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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: What type of additional staff are being sought by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland? What skill sets are required? I am sure the jobs have been advertised it but I have not seen the ads. Will there be three or five year contracts for the additional staff? What is the timeline for investing in additional staff? Will they be based overseas or in Ireland?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: We regularly discuss site visits in the Dáil and we did so last week. I know how the figures are presented in the Action Plan for Jobs and how they are regionalised. It would be remiss of me if I did not raise it again. Roscommon has had one site visit and Kerry has had three. We are giving money to IDA Ireland which is involved in job promotion and job creation. We all understand...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: I am not finished yet.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Earlier the Minister mentioned value for money. We discussed it last week, here at the committee and again in the Dáil when discussing the Succeed in Ireland initiative. The cost of a job through that initiative was €4,000 and the cost of an IDA job was between €10,000 and €11,000. How does the cost of an IDA Ireland-delivered job or verified job compare with the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: I am not asking the Minister to comment on that; I am asking her to comment on the cost. These are IDA Ireland figures, not mine or the committee's. IDA Ireland has stated it costs it €10,000 to €11,000 per job created. How does that compare with the UK agency or other agencies?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: I want to mention the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the HSA. Do they come under this programme?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: Is there any plan in the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to conduct a review of the remit of the HSA? What has triggered my question is the recent "Prime Time" programme on theme parks. We met the operators of fun fairs, who do not come specifically under the remit of the HSA. With an improving economy, there will be more people at work and there will be more stress placed on...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister of State for that response.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions he is taking to increase the rate of credit lending to businesses via the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; the level of take up from the fund by businesses at 31 December 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15474/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 261. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the criteria regarding the length of time that eligible participants can remain in the community employment, Tús and rural social schemes. [15481/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 466. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if assistance and advice can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15044/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 522. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications from County Limerick that were submitted to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI, agriculture cashflow support loan scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications from County Limerick respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15475/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Fund for Strategic Investments (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 571. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential investment projects her Department put forward to the Department of Finance task force report for the European Fund for Strategic Investment in each year since it was established. [14923/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 572. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14924/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 573. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the employment forecasts and targets emanating from Enterprise 2025 and referenced in Ireland Connected: Trading and Investing in a Dynamic World strategy are outdated, in view of the fact they were predicated on a non-hard Brexit scenario; and if these targets will be reviewed. [14925/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 591. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the employment forecasts and targets emanating from Enterprise 2025 and referenced in Ireland Connected: Trading and Investing in a Dynamic World strategy, are outdated in view of the fact they were predicated on a non-hard Brexit scenario; and if these targets will be reviewed. [15476/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Funding (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 590. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that have been recipients of Horizon 2020 funding in each year since the programme became operational, by county, in tabular form. [15473/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 592. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason there is a provision in the Statutory Audits Bill 2017 to changes section 343 of the Companies Act 2014 regarding district court applications for late filing; and if she is considering removing this proposal in the final Bill, which removes the audit exemption for small companies with a view to minimise the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 593. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office and previously county enterprise board supported jobs, by county, and in the case of Dublin, a breakdown between Dublin city, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and south Dublin for 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15478/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme (28 Mar 2017)

Niall Collins: 594. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the current drawdown levels issued under the credit guarantee scheme; the value of approvals in 2014, 2015 and 2016 by county of each drawdown and approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15479/17]