Results 1-20 of 26 for sligo speaker:Pat Breen

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: ...respect of Brexit supports, but I do not have time for that. Projects in the Border counties have received over €10 million to date. The projects were funded by the north-west Border region of Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim and they have received over €5.2 million in funding, while the north-east region of Cavan, Monaghan and Louth has received €5.4 million. We are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Data (6 Sep 2019)

Pat Breen: ...2018. Table 1 Number of WRC Inspectors as at 21 August 2019: Region Number of HEO Inspectors Number of EO Inspectors Total Number of Inspectors Dublin 2 16 18 Shannon 1 8 9 Cork 1 6 7 Carlow 2 14 16 Sligo 1 6 7 Overall Total 7 50 57 Table 2 lists the numbers of employers inspected by the WRC and the number of employers where breaches were detected in 2018. Please note that an...

Seanad: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (19 Jun 2019)

Pat Breen: ...Minister of State with responsibility for the Labour Court and the WRC and I have seen the great work done there in speeding up the process where issues exist. The WRC now has offices all over the country, including in Sligo, Cork, Dublin and Shannon. It will shortly open a new office in Ennis for the western division. People will be able to walk in off the street and meet WRC...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (14 May 2019)

Pat Breen: ...pay and non-pay. This represents an increase of €1 million on the 2018 allocation. The WRC has almost 200 staff located in its Dublin headquarters and the regional offices in Carlow, Cork, Shannon and Sligo. There are currently 57 inspectors in the WRC which is a 4% increase on the 2015 figure. The adjudication service of the WRC is supplemented by a panel of over 30 external...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (12 Jul 2018)

Pat Breen: ...26 52 36 24 LIMERICK 240 312 426 347 LONGFORD 47 97 79 76 LOUTH 95 259 177 182 MAYO 68 131 147 154 MEATH 84 124 121 143 MONAGHAN 62 112 69 77 OFFALY 68 155 76 91 ROSCOMMON 32 48 61 72 SLIGO 33 50 47 58 TIPPERARY 133 196 177 241 WATERFORD 94 129 207 166 WESTMEATH 90 160 117 133 WEXFORD 129 119 181 299 WICKLOW 97 199 255 344 TOTAL 2,911 4,747 4,830 5,185 Prosecutions...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (10 Jul 2018)

Pat Breen: ...by IDA Ireland. Similarly, 65% of all Enterprise Ireland client employment is outside Dublin. In recent times, there has been a great deal of investment in the regions - for example, in Longford, Sligo and Dundalk. We are working hard, across Government, to ensure further projects are secured in regional areas throughout the remainder of 2018 and beyond. Yesterday the Minister,...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: ...highly ambitious regional job creation targets. This is why we have provided resources to the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise offices to ensure they can grow jobs in the region. Sligo is very much on the radar; there are some really good companies there. We spoke about Abbott earlier, and there are other companies there as well, including indigenous and foreign direct...

Other Questions: Job Creation (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: ...last week Enterprise Ireland and the IDA got together to bring indigenous companies together with FDI companies in three locations - Dublin, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan's constituency of Limerick, and Sligo - where they competed with one another to subsupply into those FDI companies that are already in Ireland. It was a great success. There was great interaction between the indigenous Irish...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: ...Questions Nos. 10 and 42 together. I thank Deputy Kelleher and I acknowledge that I am answering the question for Deputy Scanlon. In 2017, IDA Ireland completed an advanced technology building in Sligo as part of its regional property programme. Abbot subsequently took ownership of that facility, thereby deepening its existing investment in the county further. The Deputies asked about...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Sligo is where we launched Project Ireland 2040. It is very much a part of our balanced regional development to ensure the north-west region grows. In 2017 some 559 people were employed across 25 Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Leitrim. Sligo is a strong base for foreign direct investment, where 2,184 people are employed by 23 multinational companies. It is important to...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: ...from existing and potential client companies. The programme includes the construction of nine new advance facilities around the country. Buildings have been completed in Castlebar, Tralee and Sligo as part of this programme. IDA Ireland is continuing to roll out its building programme across the country, with new buildings planned in Carlow, Dundalk, Limerick, Galway, Athlone and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: ...areas like Leitrim to investors and the advantages for overseas companies in locating there. Our collective efforts to increase investment and job creation in the north-west region, which includes Sligo and Donegal, are aided by the strong base of foreign direct investment currently located in those counties by overseas companies in the region. As the Deputy knows, employment has been...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Leitrim is a little like Clare. My county is sandwiched between Galway and Limerick and Leitrim is sandwiched between Donegal and Sligo. I have visited Leitrim in my role as Minister of State and I have seen at first hand the operations of fantastic indigenous companies such as VistaMed, which employs over 400 people. There are brewery companies such as the Carrig Brewing Company, as well...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 32 - Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (27 Mar 2018)

Pat Breen: ...experienced by users of the pre-existing structures, and I am confident that the WRC will achieve its 2018 work programme objective of a six-month timeframe for all such decisions. In June 2017, the Sligo regional service office of the WRC was launched, providing the full range of WRC services, including conciliation, mediation, adjudication and inspection. This was the first step in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (20 Feb 2018)

Pat Breen: ...4,256 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 52,612 LOUTH 49,637 SECURITY 13,167 MAYO 29,493 TRANSPORT 164,680 MEATH 69,326 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 333,718 MONAGHAN 54,772 TOTAL 1,769,484 OFFALY 94,654 ROSCOMMON 24,642 SLIGO 2,805 TIPPERARY 97,956 WATERFORD 57,734 WESTMEATH 84,046 WEXFORD 197,317 WICKLOW 105,946 TOTAL 1,769,484

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (15 Feb 2018)

Pat Breen: ...41 63 85 124 LEITRIM 2 52 36 24 23 LIMERICK 29 312 426 347 546 LONGFORD 2 97 79 76 73 LOUTH 4 259 177 182 121 MAYO 16 131 147 154 146 MEATH 8 124 121 143 120 MONAGHAN 9 112 69 77 82 OFFALY 17 155 76 91 57 ROSCOMMON 5 48 61 72 85 SLIGO 6 50 47 58 57 TIPPERARY 5 196 177 241 224 WATERFORD 11 129 207 166 115 WESTMEATH 7 160 117 133 153 WEXFORD 23 119 181 299 337 WICKLOW 11 199...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2017)

Pat Breen: ...through the provision of new competitive funds awarded through Enterprise Ireland, to support regional enterprise projects. The North East/North West Plan aims to support the creation of 28,000 jobs across Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth by 2020. Sectors targeted as part of the plan include traditionally strong sectors for the region like agri-food,...

Topical Issue Debate: IDA Funding (22 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: ...of local infrastructure than can support and foster further development in the area. It was on this basis that nine locations were selected for facilities at this particular stage, including Sligo, Athlone, Tralee, Galway, Limerick, Castlebar, Dundalk and Waterford. Facilities at six of these locations are due for completion this year and the remaining three, including Waterford, are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Provision (24 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: ...with the Office of Public Works to identify offices/venues for possible use for hearing venues. As already outlined, financial investment has been made in a hearing room the WRC Offices in Sligo and currently it continues to be the most appropriate venue for hearings in the region.  This of course may change in the context of developments in other venues on a regional structure...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: ...100,000; Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, which got €60,000; Fingal, which got €120,000; Kerry, which got €20,000; Kildare, which got €100,000; Limerick, the Deputy's county, which got €50,000; Mayo, which got €30,000; Sligo, €85,000; Tipperary, which got €170,000; Westmeath, which got €75,000; and Wexford, which got...