Seven

Invest in and support our staff to further enhance individual and collective capacity, ensure high standards of corporate governance and optimise all our resources to deliver our Strategy, Mission and Goals.

The pursuit and achievement of the Goals set out in this Strategy are dependent on the excellence

and efforts of all of our staff, supported by the Corporate Services business units. Our key asset is

our staff. We will ensure a supportive HR strategy and practices and invest in shared learning and

career development to enable each staff member to grow his/her capacity to make a valued

contribution and with the flexibility to respond to key issues as they arise. We will also ensure that our

culture and values demonstrate dignity and respect.

We will optimise our financial, technological and other resources to support us in achieving our

objectives and in implementing a programme of continuous improvement.

We will fully participate in the ongoing public service reform agenda and the Civil Service Renewal Plan, and pursue a number of in-house initiatives under the umbrella of our New Ways of Working initiative. This will include a significant investment in staff development to increase expertise and capability and enable our staff to perform at the highest levels across our diverse business areas. We will also recruit staff with specific skills to strengthen our expertise in particular areas. In addition, the Department has a number of staff seconded overseas with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. We will maintain optimum service whilst relocating a significant proportion of staff in key business areas (including supporting ICT and other systems). We will continue to seek efficiencies and improved customer service through continuous focus on digital opportunities. We will take action based on feedback from customer and staff engagement surveys to help improve our service delivery. We will demonstrate excellence in corporate governance which will provide openness and transparency and ensure value for money. We will support our staff through wellbeing initiatives and flexible working options, to ensure a healthy work life balance for all.

We will work with the Civil Service Management Board in implementing the Gender Balance Action

Plan, and work to remove any barriers that may exist which may stop people from competing for and

participating in senior management and leadership positions both within the Department and across

our Agencies.

In line with our obligations under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act, 2014, the Department is committed to proofing its policies, procedures and services across its business areas to ensure we comply with our requirements in the area of human rights and equality.

Outcomes

A responsive, professional and flexible team

Effective systems that strategically support our business.

Sound corporate governance culture and framework and value for money achieved in the

management of the Department’s funding,

Appendix 1

List of Programme for Partnership Government Actions for delivery by DBEI

The ultimate goal of the new Government will be to deliver sustainable full employment. This will mean an extra 200,000 jobs by 2020, of which 135,000 will be outside of Dublin, leading to more people at work than ever before.

Specifically, the new Government will:

Target 200,000 extra jobs by 2020, including 135,000 outside of Dublin

Reduce the unemployment rate to 6%

Facilitate the return of at least 70,000 emigrants

Prioritise balanced regional development, which will allow us to aim for an unemployment rate in each county that is within one percent of the State average by 2020

We will maintain the OECD endorsed Action Plan for Jobs process that will, on an annual basis, consult with all relevant stakeholders to draft an Action Plan that contains the best ideas for job creation within available resources.

We will implement regional jobs plans, with local input, to help spread growth to all areas. The aim of these strategies will be to encourage agencies and companies to work together and build on the competitive strengths of each region. We will mandate Local Enterprise Offices to set countyspecific targets on job creation.

We will also encourage county councils to play a significant role in the Regional Action Plan for Jobs and ensure that economic recovery is felt inside every door of their county.

An extra €300million in capital funding between Enterprise Ireland and Udarás na Gaeltachta to allow them to provide additional support to Irish owned enterprises. This extra funding will give Local Enterprise Offices and incubation centres additional resources to help support start-ups and small businesses across the country.

An extra €200million to the IDA which will allow it, among other things, to attract more multinational jobs by building additional advanced facilities in regional towns. This will follow on from the 11 advanced facilities which are currently being rolled out.

Support a leap forward in the capacity and performance of our enterprise sector. Protect our national competitiveness from unsustainable cost growth (this involves active innovation and investment as well as containing income demands to the genuine delivery of productivity improvements).

Excel in getting the basics right, and deliver a job-fit business environment which ranks in the top tier globally.

We will respect the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court as the proper forum for state intervention in industrial relation disputes and ensure that both bodies are supported and adequately resourced to fulfil their roles.

