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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that in the two year period from the beginning of 2011 to the end of 2012, the Agency sponsored a total of 37 site visits by potential investors to Waterford city and county. There were 26 such visits during 2012 and 11 during 2011. This compares with a total of 19 visits in the previous two year period (11 in 2010 and 8 in 2009). These site visits were from...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: Under legislation the management of IDA’s property function is a day to day operational matter for the Agency and not one in which I have a function. I am informed by IDA that at present the Agency has seven leased properties in Co Waterford, all of which are located in the Johnstown Industrial Estate. Of these seven properties only one is occupied. Of the remaining six unoccupied...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Participation (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: I and my Department are currently planning Trade and Investment missions for India for later this year with Enterprise Ireland and the IDA. The Trade Mission is aimed at opening doors for Enterprise Ireland client companies, particularly in the software services sector in the Indian market. The Trade Mission will facilitate meetings with Indian decision makers and will include networking...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: Since coming to Office I have made 64 appointments to the State Boards under my aegis. It should be noted that of these, only 21 of these were new appointments made at my discretion. 7 were reappointments, and the remaining 36 were allocated under legislation to Department Representatives, social partners, nominees of other Ministers, nominees of prescribed bodies and appointments on an Ex...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: I am informed by IDA Ireland that it sponsored 18 site visits by potential investors to Galway city and county during 2012. These site visits were from new companies visiting the location for the first time and from senior executives of existing companies. For reasons of client confidentiality and commercial sensitivity IDA does not comment on site visits by individual companies or on site...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Permits (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: In order to work in Ireland a non-EEA National (unless exempted) must, under the terms of the Employment Permits Acts 2003 and 2006, hold a valid employment permit. It is an offence under the above mentioned legislation for both an employer and an employee to be party to the employment of a non-EEA national without a valid employment permit. Either the employer or employee may apply for an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retirement Age (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: There is no statutory compulsory retirement age for employees in Ireland. A contract of employment may stipulate a compulsory retirement age and this is generally a matter of contract law between the relevant parties. The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has made rulings in a series of age-discrimination cases concerning Directive 2000/78/EC, which prohibit work-related...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (5 Mar 2013)

Richard Bruton: The combined wholesale and retail sector in Ireland employs 273,000 people. The sector also supports employment in other related services, such as transport and logistics. The retail sector has a diverse profile, encompassing large international players, some large indigenous companies and a sizeable number of small businesses and franchises, often family owned and owner-managed. It is an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: Carrisbrook House was acquired by AnCO in 1969 on a 65 year full-repairing lease, commencing on 1st August 1969 and expiring on 31st July 2034. There is no provision for lease breaks on the property and the rent is due for review every seven years. The rent review provisions provide only for equal or greater rent than that being paid in the preceding period. The Industrial Development...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: Each County Enterprise Board is required to operate an objective formal complaints procedure which forms part of the Board’s on-going commitment to customer service. Dissatisfaction with the level or type of assistance offered by a CEB should, in the first instance, be brought to the attention of the Board, usually through the Chief Executive Officer. Any complaint against a CEB can...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 to 132, inclusive, together. It is important to note that the number of jobs created by IDA companies typically exceeds the number of jobs actually announced. For instance, in 2012, the number of jobs created by IDA companies was up to 50% greater than the numbers of jobs formally announced as companies do not always wish to publicise increases in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Job Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: Jobs announced by IDA Ireland are typically created over a period of between 3 and 5 years from the announcement, depending on the company’s business plan. It should also be noted that some investment and job creation projects are not announced. During 2012, there were five IDA Ireland job announcements for County Louth with the potential to create a total of 1,515 jobs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: One of the high level goals in IDA’s Strategy “Horizon 2020 is the creation of a total of 105,000 new jobs in the economy - 62,000 direct jobs in client companies and 43,000 indirect in the wider economy - over the period 2010 to 2014. IDA is making good progress in achieving this particular target and, by the end of 2012, the agency had delivered 36,000 gross jobs, slightly...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Job Numbers (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports, on a county basis, on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the enterprise development agencies. Information is provided by companies on a confidential basis for statistical purposes only. It is not possible, therefore, to provide information at company level or for individual locations throughout a particular country. It...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (28 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: There are no members or former members of the judiciary who, have acted in the capacity described in the Question, for my Department during the past 5 years.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (27 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: This case came before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) by way of an appeal for implementation of a Rights Commissioner decision under the terms of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 to 2007. The EAT heard the appeal on 2 December, 2011. The EAT being satisfied that the decision under the terms of the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 to 2007, had not been carried out by the respondent, the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Expansion Fund (27 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: In general, the supports provided by my Department’s agencies are designed to support business development through a range of start-up and expansion programmes. In relation to the recruitment of employees, Enterprise Ireland provides grant support up to a maximum of €15,000 per job towards the recruitment of new employees under its Job Expansion Fund. This scheme applies to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Numbers (27 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: There are no agency or contract staff currently employed in my Department except for the following staff appointed by me and the Ministers of State at my Department: two special advisers, one personal assistant in each Minister’s office, one personal secretary in each Minister's office and two civilian drivers for each Minister. Staff who occupy the posts listed above are paid an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff (27 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: In my Department the reappointment of one former Assistant Principal post was sanctioned for the period 25/10/12 – 31/7/13 in connection with Ireland’s Presidency of the EU. The post is sanctioned at the first point on the Assistant Principal scale and the total cost to my Department for the period of the reappointment is €51,856.69. During this time, the pension...

Topical Issue Debate: Child Safety (26 Feb 2013)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Coffey for his suggestion and I will bring it to the attention of the National Consumer Agency, NCA, which engages in campaigns on quite a regular basis and which is in contact with over 200 businesses in the sector. In addition, it has issued press releases aimed at families. They may perhaps, as the Deputy suggests, be some connection within the education database which...