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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 96 together. IDA Ireland maintains statistics on Agency-supported jobs on a county-by-county basis only. Information on the breakdown of such employment within individual local authorities is not available. In 2015, a total of 76,492 people were employed in Dublin by client companies of the Agency. This figure increased to 82,622 in 2016. Figures...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Information on the number of site visits to Dublin and Cork since 2012 is set out in the following table. While the IDA maintains information on the number of visits to individual counties, it does not - for reasons of client confidentiality and commercial sensitivity - release details of specific itineraries of potential investors. Information on how many...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The numbers of jobs supported by each of the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in 2016 are set down in the following table. The results of the Annual Employment Survey of LEO clients for 2016 show that all 31 LEOs reported jobs gains in their areas in 2016. A total of 7,883 new full- and part-time jobs were created, an uplift of over 10.4% on 2015. Taking into account job losses, there was a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Credit Guarantee Schemes (the original made in 2012, and another in 2015) were operated on behalf of me as Minister for Enterprise and Innovation by a private sector firm for the first 4 years of its existence. On 17 October 2016, in accordance with a Government Decision, the role of Operator was transferred to the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI). SBCI has advised...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) provides small loans through the Government’s Microenterprise Loan Fund to help start ups and established businesses to start up a small business or expand an  existing small business. MFI provides me with Quarterly Reports of progress, and these Reports are published on the websites of both MFI and my Department.  The Report for Quarter 2...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Capital funding for the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) is provided by my Department via the Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Enterprise Ireland, who distribute the funding to individual LEOs. The Capital allocations are for direct financial supports to the micro-enterprise sector (Measure 1 grants) and so-called “soft” supports for LEO clients, such as training and mentoring...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body which was established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC assumes the roles and functions previously carried out by the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), Equality Tribunal, Labour Relations Commission (LRC), Rights Commissioners Service (RCS), and the first-instance...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Staff (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was established on 1stOctober 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015, and has responsibility for information provision, workplace advice, mediation, conciliation, adjudication, inspection and enforcement in relation to employment rights, equality and equal status matters and industrial relations.  Its staff forms part of the overall...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Vouchers Initiative (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher Initiative was introduced in 2007 in order to drive an on-going innovation culture shift within small enterprise by promoting and encouraging knowledge transfer between Ireland’s public knowledge providers and the small business community and creating greater synergies between the two.  Under the initiative, vouchers worth €5,000...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) provides small loans through the Government’s Microenterprise Loan Fund to help start ups and established businesses to start up a small business or expand an existing business. MFI provides me with Quarterly Reports of progress, and these Reports are published on the websites of both MFI and my Department.  The Report for Quarter 2...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Enterprise Ireland offers a range of financial and non-financial supports to assist clients to win business and sustain and create jobs through all stages of the business development cycle.  Start-ups remain a key source of employment for the Irish economy and over time many start-ups will develop and grow and emerge as the medium and large sized companies of the future. Supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development Capital Scheme (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The establishment of the Development Capital Scheme is a critical action under the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs and has the objective of increasing the availability of risk capital and closing the ‘equity gap’ experienced by SMEs seeking risk capital in the region of €2million - €12million. The Development Capital Scheme forms part of the suite of new...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Seed Capital Scheme Applications (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Successive Governments, through Enterprise Ireland, have invested in the domestic venture capital sector for over 20 years.  This investment has sought to increase the availability of risk capital for SMEs to support economic growth through the continued development of the Seed and Venture Capital industry in Ireland,  thereby achieving a more robust, commercially viable and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Fund Ireland (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Innovation Fund Ireland is an Irish Government initiative designed to attract leading international venture capital fund managers to Ireland to compliment the domestic venture capital sector.  Innovation Fund Ireland funding involved Enterprise Ireland and National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) investing together and separately. The NPRF has now been reconstituted as the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The following sets out the number of inspections and investigations and spend on safety initiatives by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) for the period 2011 - 2017 Year Inspections and Investigations Year Inspections and Investigations 2011 15,340 2012 13,835 2013 12,244 2014 10,719 2015 10,880 2016 10,460 2017 –  to  10 July 5,458 recorded year to date 10...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As previously advised, no former TDs have been appointed to any State Boards under my Department's remit. In relation to whether any former TD applied for a position on any of my Department's State Boards, my Department has bee advised by the Public Appointment Service (PAS) that all applications submitted to PAS are confidential and used only for the purpose of assessing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: New trading links continue to be established globally at a fast pace.  In recent years, technological innovation, the digitization of trade and geopolitical changes have all impacted on how the world trades.  While the global economic environment has always been dynamic, it could be argued that change is happening at a faster pace than ever before.  The EU's suite of Free...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I understand the importance of the availability of suitable properties in attracting foreign direct investment to Ireland, including to County Sligo. I am informed that IDA Ireland has eight hectares of available land at its Finisklin Business and Technology Park and that the Agency continues to bring this property to the attention of potential investors. In addition, I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Brexit will undoubtedly have a range of impacts on firms. In terms of a hard Brexit and the application of WTO rules, one must remember that this represents a worst case scenario, which is an outcome whereby no trade deal is reached between the UK and EU. This is just one of a range of potential outcomes and not necessarily the one that we expect will result. Ireland and our...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: In advance of the Referendum my Department conducted a contingency risk assessment of the potential impacts of Brexit across policy areas of my Department. We have refined our analysis post-Referendum and we have been working with Agencies to put in place actions to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities. More specifically, we have a number of streams of work underway which will...