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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (22 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Inspection and Enforcement Services of the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) monitor employment conditions to ensure compliance with and, where necessary, the enforcement of employment rights legislation. This includes redress for the employees concerned and payment of any unpaid wages arising from breaches of employment rights. The Industrial Relations Act 2012 provides for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Contracts Data (22 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: During the years 2015 and 2016 my Department, as an employer, did not engage external resources to undertake or support investigations in the area of human resources and industrial relations.  In addition, as the Public Appointments Service provides my Department with its externally sourced/recruited staff and my Department manages its own internal recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (22 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As Tánaiste and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, I will lead the development of the Action Plan for Jobs across Government and I will also lead the development and implementation of national enterprise policy, including Enterprise 2025. The Action Plan for Jobs has proven to be an effective mechanism for coordinated cross...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Unemployment Data (22 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Government’s goal is to create 200,000 jobs by 2020 – including 135,000 jobs outside Dublin. This is an ongoing process, and employment continues to grow strongly. In the year since Census 2016 was completed, almost 70,000 more people are at work. More than three out of every four new jobs created in this period were outside Dublin.   According to the CSO’...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (22 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I welcome the fact that many representative organisations have published papers identifying challenges for their sectors. This is important as it ensures that Government is better placed to put appropriate policy responses in place. This particular publication from Ibec is a valuable contribution to our knowledge base and will help to inform the development of policy responses. A number of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Functions (21 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143, 147, 148 and 151 together. Following on the announcement by An Taoiseach of changes to the configuration of the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Social Protection the process of identifying the functional areas, staff and resources that will transfer from my Department has begun. This is being done in accordance with...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (21 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Costs, prices and inflation levels are a key element of Ireland’s international competitiveness. The National Competitiveness Council recently published its annual Costs of Doing Business 2017 report which examines a range of enterprise costs that are largely domestically determined such as labour, property, transport, energy, water, waste, communications, credit, and business...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Appointments to State Boards (21 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The State Board information requested by Deputy Collins is listed on the following table. Agency No of Appointments 01/05/2017-15/06/2017 Name Position Process Vacancies Enterprise Ireland None N/A N/A N/A 1 vacancy since 29/05/2017 Health and Safety Authority None N/A N/A N/A No vacancies Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority 2 on 30th May 2017 Ms Etain Doyle Mr David...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Data (21 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The following table sets out IDA properties that are currently available to prospective investors. To date, IDA Ireland has not rented properties to local authorities for uses other than their original purpose. The IDA does not release details regarding the length of time that particular sites have remained vacant as such information is commercially...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Data (21 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149 and 150 together. The following state agencies are currently under the aegis of my Department: IDA Ireland; Science Foundation Ireland; National Standards Authority of Ireland; Enterprise Ireland; Health and Safety Authority; Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority; Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; Personal Injuries...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Contracts Data (21 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department uses external public relations providers having regard to its business needs for specialist communications advice, training and technical materials assistance. In engaging such providers, the Department is mindful of the need to secure value for money and, accordingly, strives to keep costs to the minimum. The amount spent by my Department on outside contract and or third party...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department has its head office located in Dublin, with certain offices based in regional locations. There are also a number of State Agencies that come within the remit of my Department, some of whom have a regional presence. The current functions and locations, together with the respective staffing complement for each is set out in the tables. Please note that a transfer of certain...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: As the Deputy will be aware, an additional €3 million was secured in respect of Pay in Budget 2017 and is being targeted specifically to assist in our response to the evolving Brexit scenario. It is enabling the Department and, primarily, our Agencies recruit some 40 to 50 additional staff to supplement existing staffing numbers.  These numbers may grow as Agencies allocate...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Negotiations (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: This Government through the Action Plan for Jobs has taken decisive action to support all sectors of the economy recover from the deepest recession we have experienced in recent decades. This sustained focus on job creation has resulted in the creation of over 209,000 additional jobs since 2012. The unemployment rate has declined from over 15% in 2012 to 6.4% in May this year. The motor...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: A recent survey of SMEs commissioned by my Department on Brexit impacts, and published on my Department’s website, indicated that 49% of companies had experienced no impact on their business from Brexit, and a further 15% had experienced minimal impact. However, when asked to look forward over the next 18 months the percentage expecting no Brexit impact drops to 26%, with 17%...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Europe Network (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The European Commission launched the Enterprise Europe Network in 2008.  It is a project co-funded under the “COSME” - an EU funding programme designed to encourage the competitiveness of European enterprises.  The Enterprise Europe Network in Ireland is a 4-partner consortium consisting of Enterprise Ireland (as the coordinator) along with Dublin Chamber of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutorily independent body with primary responsibility for ensuring compliance with consumer protection legislation. The issues around contractual terms and termination policies raised by the Deputy come within the CCPC’s remit. The main consumer protection enactments relevant to these...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The financial and staffing information being sought by the Deputy in relation to the Office of Director of Corporate Enforcement is set out in the table. Pay allocation Pay expenditure at year end Non-Pay allocation  Non-Pay expenditure at year end Full-time Equivalent Staff serving Headcount 2006 €1.899m €1.915m €2.814m €1.440m 30.3 32 2007...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: There were three IDA Ireland-sponsored site visits to County Waterford in the first quarter of 2017. In 2016 there was a total of 17 site visits to the County. It is important to remember that the number of site visits is not necessarily an accurate measure of the level of foreign direct investment (FDI) activity in an area. That is because approximately 70% of all FDI won by IDA Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Support Services (20 Jun 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The news that jobs will be lost at this company was very disappointing. The Government will, however, make every State support available to employees being impacted and the relevant Departments and Agencies will work collectively to help workers transition and find new employment opportunities. This will include the provision of re-training, if required. ...