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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is, but not today. We are going through the budget for 2016 for the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. It amounts to €802 million and we are being questioned on that.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Local enterprise offices do not fund Childminding Ireland. That is not their area.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is funded by Pobal but it is not a matter for this Department.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There will be another day. The Minister of State, Deputy Breen, and I will attend on another day to answer those specific questions about quality of jobs, low pay and so on.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My understanding is that it is a matter for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: If Deputy Niall Collins does not object, I will push that question to the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, who is in charge of the area. The Deputy also asked about income from Enterprise Ireland and income earned by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: No, they do not borrow money. They have their own resources and income and they get some of that from property, share sales or dividend income. They do not borrow money. However, they do leverage funding from the private sector in the area of venture capital. For example, Enterprise Ireland will invest €175 million over six years from 2014 to 2019 and then the private sector will...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked if anything was not working. The answer is no. I was asked about the funding for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE. Its funding has not seen a reduction. There was a return to 26 fortnightly pay periods in 2016, compared to 27 in 2015. Therefore, there was no cut. There was a small reduction in the level of unused ODCE legal...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Yes, we are, but, as I said, we are looking to employ more staff. However, we have the difficulty I have outlined. On the one stop shop and LEOs, we are pretty happy. Of course, there are issues in some of the LEOs. For example, some staff had retired and there was an embargo on recruitment to replace them. Therefore, when the LEOs were taken over by the local authorities, there was a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I wish to respond to queries by Deputies Neville and Donnelly. Earlier Deputy Donnelly spoke about his friend who sought help. The LEOs are not one-stop shops, rather they provide signposting to tell people where to go. I heard what Deputy Neville said. It is very important for businesses out there. We have a very good portal on our website, www.djei.ie, especially for people seeking...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Deputy for his praise of the Department. We evaluate our programmes and we are pretty happy. We would like more money for research and innovation and we would like to do more there. We will be pushing towards that. I am telling all my ministerial friends at the Cabinet table that we will be seeking more money in the 2017 budget to ensure we can further reduce the 7.8%...

Death of Jo Cox, MP: Expressions of Sympathy (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There is no separate legal definition of the term “au pair” in Irish legislation, and individuals described as “au pairs”, “nannies” or “child-minders” are not exempted or treated as separate categories of workers under Irish employment law. Ireland’s body of employment rights legislation protects all employees who are legally...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I signed the European Union (Statutory Audits) (Directive 2006/43/EC, as amended by Directive 2014/56/EU, and Regulation (EU) No 537/2014) Regulations 2016 (S. I. No. 312 of 2016) on 15 June 2016 and they took effect on 17 June 2016. This Statutory Instrument gives effect to Ireland’s obligations under the EU audit reform package, comprising Directive (2014/56/EU) which amends...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 553, 554 and 556 together. Official employment figures maintained by the Central Statistics Office show that the border region, including Donegal, has seen an increase in employment of 8,300 from the start of 2011 to end of quarter 1 2016. Donegal has performed strongly as well in terms of IDA Ireland-supported inward investment since 2011. I include a table...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a county-by-county basis only. From 2009 to the end of quarter one in 2016, there were a total of 2,777 IDA Ireland sponsored site visits by potential investors to various locations throughout the country. The attached table sets out, on a county-by-county basis, the number of IDA Ireland sponsored site visits during...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (the 2001 Act) implemented EU Council Directive 97/81/EC into Irish law. The purpose of the Directive was to implement the Framework Agreement on part-time work concluded by the European cross-industry organisations UNICE, CEEP and the ETUC. The purpose of the Framework Agreement, which was annexed to the Directive, was to eliminate...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (21 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 558 to 560, inclusive, together. There is a robust suite of employment rights legislation in place providing protection for employees, including legislation governing working time and pay. This includes the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014, National Minimum Wage Act 2000, the Payment of Wages Act 1991, the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, the...

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Thank you very much, a Chathaoirligh, for your good wishes. I welcome the opportunity to address the Seanad today on the important issue of getting people back to work. I look forward to working with the House. I respect the way in which the House does business. This Government's goal is to achieve sustainable full employment. We want all people to have the opportunity to enjoy rewarding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Supports (16 Jun 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, (OECD), in its Economic Review of Ireland 2015 highlighted that public support for business R&D is increasingly skewed towards R&D tax credits and that government can help strengthen Ireland’s sector by rebalancing its innovation policies towards more direct form of innovation supports. Innovation 2020 is the...