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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: An Implementation Working Group (IWG), chaired by my Department and with membership drawn from the key stakeholders involved in the project, is overseeing the establishment of the new national infrastructure that will support micro and small enterprises. Final decisions on the number and exact location of the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) have not yet been made. County Managers and CEB...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Sector Staff Numbers (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Policy responsibility for public sector numbers is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr. Brendan Howlin, T.D. I understand that Minister Howlin’s Department will be in a position to supply the figures the Deputy is seeking. In this context, the Deputy should address his question directly to Minister Howlin.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: A green card permit application was refused in this instance on 21st September 2012. Following a successful appeal, which addressed the issues of concern in the refusal, a permit issued on 30th November 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs has been a cornerstone of Government policy in seeking to create a supportive operating environment where businesses can grow and generate jobs. The Action Plan recognises the role that public bodies play in supporting the private sector and communities to create jobs at a local level. A number of significant activities which focused on supporting employment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland transferred the greater part of the site in question to Dublin City University (DCU) who will develop the site into an internationally‐recognised “Innovation Campus”, involving a partnership of education and research institutions, enterprise and the semi‐state sector. I was pleased to officially open the DCU Innovation Campus on Monday last,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The only meeting that took place with representatives of the tobacco industry in the last six months was with officials from the Intellectual Property Unit of my Department, who met with Mr. Brian Dunphy, Regulatory Affairs Advisor, Japan Tobacco International Ireland Ltd. on 11 September, 2012.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Community Development (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Projects in the social economy cover a range of community, voluntary and not-for-profit activities. The Programme for Government recognised the importance of the social enterprise sector, in particular, to local economies. It states that: “The Government will promote the development of a vibrant and effective social enterprise sector. We will instruct agencies to view social...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Since 1993, Government policy and supports for enterprises employing fewer than 10 people have been mainly implemented through the City and County Enterprise Boards. Policy has evolved over the years, as articulated in various Operating Agreements between the Minister and the CEBs, as well as through the County Enterprise Plans under the Local and Micro-Enterprise Development Priorities of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: To ensure the employees had access to information on their employment rights, on becoming aware of the evolving situation in the company, I asked the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) to contact the workers involved in the sit-ins and to mobilise NERA resources to answer queries from all workers on their employment rights. My Department established a direct line of contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) monitors Ireland’s competitiveness position on an on-going basis and reports to me on key competitiveness issues facing the Irish economy. The most recent report published by the NCC, in July 2012 - “Ireland's Competitiveness Scorecard” - acknowledged that improvements have taken place in Ireland’s cost competitiveness...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 108 together. While manufacturing has been an important sector in Ireland since the 1960’s, there has been a noticeable decline in numbers employed in this sector. This is not necessarily surprising and it echoes what has been happening in most developed economies. This has also been experienced in other industrialised countries such as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Details of the total number of new jobs created in IDA Ireland’s client companies for the past six years are set out in the tabular statement which follows. In accordance with its Horizon 2020 Strategy, which covers the period 2010 to 2014, IDA Ireland has identified current and future industry trends which are enhancing the agency’s ability to secure foreign direct investment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The development of appropriate policy responses to the current economic challenges is dependent on robust research and consultation with key stakeholders, which is undertaken on an ongoing basis by Government, the State agencies and other independent bodies. In addition to work carried out by my own Department, Forfás provides independent and rigorous research, advice and support in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Since 2004, Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from within the work force of the European Economic Area (EEA). Current Government policy is to issue employment permits for the employment of non-EEA nationals for specific vacancies and in response to employer demand for strategic skills and labour shortages in designated occupations in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Incentives and supports for employers to recruit people from the Live Register or provide them with work experience are primarily operated by my colleague, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton. Supports and schemes available through the Minister’s Department include the Employer (PRSI) Incentive Scheme, the Jobs Ireland recruitment service and JobBridge, the national...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Upward Only Rent Reviews (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: As I have pointed out to the Deputy in response to previous questions on this matter, (PQ number 252 of 2nd October 2012 (Ref. 42061/12) and PQ number 103 of 22nd November (Ref. 52064/12)), there is no specific data available on the extent to which upward only rent reviews have been a factor in causing job losses. While I acknowledge that upward only rent reviews are putting pressure on some...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (24 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 110 together. Ireland is a small open economy and the success of our exports, as well as our ability to attract inward investment, is key to creating and sustaining employment. Irish exports have performed well in recent years. Developments in international markets have an important impact on the ability of Irish enterprise to create and sustain...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (23 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Procuring Innovation Initiative is one of the measures included in the Action Plan for Jobs to improve access by SMEs to public procurement opportunities. The initiative promotes a new approaching to procurement on the part of Contracting Authorities by encouraging them to tender for a solution to a particular requirement, without being overly prescriptive as to what the solution might...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Medical Products (23 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department is not a party to a medicine pricing agreement with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. I presume the agreement the Deputy is referring to is the agreement between the Department of Health, the Health Service Executive and the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association on the supply terms, conditions and prices of medicines, which is the policy responsibility of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumers Association of Ireland (23 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Following my initial meeting with the Consumers’ Association of Ireland on 25th June 2012, I met again with the Association on 20th December 2012 to discuss the details of its application for funding in 2012. In the course of the meeting, the Association provided further detailed information in relation to a marketing project in respect of which it was seeking support and in...