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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Vouchers Initiative (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher Initiative was introduced in 2007 in order to drive an on-going innovation culture shift within small enterprise by promoting and encouraging knowledge transfer between Ireland’s public knowledge providers and the small business community and creating greater synergies between the two.  Under the initiative, vouchers worth €5,000...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microenterprise Loan Fund Applications Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) provides small loans through the Government’s Microenterprise Loan Fund to help start ups and established businesses to start up a small business or expand an existing business. MFI provides me with Quarterly Reports of progress, and these Reports are published on the websites of both MFI and my Department.  The Report for Quarter 2...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Enterprise Ireland offers a range of financial and non-financial supports to assist clients to win business and sustain and create jobs through all stages of the business development cycle.  Start-ups remain a key source of employment for the Irish economy and over time many start-ups will develop and grow and emerge as the medium and large sized companies of the future. Supporting...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Development Capital Scheme (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The establishment of the Development Capital Scheme is a critical action under the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs and has the objective of increasing the availability of risk capital and closing the ‘equity gap’ experienced by SMEs seeking risk capital in the region of €2million - €12million. The Development Capital Scheme forms part of the suite of new...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Seed Capital Scheme Applications (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Successive Governments, through Enterprise Ireland, have invested in the domestic venture capital sector for over 20 years.  This investment has sought to increase the availability of risk capital for SMEs to support economic growth through the continued development of the Seed and Venture Capital industry in Ireland,  thereby achieving a more robust, commercially viable and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation Fund Ireland (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Innovation Fund Ireland is an Irish Government initiative designed to attract leading international venture capital fund managers to Ireland to compliment the domestic venture capital sector.  Innovation Fund Ireland funding involved Enterprise Ireland and National Pension Reserve Fund (NPRF) investing together and separately. The NPRF has now been reconstituted as the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority Data (13 Jul 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 Year Inspections and Investigations 2011 15,340 2012 13,835 2013 12,244 2014 10,719 2015 10,880 2016 10,460 2017 –  to  10 July 5,458 recorded year to date 10...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards Data (13 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As previously advised, no former TDs have been appointed to any State Boards under my Department's remit. In relation to whether any former TD applied for a position on any of my Department's State Boards, my Department has bee advised by the Public Appointment Service (PAS) that all applications submitted to PAS are confidential and used only for the purpose of assessing...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: New trading links continue to be established globally at a fast pace.  In recent years, technological innovation, the digitization of trade and geopolitical changes have all impacted on how the world trades.  While the global economic environment has always been dynamic, it could be argued that change is happening at a faster pace than ever before.  The EU's suite of Free...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I understand the importance of the availability of suitable properties in attracting foreign direct investment to Ireland, including to County Sligo. I am informed that IDA Ireland has eight hectares of available land at its Finisklin Business and Technology Park and that the Agency continues to bring this property to the attention of potential investors. In addition, I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Brexit will undoubtedly have a range of impacts on firms. In terms of a hard Brexit and the application of WTO rules, one must remember that this represents a worst case scenario, which is an outcome whereby no trade deal is reached between the UK and EU. This is just one of a range of potential outcomes and not necessarily the one that we expect will result. Ireland and our...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: In advance of the Referendum my Department conducted a contingency risk assessment of the potential impacts of Brexit across policy areas of my Department. We have refined our analysis post-Referendum and we have been working with Agencies to put in place actions to mitigate risks and maximize opportunities. More specifically, we have a number of streams of work underway which will...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government remains committed to ensuring the most even possible spread of foreign direct investment (FDI), whether Brexit-related or otherwise, throughout the country. This is evidenced by the IDA's commitment - reaffirmed last week at the Agency's announcement of its mid-year results - of increasing FDI in every region of Ireland by 30% to 40% by 2019. Progress is being made...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Enterprise Ireland’s (EI) #PrepareforBrexit communications campaign includes a “Be Prepared Grant” that supports the costs of EI’s SME clients in preparing a plan to mitigate risks and optimise opportunities. This grant can be used to help cover consultancy, travel and out of pocket expenses associated with researching the direction of their Brexit action...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Documents (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The “Brexit SME Scorecard” launched by Enterprise Ireland (EI) in March 2017, is a new interactive online platform which can be used by Irish companies to self-assess their exposure to Brexit.  To date 1,150 companies have used the EI Brexit Scorecard to help assess their level of preparedness for Brexit.  This includes both EI clients and non-EI clients. By...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union will have a significant impact on our economy. It is essential that we understand these impacts, positive and negative, on the entire economy, across all policy areas of my Department, and at a sectoral level. Following on from publication of the document setting out the Government's approach to the Brexit negotiations, work...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (12 Jul 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 early resolution, mediation, conciliation, facilitation and advisory services, adjudication on employment and equality complaints, the monitoring of employment conditions to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: IDA Ireland collates data on client site visits on a county and quarterly basis. The Agency does not compile information on site visits to particular parts of individual counties. The table sets out the number of site visits to Dublin by quarter from 2015 to 2017. IDA Site Visits to Dublin 2015 to Q1 2017 Dublin Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total 2015 58...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (12 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory independent body responsible for the enforcement of domestic and EU competition law in the State.  Section 9 (5) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 provides that the CCPC is independent in the performance of its functions. I, as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, have no direct function...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (11 Jul 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The European Commission adopted its Proposal for a Directive to amend the Accounting Directive as regards disclosure of income tax information by certain undertakings and branches in April of last year. Since then, both the European Parliament and the Council have each been considering that Proposal, as part of the normal co-decision legislative process. At its plenary session on 4 July...