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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My responsibility, as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, is on ensuring that Ireland as a whole is best placed to capitalise on whatever foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities may emerge on account of Brexit. That is why I secured significant additional funding for IDA Ireland to help the Agency better respond to the challenges and opportunities Brexit may present for each...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department, through Enterprise Ireland and the LEOs provides a range of supports to help Irish companies start, grow and export.  There are now over 201,000 people employed by EI supported companies across the country. The fact that over 130,000 of those 201,000 jobs are outside of Dublin is significant. The objective of Enterprise Ireland’s new ‘Global...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: As Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, I am consistently focused on supporting job creation. Since 2012, the annual Action Plan for Jobs has delivered actions to support job retention and creation. The unemployment rate has dropped from a high of 15.1% in February 2012 to 6.6 % in February 2017. The figure for the number of people in work has risen from 1,836,000 in Q3 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Government has already taken a number of important initiatives, including in bolstering the capacity of our enterprise agencies to maximise job creation opportunities inside and outside the EU. The recently published Action Plan for Jobs 2017 builds on this with specific measures to: - support enterprises, particularly those most dependent on UK markets - identify and target new...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Promotion (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The UK’s exit negotiations from the EU will not commence until Article 50 has been triggered, which the UK Government have indicated they intend to do on 29 March 2017.  These negotiations could take the maximum allowed period of two years to complete. It is hard to predict at this stage the full impact of Brexit. Much will depend on the nature of the future trade deal that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Development (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In cases where significant job losses arise due to a company closing or downsizing, the local Education and Training Board (ETB) can engage with the company and the impacted staff to undertake an assessment of training needs. If retraining or upskilling is deemed to be required, the ETB can then organise appropriate courses.  In the case of the company referred...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Knowledge Development Box (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: As set out in the Action Plan for Jobs 2017, which was co-ordinated across Government by my Department, protecting our interests in the international jobs investment market continues to be a priority.  Ireland will continue to provide a competitive offering for mobile investment, including tax offering, and to ensure that our innovative entrepreneurs establish and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland is making good progress towards its target of increasing the level of investment in each region by 30% to 40% by 2019. In 2016, 52% of all Agency supported jobs created were based outside of Dublin. While IDA Ireland does everything in its power to ensure an even spread of investments, it is important to realise that the ultimate decision on location rests solely with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department did not make any payment to broadcasters in the years 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 to date. In 2015, my Department paid €250,000 to Atomic Advertising ltd in respect of an advertising campaign to raise awareness of a range of government supports for enterprise. These advertisements were carried by a number of broadcasters Any payments to broadcasters from agencies under the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together. I understand, from IDA Ireland, that the Succeed-in-Ireland initiative has created 535 jobs on the ground to date. These verified jobs are associated with 85 projects, 25 of which are being delivered by client companies of other State Agencies. Of these 25 companies, 18 are IDA Ireland clients, six are Enterprise Ireland clients and one...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 30:In page 59, to delete line 19 and substitute the following:“Supervisory Authority.”,and(b) in paragraph (5)(a) of the Table to the section, by the substitution of “within 30 months after” for “within 2 years after”.”.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 31:In page 61, after line 37, to insert the following:“(b) in section 183—(i) in subsection (9), by the substitution of “previous death of the appointer” for “previous death or insanity of the appointer”, and (ii) in subsection (10), by the substitution of “such death, revocation or transfer” for “such death,...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 32:In page 62, line 6, to delete “any floating charge created by the company” and substitute “a floating charge”. Amendment No. 32 is related to amendment No. 33. Both are technical and propose to correct a typographical error in an amendment tabled on Committee Stage.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 33:In page 62, line 11, to delete “subsection (1)(c)(i)” and substitute “subsection (1)(i) or (ii)”.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 34:In page 62, to delete lines 17 to 19 and substitute the following:“(j) in section 1205—(i) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “subsection (9)” for “subsection (8)”,and (ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):“(c) in subsection (10), there shall be substituted ‘such death or...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 35:In page 64, line 42, to delete “section 91” and substitute “section 100*”.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 4:In page 13, line 7, to delete "section 280" and substitute "section 277". This amendment is grouped with amendments Nos. 6 to 13, inclusive, and 35. All of these amendments are technical. They correct either cross-references in the Bill or grammatical errors.

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 5:In page 13, to delete lines 8 to 14 and substitute the following:" "277A.(1) Subject to this section, the directors of a company may, before the operative date of the provisions of the Act of 2017specified in subsection (4) (the 'specified provisions of the Act of 2017'), opt to prepare and approve statutory financial statements for the company in accordance with those...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 6:In page 13, line 34, to delete "section 5" and substitute "section 4".

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 7:In page 13, line 35, to delete "sections 11 to 13" and substitute "sections 10to 12".