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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...

Order of Business (6 Dec 2007)

Pat Breen: Some €5 million was put aside for tourism in the Shannon region in yesterday's budget. Has €53 million tourism development funding been set aside in the budget to prepare Shannon for open skies?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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: 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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Democratic Republic of Congo: Presentation (21 Nov 2012)

Pat Breen: ...natural resources have all combined to put it in the last place on the 2011 human development index. That shows how volatile and serious is the situation there. The figures are shocking. Some 5 million people have died as a direct result of the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1998. Around 500,000 people continue to die there each year mostly from preventable and...

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...

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...

Finance Bill 2008: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2008)

Pat Breen: ...warnings, including those from the Central Bank, that growth will halve this year. The housing market is edgy, the latest information shows that prices fell by 7.3% in 2007 and a further drop of 5% is forecast for this year. The numbers on the live register are expected to rise by 26,000 due to the slowing of the economy. The numbers in work are set to grow by only 0.8% with spending to...

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...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (9 Apr 2009)

Pat Breen: ...Minister claim this budget is fair when workers earning as little as €289 a week will have to pay an income levy, following the decision to reduce the exemption threshold from €18,304 to €15,028. The only disincentive to work should be its unavailability. However, because of this budget people on low incomes will be forced to remain on social welfare and driven into the black...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Pat Breen: The facts are that 3,752 suckler farmers in County Clare will lose an average of €713 each from the suckler welfare scheme. A total of 2,500 farmers will lose €1,000 each because of the disadvantaged area cuts. That amounts to €5 million from County Clare alone because two schemes were cut. The loss of installation aid was a major blow to young farmers, many of whom had decided to...

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...