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Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1687 to 1689, inclusive, together. My Department has a range of strategies designed to support and grow enterprises thus facilitating the creation and retention of jobs in the economy. However, specific activation policies, or measures targeted at the unemployed or cohorts of the unemployed, such as the under 25s and the long-term unemployed, are the...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Foreign direct investment industries are located in each county in the State, and in the Shannon Free Zone. The greatest concentration of FDI industries is in Dublin. Table 1 shows the number of foreign companies supported by IDA on a county by county basis and by Shannon Development in the Shannon Free Zone in each year of the past 10 years. In the same 10 year period, a total of 261 IDA...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the industrial development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. The number of jobs lost in IDA supported companies, on a county by county basis, in each of the past 10 years is set out in the attached tabular statement. Each year an average...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Foreign direct investment has been a major contributor to Ireland's development in the past 50 years. Nearly a quarter of a million quality Irish jobs exist today because of our long term commitment to make Ireland a location of choice for multinational companies. At present there are 980 IDA supported multinational companies established here. These companies account for 70% of total...

Written Answers — New Enterprises: New Enterprises (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The information sought by the Deputy is not available through the CSO in the format requested. Enterprise Demography Statistics are, however, compiled by the CSO under the Structural Business Statistics Regulation (EC) No. 295/2008 which entered into force in late 2007. The latest CSO Business Demography returns for 2008 were published on 20 September 2010 and the Table contains information...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: IDA Ireland has 17 overseas offices located in Europe, the United States, Asia Pacific and South America, details of which are set out in the following tabular statement. In recent years IDA has increased its international presence through the expansion of existing offices in the US and the development of new offices/representatives in France, China, Russia and Brazil, as part of a...

Written Answers — Irish Exports: Irish Exports (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The following table sets out the relevant details. Value of exports by Foreign-owned firms (Agency-assisted plus IFSC) Exports from Foreign-owned firms (Agency-assisted plus IFSC) as % of total Exports from Foreign-owned firms (Agency-assisted plus IFSC exports) as % of GDP Total Direct Expenditure in Irish Economy for Foreign-owned Agency-assisted Firms â'¬bn % % â'¬bn 2004 100.7...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: IDA Ireland is responsible for attracting foreign direct investment to Ireland and its regions. I am informed by IDA that: In February 2010 Generale PanEurope(GPE) and Generali International(GI) announced that they have commissioned a new building, which will be located in the IDA Navan Business Park, Athlumney, Navan, County Meath. It is envisaged that the numbers employed will continue to...

Written Answers — Employment Support Services: Employment Support Services (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Employer Job (PRSI) Incentive Scheme is a scheme introduced by Government to act as a direct stimulus to job creation by giving employers a PRSI exemption for taking on new workers who have been unemployed for six months or more. Responsibility for the implementation of the scheme rests with my colleague the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Eamonn Ó Cuiv and information in...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The Forfás Annual Employment Survey reports on job gains and losses in companies that are supported by the Industrial Development agencies. Data is compiled on an annualised basis and is aggregated at county level. Therefore, overall figures for 2010 will not be available until early 2011. Information is provided by companies for statistical purposes only and due to data protection and...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The amount spent by my Department on mobile phone bills since 2007 is as follows: Year € 2007 €152,834 2008 146,155 2009 125,719 Jan – Jun 2010 60,944 The number of staff in the Department with mobile phones paid for by the Department has varied over the years but in August 2010 the number was 152. The mobile phone operator who has a contract with my Department is Vodafone. That...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The number of persons (full time equivalent (FTE)) employed in my Department, broken down by grade, is outlined in the following table. Grade Number of Staff Secretary General 1.00 Assistant Sec. 5.00 Special Adviser 2.00 Principal Officer 30.00 Assistant Principal 74.50 Admin. Officer 8.00 Higher Executive Officer 129.76 Executive Officer 227.90 Staff Officer 32.35 Clerical...

Written Answers — Trade Agreements: Trade Agreements (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Ireland does not have any trade agreements with Middle Eastern countries. Trade policy is an EU competence and the EU is currently either in negotiation currently, or already has Trade agreements with both individual countries in that region or with country groupings such as the Gulf Cooperation Council. Specifically on Iraq, an EU Partnership and Cooperation Agreement was concluded with...

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The day-to-day management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio is an operational matter for the agency and not one in which I have a function. I am informed by IDA Ireland that the agency hosted a site visit to the Fermoy Business & Technology Park by an overseas Life Sciences company on 11 November 2009. In addition, a second Life Sciences company visited Fermoy on 12 May 2010....

Written Answers — County Enterprise Boards: County Enterprise Boards (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: My Department officials have established that the Deputy is enquiring about a grant application to Longford County Enterprise Board (CEB). As agencies operating under the aegis of my Department, the role of the 35 CEBs is to provide support for micro-enterprises in the start-up and expansion phases, to promote and develop indigenous micro-enterprise potential and to stimulate economic...

Written Answers — Economic Competitiveness: Economic Competitiveness (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Ireland's exports to China have expanded very significantly in recent years to the extent that we now have a trade surplus with that country. In addition, the number of Irish companies, which have established themselves in the country, has grown steadily. The Chinese market has been a strong performer in the Government's strategy to expand and diversify our exports. I have not been made...

Written Answers — Graduate Support Schemes: Graduate Support Schemes (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Enterprise Ireland's (EI) support to graduates currently falls into two categories, the Graduates 4 International Growth (Pilot Programme) and the Enterprise Ireland International Graduate Programme. The Graduates 4 International Growth (G4IG) programme, which was launched on 30 August 2010, aims to place 50 top-level college graduates in export-led Irish firms. It is 18 months in duration,...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Agencies that come within my Department's remit are all non-commercial bodies, principally, though not exclusively, in the enterprise development sector such as Enterprise Ireland, IDA, County Enterprise Boards, etc., or on the regulatory side such as the Health and Safety Authority. A list of Agencies of my Department, detailing the date on which the Department received their Annual Report...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: Table 1 below outlines the number of persons (full time equivalents), broken down by grade, employed in my constituency office and in those of my predecessors, including each Minister of State from 14th June 2007 to date in 2010. It also includes the salary and overtime costs for each individual. These figures do not include Special Advisers as they are not assigned to constituency offices....

Written Answers — Western Development Commission: Western Development Commission (29 Sep 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: The staffing levels for each Department and its associated offices and agencies will be determined by an Employment Control Framework to be agreed with the Department of Finance. I do not anticipate that the staffing levels for my Departmental Group, including the Industrial Development Authority and Enterprise Ireland, will have an impact on the Western Development Commission. I am...