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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Funding (25 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The role of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) is to provide support for small businesses with 10 employees or fewer in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic activity and entrepreneurship at local level. Business growth and job creation are inherent considerations in the activities of the CEBs. ...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 to 175, inclusive, together. I met with the Consumers’ Association of Ireland on 25th June. The meeting discussed the financial situation of the Association and the possibility of future exchequer funding. I advised the Association that, notwithstanding difficulties it may be experiencing in managing its finances, exchequer support could only...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 178 together. As Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, I welcome all announcements concerning the creation of jobs. All press releases relating to job creation issued by my Department’s Press Office are available at: . Details of Enterprise Ireland’s job and investment announcements to August 2012, and those of IDA...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 181 together. Details of IDA Ireland’s job and investment announcements up to the 19th of September, 2012 are published on the Agency’s website – www.idaireland.ie. It must be remembered that some investment and job creation projects are not announced. The cost of supporting individual jobs in individual companies is confidential...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. On 18th September 2012, An Taoiseach, Mr Enda Kenny T.D. announced the creation of 300 new jobs for Electronic Arts’ (EA) European Customer Experience Centre of Excellence in Galway. The new jobs are being supported by IDA Ireland. The jobs announced will come on stream within a 3 to 5 year period, in line with the...

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

Richard Bruton: If an insolvent company is not put into liquidation and is struck off the Register of Companies for failure to file annual returns, it is open to the Director of Corporate Enforcement, pursuant to section 160(2)(h) of the Companies Act 1990 (as amended) to apply to the High Court for the disqualification of the directors of the company. The Companies Acts, along with other legislation...

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

Richard Bruton: The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) and the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) are independent statutory bodies under the aegis of my Department. As independent quasi-judicial bodies, I have no role in the day-to-day exercise of their functions. The system of industrial relations in Ireland is essentially voluntarist in nature; the LRC cannot compel any party to a dispute to attend a...

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

Richard Bruton: Staff in my Department may apply for unpaid special leave in the form of a career break. A career break may be allowed for domestic, educational, travel or self-employment purposes and may be granted for a period of between six months and five years (three years in the case of self-employment). They may be approved where the normal operating requirements of Departments are not adversely...

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

Richard Bruton: At a meeting with the management of the company in question on the 13th September 2012, IDA Ireland was informed that the US based parent company had decided to exit the particular market in Europe. The company plans to sell as a going concern their European business interests in this sector which includes the manufacturing plant in Killorglin, Co. Kerry and a sales and R&D facility in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Authority Investigations (20 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The Competition Authority is the independent statutory body responsible for merger and acquisition control in the State and apart from a role in relation to media mergers I, as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, have no direct function in relation to merger and acquisition matters under the Competition Act 2002. I am aware however of the proposed acquisition and I understand that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (20 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The issue of ratification by Ireland of Convention No. 189 on decent work for domestic workers is being considered in the context of our standard approach to the ratification of international instruments. Ireland does not ratify international Conventions until any such necessary amendments to domestic legislation have been identified and effected. In June of this year I wrote to the Chair...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (20 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: My officials inform me that my Department has no record of permits being applied for or issued in respect of the named individual. I should advise the Deputy that new employment permit applications are currently only considered for highly skilled, highly paid positions or for positions where there is an officially recognised scarcity of supply in relation to a particular qualification or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff (19 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The following tables set out the costs in respect of Salaries, Wages and Allowances for the Offices of each of the Ministers and Ministers of State for the years 2009 and 2010. Office of the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment/Innovation Period Salaries, Wages and Allowances Year 2009* €1,0907,66.57 Year 2010 €882,924.40 * Includes severance pay Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: In relation to IDA Ireland, that Agency’s strategy specifies a target of attracting 50% of all Foreign Direct Investment into locations outside Dublin and Cork. Its strategy for the South East Region, of which Waterford is the Gateway, is to: market the Region to overseas clients in order to secure new investments; support the growth and development of the Region’s existing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: I understand that this person entered the State to undertake a course of studies and was granted permission at that point by the Minister for Justice and Equality to remain in the State as a student. A work permit application in respect of this person was received in my Department on 1 May 2012. This was the first work permit application made by the person named. This application was refused...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: In accordance with its Horizon 2020 Strategy, IDA Ireland is aiming to create 63,000 new jobs in Ireland over the period 2010-2014, with 50% of these investments to be based in locations outside of Dublin and Cork. Central to IDA Ireland’s strategy is to build on existing regional strengths to ensure Ireland’s economic development, while optimising regional spread, in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The Protection of Employees (Part-Time-Work) Act 2001 provides that part-time employees must not be treated less favourably than comparable full-time employees unless there are objective grounds, and where a benefit is determined by the number of hours an employee works, it shall be on a pro-rata or proportionate basis to part-time employees. There is no provision in the Act, or elsewhere in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 550 and 551 together. In the context of the Government’s Programme of Public Sector Reform, including rationalisation of the number of State Agencies and Bodies, very significant progress has been achieved in relation to a number of the Bodies under the aegis of my Department. The Bodies that are involved in the rationalisation programme are listed in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Initiative (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The role of Government is to create the conditions where jobs can be created by the enterprise sector. Supporting the maintenance of existing jobs is also an important objective of the Government. The Jobs Initiative, which was announced in May 2011, was aimed at rebuilding confidence in the economy, providing opportunities for the re-skilling of those who had lost their jobs, and assisting...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: As I have pointed out on many occasions, the Government does not create jobs – entrepreneurs and successful businesses do. However, the Government has a key role to play in providing the environment where businesses can start-up, expand and create sustainable jobs. The Action Plan for Jobs, which was published on 13 February last, sets out a series of clear, actionable measures to...