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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Government’s Spring Economic Statement clearly acknowledged that while the income tax system remains highly progressive by international standards, disincentive effects are obvious with a marginal tax rate of 51 per cent for middle-income workers, and top marginal rates of 52 per cent for PAYE workers and 55 per cent for certain self-employed persons, when Universal Social Charge...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Government has given approval for the drafting of a Bill to transpose the provisions of the new Accounting Directive (Directive 2013/34/EU on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: NSAI Inspections (13 May 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. The NSAI accepts that in the absence of the appropriate approval a business is unable...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: NSAI Staff (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The following are the whole time equivalent numbers of staff employed in NSAI annually from 2010 to 2015. Year Amount 31 December 2010 168.55 31 December 2011 168.28 31 December 2012 148.37 31 December 2013 141.29 31 December 2014 140.69 31 March 2015 140.40

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: NSAI Inspections (13 May 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. The current processing times reflects the technical nature of the approvals process,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (13 May 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. The services sector is making the largest contribution to the achievement of the Government’s target of 100,000 more at work by 2016. Following a number of years of decline in employment from 2007, I am pleased to report that the manufacturing sector has...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs since 2012 has set a comprehensive set of measures agreed by Government to promote job opportunities and employment growth in all regions. While every region and firm has yet to recover all the jobs lost in the downturn, the Action Plan for Jobs is having a positive impact with employment up in all eight regions of the country since the first Plan was launched in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: 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 maintaining high-value jobs and attracts, develops and nurtures...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The current EU framework programme for research and innovation is Horizon 2020. It has a budget of close to €80bn. and runs over the period 2014-2020. Horizon 2020 provides Ireland with valuable mechanisms for firms to further their innovativeness in products, services and processes. Irish companies who compete successfully for funding from this large research funding resource...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Equality Issues (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Action Plan for Jobs since 2012 has set a comprehensive set of measures agreed by Government to promote job opportunities and employment growth for all, males and females. The Action Plan for Jobs (APJ) 2015 is a whole of government approach to economic recovery, export growth and job creation. The Action Plan for Jobs set a target to increase employment by 100,000 by 2016 and we are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The US continues to be the largest single investor in Ireland accounting for over 70% of investments won since 2010. Europe is IDA Ireland’s second largest market and accounts for 20% of investments won in the same period. While the market is challenging given uneven recovery from the downturn, significant opportunities remain. India, China, Singapore, the ASEAN countries,-...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Employment Numbers (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: Establishing the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) as a first stop shop for start-ups, micro-enterprises and small businesses means that entrepreneurs have one central place to go where they can get information and assistance in identifying and accessing all available supports, such as financial supports or “soft” supports, such as training and mentoring. In 2014, a total of 4,012...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: Since the early 2000s, Ireland has sought to meet labour and skills needs from within the European Economic Area (EEA) as far as possible, while limiting non-EEA labour migration to that of the most highly skilled and hard to find workers. In times of economic prosperity, the eligible occupation categories are usually broadened to provide for an expanding economy, labour market shortages and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (13 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: The 2015 Action Plan for Jobs sets out a comprehensive range of measures to support entrepreneurship, SMEs and the self-employed in the areas of education and research, business environment and supports, innovation and access to finance, networks and mentoring; and, access to markets. Increasing entrepreneurial activity is a Disruptive Reform in the Action Plan for Jobs for 2015. Our key...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: This amendment was introduced in response to an amendment put forward by Deputy Peadar Tóibín on Report Stage in the Dáil. I indicated on Report Stage that I would afford further consideration to Deputy Tóibín's amendment and introduced amendment No. 57 in the Seanad to address the issues raised by the Deputy. The proposed amendment broadens the scope of the...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: These amendments are of a drafting and technical nature. Essentially they merge early resolution and mediation. Originally we had separate sections but they are now being governed by one section.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: These amendments are of a drafting and technical nature and make no substantive change to the section.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: With this amendment we are deleting the superfluous section 40. That section is rendered superfluous and unnecessary by the changes we made in section 39.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: This is another belt and braces amendment. It is intended to ensure that all complaints and disputes referred to a rights commissioner prior to the commencement of Part 4 of this Bill when enacted can be decided by an adjudication officer who was, immediately prior to the commencement, a rights commissioner. The additional subsection (10) specifically provides that in respect of such...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (12 May 2015)

Richard Bruton: This amendment arises from the temporary agency workers legislation and was introduced to bring clarity to the situation regarding who complaints can be made against under the Employment of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012. That Act is unique in employment law in that there are three actors involved: the employee, who is the agency worker; the employer, who is the agency; and the...