote, including that of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), are determined through the annual Revised Estimates Volume (REV)...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An application for a General Employment Permit for the person referred to by the Deputy (details above) was received on 12thJanuary, 2018. The Employment Permits Section of my Department is currently processing standard applications received on 14 December 2017 and this application should be processed within the next five weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: There are currently no secondees working in my Department from the companies referred to by the Deputy. My Department does facilitate some secondment arrangements with other Public Service Bodies. These provide good opportunities for the sharing of best practice and the development of different skills and experience. These arrangements are kept under review...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 300 together. Enterprise Ireland (EI) and the Local Enterprise Offices (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 to enable companies to consolidate market share within the UK and also to become more resilient by broadening...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Regional development is a key priority of mine and I am focused on doing whatever I can to increase investment all across Ireland. The IDA shares this objective and its results for 2017 show that half of all jobs created last year were for locations outside Dublin. In 2017 there were 12 IDA client companies employing a total of 1,305 people in Cavan and Monaghan. There were 45 new jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Jobs Data (6 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Regional development is a key priority of mine and I am focused on increasing investment in every county in Ireland. The IDA shares this objective and I am pleased that its results for 2017 show that half of all job approvals last year were for locations outside Dublin. There are now over 122,000 people employed across 649 firms in IDA client companies outside of Dublin and I look...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (1 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Cavan, located at Cavan Innovation and Technology Centre, Dublin Road, Cavan, is your '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 LEO Cavan is contactable at: 049 437 7200, or localenterprise@cavancoco.ie. In the first...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Property Portfolio (1 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 and 174 together. As the Deputy will be aware, last year IDA Ireland appointed Jacobs Engineering, supported by AOS Planning, to identify potential strategic land banks in Ireland that would be particularly suitable for the sustainable development of large scale data centre projects. I understand that the national site evaluation process is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Internal Audits (1 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An external quality assurance assessment of the internal audit function in this Department was completed on 6 December 2016 in accordance with the requirements of the Institute of Internal Audit standards.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (1 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together. The North East/North West Regional Action Plan for Jobs is a key Government response for supporting employment growth in the Border region. The Plan is stimulating job creation across the region, including Counties Cavan and Monaghan, by facilitating collaborative initiatives between the public and private sector, and through...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (1 Feb 2018)

Heather Humphreys: An EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement would be the EU’s largest trade deal to date, four times the size of the trade agreement with Japan.  It aims to eliminate trade tariffs between the EU and the Mercosur region.  Irish exporters are currently subject to trade tariffs, barriers and restrictions, when exporting to Mercosur.  The proposed FTA should make exports from...