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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permit Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: A Critical Skills Employment Permit issued in respect of the person named by the Deputy on 19March 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Initiative (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: The issue of jobless households has been a particular focus of Government's labour market activation policy in recent years, most especially in the Pathways to Work series led by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection. Indeed, the first of the five strands set out in Pathways to Work is to ensure better engagement with unemployed people and jobless households. To that end the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications (24 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Microenterprise Loan Fund Scheme facility was introduced in October 2012 following demands from business interest for the introduction of supports for microenterprises in a difficult economic environment. The Scheme provides loans of up to €25,000 to start-up, newly established, or growing microenterprises employing less than 10 people, with commercially viable proposals that...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: The details as supplied have been forwarded to the relevant Inspector of the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA) for investigation in relation to wages stated to be unpaid since 2010. If an employee believes that he or she has been constructively dismissed within the meaning of the Unfair Dismissals Acts it is for the Rights Commissioners Service and/or the Employment Appeals Tribunal...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Aid (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Regional Aid Guidelines enable the State to grant State Aid, at enhanced rates, to businesses in order to support new investment and new employment in productive projects in Ireland's most disadvantaged regions. This helps the convergence of these regions with the more advantaged regions of the Union. Regional Aid is also provided under Schemes for tourism grants, marine tourism, urban...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Portfolio (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 128 together. For reasons of client confidentiality and commercial sensitivity, IDA Ireland does not divulge the specific details of its marketing efforts in relation to any individual property other than to say that the property is being actively marketed by the Agency. Details of negotiations which the Agency may be engaged in or details...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Losses (12 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: Firstly I should state that I fully understand the concerns of the workers and their families as they receive this very difficult news. All the supports of the State will be made available to support the workers, as and when needed, and for the creation of jobs in the area. I should also point out that I had engaged with senior management of the company in question and urged them to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition Authority Investigations (11 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: In 2006, an administrative miscalculation of dates by the Competition Authority (“the Authority”) led to the Authority being one day outside the statutory deadline to make a determination about a proposed acquisition by Topaz Energy Group Limited of Statoil Ireland Limited. The details, which are outlined below, were set out at that time by the (then) Chair of the Authority to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (11 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Government is committed to the earliest possible implementation of the Construction Contracts Act, 2013 and, as a consequence, approved the delegation of responsibility for its implementation to my colleague, the Minister of State for Business and Employment, Mr. Gerald Nash T.D., last November. Work is continuing on the preparations for the full implementation of the Act, as the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (11 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: The following legislation was enacted by my Department since March 2011. 1 January – 31 December 2012 Title of Legislation Total number of amendments tabled Competition (Amendment) Act 2012 16 Companies (Amendment) Act 2012 0 Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012 49 Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 33 Patents (Amendment) Act 2012 1 Microenterprise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: I thank the committee for the invitation and for supporting our work on the Action Plan for Jobs over the past four years. This is the fourth action plan. Members will be aware of the backdrop to this, which was to try to achieve a cross-government focus on employment. This is the central challenge we all face. The model has been successful for a number of reasons. It has motivated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Calleary for his comprehensive set of questions. It is true that the labour force fell and that we still have emigration. However, the latest figure we have is to April of last year and it shows a 30% decline, so emigration fell from approximately 34,000 to roughly 21,000. I believe the figure has come down since, and is still on the way down, but we await the figure to bear...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: I will examine the position and will ask my officials to talk to the Deputy further on it. It cuts both ways. Some of these investment funds have bought the loans quite cheaply and on some occasions they are willing to enter into reasonable restructuring arrangements. We are keen to try to fill the gap in so far as we can. I will get an official to track down some of the examples the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy has asked a number of questions. We are using the CSO data as the authoritative data. The CSO has confirmed that the net figure of 90,000 is the relevant one for the period since the first quarter of 2012. Obviously, the agencies collect other figures. We publish the figures which are independently audited not by the agencies but by means of an independent survey. They are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: It is the same as in the medium-term economic strategy. Full employment will have been reached when the unemployment rate is between 5% and 6% and there are 2.1 million people at work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: That is not the case.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: We have established the Low Pay Commission with a low pay rather than a poverty mandate. Its job is to have an evidence-based system for increasing the minimum wage as the system can absorb it. Obviously, there is a balance to be struck by it in looking at employment creation on the one side and increasing the minimum wage on the other. That is the balance that will be struck by the fine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: Even in those areas one is seeing pay increases. There is a mixture of low and high pay, but that is as one would expect. It is well beside the point to pretend that this is in somehow an increase in low-paid employment. Much of it is in very highly paid professional services, such as ICT. Much of the growth areas are in strong sectors with a good, firm, solid base. It is worth taking a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: On the cross-Border issue, last week we sat down with InterTradeIreland.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: An Action Plan for Jobs 2015: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (10 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: InterTradeIreland is a central part of An Action Plan for Jobs and running really good programmes on a cross-Border basis.