We will ensure that our national interests are protected in any future trade discussions, with a particular focus on beef and food safety standards.

We will work with the European Commission and colleagues across the EU to ensure the best possible outcome for Ireland in any future negotiations. In particular, we will work to ensure the principle of equivalence is maintained in negotiations in terms of food safety, traceability and production standards to ensure that producers are operating on a level playing field.

Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court.

Appendix 2

Examples of areas of cross-cutting interest and collaborative effort with other Government Departments and their Agencies

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Exports and trade, Foodwise 2025, Innovation 2020, H&S in the Farming and Fisheries sectors, Chemicals Acts – (REACH, CLP, Rotterdam Regulations).

Department of An Taoiseach

Development of annual Action Plans for Jobs, Digital Single Market Strategy, National Risk Assessment. Engagement through a range of Cabinet Committees, Senior Officials Groups, etc.

Department of Rural and Community Development

Regional Action Plans for Jobs, roll-out of Broadband, Action Plan for Rural Ireland.

Central Statistics Office

A range of surveys on enterprise and innovation performance, QNHS module on work-related accidents and illness, inputs to the development of the National Data Infrastructure and the Unique Business Identifier and productivity statistics.

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Innovation 2020, roll-out of high speed broadband, energy security and supply, Chemicals Acts, collaborative work on the Emission Trading Scheme, UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Department of Defence

Defence Organisation’s collaboration with industry and research organisations on product development and evaluation, Security and Defence Enterprise Group, Progression of EU proposal to establish European Defence and Industrial Development Programme.

Department of Health

Innovation 2020, Establishment of Health Innovation Hub Ireland, healthy workplace dimension of the Healthy Ireland Initiative, Chemicals Acts.

Department of Education and Skills

National Skills Policy, Expert Group on Future Skills Needs, areas of key skills shortages, Excellence and basic research, Research prioritisation, Investment in PRTLI, Entrepreneurship in Education, Construction Skills Certification Scheme, Social Policy under the EPSCO Council.

Department of Finance

Finance for Business, taxation, funds and markets, insolvency, anti-money laundering,Cost of Insurance Working Group.

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform

Capital expenditure priorities to support enterprise development, capital and current funding of Agencies, Labour-Employer Economic Forum (LEEF), Public Sector and Civil Service Reform.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

EU Permanent Representation, Trade policy, Trade Strategy, Trade missions, Support for Irish business in existing/new markets, Economic diplomacy strategy, The Joint Economic Commissions (JECs) process with China, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Korea, Export Trade Council (ETC)/ Trade Coordination Group, DFAT’s ongoing work on Least Developed Countries, Sustainable Development Goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda, Whole-of-Government approach to foreign policy, Human Rights, International Labour Organisation, Reporting for the Council of Europe’s European Social Charter, licensing and enforcement system for export controls, North South cooperation – InterTradeIreland.

Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government

Project Ireland 2040, Ireland’s national planning framework (February 2018). Affordable housing, planning process, water, waste management, Local Authorities key role in delivering the goals of the Regional Action Plans for Jobs, DHPCLG’s Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), Dangerous Substances Act -Licencing role of Local Authorities, Chemicals Acts –Control of Major Accident Hazards, Receivership Working Group – exploring ways to protect legal tenancies.

Department of Justice/Garda Síochana

Employment permits, employment rights inspections, carriage of dangerous goods by road (ADR), Driving for Work programme, employment equality as part of employment and social policy coordination of the EU EPSCO Council, EU insolvency issues.

Revenue Commissioners

Employment rights - Joint investigations (WRC, DSP and Revenue Commissioners), Employment Permits, Chemicals Acts, Company Law.

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Protocol between DBEI, DSP and the Enterprise Agencies aimed at maximising recruitment by the Enterprise Agencies from the Live Register, low pay, employment and social policy EU under the EPSCO Council, Employment rights - Joint investigations (WRC, DSP and Revenue Commissioners).

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Transport infrastructure.

