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Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: ...in the context of Enterprise Ireland's development and diversification agenda. The Government's ambition, through Enterprise Ireland, is to increase the exports of Irish companies to the eurozone by 50% by 2020, or from €4.1 billion in 2016 to €6.5 billion next year. A great deal of work is ongoing to drive this ambition. As part of the global footprint initiative,...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: ...areas and in supporting exporters who are heavily exposed to the UK market. Supports announced by the Minister for Finance in his Budget Statement include a rescue and restructuring fund of €42 million, which is available to address the needs of firms in sectors with acute liquidity and other severe difficulties as a result of a disorderly Brexit. The funding will be provided will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: ...throughout Ireland and understand the needs of their local business community. Under budget 2019, the local enterprise office funding has been increased by 22% through additional capital funding of €5 million and this increase is being used to assist microenterprises in becoming more competitive and better able to cope with the changing environment in which they do business....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: ...Minister of State in 2016. That will continue and the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, has already referred to the loans announced yesterday in budget 2020 for Microfinance Ireland and a further €5 million in grants for the LEOs. We are monitoring the situation closely. In preparation for Brexit, we have had a lot of meetings throughout the country and mentoring is going on all the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: ...governance. It must also provide Ireland with a competitive advantage in the global market. The 2019 Revised Estimates have increased the funding of the Department's regulation programme to €85.8 million, which represents an increase of 5% on the 2018 allocation. Much of the increase is to assist our regulatory bodies and agencies in meeting the challenges posed by Brexit. For...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (7 Mar 2019)

Pat Breen: ...to reduce insurance costs for businesses. We were pleased to bring through the Oireachtas the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) Act 2019, which was signed into law by the President on 25 February 2019. We propose to commence that Act shortly. This is important legislation as it enhances the role of the PIAB to benefit users of the service and society more generally and it...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Pat Breen: ..., the Government has a set target with regard to jobs, investment, innovation and building resilience in the face of Brexit shocks. In that regard, I warmly welcome the additional funding of €5 million announced in the budget for the local enterprise offices, LEOs. This brings the LEO capital allocation for 2019 to €27.5 million, which is a significant increase of 22% on...

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Pat Breen: One of the headline targets of A Programme for partnership Government is to deliver sustainable full employment across all regions of the country with 200,000 jobs to be created by 2020, 135,000 of which will be outside Dublin. The Government is working hard to achieve the most even possible distribution of foreign direct investment across the country. IDA Ireland is focused on that goal...

Seanad: Small and Medium Enterprises: Statements (19 Jun 2018)

Pat Breen: .... It is important that we resource Enterprise Ireland, the local enterprise offices and IDA Ireland. In 2016, when I became a Minister of State, the local enterprise offices had a budget of €18 million. Last year, I increased the budget by €4 million, which meant there was a total budget of €22 million for SMEs. At the moment, my Department and I are preparing for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters (Resumed): Work Permits Eligibility (10 May 2018)

Pat Breen: ...necessary labour force in place to ensure we are at the top of the class in what has traditionally been a great source of trade for us particularly with our exports. We produce enough of food for 35 million people when we have a population of 5 million so we have to export that food. It is important we produce it in the best possible way. I hope we will have more positive news on it for...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Action Plan for Jobs (2 May 2018)

Pat Breen: ...have similar concerns to those of the Senator. The regional action plan for jobs initiative has been a central pillar of the Government’s ability to create 200,000 new jobs by 2020, with 135,000 of these jobs to be located outside of Dublin. There is an overall goal to have a further 10% to 15% at work in each region by 2020 and to ensure the unemployment rate of each region is...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Data (12 Oct 2017)

Pat Breen: ...on the websites of both Microfinance Ireland and my Department. The latest available figures, up to end of quarter 2, 2017, show that there have been 2,966 applications received with €19.6 million worth of loans approved and 1,172 drawdowns of loans worth €16.6 million in total. The fund has supported 3,145 jobs. Support activity is widely distributed both by geography...

Topical Issue Debate: Company Closures (9 May 2017)

Pat Breen: ...of job creation. My Department and I are very focused on the regions. The new Action Plan for Jobs, which we launched last February, has said that 200,000 jobs will be created by 2020, of which 135,000 will be in the regions. We have exceeded our expectations. In the first Action Plan for Jobs, we said we would create 100,000 jobs. We created 190,000 jobs. I assure the Deputy that...

Topical Issue Debate: IDA Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: The information I have in regard to the business site at Drinagh is that it is 7.5 acres and it is available for marketing. I want to highlight a point I referred to in my first contribution, namely, 70% of new jobs are created by existing clients. That is an important statistic. Wexford is very strong in the medical-technology, medtech, sector. Ireland's medtech sector is on a par with...

Other Questions: Research and Development Supports (3 Nov 2016)

Pat Breen: 5 o’clock The budget for 2017 saw a 5% increase, amounting to over €15 million, for the Department's innovation programme, with a capital provision of just under €323 million, which has increased from €307 million. The budget also introduced measures to support small and medium enterprises and entrepreneurs, along with the lower 10% tax for capital gains...

Financial Resolutions 2017 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2016)

Pat Breen: ...business, I am pleased that the first budget of this Government is taking the necessary steps to support our entrepreneurs and SMEs. I am acutely aware of the economic impact of our SMEs. Over 235,000 active enterprises in Ireland are micro and small enterprises, and this makes up almost 99% of all active enterprises and nearly 50% of private sector employment. Those jobs are spread...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Farm Safety (6 Jul 2016)

Pat Breen: Table of Expenditure on Farm Safety Initiatives 2011 to 2015 Year Expenditure * 2011 €264,481 2012 €589,870 2013 €449,669 2014 €327,953 2015 €396,251*Note that annual figures for expenditure include some cross sectoral initiatives where the expenditure would also be relevant to other sectors – it is not possible to extract this so it has been...

EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)

Pat Breen: ...into a few years of uncertainty. If the UK votes to leave the EU, we will find ourselves in uncharted waters. There is no precedent for such a move. No other country has ever sought to exit the EU. Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union would come into play. Under this article, a country would automatically cease to be a member of the EU two years after it lodges official...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in South Sudan: Concern, GOAL and Oxfam (11 Jun 2014)

Pat Breen: ...conflict along with unfavourable and sometimes unseasonable weather conditions have led to a situation where there are huge humanitarian needs in that country. Irish Aid has contributed €5 million to date in 2014 to South Sudan to support the work of the United Nations and the NGOs in the region. However, the need remains great. One of the most pressing needs in South Sudan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2014)

Pat Breen: ...to answer questions because it would lead to other questions and other issues and sidetrack the whole trade mission, which was very successful and resulted in new contracts worth approximately €5 million for the many Irish companies that work extremely hard. In my opinion that was the reason.