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Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (1 Feb 2012)

Richard Bruton: The companies supported by the enterprise agencies are fundamental to Ireland's economic performance, as their impact on the Irish economy extends beyond their immediate employment effects. They contribute in large measure to the country's turnover, employment, exports, domestic economic activity and tax receipts. The cost per job as published in the IDA Ireland Report and which is available...

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (1 Feb 2012)

Richard Bruton: I can advise the Deputy that the Directive on Temporary Agency Work is being transposed by way of primary legislation that is currently before the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Bill, 2011 is one of the priority Bills for my Department. The Bill completed Second Stage in the Dáil on 19 January last and Committee stage is scheduled for 2...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: Decisions relating to the closure of IDA Ireland's overseas offices are day-to-day operational matters for IDA Ireland in which I have no function. I am informed by IDA Ireland that the decision to close its Taiwan office, which it shared with Enterprise Ireland, on 31 December, 2011 was solely based on business reasons and that annual savings of €30,000 will result. The Agency has...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: Under its Horizon 2020 Strategy, which covers the period 2010 - 2014, IDA Ireland aims to secure 640 investments and create 62,000 direct jobs. The aim is to achieve 50% of these investments in locations outside Dublin and Cork and to transform the existing FDI base across the country to develop, retain and grow employment in existing client companies operating here. Central to IDA's...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: Under its Horizon 2020 Strategy, which covers the period 2010 - 2014, IDA Ireland aims to secure 640 investments and create 62,000 direct jobs. The aim is to achieve 50% of these investments in locations outside Dublin and Cork and to transform the existing foreign direct investment (FDI) base across the country to develop, retain and grow employment in existing client companies operating...

Written Answers — Oibrithe Gníomhaireachta: Oibrithe Gníomhaireachta (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: Is féidir liom comhairle a thabhairt don Teachta Dála go bhfuil an Treoir maidir le hOibrithe Gníomhaireachta á trasuí trí reachtaíocht príomha atá roimh Thithe an Oireachtais faoi láthair. Is tosaíocht mo Roinne é an Bille um Cosaint Fostaithe (Oibrithe Gníomhaireachta) 2011. Chríochnaigh an Bille an Dara Céim sa Dháil an 19ú Eanair agus tá Céim an Choiste sceidealta don...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: The annual salary of the Secretary General of my Department is €190,000. The position of Private Secretary to the Minister is currently staffed in my Department by a civil servant at Higher Executive Officer level who receives an allowance of €20,685 per annum in respect of the extra duties and responsibilities attaching to the post including extra attendance outside normal hours. The...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: The information requested is as follows: Forfás Mr John Murphy, Secretary General of the Department was appointed to the Board of Forfás with effect from 18th January 2012. The Industrial Development legislation provides that the Director General of Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) serves on the board of Forfás. Professor Mark Ferguson therefore became a member of the Forfas Board on...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: I appointed two former public servants to act as Civilian Drivers at my Department. Three other former Civil Servants are engaged by my Department on a contract for services basis, i.e. - A former Assistant Secretary in this Department is serving on the NERA Advisory Board. The only payments made for participation on the Advisory Board are Travel and Subsistence payments in accordance with...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: Under the Industrial Development Acts 1986 - 2006, 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 the Agency holds approximately 2.27 hectares of land at Monasterevin, Co. Kildare. In line with IDA Ireland's property policy this land,...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (31 Jan 2012)

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 — European Council Meetings: European Council Meetings (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: My Department has the lead responsibility for the Competitiveness Council and for the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (ESPHCA). When the Foreign Affairs Council considers trade matters, such matters also come within the remit of my Department. The Competitiveness Council itself is sub-divided into industry, internal market and research issues. The following...

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: I am developing a Microfinance Loan Fund to provide loans to the microenterprise sector. It is targeted at start-up, newly established, or growing micro enterprises across all industry sectors, employing not more than 10 people. This Fund will provide loans of up to €25,000 for commercially viable proposals that do not meet the conventional risk criteria applied by commercial banks. The...

Written Answers — Charities Regulation: Charities Regulation (31 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: Entities with charitable status are governed by the Charities Act 2009 under the aegis of the Minister for Justice and Equality and are answerable to their stakeholders, shareholders and funders. Many charities which formed themselves as companies have done so as companies limited by guarantee (CLG). Due to their public membership structure they cannot avail of an audit exemption. The...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (26 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: The Government launched a new national internship scheme, JobBridge, on 1st July last year. JobBridge provides work experience for new entrants to the labour market after training or education, and to unemployed workers seeking to learn new skills. The scheme provides for up to 5,000 work experience placements in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Participants must be signing on...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (26 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: As part of the Employment Control Framework, which is the mechanism for the management of reduction of overall staff numbers, my Department has agreed staff numbers and annual operational ceilings with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. These relate to the staffing levels of my Department, its Offices and agencies, including Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Enterprise...

Written Answers — Company Closures: Company Closures (26 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: While the centralisation of the company's brewing activities in St. James's Gate has been signalled since 2008, and the major new investment in that location is to be welcomed, I was disappointed to hear that the closures in Dundalk and Kilkenny would now materialise. I am extremely conscious of the anxiety that the proposed closures will create for the workers involved and their families as...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (26 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits and all applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. I wish to advise the Deputy that this Work Permit application was refused on 13 December 2011 on the grounds that it is current Government policy to issue new employment permits only in respect of: · highly skilled,...

Written Answers — Work Permits: Work Permits (26 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: My Department processes applications in respect of the different types of employment permits and all applications are processed in line with the Employment Permits Act 2006. The Employment Permits Section informs me that it has no record of a permit being applied for or issued in respect of the named individuals. However, I wish to advise the Deputy that it is current Government policy to...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (26 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: IDA Ireland is an autonomous Agency set up by statute with a mandate to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) in manufacturing and internationally-traded service industries into Ireland, and to support new and existing FDI operations so as to maximise the related industrial employment, output, exports, economy expenditures including wages, and corporation tax contributions. The management...