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

Richard Bruton: Prompt Payments for goods and services rendered is critical to the effective working of any economy and is an issue on which this Government places great emphasis. The reduction in the number of late payments in commercial transactions is one of the ten principles cited in the Small Business Act for Europe as a means to help SMEs to deal with the difficult market conditions currently...

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

Richard Bruton: The 2012 Action Plan for Jobs included an undertaking to examine the potential to establish a national Community Investment Fund to promote the creation of employment at a local level. It was envisaged that one-to-one matching funding from the community and/or private sector would be a condition of this fund. The establishment of such a fund would, of course, be contingent on the...

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

Richard Bruton: One of the actions detailed in the Action Plan for Jobs 2012 was for Forfás to: ‘develop, in consultation with stakeholders, a national strategy for the construction sector to 2015 outlining the opportunities, challenges and actions needed to realise the potential of the sector, to retain expertise in Ireland and to continue to develop capabilities over coming years and to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Insolvency Act (23 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Company Law Review Group (the CLRG) spent several months last year considering the feasibility of introducing a new structured and non-judicial debt settlement scheme for small and medium sized companies. I received the CLRG’s report at the end of September and, shortly after that, I brought that report to the attention of the Government. The CLRG made five recommendations, which...

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

Richard Bruton: I share your concern in relation to the position of the employees in the company’s stores in Limerick and elsewhere who have been understandably apprehensive about the future of their jobs and the payment of monies owed to them by their employer. I understand that this situation has arisen due to difficulties across its operations in the UK and Ireland, arising from dramatic changes...

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

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs has set out the objective of creating 100,000 jobs by 2016 and making Ireland the best small country in which to do business. Ireland is already rated highly internationally as one of the best countries in the world in which to do business, and we have built a strong competitive basis on which to go out and compete on global markets. Ireland is currently ranked...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: My thoughts are both with the workers across the country as they face this uncertain situation and the consumers who have been unable to redeem gift vouchers. My understanding is that this situation has arisen due to difficulties across its operations in the UK and Ireland, caused by dramatic changes in the way music and films are bought and sold. As it operates in the domestic market, this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies Registration (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Companies Registration Office received the application to register a Business Name referred to by the Deputy on 8 January 2013. Following processing of the information received, the Business Name was registered on 17 January 2013. The applicant should receive a certificate of registration of the Business Name in the post this week. The processing time of this application was within the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. The Survey does not track the data sought by the Deputy. However, it should be noted that there is free movement of labour within the European Economic Area (EEA) and persons recruited from outside the EEA must comply with Employment Permit Legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Europe 2020 Strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth sets a target of 75% of 20-64 year olds in employment by 2020. The headline Europe 2020 target is focused on employed persons aged 20 to 64 as a percentage of the population aged 20 to 64. Member States may set their own national targets in the light of the headline Europe 2020 target taking into account their relative...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The maximum aid rates for the South East NUTS 3 Sub Region are 10% for large companies, and 20% and 30% for medium and small firms respectively. The only area with higher aid rates is the Border Midlands and West (BMW) NUTS 2 Region. The maximum aid rates available for large firms in the BMW region from 2007-2010 were 30%; for medium and small firms the rates they were 40% and 50%...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 and 315 together. Under the terms of the 2007-2013 Regional Aid Guidelines, Ireland notified the Commission of its Regional Aid Map on 13 July 2006. The aid intensity thresholds for each category of region are predetermined in the Guidelines by the Commission. The purpose of regional aid is to support investment and job creation and encourage firms to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland has statutory responsibility to attract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to Ireland. During 2012, with IDA’s support, a number of companies made significant investments in locations outside of Dublin and Cork. Paypal announced 1,000 jobs in Dundalk, Abbott announced 175 jobs in Sligo, Mylan announced 200 jobs in Galway, Allergan announced 200 jobs in Westport and Northern...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Government actions to support the development of Irish business in the current economic climate have been set out in the Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and are targeted in a manner to address real business difficulties. The Action Plan for Jobs 2012 was particularly focused in relation to assisting the small business sector to cope with the current economic crisis and to prepare businesses for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: There are no immediate or extended family members employed by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (22 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: The Companies Registration Office received the application to register a Business Name referred to by the Deputy on 8 January 2013. Following processing of the information received, the Business Name was registered on 17 January 2013. The applicant should receive a certificate of registration of the Business Name in the post this week. The processing time of this application was within the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: I have been informed by IDA Ireland that data in relation to sponsored site visits by potential investors is maintained on a county by county basis only. The Agency has indicated to me that since January 2011 to date it has sponsored 70 such visits to Limerick City and County. Details of the number of IDA’s sponsored visits for 2011 and 2012 are set out in the attached tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland paid a total of €4,040,402 to companies in County Limerick in 2012. The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Shannon Development. The data is compiled on an annualized basis and details relating to 2012 will be available in the first quarter of 2013.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not provide direct funding or grants to businesses but provides funding to a number of State Agencies, including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and Enterprise Ireland, through whom assistance is delivered directly to businesses. The role of Kildare County Enterprise Board as part of the network of CEBs is to develop indigenous potential and stimulate economic...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (17 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 106 together. Due to the significant volume of information requested by the Deputy, my Department has been unable to collate the information within the timeframe given. I will endeavour to provide the information to the Deputy as soon as possible.