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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: The following table identifies the persons employed in my Department broken down by the salary bands supplied. The numbers include departmental staff in the following Offices of the Department: The Companies Registration Office, The Registry of Friendly Societies, The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, The Labour Court, The Labour Relations Commission, The National Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: The employment permits regime is a managed system in that a 3rd country national (i.e. a national who is not a member of the European Economic Area and Switzerland) cannot be employed in the State without an employment permit, nor can an employer employ such a person without an employment permit. An employer who employs a 3rd country national requiring, but without, an employment permit is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 320 and 328 together. High growth sectors with continued potential to grow in the medium term include Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Health Life Sciences, International Financial Services, Agri-Food and Internationally Traded Services. During 2012 employment increased by 7% within the ICT sector, by 12% within the Agri-Food sector and by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Details of total employment and the number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies in each year from 2008 to 2012 are set out in the tabular statement. 2012 saw a strong performance in the level of foreign direct investment (FDI) won by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Trends (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the three years before this Government took office, 250,000 private sector jobs were lost. It was clear what was needed was to transform our economy from one that became over dependent on property, construction and debt, to one focused on enterprise, innovation and exports. The Action Plan for Jobs is a key instrument in this objective and is designed to deliver measures right across...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Details of total employment and the number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland client companies in Co. Kildare in each year from 2008 to 2012 are set out in the tabular statements. I am delighted to say that 2012 was a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: Statistics on the creation of jobs by innovation and technology in the enterprise base are not available separately. Innovation and technology are elements of a series of inputs which are requisite for a job to be sustained in commercial enterprise – i.e. companies need to identify markets to sell their goods and services, they need to have finance in order to invest in capital and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: Job losses arise in the internationally trading sector of the economy for a variety of reasons including a deterioration in competitiveness, enhanced competition from sister sites, product and technology life cycles, global location rationalisation as a result of mergers and acquisitions, or, an amalgam of these factors. In the majority of cases involving relocation, IDA Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 326 and 330 together. The recently published Forfás report “Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2012” indicates that business costs have reduced significantly in recent years with overall price levels in the economy falling back to levels last experienced in 2002. Ireland is already rated highly internationally as one of the best...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: Attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Ireland has been one of the key pillars of Ireland’s industrial policy over the last 40 years. That policy has proved to be particularly successful as, at the end of 2012, there were 152,785 people employed in over 1,000 IDA client companies which, in turn, result in another 100,000 spin off jobs in the Irish economy. The net effect is that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commercial Rent Reviews (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: In the current economic climate, a range of factors are impacting on job losses in the retail and commercial sectors, including, for example, changing patterns of consumer behaviour through on-line trading. I am aware that many retail and commercial companies are concerned about the impact which upward only rent reviews are having on their cost base. When the Government came into office, it...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Application Numbers (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: The ‘Green Card’ Employment Permit is designed to attract highly skilled people into the labour market with the aim of encouraging them to take up permanent residence in the State. Eligible occupations under this type of permit are deemed to be critically important to growing Ireland’s economy, are highly demanded and highly skilled, and in significant shortage of supply...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Internship Scheme Placements (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: JobBridge is a National Internship Scheme that provides work experience placements for interns for a 6 or 9 month period. The aim of the National Internship Scheme is to assist in breaking the cycle where jobseekers are unable to get a job without experience, either as new entrants to the labour market after education or training or as unemployed workers wishing to learn new skills. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Shannon Development Companies (18 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: Kerry Technology Park, Tralee, Co Kerry is currently owned and managed by Shannon Development, in collaboration with Tralee Institute of Technology. Shannon Development, in conjunction with a number of other public and private sector organisations and individuals, provides programmes that benefit the Park and the wider community, namely the Young Entrepreneur Programme (YEP) and the Junior...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (18 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 124 to 126, inclusive, together. I understandfrom Enterprise Ireland that the Waterford brewery will close at the end of this year with the loss of 21 jobs and that they are working with Diageo in terms of finding a replacement industry for the site. In this respect, I understand that a number of potential investments are being actively considered and I am...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (18 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for bringing this business idea to my attention. My Department has already had contact with the Deputy's correspondent. My Department has provided the Deputy's correspondent in this matter with the contact details of the relevant Development Adviser in Enterprise Ireland who is available to discuss his proposal with him and who can provide him with details of the supports...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (18 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Details of total employment and the number of new jobs created in IDA and Enterprise Ireland client companies in each year from 2007 to 2012 are set out in the following tabular statements. I am delighted to say that 2012 was a particularly good...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations Issues (18 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: I understand that the issues in dispute are currently before the industrial relations machinery of the State. The system of industrial relations in Ireland is designed to help and support parties in their efforts to resolve their differences, rather than imposing a solution on the parties to an industrial dispute. The Labour Relations Commission provides a free conciliation service, in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Adviser Pay (18 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 131 together. The following table outlines the names and salary details of the two Special Advisors appointed by me as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. There are no further Ministerial advisers appointed in my Department. Position Name Salary Scale Pay Bill for 2012 Special Adviser Mr. Ciaran Conlon €127,000 €126,562.02*...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Establishment (18 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: In answering the Deputy’s question I am taking State Bodies to mean State Agencies and Offices under the aegis of this Department. No new State bodies have been established under the aegis of this Department since February 2011. There is a very extensive programme of reform within the agencies and offices under my remit and, as part of those ambitious plans three new State bodies...