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Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The table below identifies the number of staff (whole time equivalents) employed within my Department for the end of 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011. December 2008 December 2009 December 2010 November 2011 1074.93 993.98 905.74 834.45

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (29 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The importance of helping entrepreneurs to establish a base in Silicon Valley is fully appreciated and to this end, Enterprise Ireland has nine incubator spaces in its Mountain View office in Silicon Valley seven of which are currently let. The availability of these incubator spaces is of particular relevance to those Irish companies establishing a sales presence on the West Coast of the US....

Written Answers — Consumer Protection: Consumer Protection (29 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The National Committee on Internal Window Blind Safety was established by the National Standards Authority of Ireland and is comprised of representatives of the manufacturing and installation sectors as well as the National Consumer Agency. The Committee has met to consider comments and suggestions which were received as a result of the public consultation on the proposed new Irish Standard....

Written Answers — Departmental Legal Costs: Departmental Legal Costs (29 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: In seeking to provide the Deputy with the information requested, the assumption has been made that the question relates to civil proceedings taken by or against the Department or one of its offices. The Deputy should be aware that a number of Offices within my Department's remit institute proceedings against companies and individuals in the exercise of their statutory functions and these...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Nov 2011)

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...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of the private contractors, consultants and agencies that provide outsourced services for the Department and its Offices is set out in the table below. The table details the service provider, the nature of the service and the cost of the outsourced services provided to my Department and its Offices in 2010. The provision of such information...

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (24 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The movement of staff within Shannon Development and the refurbishment of its offices are day to day matters for which I have no responsibility. I am informed by Shannon Development, however, that it currently has no plans for its offices in Birr or to relocate staff based there. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announced details of the Government's intention to reform the...

Written Answers — Company Law: Company Law (24 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: Section 3(9)(a) of the Companies (Amendment) Act 1990 provides, in the context of an application to the High Court for the appointment of an examiner to a company, that where it appears to the High Court that the total liabilities of the company (taking into account its contingent and prospective liabilities) do not exceed €317,434.52, the High Court may order that the matter be remitted to...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (24 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The role of my Department is to drive Ireland's competitiveness and productivity by creating the conditions where enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation can flourish and quality employment opportunities are grown and maintained. Funding is provided to a number of State Agencies under its aegis including the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs), through whom assistance is delivered...

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (24 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The standard definition of a small and medium sized enterprise is defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. Enterprises qualify as micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) if they fulfil the criteria laid down in the Recommendation which are summarized in the following table. In addition to the staff headcount ceiling, an enterprise qualifies as an SME if it meets either the...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (23 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The role of my Department is to drive Ireland's competitiveness and productivity by creating the conditions where enterprise, entrepreneurship and innovation can flourish and quality employment opportunities are grown and maintained. Funding is provided to a number of State Agencies under its aegis including that of the County and City Enterprise Boards (CEBs), through whom assistance is...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (23 Nov 2011)

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 the CEBs throughout the country is to provide a source of support for micro-enterprise in the start-up and expansion...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 67 and 83 together. The Government published its Infrastructural and Capital Investment 2012-16: Medium Term Exchequer Framework on the 10th of November last. The capital investment programme covers a broad range of critical areas including economic infrastructure, environmental infrastructure and social investment. While acknowledging that over the...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (22 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 69 and 81 together. This issue involves a dispute that resulted from a decision by the employer in 2010 to cut pay and working hours of the workers. The issues in dispute were referred to the Labour Relations Commission by the workers. Separate exploratory talks involving the Conciliation Service of the Labour Relations Commission and the employer and...

Written Answers — Employment Rights: Employment Rights (22 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The Rights Commissioner Service is part of the Labour Relations Commission, a statutory body independent of my Department in the performance of its functions. All operational matters relating to the Rights Commissioner Service, including the scheduling of hearings, is a matter for the Labour Relations Commission. Equally, it is a matter for the Commission to decide on the extent to which...

Written Answers — Enterprise Support Services: Enterprise Support Services (22 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The Enterprise Development Agencies have served the economy well in recent years in terms of the many thousands of high-value and sustained jobs created across the regions, the significant contribution their clients make to tax receipts and spend in the Irish economy, as well as their contribution to our export success and continuing healthy balance of payments. However, we are now presented...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (22 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: The EU Directive on Temporary Agency Workers (2008/14/EC) is due to be transposed into Irish law by 5 December 2011. A central aim of the Directive is to ensure protection of temporary agency workers by applying the principle of equal treatment in their basic working and employment conditions. My Department initiated a public consultation on the national transposition of the Directive in...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (22 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: A list of the agencies under the auspices of my Department and their financial allocations for 2010 and 2011 sought by the deputy are published under Vote 34 in the Revised Estimates Volumes for the Public Service 2010 and 2011 which are available in the Dáil Library. The outturn figures for 2011 will not be available until years end.

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (22 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 231 together. The main factors impacting on job creation, enterprise and innovation at present have been well flagged in reports from the National Competitiveness Council (NCC) 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...

Written Answers — Units of Measurement: Units of Measurement (22 Nov 2011)

Richard Bruton: Directive 80/181/EEC on Units of Measurement, transposed by European Communities (Units of Measurement) Regulations 1992 (S.I. No. 255 of 1992) as amended by Directive 2009/3/EC transposed by European Communities (Units of Measurement) (Amendment) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 89 of 2010) outline when metric measurements must be used and the extent to which imperial measures can continue to be...