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

Richard Bruton: My Department operates a taxi account through National Radio Cabs whereby staff use taxis on account as necessary for business purposes. The amounts paid in respect of the account to National Radio Cabs for the past four years are set out in the table: Year Total 2009 17,853.00 2010 15,193.52 2011 11,719.94 2012 to date 6,507.64 The data in the above table does not include...

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

Richard Bruton: The Press Officer function in my Department is performed by a Departmental civil servant at Higher Executive Officer level. The salary scale for the officer concerned is: €46,426 - €57,251. In addition, I have a Press Advisor who provides advice to me as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on press and communications matters. The salary scale for this officer is:...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: In line with the requirements of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, details of Board members, including remuneration and expenses paid from 2009 onwards, can be sourced from the annual reports of the agencies concerned. However, to the extent that information on remuneration and expenses of these Board members is immediately available to me, I have included it in this...

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

Richard Bruton: I can advise the Deputy that the total photography costs incurred by my Department since coming to office are €5,079. The list of occasions for which photographers were booked, the photographers used and the breakdown of costs is detailed in the table below. No expenditure for photography was incurred from ministerial allowances. Occasion for which Photographer was booked Name of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Funding (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: Budget 2012 contains details of the overall funding available to my Department which is not broken down on an individual County and City Enterprise Board (CEB) basis. There has been no change to this figure since the Budget. In Budget 2012, the CEBs received an Exchequer Capital Allocation of €15 million towards the provision of grants and soft supports to the micro-enterprise...

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

Richard Bruton: The objective of the Job Expansion Fund is to assist Enterprise Ireland client companies with significant growth potential achieve increased employment. A company can obtain grant support up to a maximum of €150,000 towards the recruitment of new employees. Under the Fund, commitments of €4.7m were made for 2011. The Job Expansion Fund is continuing along similar lines and so...

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

Richard Bruton: In line with a commitment in the Programme for Government, following an open competitive tender process at the end of last year, consultants were selected by my Department to undertake a feasibility study to examine what structures and policies could be developed to make Ireland a world centre for managing and trading in intellectual property (IP). The objectives of the study were: to...

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

Richard Bruton: “Source a Product or Service from Ireland” is a priority link on the Enterprise Ireland website homepage and enables those seeking to source a product or service from Ireland to browse for information and to submit an enquiry to Enterprise Ireland in relation to their business needs. The web page contains profiles of Irish suppliers of goods and services across a wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Pay Scheme Reform (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 564 to 566, inclusive, together. As I have outlined in previous replies to questions on this matter in the House, the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, initiated a consultation process earlier this year on the feasibility and implications of introducing a statutory sick pay scheme. This process was very much a first step in considering a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: In accordance with its Horizon 2020 Strategy, IDA Ireland is aiming to create 63,000 new jobs 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 the...

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

Richard Bruton: Details of IDA Ireland’s job and investment announcements are available on the Agency’s website and show that, up to the end of August 2012, there had been 55 IDA announcements which will result in the creation of 5,450 jobs.

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

Richard Bruton: The attached table provides information on the jobs announcements made by Enterprise Ireland since January 2012. I wish to confirm to the Deputy that all Enterprise Ireland job announcements are published on their website in press release format at: www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/ News Enterprise Ireland Job Announcements January 2012 – End of August 2012 Month Number of jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Abolition (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 570 and 587 together. The Government has approved the restructuring of the enterprise support model for the micro and small business sectors. This restructuring will include: the dissolution of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs) and the transfer of their functions, assets and liabilities to Enterprise Ireland (EI); the development of a new Small...

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

Richard Bruton: In July 2011 the Government approved the draft heads of the Consumer and Competition Bill which, inter alia, gives effect to the recommendations of the Advisory Group on Media Mergers in full with two amendments: one sees the change in relevant Minister for public interest considerations from the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to the Minster for Communications, Energy and...

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

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland’s goal is to attract new foreign direct investment to Ireland and to encourage existing client companies to engage in transformation activities in order to sustain employment. Details of jobs created in IDA Ireland client companies by county and by region from 2008 to 2011 are set out in the attached tabular statement. At end 2011, there were 130,499 people employed in...

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

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 574 and 575 together. The Government published the Action Plan for Jobs 2012 in February this year. The Plan contains 270 actions to be implemented in 2012 across all Government Departments as well as 36 State agencies to improve the operating environment for business and remove barriers to employment creation. The 270 individual actions are further...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Advisory Group on Small Business Recommendations (18 Sep 2012)

Richard Bruton: The Minister for Small Business, John Perry, chairs the Advisory Group on Small Business. This group published the Voice of Small Business Report in 2011, which was submitted to the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Employment as the recommended small business actions for consideration in the Action Plan for Jobs. The Voice of Small Business contains fifty-seven actions across twelve broad...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (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 jobs. Within the first 100 days of coming into office, the Government introduced a Jobs Initiative which was aimed at rebuilding...

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

Richard Bruton: A key objective of the Government is to create a supportive enterprise environment so businesses can start up, grow and generate employment. To do this, we need to keep costs for business as low as possible, reduce unnecessary administrative burdens and provide supports to enterprises where appropriate. Some operating costs for business are largely outside the control of Government. For...

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

Richard Bruton: Improving access to credit is a priority on the business agenda and is an issue which the Government is addressing in a comprehensive and co-ordinated manner. To address the issue my Department is currently in the process of introducing two targeted schemes to support an additional flow of credit into the economy namely the Microenterprise Loan Fund and the Temporary Partial Loan Guarantee...