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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: -----such as the start-up gathering we have. I am sure there will be successors to the Web Summit in Dublin because Dublin has such a vibrant environment. Just as we supported it in the past, we will support such an initiative again. I completely reject the suggestion that Enterprise Ireland and the IDA have not used the Web Summit effectively. Only last week I was in the USA on a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Ireland has recovered strongly from the economic crash by developing our opportunities for strong export growth. The USA is an important trading partner for Ireland and Ireland stands to gain if barriers restricting trade are reduced. This is the purpose of the current negotiations with the USA. The mandate given to the EU Commission, which is the negotiator for the EU side, is a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: These claims are simply untrue. The right to profit will not take precedence over the right to regulate, something both negotiators have recognised plainly. They have set that out not only in a joint statement, but in the mandate under which the EU is negotiating. It has been stitched into many of the documents to ensure it is respected through the procedure. Government retains the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Unfortunately, Deputy Murphy does not let the facts interfere with his ideology. The truth is that these negotiations and this arbitration will not be in private with arbitrators chosen by companies. The Commission has developed an approach to dispute settlement whereby it can only be invoked where there is targeted discrimination on manifestly unfair grounds. Adjudicators must be approved...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: My Department and agencies use a range of opportunities to showcase Ireland by hosting or partnering in national and international events that support our overarching policy objectives across our core programmes of enterprise, innovation and regulation. Last week we welcomed over 800 attendees from 43 countries to the Med in Ireland event and the Innovation Showcase 2015 will be taking place...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: I am acutely aware of the role the enterprise agencies have played. They take every chance to successfully exploit opportunities presented by summits, conferences and other events.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: In the past four years they have successfully created 40,000 net additional jobs, many of them in start-up companies. Dublin is now recognised as an excellent start-up environment, which has been part of the reason for the successful attraction of the Web Summit. There is such a vibrant environment here for start-ups which has been created by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Both...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The aim of the Action Plan for Jobs is to help enterprises to create employment in all regions of the country. The latest Quarterly National Household Survey figures from the CSO show that employment has increased nationally by over 133,000 since the start of the Action Plan for Jobs process in 2012. However, not all regions are yet fully experiencing the benefits of economic recovery....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Enterprise Ireland has supported 101 start-up entrepreneurs in Donegal in the past three years through its various programmes, and in addition the Donegal Local Enterprise Office had supported 196 start-up entrepreneurs through its programmes. As the Deputy knows, the local enterprise office now has a service level agreement with Enterprise Ireland which allows start-ups progress to EI...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Under our Action Plan for Jobs we have targeted the winning of new Foreign Direct Investment and have taken measures to ensure that such companies have access to the talent they need, the supports for innovation and a good business environment. This strategy has been successful for the country. Dublin as our capital city and home to many ambitious and creative enterprises and a deep pool of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: A key objective of the Action Plan for Jobs process, which this Government commenced in 2012, was to rebuild our economy based on enterprise and entrepreneurship, talent, innovation and exports and provide a solid foundation for future growth. The goal of this Government has been to replace all of the jobs lost during the economic crisis and deliver sustainable full employment by the end of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The investment in this particular case will involve an expenditure of about €200m on a Data Centre. I myself met the company earlier this year to discuss the proposal and I arranged that IDA Ireland was closely engaged with them during the development of the initiative. The provision of major Data Centres is a significant feature of our wider work to develop the Digital Economy in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: There were 6 IDA Ireland-sponsored site visits to Donegal in 2014. In 2015, up to the end of September, there were 3 site visits to the county. The number of jobs in IDA Ireland client companies in Donegal, according to the 2014 Annual Employment Survey, rose from 1,854 in 2010 to 2,612 in 2014. I enclose the breakdown in the attached tabular statement. The figures for this year will not be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Controls (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: My Department is responsible for controls on the export of military items from Ireland. Under Irish law, military export licences must be sought in respect of the goods and technology, and any components thereof, listed in the Annex to the Control of Exports (Goods and Technology) Order, SI.216 of 2012 which reflects the EU Common Military List.The EU Common Military List includes military...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Limited liability of companies, through its 150 year history in Irish law, has always been a concession to enterprise – a means of incentivising and encouraging entrepreneurs to overcome aversion to risk and to make investments in business ventures that might be beneficial to the economy at large. This concession can be open to abuse and companies can use the corporate form to evade...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: A key objective of the Action Plan for Jobs process, which this Government commenced in 2012, was to rebuild our economy based on enterprise and entrepreneurship, talent, innovation and exports and provide a solid foundation for future growth. Irish industry has to been to the forefront of the economic recovery, with our enterprises and entrepreneurs innovating, developing and improving their...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: North-South Implementation Bodies (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: InterTrade Irelandis one of the six North/South Implementation Bodies established under the ‘Good Friday Agreement of 1998. The body operates from a single base in Newry, Co. Down and is jointly funded in a 2:1 ratio by my Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment in Northern Ireland, respectively. Intertrade Ireland operates an innovative range of schemes and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Corrib Gas Field is part of the Erris Peninsula – a Gaeltacht area – and falls within the remit of Údarás na Gaeltachta.A memorandum of understanding (MOU) exists since 2009 between Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta in relation to areas of cooperation and coordination between the two agencies. As part of this MOU I understand that: -...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Military Neutrality (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: 793 export licences were issued by my Department for the export of dual-use and military items during 2014. 95 of these were issued for the export of military items. My Department is responsible for controls on the export of these military items from Ireland. Under Irish law, military export licences must be sought in respect of the goods and technology, and any components thereof,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Data (4 Nov 2015)

Richard Bruton: Purchases by multinational companies in Ireland of materials and services are an important source of opportunity for indigenous companies in terms of sales thereby creating additional economic activity and jobs in the economy. My Department produces the Annual Business Survey of Economic Impact (ABSEI), which measures the economic impact of the client companies of Enterprise Ireland, IDA...