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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister Coveney has responsibility for coordinating the whole-of-Government response to Brexit. In this capacity, he is working closely with his colleagues across Government to address the many challenges resulting from Brexit. This cooperation also involves the relevant State Agencies. Work at Cabinet level is being prepared through...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Training (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department places a high priority on the development of staff to ensure that they are provided with the necessary skills and knowledge to contribute to the work of the Department. Investing in our staff ensures we further enhance individual and collective capacity, improve organisational performance and enable a high performing and agile workforce. The Learning and Development Unit is...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: From time to time responsibilities transfer between Departments in order to better align functions and policy. In moving the employment rights and minimum wage agendas to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection (DEASP), we are effectively aligning employee based rights with the welfare to work agenda, focusing on ensuring that our policies encourage people into the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Minister Coveney has responsibility for coordinating the whole-of-Government response to Brexit. In this capacity, he is working closely with his colleagues across Government to address the many challenges resulting from Brexit. This cooperation also involves the relevant State Agencies. Work at Cabinet level is being prepared through...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Severe Weather Events (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The national response to Storm Ophelia was coordinated by my colleague, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy T.D. and the National Emergency Coordination Committee. I understand that the response to Storm Ophelia is being reviewed and a report will be prepared which will be submitted to the Government Taskforce on Emergency Planning for its attention before...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I understand that the project referred to in the question relates to an application submitted under the Enterprise Ireland Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF). The €60m REDF is aimed at accelerating economic recovery in every part of the country by delivering on the potential of local and regional enterprise strengths. Over the next four years, the Fund will support...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: Earlier this year, IDA Ireland sought submissions from suitable service providers to undertake a study to identify potential strategic land banks in Ireland that would be suitable to accommodate the sustainable development of large scale Data Centre projects. Following this process Jacobs Engineering, supporting by AOS Planning, were appointed to produce this report. The study, which...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: This application for an employment permit was received in the Department on 27th July 2017 and was processed within the normal timeframe. A decision was made to refuse the granting of the application on the 13th September 2017 and the applicant was notified of this decision in writing and of their right to request a review of this decision in line with the provisions of the Employment...

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

Frances Fitzgerald: Records indicate that the following domain names are registered by or on behalf of my Department. Not all of these domain names are associated with a unique website. Some of these domain names are alternative aliases for websites, some are associated with information campaigns, or with activities which are still in planning, or with supporting the Department's technology infrastructure. ...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Parliamentary Questions Costs (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department receives a large number of Parliamentary Questions seeking information on issues across the broad remit of the Department. The amount of time spent dealing with individual questions varies significantly depending on the level of information requested, and it is therefore not possible to estimate the average costs of processing and answering questions.

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

Frances Fitzgerald: My Department in its work on new and emerging sectors is constantly striving to identify areas of opportunity for Irish-based enterprise. Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality is seen as a significant growing global market with worldwide revenues for the Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) market set to jump 100 per cent or more over each of the next four years. According to a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: On 4 July 2017, a motion was passed by Dáil Eireann called on the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to ask the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to report on the operation of the household waste collection market. Following a formal request on 25 September from the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, I, as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Section 949(3) of the Companies Act 2014 provides that the Director of Corporate Enforcement shall be independent in the performance of his statutory functions. I, as Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation have no direct function in such matters.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The Section 955(1)(a) Report from the Director of Corporate Enforcement has been the subject of detailed consultation with the Office of the Attorney General. On the advice received recently from the Attorney General, I do not have a legal power to publish statutory reports prepared pursuant to section 955 of the Companies Act, 2014. I am conscious, however, that the shortcomings...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Expenditure (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: Expenditure by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) in 2016 was €2.727m, against a budget allocation of €5.015m. This allocation was comprised of a pay spend of €2.006m against an allocation of €2.808m and a non pay spend of €0.721m against an allocation of €2.207m. A significant element of the non-pay allocation provided to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (21 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I have met the Director on one occasion since becoming Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. Since his appointment in 2012, the Director of Corporate Enforcement has demonstrated his commitment to reforming the Office, to enhancing the capability of the Office to investigate increasingly complex breaches of company law and to amending the investigative procedures used by the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Data (16 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The total value of goods exported from this jurisdiction to Northern Ireland in 2015 was €1.73bn.   Details on the number of businesses involved in this cross-border trade can be estimated by reference to the EU's system for collecting statistics on the movement of goods between its Member States. This system sets a threshold of €635,000 before exporters are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (16 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The principal funding agencies for research and development operating under the aegis of my Department are Science Foundation Ireland (€162m grants budget in 2017) and Enterprise Ireland (€122m grants budget for RD&I activities in 2017). IDA Ireland also supports R&D activities as part of the grant support provided to its client base (approx. €60m...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (16 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: I wish to advise the Deputy that I am addressing this question in the context of which monies have been provided by my Department to the agencies and bodies under its aegis to support research and development activities. In this context, the information being provided relates to Science Foundation Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and PRTLI through the Higher Education Authority (HEA).  Due...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance (16 Nov 2017)

Frances Fitzgerald: The State Boards under the aegis of my Department are listed in the following table together with the make up of each Board broken down by gender. The composition of the State Boards under the aegis of my Department, including gender balance is listed on the State Boards website: www.stateboards.ie. Agency Number on Board Male Female Enterprise Ireland 11 (plus 1 vacancy) 6 5...