Appendix 3 – Some Key DBEI Stakeholder Forums

Action Plan for Jobs Implementation Group

Implementation Committee for the South West Action Plan for Jobs

Action Plan for Jobs Stakeholders Consultation Groups

Implementation Committee for the South-East Action Plan for Jobs

ADR (Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road) Inter Departmental /Agency Group

Implementation Committee for the West Action Plan for Jobs

Advisory Group on Small Business (AGSB)

Industrial Partners Group

Chemicals Inter Departmental / Agency Group

Innovation 2020 Implementation Group

Companies Registration Office Stakeholder Forum

Inter Departmental Group on Children First

International Association of Insolvency Regulators.

Company Law Review Group

Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities Implementation Group

Knowledge Transfer Ireland Stakeholder Forum

Connecting for Life National Cross-Sectoral Group

Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF)

Construction Safety Partnership Advisory Committee

National Competitiveness Council

National Design Forum

Corporate Social Responsibility Stakeholder Forum

National Disability Inclusion Strategy Implementation Group

Cost of Insurance Working Group

National LEO Steering Group (LSG)

Enterprise Forum on Brexit & Global Challenges

National Open Research Forum

National Strategy for Women and Girls 2017- 2020 Implementation Group

European Migrant Networks Consultation Group.

Retail Consultation Forum

Expert Group on Future Skills Needs

SME Advisory group on Public Procurement

Health Innovation Hub Oversight Group

SME State Bodies Communications Group

Healthy Workplace Framework Sub Group

SOLAS Stakeholder Oversight Group

Implementation Committee for the Dublin Action Plan for Jobs

Technology Futures

The inter-departmental High Level Group on Horizon 2020

Implementation Committee for the Mid-East Action Plan for Jobs

The inter-departmental Marine Coordination Group

Implementation Committee for the Midlands Action Plan for Jobs

Working Group on Industrial Relations Structures for An Garda Síochana.

Implementation Committee for the Mid-West Action Plan for Jobs

Implementation Committee for the North East / North West Action Plan for Jobs

Appendix 4 – Ambition set out in Enterprise 2025 Renewed and Innovation 2020

The targets set out in Enterprise 2025 Renewal and Innovation 2020 form a backdrop to the DBEI Statement of Strategy 2018-2021

Table 1 Outcomes, employment & quality of life

Overarching National Outcomes	Metric	Current	Potential by
		Performance	2020
Employment
At least 2.3 million people in sustainable	Total employment	2.2 million1	2.3 million
employment
Maintain greater than 71% of 20 to 64 year	Employment rate 20-	71.4%	73.0%
	64 year olds
olds in employment by 2020
	(Eurostat)
Living Standards
Maintain living at an above average position	GNI per capita in	133 Monitor performance to
relative to the Eurozone 192.	Purchasing Power
		2020
	Standards relative to
	Eurozone 19

Table 2 Business environment

Outcome	Metric	Current			Potential by 2020
		Performance
Competitiveness
Rank in top 5 most competitive small countries in	World Bank Doing		6th small		1-5
the world3	Business ranking		countries4
Sustaining the profitability of Irish Firms	Gross operating	9.9%			10.0%
Economy wide	surplus as % of
	turnover
Innovation
Increased Investment in RD&I	GERD as a	1.44%			2.5%
	percentage of GNP
Innovative Culture: SMEs introducing product or	As % of all SMEs	45%			50%
process innovations

1 CSO Labour Force Survey Quarter 3 2017

2Monitoring indicator, no target set; Eurostat data

3 Based on high income countries (as designated by the World Bank) with a population within +/-20% of the population of Ireland.

