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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: There are two major elements to the Government’s response to reducing unemployment – the Action Plan for Jobs and Pathways to Work. The goal of the Action Plan for Jobs is to support the retention of jobs in the economy and the creation of new ones. The aim of Pathways to Work is to help to ensure that as many of those new jobs as possible are filled by people from the Live...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: Under the Industrial Development Acts, IDA Ireland has the power to acquire, hold and dispose of land, and any other property or any interest therein, for the purpose of facilitating an industrial undertaking. I am informed by IDA Ireland that it is actively considering opportunities as to how to leverage its property portfolio nationally in order that additional investment and employment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 243 and 254 together. The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) periodically publishes a report on the “Costs of Doing Business in Ireland”. This report benchmarks business costs against a range of Ireland’s key competitor countries in a number of areas, such as labour costs, property costs, utility costs and business and professional...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: The main reasons for job losses throughout the country have been well flagged and include a lack of consumer demand, difficulties accessing certain business finance, cost competitiveness issues and the impact of the global economic downturn on the Irish economy. Also, recent jobs losses which have occurred in the FDI sector in Ireland are largely the result of the continuing restructuring...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Growth Initiatives (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: As a small open economy, Ireland is dependent on the export of high value goods and services to deliver economic growth and support job creation. The international economic environment is therefore a key influencing factor in our economic performance. Notwithstanding a difficult trading environment last year, Enterprise Ireland client companies achieved €15.2 billion in export sales...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 and 249 together. Innovation is a key, but seamless aspect of the Manufacturing and Services sectors and it is not possible to disaggregate the contribution made by innovation towards overall job creation in those sectors. For further relevant information on other issues relating to the Manufacturing and Services sectors, I would refer the Deputy to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Application Numbers (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: It is current Government policy to issue new employment permits only in respect of: - highly skilled, highly paid positions or; - non-EEA nationals who are already legally resident in the State on valid employment permits or; - positions requiring specialist or scarce skills, expertise or qualifications which cannot be filled else wise. I set out hereunder for the information of the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Criteria (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: Since 2004, a key element of Irish labour market policy has been to ensure that general labour and skills needs are met from indigenous labour and, in line with our EU community obligations, from within the workforce of the European Union. For strategic skills or labour shortages in designated occupations in key economic sectors, Government policy is to issue employment permits for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 250 and 251 together. The figures in respect of jobs in Enterprise Development agency-supported companies and those supported by the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) are compiled in the Forfás Annual Employment Survey and the CEB Annual Employment Survey respectively on an annualised basis. The figures in respect of jobs created and lost in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Upward Only Rent Reviews (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: There is no specific data available on the extent to which upward only rent reviews have been recorded as a factor causing job losses. However, while upward only rent reviews are one of a number of factors which are causing pressure on the commercial and retail sectors at the present time, there are other factors influencing decisions of individual retailers to cut jobs. The retail sector...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Policy (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: Ireland’s open economy needs to have the export of goods and services at the heart of its economic strategy. As Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, I have set-out an approach which is focused on economic recovery, by delivering improvements in competitiveness, ensuring companies have access to the finance they need to grow and by prioritising innovation as a key driver of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Rehiring (2 Oct 2012)

Richard Bruton: Since my appointment as Minister, I have not appointed any senior retired civil servants to any position within my Department or to any position within any of the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (27 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland is an autonomous agency whose statutory obligation is to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and its regions. IDA Ireland’s strategy for Longford is to promote the county as part of an integrated Midlands Region. This is in accordance with the Agency’s Horizon 2020 Strategy, which aims to create 63,000 new jobs in Ireland over the period 2010 to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (27 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: Details of the number of site visits by potential investors to locations in Dublin and Cork on an annual basis since 2008 are set out in the attached tabular statement. I am informed by IDA Ireland that the Agency does not have the facility to a provide an instant cross reference of site visits for companies that have visited both Dublin and Cork. IDA Ireland’s strategy document,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Responsibilities (26 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: There are two Minister of State assigned to my Department; Mr Sean Sherlock, T.D., Minister for Research and Innovation and Mr John Perry, T.D., Minister for Small Business. A range of functions pertinent to his responsibilities in the area of Research and Innovation was delegated to Minister Sherlock in the Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) (No. 4) Order...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (26 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Dáil Question No. 583 of 18 September 2012 in which I set out the actions being taken by my Department to reduce the administrative burden on business. My Department also coordinates the cross-Government measurement and reduction exercise towards the 25% target by the end of 2012. A project to measure the burden imposed by regulation under the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (25 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The issue raised by the High Court judgment is one which has important policy and legal implications in the area of Employment Permits and also in terms of Employment Rights. As Justice Hogan noted in his judgment, "the Oireachtas must, of course, regulate the labour market by specifically deterring illegal immigrants from taking up employment, as failure to do so could have serious medium...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (25 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: My Department has not paid for former Government members to undertake courses in the United States of America. Expenditure on training by the Agencies under the aegis of my Department is a day-to-day administrative matter for those Agencies in which I have no function. However, I have referred the Question to the Agencies for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications (25 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 168 to 170, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Credit Guarantee Act 2012 was passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas and signed into law by the President in July 2012. The Act was commenced and came into operation on 30 August 2012. I have now made, with the consent of my colleagues the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Issues (25 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The administration of IDA Ireland’s overseas offices is a day to day matter for the Agency and is not one for which I have statutory responsibility. IDA Ireland has informed me that it has a representative based in Ireland House, Sydney, Australia. The cost associated with the representative and the office is included in the overall expenditure of €10,516,000 incurred in...