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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department, including a number of its Offices, holds a number of Public Bank Accounts to enable it to conduct its financial transactions, including paying staff and suppliers and collecting payment for services provided to clients of the Department and its Offices. The Department’s Public Bank Accounts are currently held with Danske Bank. This follows on from a procurement process...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Services for People with Disabilities (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department, and the agencies under its remit, are involved in a number of measures which are aimed at improving services and supports for disabled persons. The Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015 prohibit discrimination on nine grounds including the ground of disability. The Acts apply to prospective employees in claiming discrimination in access to employment. Any person...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I fully appreciate the importance of ensuring that Irish businesses, including those located in border regions, are best able to withstand the pressures that Brexit may exert. In Budget 2017, I was able to provide additional funding to InterTrade Ireland, the Cross Border Body which has specific responsibility for developing Cross Border Trade to enable that body to undertake a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 25 and 35 together. The table below outlines the number of IDA Ireland sponsored site visits to each County of Ireland for the period encompassing 2015 to the second quarter of 2017. I want to emphasise that the IDA remains committed to increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) in every region of Ireland by 30-40% by the end of the Agency's...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I am delighted that the sale of the Bose Plant in Carrickmacross has been completed. However I understand that at this stage, information relating to the purchaser of the Plant is commercially sensitive. As yet therefore, there is no information available in relation to the number of jobs being created as a result of the sale.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27 and 28 together. The work of very many Business Units is impacted by Brexit and the Department as a whole has prioritised the Brexit challenges in its work plans for 2017 across all its Divisions. A dedicated Brexit Unit was established in 2016 and is led at Assistant Secretary level within the EU Affairs and Trade Policy Division, to coordinate...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Industry (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department does not have any role in tracking or monitoring inflation levels in the construction sector and therefore does not employ any mechanisms to establish these.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Services Card (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department and the bodies under its remit do not plan to make any services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and production of the public services card.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 31 and 53 together. An additional €3 million was secured for my Department in respect of Pay in Budget 2017 targeted specifically to assist with increased staffing needs for the Department and a number of our Agencies to deal with the evolving Brexit scenario. These funds are enabling the Department and, primarily, our Agencies to recruit...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Zero-hour Contracts (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 38 together. Following the coming into effect of the Labour Affairs and Labour Law (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2017 from 1st September, responsibility for employment rights policy and legislation transferred to my colleague the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection. On 2nd May, 2017 the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Enterprise Ireland, an agency of my Department supports companies in every region of Ireland to start and scale, innovate and remain competitive in international markets, now and in the future. In order to help its clients achieve employment growth, Enterprise Ireland uses a developmental approach across all aspects of clients’ needs, including business development, sales and marketing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Staff (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Deputy had requested information on "the number of staff recruited since the Brexit referendum in June 2016 in all individual State agencies and bodies under her aegis including the IDA, Enterprise Ireland, LEOs, InterTradeIreland and the HSA; the number of staff in each such agency and body recruited since 1 January 2017, in tabular form" and my Department has now been able to bring the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Please find in the following excel spreadsheet the total number employed (full-time and part-time) in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Údarás na Gaeltachta based on data in the Annual Employment Survey 2016. The data is broken out by county and provided for the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form. Total Employment (full-time and part-time) County 2010 2011 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The following sets out the number of inspections and investigations and spend on safety initiatives by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) for the period 2011 - 2017. Year Inspections and Investigations 2011 15,340 2012 13,835 2013 12,244 2014 10,719 2015 10,880 2016 10,460 2017 to 1st Sept. 6,790 recorded year to date 01 September 2017 Year Spend on Safety Initiatives 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Details on the number of Brexit readiness vouchers approved to date by InterTradeIreland (ITI) from the funding provided by my Department to the body for its Brexit related initiatives are as follows: County Number Value Dublin 3 €6,000 Sligo 1 €2,000 Kilkenny 1 €2,000 Galway 2 €4,000 ITI is currently engaging with 39 further businesses about participating in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The EU Commission's Advisory Committee on State Aid is comprised of Commission members and Member States’ representatives. The Commission calls meetings of the Advisory Committee on State Aid to consult with the Committee on any changes to State Aid rules and regulations in advance of the final implementation of these changes. As a consultative Committee it is not a forum for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government introduced the Special Assignee Relief Programme (SARP) in Finance Act 2012. The aim of the relief is to reduce the cost to employers of assigning skilled individuals in their companies from abroad to take up positions in their Irish based operations, thereby facilitating the creation of jobs and the development and expansion of business in Ireland. Measures such as this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body which was established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s core services include the provision of adjudication on employment and equality complaints, early resolution, mediation, conciliation, facilitation and advisory services, the monitoring of employment conditions to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Affordable Childcare Scheme (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I am informed by my colleague, the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, who has policy responsibility for the Affordable Childcare Scheme that the legislation underpinning the scheme is currently being drafted. The Heads of Bill and General Scheme, which were published in February, proposed that where an applicant and an applicant's partner are engaged in work or study, they will be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (11 Sep 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: In January 2017 Enterprise Ireland published its strategy for the period 2017-2020. The strategy was developed in the context of Brexit and seeks to inspire and drive Irish enterprise to ‘Build Scale and Expand Reach’ and has ambitious targets. Despite economic and market uncertainties, Enterprise Ireland’s strategic targets are to: - Assist clients to create 60,000 new...