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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (24 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland collates its data on site visits on a countywide basis only. The Agency cannot provide, for both reasons of client confidentiality and commercial sensitivity, more specific details on the particular locations visited in each respective county, including for those cited in Tipperary from 2012 to 2016.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (24 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The following table provides a breakdown of the total number of jobs, by sector, in IDA Ireland client companies in 2016.   Last year saw the highest ever level of employment in IDA Ireland client companies, with 199,877 people now employed in companies supported by the Agency. A total of 18,627 new jobs were created, across a range of sectors, with every region of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Supports (24 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Companies that invest in innovation have been shown to be higher performers in terms of employment and export sales and more sustainable through recessionary and other economic shocks such as those posed by Brexit. Ireland’s economic sustainability requires our companies to make products and services that are more novel than their competitors, better performing, more...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Funding (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: A list of companies that received grant assistance from IDA Ireland in 2015 is set out in the table below. Details in relation to grants paid by IDA Ireland in 2016 will be available later this year, when the Comptroller and Auditor General completes its annual audit. It is worth noting that grants paid in a particular year do not necessarily reflect either the investments won or the jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland collates its employment data on an annual basis by region and by county. Sectoral employment data is maintained on a national basis only. The below table sets out details of the number of IDA Ireland supported jobs in Galway in 2015 and 2016. Earlier this month, IDA Ireland announced that client supported employment reached a record high of 199,877 in 2016, with all regions...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Aid (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: EU Regulation No 1407/2013 (the de minimis Regulation) sets out the rules for granting small amounts of financial aid to enterprises which are unlikely to affect trade and distort competition (de minimis aid). Generally, public bodies are allowed to grant aid to a single undertaking of up to €200,000 over a 3 year fiscal period without prior notification or approval from DG...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have met representatives of companies, business organisations and other stakeholders throughout the country in recent months and to date none of them have indicated that they will move any of their operations to the UK as a result of the Brexit referendum in 2016. I am deeply engaged with my Department’s agencies - Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland - to ensure sufficient...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis. The latest data available covers the first three quarters of 2016 only, during which there were 489 site visits countrywide. It is expected that details on site visits for quarter 4 2016 will be available shortly. IDA Ireland Site Visits by County 2015 and to End Q3 2016 County 2015 2016 (to end...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 299 and 300 together. IDA Ireland’s official employment figures are drawn from an employment survey conducted by my Department on an annual basis. The following table provides a breakdown of the total number of IDA Ireland supported jobs including new jobs created and lost on a county by county basis in IDA Ireland client companies in 2014, 2015 and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Jobs Data (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 301 and 302 together. IDA Ireland reported a second, consecutive record year in 2016. 199,877 people are now employed in IDA Ireland supported client companies, up from 188,035 in 2015. This is the highest level of employment in the Agency’s history and, importantly, every region posted net job gains in 2016. Further details of IDA supported...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise Ireland supports companies in every region of Ireland to start, scale and remain competitive on international markets. Enterprise Ireland uses a developmental approach across all aspects of its clients’ needs, including business development, sales and marketing capabilities, innovation and R&D activity, technology development, continuous competitiveness...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Enterprise Ireland supports companies in every region of Ireland to start, scale and remain competitive on international markets. Enterprise Ireland uses a developmental approach across all aspects of its clients’ needs, including business development, sales and marketing capabilities, innovation and R&D activity, technology development, continuous competitiveness and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. Details of the total number of Local Enterprise Office (formerly County Enterprise Board) supported jobs and client numbers for all Local Enterprise Offices for 2014 and 2015 are set out in the following table. Similar information for 2016 is currently being collated and will be published later in Quarter 1 2017. Table: Local Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: An additional €3 million in Pay that I secured in Budget 2017 is targeted specifically to assist in our response to the evolving Brexit scenario. It will enable the Department and its Agencies to recruit an additional forty to fifty staff to supplement existing staffing numbers. In this regard, the additional €3 million pay allocation is for distribution across Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Design and Crafts Council receives funding through Enterprise Ireland for the purpose of promoting crafts and design initiatives. The Budget is approved by the EI Board. An Economic Impact Review of the Crafts Council of Ireland was carried out by Tom Martin and Associates on behalf of Enterprise Ireland in late 2013. The review made recommendations under the following headings: -...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Funding was allocated to the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCoI) for the delivery of Irish Design 2015 (ID2015) by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, through Enterprise Ireland. The total funding was €5.5 million, with €550,000 allocated in 2014 and €4,950,000 in 2015. From the outset of the initiative, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Design and Crafts Council of Ireland receives income through membership fees and also receives funding through Enterprise Ireland for the purpose of promoting crafts and design initiatives. The Budget is approved by the EI Board. Operational and policy matters, along with expenditure, are governed by a Service Level Agreement between the two parties. The funding allocation by Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Motor Insurance (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The establishment of the Personal Injuries Commission is one of the key recommendations in the Cost of Insurance Working Group Report on the Cost of Motor Insurance published on the 10thJanuary 2017 by the Minister for Finance, Mr Michael Noonan T.D., and the Minister of State for Financial Services, Mr Eoghan Murphy T.D. The Report sets out a comprehensive package of measures that tackle...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) was established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and assumed the roles and functions previously carried out by the Labour Relations Commission (LRC), Rights Commissioner Service (RCS), Equality Tribunal (ET), the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) and the first instance (Complaints and Referrals) functions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (19 Jan 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) through its inspection service seeks to secure better compliance with employment rights legislation through proactive education and awareness programmes and focused, risk based inspection and enforcement campaigns. Inspections may be carried out in response to complaints received of alleged non-compliance with relevant employment rights legislation;...