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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (24 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme announced during Budget 2018 will provide affordable working capital financing to eligible Irish businesses that are either currently impacted by Brexit, or which will be in the future. The Scheme will be delivered by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) through commercial lenders to get much needed working capital into Irish businesses. Support from...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (24 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Officials of my Department have had discussions with senior officials from DG Competition of the EU Commission to sensitise them to both the potential and the real difficulties encountered by Irish businesses as a result of the UK’s decision to leave the EU. Furthermore, in November 2017, the then Tánaiste met with Commissioner Vestager. An outcome from this meeting was the...

Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017: Second Stage (23 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." My speech is being circulated along with an information pack of supplementary documents which I have also made available to Deputies. I am very pleased to bring this Bill before the House. The legislation regulates the profession of statutory auditor and the conduct of statutory audits. The role of the statutory auditor is to review...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (23 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The availability of an adequate supply of marketable serviced land and buildings in advance of demand is a key element in the IDA's ability to compete for mobile foreign direct investment (FDI). The availability of property solutions allows projects to commence at an earlier date by diminishing much of the difficulties associated with land acquisition, planning and construction. It is,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (23 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: This Government is strongly committed to regional development and my Department and its agencies are working towards ambitious targets to ensure that employment and investment are as evenly distributed as possible across the country. This includes in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon, where there is currently a total of 50 IDA Ireland client companies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Contracts Data (23 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: There are no contracts in place between my Department or the agencies under its remit and the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies Data (23 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The bodies under the aegis of my Department that have been established, disbanded or amalgamated since 2011 are set out below. Shannon Development (the Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited) was disbanded in 2014. The existing enterprise support functions carried out by Shannon Development in relation to both indigenous and overseas enterprises was assumed by IDA and EI. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injury Claims (23 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: In time available it has not been possible for provide the information requested. I will forward this to the Deputy once it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme announced in Budget 2018 will provide affordable working capital financing to eligible Irish businesses that are either currently impacted by Brexit or will be in the future. Along with the SBCI and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, my Department is continuing to develop the Brexit Loan Scheme ahead of its planned launch in March of this year. In...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The 2017 Revised Estimates Volume capital allocation for my Department was €555 million. The provisional outturn of capital expenditure was €546.53 million, leaving some €8.47 million in capital monies remaining. Of this, €8 million was converted to current moneys and expended by year end as part of the Department’s contribution to the new Brexit Loan...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland’s improving competitiveness performance over the period 2011-2016 has been central to the recovery in employment and economic growth. Nevertheless, as set out in the 2017 Competitiveness Challenge a range of threats have emerged, not least of which is the impact of Brexit. I share the Council’s view that Ireland must rigorously pursue cost competitiveness, address...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: 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 our main urban areas. We should always remember,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together. On 3 January 2018, Enterprise Ireland (EI) announced its 2017 end year results. The 2017 performance was strong, reporting 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. In 2017 EI supported client companies employed 209,338...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152 and 153 together. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports to those wishing to start or grow their own business. Details of the number of LEO supported clients and of the number of jobs in micro-enterprises supported by the LEOs for 2015 and 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The 2018 Revised Estimates Volume – or REV - has been finalised, and is now available on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. An additional €3 million in Pay was secured in Budget 2018 for my Department’s Vote to further assist in our response to the evolving Brexit scenario and dealing with regulatory challenges. It will enable the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Fishing Industry (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 and 156 together. I would draw the Deputy’s attention to the fact that lead policy responsibility for the fishing sector resides with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the atypical work permission scheme referred to by the Deputy is administered by the Department of Justice and Equality and the Irish National Immigration...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Neither I nor my predecessor have had any meetings with interest groups relating to the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: The Action Plan for Jobs is one of the Government’s key instruments to support job creation. As of Quarter 3, 2017, employment in the State is almost 2,207,000. Over four out of five additional jobs created since the Government was formed are based outside Dublin. While unemployment has fallen significantly and employment continues to grow strongly, this Government’s...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: Given that my Department had a Supplementary Estimate package which totalled €40 million which was approved by the Houses of the Oireachtas in December 2017, the Department did not seek to carry over any remaining unspent capital monies at year end. The provisional capital outturn figure for 2017, following the supplementary estimate, is approximately €546.53 million with an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Capital Expenditure Programme Review (17 Jan 2018)

Heather Humphreys: “Building on Recovery: Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2016-2021” was published in September 2015 by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on behalf of Government at that time. This capital plan set out that an indicative amount of €3.01 billion in capital investments would be made through the Department’s Vote primarily through the enterprise...