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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have brought this to the attention of IDA Ireland, the State Agency under my Department with responsibility for foreign direct investment. The Agency is not aware of any such proposal.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Data (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The State Boards under the aegis of my Department are listed below in tabular form together with the make up of each board and the percentage of each board that is made up of women. The composition of the State Boards under the aegis of my Department including gender balance is listed on www.stateboards.ie. Name of Agency No of Members Male Female Percentage of Women Enterprise Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Staff (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. Staffing numbers in the offices of Government Ministers and Ministers of State are managed in line with Instructions issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, this includes both civil servants and ministerial personal appointments. Civil Service staff are assigned to Ministers’ Private Offices and also the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (8 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 271 to 273, inclusive, together. It is not possible to provide the extensive detail sought by the Deputy in the limited time available for response. As the Deputy is seeking 9 years of payroll data spread over 11 different pay bands and there are currently 1,100 people on the Department’s payroll, the indicative total of all records falling under the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (7 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Given the wide range of the Local Enterprise Offices remit, their engagement with their clients takes many forms: from drop-in visits; telephone calls; emails and meetings; to social media contacts via platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, among others. Data on the volume of all such client engagement is not currently available across the 31 individual LEOs. However, in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Youth Enterprise Initiatives (7 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Details of the number of completed applications received for the Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competitions in 2014, 2015 and 2016 are set out in the table: Year No. of Completed Applications Received 2014 1,018 2015 1,398 2016 1,843 I am very pleased with the strong level of interest around the Country by young people who wish to start their own business, thanks to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Where an employment permit application is refused, it is open to an applicant to submit a request for a review to be conducted. Under the provisions of the legislation, a decision made under review is final and cannot be revisited. If the conditions that gave rise to the refusal in the first instance change thereafter, it is open to an applicant to submit a new employment permit...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Investments (7 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: My Department, and the agencies under its remit, do not have any direct or indirect investments through pension or other investment funds in tobacco companies.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (7 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There are potential FDI opportunities for Ireland in the context of BREXIT but these are not limited to the UK market. I have directed IDA Ireland to explore all potential FDI opportunities arising and work is already underway in this regard. To support the IDA in their efforts they will be provided with additional Capital supports for 2017 which will be used to provide grant...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (7 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Following the recent US Presidential election and the change of administration there will now be a natural pause in the EU-US partnership agreement negotiation rounds until the new US administration is appointed in 2017. At a meeting on the 11thNovember 2016, the Foreign Affairs Council discussed the recent developments and state of play in the negotiations. The next steps in these...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Funding (7 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The PRTLI supports the provision of research infrastructure as well as trained researchers, through Structured PhD programmes, across Ireland’s Higher Education Institutes (HEIs). Total investment in the five Cycles of PRTLI to date has amounted to €1.2 billion from both Exchequer and private investment. With respect to the current Cycle (Cycle 5), the Exchequer...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (7 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The legal advice received by my Department confirms that the Investment Court System model contained in the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), which will effectively be a dispute resolution process, would not necessitate a referendum in order for Ireland to ratify. The agreement will however come before this House for ratification.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank the Chairman. I appreciate this opportunity to meet members and I will make opening comments on the Supplementary Estimate being sought by my Department. The committee will recall that in my presentation on 22 September I mentioned the possibility of additional capital moneys being provided to my Department in 2016. Arising from the discussions with my colleague, the Minister for...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will address Deputy Collins's other question. The Deputy asked whether Enterprise Ireland and the IDA would be disadvantaged by these savings and, especially in light of Brexit, they will not be disadvantaged. The committee needs to appreciate the multi-annual nature of the enterprise and innovation grants provided through the Department. Typically the grants of the enterprise agencies...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Deputy Neville. Limerick has had a huge number of jobs announced. I am delighted that unemployment is going down and that 2 million people are back at work. We cannot be complacent. The Deputy's question is a valid one. There is an Asia strategy being devised with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and we are also feeding into that strategy. The IDA is diversifying away...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I will answer the question about INTERREG and the figure of €2.77 million first. It was not possible to spend any of this allocation in 2016 due to certain circumstances. The circumstances related to the finalisation of the new programme. This was delayed due to procedural and technical issues between the EU managing authority and various stakeholders. This delayed finalisation of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: We are increasing the budget as we indicated at the previous meeting. It will increase from €18.5 million to €22 million, and I believe this money will be really well spent.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (1 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Short, medium and long term responses are needed for Irish business as a result of significant currency fluctuations since the Brexit vote, mostly - though not all - involving sterling losing value against the euro. These responses include market diversification, cost reduction, value-addition, innovation and price repositioning. My Department and Agencies are putting in place measures to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (1 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Doing Business looks at domestic, primarily small and medium size companies and measures the regulations applying to them through their life cycle. Using quantitative indicators on a range of business regulations that can be compared across 190 economies and over time, Doing Business goes beyond identifying that a problem exists and points to specific regulations or regulatory procedures...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (1 Dec 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The ESRI paper referred to by the Deputy examines only one possible scenario arising from the UK decision to leave the EU. The final arrangements between the UK and EU may not reflect this scenario. The Deputy will be aware that the precise implications of the UK referendum result will depend on the position of the UK and the results of the negotiations ahead, involving the UK and our EU...