Results 61-80 of 2,023 for speaker:Mary Mitchell O'Connor in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Government Budget Allocations for Research and Development (GBARD) measures all the funding allocated by the Government to research and development to be performed in all sectors of the economy. e.g. within the higher education sector, by businesses or by Government agencies. GBARD includes: - Government funding for R&D programmes in the higher education sector administered...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Latvia is the only Member State to notify the EU Commission that it had ratified the EU - Canada Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). The status of ratification at Member States level is available on the European Council’s website at .   I fully support provisional application of the Agreement.  I am of the view that there should be no impediment to Irish companies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees Agreements (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) are provided for under the Industrial Relations Act 1946 and were reformed by the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2012. A JLC is comprised of equal numbers of representatives of employers and workers in a sector.  JLCs meet regularly, under an independent Chairperson to discuss proposals for terms and conditions to apply to specified grades or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees Agreements (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) are provided for under the Industrial Relations Act 1946 and were reformed by the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act, 2012. A JLC is comprised of equal numbers of representatives of employers and workers in a sector.  JLCs meet regularly, under an independent Chairperson to discuss proposals for terms and conditions to apply to specified grades or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On 2 May last, the Government approved draft legislative proposals as a response to the Programme for Government commitment to address the problems caused by the increased casualisation of work and to strengthen the regulation of precarious work. The draft legislation was referred to the Office of the Attorney General on 4 May for priority drafting of a Bill....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table: No. of staff1serving in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) (2001-2017) GRADE 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 20172 Director 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Corporate Compliance Manager 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 Legal Adviser 0 3 3 3...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since I took up office as the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, five forensic accountants have joined the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) and a recruitment process is underway for a further two. Additionally, a senior digital forensics specialist took up duty with the ODCE on May 30. In addition, and due to a combination of retirement, promotion and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The investigative shortcomings of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) identified by Judge John Aylmer in this case are unacceptable. They fell far short of the standard of impartial, unbiased and thorough investigation we expect and demand. I have written to the Director of Corporate Enforcement on Wednesday May 24, requesting a report under section 955(1)(a) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (1 Jun 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 254 and 255 together. IDA Ireland’s €150 million regional property programme includes the delivery of an Advance Technology Building (ATB) in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. Construction of the facility is not yet complete and therefore details of its final cost are not currently available. The standard construction cost for ATBs is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (31 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Ireland is an open trading economy.  Under successive governments Ireland has continued to promote a policy for open international trade and competition.  This has greatly benefitted our economy.  My Department consults relevant Government Departments at every stage of a negotiation of a free trade agreement.  My Department consulted the Department of Health in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (31 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Living Wage concept is grounded in the idea that a person’s wage should be sufficient to maintain a safe, decent standard of living. At an individual level the resources required to achieve a minimum essential standard of living is very dependent on family circumstances and thus the interaction of individual earnings with household income and State-provided supports such as Child...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (31 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since I took up office as the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, five forensic accountants have joined the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and a recruitment process is underway for a further two. Additionally, a senior digital forensics specialist is expected to take up duty with the ODCE in June. In addition, and due to a combination of retirement, promotion...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (31 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The investigative shortcomings of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) identified by Judge John Aylmer in this case are unacceptable. They fell far short of the standard impartial, unbiased and thorough investigation we expect and demand. I have written to the Director of Corporate Enforcement on Wednesday May 24, requesting a report under section 955(1)(a) of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (31 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I was briefed by Department officials on developments with the Anglo investigations shortly after taking up office as the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. As a matter of course, previous ministers were similarly briefed on issues related to the Anglo investigations. In particular, a Memorandum to Government accompanied the ODCE Annual Report each year which would have outlined...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (31 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Under the provisions of the Companies Act 2014, the Director of Corporate Enforcement is independent in the exercise of his functions. On March 16, 2011, the Secretaries General of the then Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation and the then Department of Justice and Law Reform met with the Garda Commissioner and officials from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (31 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In October 2016 the Low Pay Commission submitted its report on the sub-minima rates of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000, which included a study by the ESRI on the usage of sub-minima rates both in Ireland and internationally. The Commission found that sub-minima rates of a similar nature are in use in a number of OECD countries.  It concluded that incidence of usage of the sub-minima...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Dairy Sector (30 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Robotic milking machines fall within the definition of a machine under Directive 2006/42/EC of 17 May 2006 on machinery. This Directive contains provisions  for the protection of persons and, in respect of machinery for foodstuffs, contains provisions related to avoiding the risk of infection, sickness or  contagion.  The provisions of this Directive have been...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Dairy Sector (30 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Robotic milking machines fall within the definition of a machine under Directive 2006/42/EC of 17 May 2006 on machinery. This Directive contains provisions  for the protection of persons and, in respect of machinery for foodstuffs,  contains provisions related to avoiding the risk of infection, sickness or  contagion. The provisions of this Directive have been transposed...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Dairy Sector (30 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In the context of a compliant relating to a purchase, robotic milking machines are treated in the same way as any other product. When a consumer or purchaser is not satisfied with the product purchased, the first point of contact should be with the retailer or distributor with whom the purchases took place. Should the purchaser continue to be unsatisfied the consumer...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Dairy Sector (30 May 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In the context of a compliant relating to a purchase, robotic milking machines are treated in the same way as any other product. When a consumer or purchaser is not satisfied with the product purchased, the first point of contact should be with the retailer or distributor with whom the purchases took place. Should the purchaser continue to be unsatisfied the consumer...