4 New Zealand (1), Singapore (2), Denmark (3), Norway (4), Finland (5), Ireland (6)

Outcome	Metric	Current	Potential by 2020
		Performance
Talent
Highly skilled workforce	Tertiary education	52.9%	60%
	attainment 30-34 year
	olds
Apprenticeships and Traineeships	Apprenticeship and	10,445	31,000
	traineeship places.	apprentices
			19,000
		4,151 trainees
Life Long Learning	Participation of adults	6.4%	10%5
	aged 25-64 in Life
[EU Target 15%]
	Long Learning
	(Eurostat)
Productivity
Productivity in Irish owned companies	GVA per person	Ireland, €52,700	Monitoring to
	engaged Eurostat		2020 - equivalent
		UK €55,000 &
			to UK & Germany
		Germany €52,200,
Total Economy Productivity	Output per hour	2.3%	Monitor and
	worked, total		sustain an EU top
		Ireland first in EU
	economy, percentage		5 position to 2020
		2015
	change at annual
	rate6
Export led growth
Growth in indigenous exports	EI Client Exports	€21.6 billion	€26 billion
Export led growth7	% Share World Trade	0.80%, 33rd world ranking, 2016
	Manufacturing
Export led growth8	% Share World Trade	3.04%, 10th world ranking, 2016
	Services

5National Skills Strategy 10% by 2020, 15% 2024

6 Sectors contribute variously to total economy productivity performance. Monitoring of the total economy performance should

be accompanied by analysis at a sectoral level. These numbers are based on GDP, which tends to overstate the position

7 Monitoring indicator, no target set, % Share World Trade Manufacturing 0.61%, 36th world ranking 2013

8Monitoring indicator, no target set, % Share World Trade Services 2.70% 11th world ranking, 2013

Table 3 Regional development

Outcome	Metric	Current	Potential by 2020
		Performance
Employment
Regional unemployment rates will not be higher	Regional	<1% with	<1% all regions
than 1 percentage point above national	unemployment	exception of
unemployment rate		Midland, 2.4%;
		Mid-West 1.5%;
		and the South
		East 1.1%

Table 4 Enterprise development

		Current	Potential by
Outcome	Metric
		Performance	2020
Sustainable enterprise
Increase no. of start-ups	No. of enterprise	18,100	18,848
	births per annum
Survival rate of start-ups (5 years) economy -wide	Increase no. of	9,331	12,495
	enterprises surviving
	to 5 years by 25%
Growth in High Potential Start-up rate supported	HPSUs supported	91 (2017)	90 per annum
by EI – focus on quality and performance
Increase percentage of HPSUs achieving 3-year	HPSU performance	23% (2016)	33%
ambition of at least €1 million in sales [uplift of c
45% on 2016]
Increase in scaling activity	EI Firms>€3m sales	1,003	1,100
	out of Ireland
	EI Firms > €20m	272	300
	sales out of Ireland
	EI Firms >€100m	64	90
	sales out of Ireland
Increase FDI investments	FDI investments	694 (2015-2017)	1080
	1,080 IDA supported
	investments over the
	period 2015-2020
	IDA Target of 900 by
	2019 extrapolated
Diversification of FDI markets	No. of investments	227 (2010-2014)	Increase by 50%
	from non-US markets		(2015-2020)

		Current	Potential by
Outcome	Metric
		Performance	2020
Export growth & diversification
Increase Irish-owned export intensity	Irish owned exports	52%	55%-60%
	as % of sales
Broadening base of Indigenous exports	EI Client exports	€14.1bn	€17.4bn
	beyond UK markets
Broadening base of Indigenous exports	EI Client exports to	€4.2 bn (2015)	€6.3 bn
	Eurozone		50% increase on
			2015
Employment
Increase EI supported employment	Agency client base	209,338	225,0009
	total employment
Increase IDA supported employment	Agency client base	210,443	225,00010
	total employment
Innovation
RDI active firms	No. of EI R&D Active	937	1000
	Firms >€100k
RDI active firms of scale	No. of EI R&D Active	134	220
	Firms >€1m
FDI R&D investment	Cumulative in RDI	€3.3 bn	€3.6 bn
	investment by 2020
Increase in Foreign Owned RDI active firms	FDI RDI active	431	47511
	companies
Connectedness
Increase enterprise – public research organisation	No. collaborations	EI12 1,065	EI 1,200
(PRO) collaboration
		SFI13 1,941	SFI 2,600
Increase in Direct Economy Expenditure by 25	ABSEI DEE	€25 bn	€28.6 bn
percent between 2013 and 2020
(Irish materials and services)

9Estimated, derived from the current ambition for employment growth as set out in Enterprise Ireland Strategy 2017-2020. The

ability to achieve this potential will be significantly influenced by the extent of the economic impact arising from Brexit

