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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Government is working hard to achieve the most even possible distribution of foreign direct investment (FDI) across the country. IDA Ireland is focused on that same goal, with the Agency targeting an increase of investment of 30%-40% in every region as part of their current strategy. The Agency's 2018 results demonstrate that significant progress is being made...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Future Growth Loan Scheme (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Future Growth Loan Scheme makes available a fund of up to €300 million of loans available for terms of eight to ten years. I am acutely aware that small and microenterprises can face particular difficulty in accessing appropriate finance. My Department has, in partnership with the Department of Finance, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) and the European Investment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: By way of a brief background, on 6 October 2004 the United States requested consultations, in line with WTO procedures, with the governments of Germany, France, the UK and Spain, and with the European Commission, concerning measures affecting trade in large civil aircraft. The US concern was that Airbus were receiving non-WTO compliant subsidies from these Member States regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: SMEs and entrepreneurs are central to our national ambitions for generating broad-based growth and prosperity. I am convinced that to drive increases in living standards into the future, SMEs and entrepreneurship need to be at the heart of our focus on innovation, productivity and growth. Ireland has a diverse SME ecosystem, of innovation driven enterprises, high-growth and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commercial Rates Impact (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: As Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I am very aware of the serious impacts on businesses and consumers of high costs. It is important that consumers and businesses can obtain services at a reasonable and fair price. I have no role with regard to the setting of commercial rates. The rates paid by individual rate-payers is a factor of the valuation carried out by the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The proposal for a Directive to amend Directive 2013/34/EU (the Accounting Directive) as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches (country by country reporting) was made by the European Commission in April 2016. Ireland supports transparency. However, in relation to this proposal on public country by country reporting of income tax, Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Registration (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Since November 2016 under the European Communities (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2016 companies have been obliged to obtain and hold information in respect of the natural persons who are their beneficial owners/controllers. The European Union (Anti-Money Laundering: Beneficial Ownership of Corporate Entities) Regulations 2019 (S.I. No. 110...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Since 6 March 2019, spouses and de facto partners of Critical Skills Employment Permit (CSEP) holders can access the Irish Labour Market without the need to obtain an employment permit. Spouses and de-facto partners of CSEP holders can now apply to Immigration Service Delivery in the Department of Justice & Equality for permission to reside in this State on Stamp 1G conditions which...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: My Department considers hiring external consultants in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver the project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a project must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a prohibitive...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: At the peak of the economic boom in the 2000s, unemployment in the regions was never more than 1% above the national unemployment rate. During the economic crisis, unemployment was as much as 4.4 percentage points higher than the national average in some regions. In 2015, when Enterprise 2025 was published, this had ameliorated, with unemployment in any of the regions being not more that 3%...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Plans (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs) initiative is a central pillar of the Government's ambition to create 200,000 new jobs by 2020, 135,000 of which are outside of Dublin. A key objective of each of the Plans is to have a further 10 to 15 per cent at work in each region by 2020, with the unemployment rate of each region not more than one percentage point above the national average. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme Data (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Credit Guarantee Scheme provides a State guarantee through my Department to accredited lenders (Allied Irish Banks, Bank of Ireland and Ulster Bank Ireland) of 80% on eligible loans or Performance Bonds to viable Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (“SMEs”). The Guarantee is paid by the State to the lender on the unrecovered outstanding principal balance on a Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Brexit Loan Scheme was launched in March of 2018 and provides relatively short-term working capital, for terms of up to three years, to eligible businesses with up to 499 employees to help them innovate, change or adapt to mitigate their Brexit challenges. The €23 million Exchequer funding (€14 million from my Department and €9 million from the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that the number of Employment Permits issued in 2018 and 2019 (at end November) by Economic Sector is as follows: 2018 2019 Total Permits issued 13,398 15,381* by Economic Sector A - Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The availability of marketable serviced land and buildings in advance of demand remains a key element in the IDA's ability to compete for mobile foreign direct investment (FDI). Not only does such a supply of properties help the Agency to secure significant investments but it also allows projects to begin at an earlier date by diminishing difficulties associated with land acquisition,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Since becoming Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I have made jobs and enterprise in the regions one of my top priorities. My Department and enterprise agencies are playing a key role in supporting the creation of sustainable, quality jobs in the regions, including in Co. Westmeath. The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) in Westmeath is the ‘first-stop-shop’ for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: A list of all legislation since November 2013 that my Department is responsible for is available on my Department's website at the following address:

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Plans (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: I launched the new Regional Enterprise Plan for the Mid-East region, which covers Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, on the 7th February in Naas. It is focused on four Strategic Objectives to: develop the screen content creation sector; develop a network of innovative co-working spaces; support the agrifood sector; and ensure the availability of skills and talent. Each of the four Strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Government has a new plan - Future Jobs Ireland - to ensure we are preparing now for the jobs of the future. While the economy is performing well with strong employment and wage growth, we cannot be complacent. In the past we took success for granted and failed to prepare for emerging challenges, trends and opportunities. It is my priority as Minister for Business, Enterprise and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (3 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation administers the Employment Permits legislation and criteria for the granting of employment permit permissions to work in the State. The employment of all non-EEA nationals in the State is governed by the Employment Permits Acts 2003 – 2014 which provide for the grant of different types of employment permits for different employment...