Results 18,501-18,520 of 32,583 for speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: The total grants paid to IDA's foreign owned client companies in each of the years from 2011 to 2014 are as follows: 2011, €96,757,220; 2012, €89,326,201; 2013, €87,951,297; and 2014, €88,439,463. Grants paid to IDA Ireland companies for 2015 to date will not be available for publication until auditing is complete in due course. The total grants paid by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Standards Authority of Ireland (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: The responsibility for the EU Directive 2007/46/EC governing motor vehicles type approvals lies with the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, and its Agency, the Road Safety Authority. The National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) is the Irish approval authority for this and related Directives. Since the beginning of the year NSAI received 3108 Individual Vehicle Approval...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: Ireland has a robust suite of employment rights legislation, which offers extensive protections to employees. The protections enshrined in legislation are underpinned by the National Employment Rights Authority's (NERA) proactive labour inspectorate. In addition, NERA's Information Unit has been restructured and expanded to form a new Workplace Relations Customer Service Section, which...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: Immediately after the announcement by the company concerned, I established an inter-agency group to coordinate the response to the proposed job losses. The Inter-Agency group chairman and Enterprise Ireland representatives met with employee representatives of the Coolock plant on 19May and provided them with information on the supports available to support business development proposals....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: According to assessments made by the EU Commission, a comprehensive free trade agreement between the EU and the US could over time boost EU GDP by 0.5% bringing significant economic gains as a whole for the EU. This converts into 400,000 jobs across the EU. A study commissioned by my Department estimates that these benefits in Ireland will be proportionally greater than in the EU as a whole....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: A key element of the work of my Department and our Development Agencies (IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland) is to work very closely on an ongoing basis with our client companies to sustain and grow their operations and to ensure that any potential threats to employment in their operations are identified well in advance so they can be addressed before major difficulties emerge. A very...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: The National Competitiveness Council's Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2015 report shows that Ireland's cost base has improved across a range of metrics over the last five years, and driven by reforms set out in the Action Plan for Jobs, Ireland's competitiveness position has improved in recent years. As noted in the Government's Spring Economic Statement, this improvement in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Sector Strategy (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: Securing employment opportunities across all sectors of the economy is the priority of the Government's Action Plan for Jobs, including in the construction sector. In May 2014 the Government published 'Construction 2020 – a Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sector' to help deliver a competitive, innovative, dynamic, safe and sustainable construction sector, that can make its proper...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: A trade agreement between the EU and the US has a huge significance for Ireland. The relationship between Ireland and the United States is a systemically important one, with close business and economic ties, but also a huge Irish diaspora in the US and unique cultural and political links. The €55 billion in Irish-US trade demonstrates the importance of our economic, investment and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Targets (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs is having a positive impact on employment in the economy, since the first Plan was launched in early 2012. As of Q1 2015, there were an additional 104,000 at work in the economy since the launch of the first Action Plan for Jobs, which achieved and exceeded the Government's target of 100,000 extra at work by 2016. The services sector made the largest contribution to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: According to assessments made by the EU Commission, a comprehensive EU/US free trade agreement could over time boost EU GDP by 0.5% per annum bringing significant economic gains as a whole for the EU. This converts into 400,000 jobs across the EU. An independent study commissioned by my Department carried out by Copenhagen Economics estimates that these benefits in Ireland will be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Strategy (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Government's National Policy Statement on Entrepreneurship in Ireland was launched in October 2014 and sets out the Government's strategic objectives as a facilitator within the Irish entrepreneurship ecosystem, covering the six key elements that impact on entrepreneurs and startups, and signposts the direction that policy will take in the coming years. This Policy Statement represents...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Controls (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: My Department is responsible for controls on the export of military items from Ireland. Under Irish law, military export licences have to 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, S.I.216 of 2012 which reflects the EU Common Military List. The EU Common Military List includes...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: Last February, the Government announced details of the Action Plan for Jobs: Regionalinitiative which seeks to build on the existing strengths and assets of each region to maximise enterprise growth and job creation. This initiative will see Action Plans drawn up for eight regions at NUTS III level. As I pointed out in my reply to the Deputy's question of 16thOctober 2014, the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: A key objective of the Action Plan for Jobs process which this Government commenced in 2012 was to rebuild our competitiveness and provide a solid foundation for future growth. The recovery in jobs and exports to date is in large part due to the considerable improvement in competitiveness that has taken place in recent years. Our improved competitiveness is reflected in our international...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT) is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function and I have no direct involvement in its day to day operations. However, I understand that it is the Tribunal’s policy to allocate new cases to vice chairs primarily on their location and availability. The following Table outlines fees paid to vice chairs from 1 January 2010 to date. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 114, 119 and 122 together. IDA Ireland has informed me that the vast majority of its client feedback shows that the availability of talent at a competitive price is one of the key metrics when it comes to making investment location decisions. The country's ability to offer the appropriate talent through training, re-deployment and immigration all speak to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: Ireland’s competitiveness position must remain a key economic priority for Government and as set out in the Action Plan for Jobs, a range of initiatives are in train across Government Departments to support competitiveness. The National Competitiveness Council and my Department and its agencies are continually engaged with relevant stakeholders on the particular policy needs required...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across all sectors of the economy are central to Government’s objective of creating sustainable full employment and to ensuring that all our people have the opportunity to engage in rewarding and well paid employment. The role of SMEs in job creation can hardly be overstated, as we know from research by the Central Bank that two-thirds of new jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (15 Jul 2015)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117, 124 and 125 together. The importance of science, technology and innovation (STI) to Ireland is recognised by the Government as being crucial to growth in our indigenous and FDI sectors and plays a key role in job creation. Investment in STI is an essential component of supporting an innovative and enterprising economy. It assists in creating and...