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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Over the last six years there have been eight IDA Ireland-sponsored site visits by potential investors to County Cavan.  It is important to remember, however, that site visits do not reflect the totality of efforts made by the Agency to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) to a particular region or county. It is also the case that site visits themselves are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2014 do not specifically prescribe a definition of appropriate identification. For the Deputy’s information, in practice, an example of appropriate identification would be a letter from the employer stating the trainees name, what training the trainee is undertaking, when they began the training, the name of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Safety (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: A competent person is defined in section 2 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 as: “(2) (a) For the purposes of the relevant statutory provisions, a person is deemed to be a competent person where, having regard to the task he or she is required to perform and taking account of the size or hazards (or both of them) of the undertaking or establishment in which he or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since the dissolution of the County Enterprise Boards in April 2014, the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and ‘soft supports’ to those wishing to start or grow their own business. The LEO services include an extensive range of high-quality training and mentoring supports which are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Since the dissolution of the County Enterprise Boards in April 2014, the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and ‘soft supports’ to those wishing to start or grow their own business. The LEO services include an extensive range of high-quality training and mentoring supports which are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 781 and 782 together. Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is globally recognised as the key economic differentiator.  RDI enables companies in Ireland to make products and services that are better, cheaper or more novel than those in global markets.  Thus, in order to export, and to provide insulation from market shocks, such as those posed by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is globally recognised as the key economic differentiator.  RDI enables companies in Ireland to make products and services that are better, cheaper or more novel than those in global markets.  Thus, in order to export, and to provide insulation from market shocks, such as those posed by Brexit, Irish companies must innovate. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Research, Development and Innovation (RDI) is globally recognised as a key economic differentiator.  RDI enables companies in Ireland to make products and services that are better, cheaper or more novel than those in global markets.  Thus, in order to export, and to provide insulation from market shocks, such as those posed by Brexit, companies in Ireland must innovate. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Following engagement between my officials and the Deputy's Oireachtas office, the following clarification on the information sought by the Deputy was provided by his office: "The deputy is looking for the aggregate of funding secured under Horizon 2020 for each of the years 2014 to 2016 inclusive with the aggregate broken down by higher education institution, and for the aggregate of funding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There are no specific regulations applying to car washing businesses for which my Department has responsibility.  These businesses are subject to general consumer protection legislation, including Part IV of the Sale of Goods and Supply of Services Act 1980 on the supply of services; the Consumer Protection Act 2007 on unfair, misleading and aggressive...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The employment of all non-EEA nationals in the State is governed by the Employment Permits Acts 2003 – 2014.  Under this legislation, in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality which allows them to reside and work in the State without the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The European Union manages trade relations with countries outside the EU through its trade policy.  This means that it is the EU not individual member states that negotiate international trade agreements.  The European Commission acts as chief negotiator on behalf of the whole EU, but does so in close cooperation with the Council and European Parliament who ultimately approve any...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Accommodation for my Department is provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in buildings which are either State-owned or leased by the OPW on our behalf. Therefore, my Department does not directly own or control any properties. No building assigned to my Department by the OPW is unoccupied. My Department has not incurred costs regarding security arrangements on maintaining vacant or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (11 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was established on 1 October 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.  At that time, the WRC assumed the roles and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Arising from its obligations under the Protection of Employment Act 1977, the company in question wrote to me as Minister for Jobs Enterprise and Innovation on 7th February last to give notice of proposed collective redundancies and the opening of the consultation process required under that Act. I am informed that approximately 65 compulsory redundancies are proposed to be made from May to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Regional development is a top priority of mine and I am determined to help drive job creation all over Ireland. Increasing and sustaining foreign direct investment (FDI) outside of our main urban areas represents a vital part of this. IDA Ireland’s strategy for 2015-2019 includes a commitment to increase FDI in every region outside Dublin by 30%-40%. The Agency made good progress...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Funding (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The total budget allocation for IDA Ireland for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017, as set out in the Revised Estimates Volume, is detailed below. It should be noted that in December 2015 IDA Ireland was also provided with a supplementary estimate of €21 million. These additional resources were allocated to both support the rollout of the Agency's Regional Property Programme and to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise Ireland receives funding from 2 separate subheads under my Department’s Vote. EI receives funding in respect of its enterprise programmes under Subhead A.7. Subhead B4 of my department’s Vote which funds DJEI’s Science and Technology Development Programme also provides funding to EI. The budget allocations under each of these subheads for the years in question...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: InterTradeIreland Funding (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: As InterTrade Ireland is based in Newry, its working currency is sterling. Exchange rate fluctuations between the euro and sterling can therefore impact on the level of the Department's financial contributions to the Body. The total amount of annual funding provided by my Department to InterTrade Ireland from 2014-2016 was as follows:- Year Amount 2014 €7.762m 2015 €7.840m...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (6 Apr 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On the 15th February 2017, the European Parliament voted in favour of the provisional application of EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). Provisional application is a standard part of trade agreements and allows those parts of the agreement for which the EU has competence to come into force. The provisions relating to investment protection and investment dispute...