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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: State Bodies (28 Jun 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...Cullen Mary Plunkett Tom O’Mahony Charities Regulator Authority. The Charities Regulator was established in 2014 and is an independent authority. It is Ireland's national statutory regulator for charitable organisations. Patricia Cronin Patrick Hopkins, Chairperson Rosemary Keogh Tom Costello Geraldine Smith Lorraine Lally Cathy Holahan...

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Heather Humphreys: ...allow women and men to balance their work life with their family life. A blended working model presents significant opportunities to support women to get back into the workforce. As part of the Pathways to Work strategy I have asked my officials to examine the idea of "returnships", where we would work with companies specifically to help women who may have spent some time out of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (13 Jul 2021)

Heather Humphreys: ...also informed that there were additional temporary measures in place between March and June last year following the initial outbreak of COVID-19. During this early period, prison officers did not have the option of using wand scanners or ‘pat down’ searches on visitors.  As Deputies will be aware, the number of visitors during this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (18 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The EU agenda has always been important for Ireland and continues to be a priority. Since taking up office on 30 November 2017, my Ministerial colleagues, Ministers of State Pat Breen and John Halligan, and I have worked closely with a range of EU partners. The tables below list the various meetings of the Council of Ministers in both Trade and Competitiveness configurations, as well...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (18 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...referred to. While I did receive a request for a meeting, due to a heavy schedule of engagements it was not possible to facilitate the request which was subsequently referred to my colleague Pat Breen, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection for consideration. Minister Breen met with the association in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (17 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...referred to. While I did receive a request for a meeting, due to a heavy schedule of engagements it was not possible to facilitate the request which was subsequently referred to my colleague Pat Breen, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection for consideration. Minister Breen met with the association in...

Seanad: Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Bill 2019: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (12 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...the work of Senator Gallagher and Deputy Ó Caoláin. We have worked together on this very closely and we wanted to progress it, as I said, as quickly as possible. I also acknowledge the huge efforts of Pat Byrne, who produced a documentary to highlight this issue. I recognise the work of Michael Fisher in narrating the documentary and acknowledge the many local business people,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (5 Dec 2019)

Heather Humphreys: During the course of the year my Ministerial colleagues, Ministers of State Pat Breen and John Halligan, and I have continued to work closely with a range of EU partners. The EU agenda has always been important for Ireland and continues to be a priority. The following tables list the EU counterparts with whom we have engaged during 2019 on various issues including current EU files at the...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...action and performance indicators specific to SMEs and entrepreneurship. To ensure we sustain the excellent stakeholder engagement we have had on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy as part of the OECD Review, I have established a new SME and Entrepreneurship Consultative Group, chaired by my colleague Pat Breen TD, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...recommendations will be overseen by the new SME and Entrepreneurship Consultative Group, which I established earlier this year. The inaugural meeting of the Group took place on Wednesday 27th March 2019 and is chaired by my colleague Pat Breen TD, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection. The members of the Group were very...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (28 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: The Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, Pat Breen T.D. led a five-day Trade Mission to Kuwait, Dubai and Bahrain.  This was one of the largest trade missions to the Middle East and is part of Enterprise Ireland’s market diversification strategy to expand the Irish export footprint and increase Irish company exports to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Advisers Data (20 Nov 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...2017 Heather Humphreys, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation 30/11/2017 to date Lucy Moylan Pauric McPhillips 30/11/2017 30/11/2017 N/A N/A Minister Pat Breen, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection. 19/5/2016 to date None ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ... of our SMEs. I will ensure that the work and findings of the OECD Review and Strategy Roadmap will be central to our Future Jobs initiative into the future. To this end, I and Minister of State, Pat Breen TD, hosted a very successful SME and Entrepreneurship Strategy Conference, which incorporated Future Jobs Pillar 2, at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on July 12 last. The event drew...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (8 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...Nov Graz, Austria 2019 18th/19th Mar Bucharest, Romania 27th/28th June Sigtuna, Sweden 12th/13th Sept Brussels, Belgium 25th Nov Helsinki, Finland Ireland will be represented by Minister Pat Breen TD at the upcoming SME Assembly in Helsinki, which forms part of the schedule of meetings of the SME Envoy Network.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (8 Oct 2019)

Heather Humphreys: Meetings of the Advisory Group for Small Business were held on the following dates in the years 2016 - 2018 Year Date Chaired By 2016 27 January Minister Ged Nash 20 July Minister Pat Breen 13 September Minister Pat Breen 1 November Minister Pat Breen 6 December Minister Pat Breen 2017 14 February Minister Pat Breen 12 April Minister Pat Breen 6 September Minister Pat Breen ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises (26 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...of ensuring Ireland is well positioned to adapt and prosper into the future by having skilled people working in quality jobs in sustainable sectors. My Department is intent on simplifying the path to enterprise development and assisting the progression of our SMEs and entrepreneurs. My priority is to ensure our current and future business environment becomes more straightforward,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (24 Sep 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment. In accordance with the 2019 trade mission programme, my colleague, Mr Pat Breen, T.D., Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection, will lead a trade mission to Madrid on 2 and 3 October 2019. Twenty Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector (9 Jul 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...(DSM) agenda, led by my Department, is a whole of government approach coordinated across Government. The Interdepartmental Committee (IDC) on the Digital Single Market, is chaired by my colleague Pat Breen TD, Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection. The key focus of the IDC is on ensuring effective whole-of-Government engagement...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Promotion (27 Jun 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...trade missions and events for 2019 was launched in February this year. This covers a total of 207 events within Ireland and international locations, to include 73 Ministerial led trade missions and events. To date in 2019, Mr Pat Breen, T.D., Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection and I have led trade missions to Australia and...

Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ..., County Monaghan, which has repercussions throughout the country. I acknowledge the presence here this evening of a number of people from Carrickmacross. In particular I acknowledge the work of Mr. Pat Byrne, Mr. Tony Donagher and Mr. Michael Fisher in highlighting this important matter. As indicated during Seanad discussions, it has been necessary to subject the Bill to detailed legal...