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

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 2:In page 8, between lines 8 and 9, to insert the following: “(j) subsection (5) of section 1237;". This is a technical amendment. Deputies may recall I signalled on Committee Stage my intention to table an amendment to clarify that an application process under the Companies Act 2014 has now ended. The Companies Act 2014 was a significant modernisation of Irish...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

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

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 1:In page 7, line 17, to delete "This Act" and substitute "Subject to subsection (2)of section 78, this Act". Amendment No. 1 is a technical amendment that is related to my Amendment No. 20. As Deputies know, Irish company law offers people the choice to establish either limited liability companies or unlimited companies. One consequence of creating a limited liability...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Deputy mentioned the industrial development (amendment) Bill. The draft heads of the Bill were approved by Government-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: -----and we expect them in the first half of 2017. On Tipperary, given the Deputy mentioned the Bill-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: If I may answer the question, the Deputy asked me about Tipperary. I met the Deputy on two occasions along with the other Deputies from Tipperary. I will meet the action group from Tipperary, including the chief executive, along with any Oireachtas Members that wish to attend next week. I assure the Deputy that regional jobs are hugely important to me. I know Deputy McGrath knows that to...

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise offices-----

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: -----are all trying to win regional jobs for Ireland, including Tipperary.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is disgusting.

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I want to make sure that everyone understands that there is a legal dispute between ConnectIreland and IDA Ireland. This is unfortunate and a legal process is under way to address the differences. On the last occasion on which I took questions on ConnectIreland, I stated that the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is drafting the terms of reference and guidelines for the review....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 to 290, inclusive, together. There were 24 job announcements by IDA Ireland client companies in the South East region from 2011 to date.  It is important to realise that the number of announcements does not necessarily reflect the level of FDI activity in the region, because not all IDA clients choose to publicly announce investments....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (22 Mar 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: Workplace Relations Commission (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body established on 1 October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC 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. Inspectors of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Youth Unemployment (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On 8 December 2016, the EPSCO Council discussed youth unemployment under the format of EU policies on the Youth Guarantee and the Youth Employment Initiative. At EU level, discussions on youth unemployment fall under the remit of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council, also known as EPSCO.  While youth unemployment activation policies fall primarily...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The National Competitiveness Council (NCC) reports to the Taoiseach and the Government, through me on key competitiveness issues facing the Irish economy and offers recommendations on policy actions required to enhance Ireland’s competitive position. The Council is undertaking a benchmarking research exercise comparing Ireland and the UK across a number of dimensions based on key...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategies (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I secured additional monies for 2017 to provide for 39 targeted posts in Enterprise Ireland (EI) to enable it to support its clients across all markets. Extra staff will be placed in EI’s domestic and overseas offices with sectoral knowledge and expertise such as in engineering, food, life sciences and construction. This will drive export growth to other international markets where...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) covers virtually every aspect of economic activity.  It will remove over 99% of tariffs and will create sizeable new market access opportunities in services and investment in many sectors for Irish firms.  Irish firms will also be able to bid for Canadian public contracts at the federal and sub-federal level. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commercial Property (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Decisions in relation to the renting of commercial premises are a matter, in the first instance, for private sector enterprises and not a matter in which I have a function. A key intervention in terms of tackling commercial vacancy rates lies in the setting, by local authorities, of incentivised business rates for unoccupied premises. To this end, a number of Local Authorities have...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategies (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am very much aware of the potential impact of Brexit on border areas and I am committed to doing all I can to assist enterprise in the region.  I regularly engage with stakeholders from the area and, on 19 January, I hosted a large delegation of elected representatives from Cavan and Monaghan to discuss issues including Brexit. IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the Local...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (22 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am informed by IDA Ireland that the 31,000 square foot Advance Technology Building located in Finisklin Business Park Sligo is due for completion at the end of next month. I understand that this building is already being actively marketed by the Agency to all potential investors.