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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...at need in our society and in danger of imminent closure due to lost fund-raised or traded income as a direct result of restrictions to counter the spread of COVID-19. This fund will provide €35million of funding through the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF) and the criteria align with DAF objectives to support: 1 The personal and social development of persons who are economically or...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...these organisations to find new and innovative ways of adapting and delivering essential services in a changing economic and societal landscape. In April 2020, my Department launched a €2.5 million COVID-19 Emergency Fund for those groups taking part in the ‘Community Call’. Administered through the Local Authorities, this initiative was an immediate response to...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Jul 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...at need in our society and in danger of imminent closure due to lost fund-raised or traded income as a direct result of restrictions to counter the spread of COVID-19. This fund will provide €35 million of funding through the Dormant Accounts Fund (DAF) and the criteria align with DAF objectives to support: 1. The personal and social development of persons who are economically or...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Services Programme (30 Jun 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...positions and a manager, where warranted.  The CSP co-funding contribution towards employing each FTE is €19,033 per annum and €32,000 per annum for managers.  The CSP allocation for 2020 is €46.89m, an increase of 5% would cost an additional €2.34 million per annum and would result in a revised allocation of €49.23m.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Social Enterprise Sector (30 Jun 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...social enterprises, along with community and voluntary organisations and charities.  These supports, which are additional to other Government supports such as the Wage Subsidy Scheme, include: - a €2.5 million fund to support community and voluntary groups, charities and social enterprises involved in the delivery of COVID-19 community response efforts, which was announced...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...-19 to enable those businesses to innovate, change or adapt in response to the current business environment. Following a further announcement this Scheme is now being expanded to make available an additional €250 million in lending, which will bring the total amount of lending available under this scheme to €450 million. The scheme is open to eligible SMEs and small mid-caps...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...of Covid-19 to enable those businesses to innovate, change or adapt in response to the current business environment. Following a further announcement this Scheme is now being expanded to make available an additional €250 million in lending, which will bring the total amount of lending available under this scheme to €450 million. The scheme is open to eligible SMEs and small...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...benefits which will be brought about by businesses reopening. It is important to note that all decisions taken by Government on the timing of any lifting of restrictions as envisaged in Phases 2 to 5 of the Roadmap will be guided by the public health advice at the time. On 15thMay the Government announced that we would move to Phase 1 of the Roadmap from Monday May 18th. This is in line...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data (13 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...at county, regional and national level. The Fund has been administered on behalf of my Department by Enterprise Ireland. There have been three calls under the Fund, and just under €100 million in funding has been approved across 68 projects. Call 3 of the REDF opened on 24thJune 2019 and closed on 25thSeptember 2019. A total of 61 projects were received by the call close date and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (13 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...about by Brexit. The Brexit Loan Scheme provides affordable working capital to eligible businesses with up to 499 employees that are or will be Brexit impacted and which meet the scheme criteria. The €23 million exchequer funding announced in the 2018 Budget (€14 million from my Department and €9 million from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine) has...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices (5 Mar 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...LEO network was instituted under the County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Act, 2014, a LEO was established on the basis of the functional area of the 31 County and City Councils in Ireland. This model, in operation for over 5 years, has been the platform for ongoing and incremental success in terms of client engagement and strong local jobs growth. There are a wide range of Brexit...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (5 Mar 2020)

Heather Humphreys: ...for the end of the Brexit transition period. Brexit has been and will remain central to my decision-making in the allocation of my Departments budget. I secured for my Department an additional €15m Current and €63 million capital funding in Budget 2019 and a further €9 million in current funding and €12 million in capital funding in Budget 2020. These resources...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategies (18 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The National Space Strategy for Enterprise 2019-2025 was launched on the 19th June 2019.  The strategy aims to support the development of an economically sustainable and expanding space active industry in Ireland. In order to achieve the vision, the strategy sets out six goals, as follows:Double the space related revenue and employment in space-active Irish companies;Support 100...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data (17 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s €60 million Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF), administered by Enterprise Ireland, has the objective of supporting every region to build on its unique strengths and ultimately create sustainable jobs.  Administered via two competitive calls, a total of 42 projects were approved funding totaling €59.5 million.  The budget for this fund...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is a €500 million fund, established as one of the National Development Plan investment priorities under Project Ireland 2040, which will run from 2018 to 2027. The Fund forms a key part in the delivery of the Pillar 1 goal of Future Jobs Ireland to embrace innovation and technological change. It will see investment in the development...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund (17 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...emerging from that regional collaborative process.   To date, the REDF has been delivered through two competitive calls with 42 projects across all regions securing a total of just under €60 million in all regions.   The Deputy will be aware that in June 2019 I announced a further €45 million Call 3 of the Regional Enterprise Development Fund.  Call 3...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...Education Institutes (HEIs).My Department took over responsibility for the PRTLI in May 2010, from the Department of Education and Skills. The Higher Education Authority (HEA) continues to administer Cycle 5 of the Programme on behalf of my Department. The allocations and amounts expended on the PRTLI in the years 2010 – 2019 are set out in Table A, with some increases in funding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (17 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The current Cycle 5 of the Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was announced in 2010 and has involved Exchequer expenditure of approx. €277m with a further €59m of private investment  Cycle 5 projects have now been completed and my Department is addressing the remaining payments associated with these awards. In addition to supporting the provision of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I will revert to the Deputy with the number. It was looking for 15 staff and it has recruited people for 13 posts. There are two posts to be filled. There may be a timing issue as well and some people may be coming on board, leading to this underspend. There was a saving of €1.4 million in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, and I gave extra money to it...

OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...place now than they were in 2010, when many were forced to close. The issue of access to credit was raised. We have the future growth loan scheme and it is flying out the door. Some €101 million was sanctioned and it was only lodged in April. A third of it is gone already. That is a good source of finance for people who want to look at the future growth loan scheme as a...