10 Winning: Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019 target was extrapolated to 2020 in Enterprise 2025. Adjustments have been

made in discussion with IDA Ireland, having regard to substantial international developments, the precise impacts of which

are yet unknown

11 Winning: Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019 target extrapolated to 2020

12 Includes funded projects that have been supported by Enterprise Ireland including Innovation Partnerships Approved +

Technology Gateway Projects Completed + Innovation Vouchers Redeemed. Note that this likely underestimates the extent of

collaboration, not all of which involves funding

13Includes all collaborations, Irish & Foreign owned companies, National and International

		Current	Potential by
Outcome	Metric
		Performance	2020
Innovative (SMEs) collaborating with others	Innovative SMEs	31%	45%
	collaborating as a
(technological cooperation)
	percentage of SMEs
Talent and skills development
Investment in training for employees (double over	Expenditure on	€618	€1,100
period 2014-2020)	training per employee
	per annum in Agency
	supported firms

Table 5 Monitoring indicators

		Current
Indicator	Metric	Performan	Monitoring indicator
		ce
Sustainable Employment Growth
Employment in	Monitoring Indicator: Proportion of the	48%	The proportion of ‘domestic’
domestic sectors	labour force employed in the seven		employment remain below
	sectors that comprise the ‘domestic’		50%
	component of the economy14
Gap between	Difference between the proportion of the	30%	Gap between employment in
employment in	labour force employed in domestic sector		domestic & exporting activity
domestic & exporting	activity and the proportion employed in		remain below 32%
activity	exporting activity15 (% point differential)

14Incl. construction, wholesale and retail, transport and storage, accommodation and food services, professional, scientific,

technical, administrative and support services, and other services, QNHS

15For the purposes of this particular analysis, exporting activity employment is estimated using the CSO QNHS data,

specifically NACE codes B-E (Industry) and J (Information and communication), and data from DBEI’s Annual Employment

Survey (Internationally Traded Services)

Table 6 Key Innovation Targets – Innovation 2020

	Metric	Baseline16	Latest data	Target 2020	Data Source
	GERD (Gross Expenditure on
			€3.25bn	2.5% of GNP
1	Research and Development – both	€2.9bn			DBEI
			(2016)
	public and private)
	Increase private funding of R&D		€31.2m
2		€24m per annum		€48m per annum	HERD survey DBEI
	performed in HE sector		(2015)
	Increase research masters and		2,201
		2,235 (revised)			HEA
3
	Ph.D. enrolments		(2016/17)	Increase of 500
		(2013/14)
		24,785 (2013)	26,336 (2015)	40,000	BERD survey (CSO)
4	Research Personnel17 in Enterprise
	Increase number of firms that are18:
			a. 61%
5	a. Innovation active	a. 58%		a. 73%	Innovation in Irish
	b. Significant R&D performers		b. 1,182		Enterprises survey
		b. 1,040		b. 1,200
	c. Large R&D performers	c. 170		c. 200	(CSO)
			c. 184
			(2015)
	Commercialisation Targets
			a. 186
	a. Commercially relevant
	technologies (Licences,		b. 26
	Options, Assignments)	a. 124		a. 175
6			c. 15
	b. Spinouts	b. 29		b. 40
					EI/Knowledge Transfer
	c. High Potential Start-Ups	c. 11	d. 1,036	c. 16
					Ireland
	(HPSUs) from Spinouts	d. 878		d. 920
			(2016)
	d. Collaborative research projects
	between enterprise and PRS19
			€424m (May
7	Drawdown Horizon 2020	€620m under FP7		€1.25bn	European Commission
			2017)
	European Innovation Scoreboard:	+13%	+13 %
8				+20%	European Commission
	performance relative to EU average	(2015)	(2016)
	How informed the public feel about				Barometer survey (SFI,
9		49% (2015)	n/a	60%
	R&D in STEM				biennial)

16 Baseline year is 2014, unless otherwise indicated.

17 Includes researchers, technicians and support staff.

18 Using CSO definitions.

19 Public Research System.

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