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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 36:In page 58, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 842 of Principal Act 92. Section 842 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in paragraph (h), by the deletion of “or”, (b) in paragraph (i), by the substitution in subparagraph (ii) of “in the State, or” for “in the State.”, and...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 37:In page 58, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Amendment of section 844 of Principal Act 93.Section 844 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4):“(4A) An application under section 842(j) may be made by the competent authority (within the meaning of the Competition Act...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 38:In page 58, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Investigation by disciplinary committees of prescribed accountancy bodies 94. The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 931:“931A.(1) In this section—‘client’ has the same meaning as it has in section 934; ‘relevant...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 39:In page 58, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Liability of prescribed body for acts, omissions etc. 95.The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 942:“942A. (1) Neither a prescribed body nor any person who is or was—(a) a member or director, or (b) other officer or employee,of the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 40:In page 58, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following: “Further miscellaneous amendments of Principal Act 96. The Principal Act is amended—(a) in section 2(1), in the definition of “Director”, by the substitution of “952” for “954”, (b) in section 408(1), by the substitution of the following paragraph...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to delete section 89. I am considering tabling amendments to the section on Report Stage. It is proposed to remove the terms “unsound mind” and “insanity” from the Companies Act 2014 and replace these with new terms. At the time of the making of the 2014 Act, a policy decision was made to remove language that was considered unnecessarily...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I move amendment No. 41:In page 61, to delete lines 12 to 14 and substitute the following:“(a) in accordance with Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 as amended by Directive 2014/56/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on statutory audits of annual accounts and consolidated accounts, and”. This is a...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am not sure. I will come back to the Deputy when I know.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I propose to take Questions Nos. 552 and 556 together. I am aware of the concerns being expressed that the benefits of recent movements in exchange rates between the Euro and Sterling are not being passed on to consumers. This issue has been receiving public comments in the last few weeks. Yesterday I raised the matter at the Retail Consultation Forum to express the Government's...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Funding (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was launched in 1998, with five cycles of expenditure to date. The PRTLI supports the provision of top-class research infrastructure (buildings, laboratories and cutting edge equipment) as well as human capital development, through Structured PhD/Emergent Technology programmes across Ireland’s Higher Education Institutes...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: IDA Ireland has not, to date, expressed concerns to me on this particular subject. I am confident that Canadian and American companies will continue to be attracted to invest in Ireland, including after the full implementation of the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. That is because both Canadian and US companies will continue, in the years ahead, to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Within the remit of my Department, the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports to those wishing to start or grow their own business. In the first instance, the LEOs provide a ‘signposting’ service in relation to all relevant state supports available through agencies...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pension Provisions (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: No applications for injury warrants have been received or refused within my Department under the Superannuation Acts since 1995.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ticket Touting (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am aware of the public concern about the secondary sale of tickets for entertainment and sporting events. The issues around ticket resale are not straightforward and it is important that any possible legislative or other response is based on a thorough examination of the secondary ticket market and its relationship to the primary ticket market. I am currently considering in conjunction...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The advance facility being built in Sligo forms part of a €150 million IDA Ireland led property investment programme which will see the Agency build nine facilities across Ireland in order to encourage foreign direct investment to the regions. The construction of these facilities will support the jobs recovery by providing a supply of property solutions in advance of demand by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: On the day of the EU UK Referendum result, I established a Coordination Group on the response to the EU UK Referendum within my Department. The members of the Group comprise the Chief Executive Officers of IDA and Enterprise Ireland and relevant senior enterprise, single market, and trade officials from my Department. The Group has met regularly since 24thJune. I chair this Group, and I...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Properties (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Accommodation for my Department is provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in buildings which are either State owned or leased by OPW on our behalf. Therefore, my Department does not directly own any vacant sites, properties or land in the Dublin city council area. Any such vacant sites, properties or land owned by bodies or Agencies of my Department are a matter for the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Supports (22 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Succeed-in-Ireland initiative has been operated by Connect Ireland (CI) on the basis of a contract that was agreed with IDA Ireland on 27 March 2012. This contract was due to expire to 26 March 2016. However, in advance of that date, CI and the IDA agreed to extend the term of the contact for a maximum period of one year. The purpose of that extension was to facilitate both parties in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Funding (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Programme for Research in Third-Level Institutions (PRTLI) was launched in 1998, with five cycles of expenditure to date. The PRTLI supports the provision of top-class research infrastructure (buildings, laboratories and cutting edge equipment) as well as human capital development, through Structured PhD/Emergent Technology programmes across Ireland’s Higher Education Institutes...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Disability Support Services (17 Nov 2016)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the First-Stop-Shopfront line service assisting in delivering business growth and jobs for the micro-enterprise sector. They pull together Government Departments and Agencies to support anyone with a good business idea and to strengthen the enterprise sector in the local area. The LEOs can support anyone considering entrepreneurship as a career...