Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 13 February 2013
101. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total value of fees paid under the diaspora, job finders, fee scheme as part of succeed in Ireland; and the number of applications made and the total number of new jobs now in place as a result of this scheme. [7744/13]
View answerUnder the Succeed in Ireland initiative, IDA Ireland will pay a finder’s fee of up to a maximum of €4,000 excluding VAT on the creation of a sustainable job i.e. a job that has been in place for two years. As the initiative has been in existence for only 11 months, no such fees have yet been paid.
IDA Ireland has informed me that since the launch of the Succeed in Ireland initiative on 8 March 2012, two projects, with the potential to create 40 jobs, have been approved. There have been 54 referrals, with potential to receive a reward, registered. The potential number of jobs which may be delivered from these referrals is in the region of 1,500.
An evaluation of the costs, benefits and impacts of the initiative will be undertaken by IDA Ireland later this year in consultation with my Department so that an informed decision can be taken on the merits of broadening out the initiative from a pilot one.
