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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment recognises the increasing importance of ensuring that the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies uphold the rights of creators, including musicians, performers, and voice actors. Ireland and the EU are currently implementing the AI Act, which includes provisions related to general-purpose AI that will come into...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The Government has approved an appeals process that will give those businesses in the retail, hospitality and beauty sectors that were not eligible for the ICOB and the Power Up grant because they misclassified their business sector an opportunity to register for those grants. This is not a re-opening of those grant schemes, this is designed solely to allow those who originally...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department operates a devolved procurement function whereby each business unit and Office of the Department is responsible for the procurement of their own goods, services and related contracts, with corporate oversight via a Procurement Co-ordination Unit, headed at Principal Officer level. The Procurement Co-ordination Unit assists and advises internal business units and our Offices...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Private Partnerships (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Given the timeframe involved it has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time available. I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Rental Sector (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: On 15 April, Government approved the General Scheme for the Short Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill. The General Scheme was submitted to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel on 16 April for drafting and this work is currently underway. It is expected that the STLT Bill will go through the full legislative process in the Oireachtas later this year. This Bill when enacted will provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Wellman International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Indorama Ventures PCL, one of the world’s leading petrochemical producers and a leading global manufacturer of wool yarns. The broader Indorama Group is based in Bangkok, Thailand. As the Deputy will be aware, Wellman International Ltd, Mullagh, County Cavan produces polyester staple fibres, made primarily from recycled material,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department and its Offices have no record of any procured services with Starlink. In respect of the Agencies that come within the remit of my Department, they are statutorily independent in their functions and this is an operational matter for them. I have, therefore, referred your question to the Agencies for direct reply to you.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The Copyright and Related Rights Amendment Bill was formally published on 13 June 2025. The General Scheme of the Bill, which provides a detailed description of the intended objectives and scope of the proposed legislation had been made available on the Department’s website in November 2024, and it was circulated to all relevant stakeholders at that time. Officials within my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I am aware that the Restaurants Association of Ireland have recently published their Pre-Budget Submission for Budget 2026. Among the proposals raised by the Association include: a reduction in the Hospitality VAT rate to 9%; linking National Minimum Wage (NMW) to inflation for 2026; and a reduction in the employer PRSI rate of 8.9 per cent to 4.45 per cent for a one-year period. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Enhancing cross-border cooperation and connections is a key ambition of this Government and tourism is an important asset towards achieving this goal. By continuing to support the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, the Government seeks to strengthen Ireland’s reputation as a high-quality, accessible destination for both domestic and international visitors...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Weather Events (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to develop an Extreme Weather Event Assistance Scheme for community organisations and businesses. This initiative is a strategic policy action for delivery within the timeframe of the current Government. My Department operates an Emergency Humanitarian Flooding Scheme in response to specific flooding incidents. These schemes are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Each year, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland prepare a programme of trade missions and events which support the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment and showcasing opportunities for foreign direct investment in support of high-quality jobs and regional development throughout Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department and its Offices are tenants in eleven buildings across the country in office accommodation provided to it through the Office of Public Works (OPW) who manage the State's property portfolio on behalf of Government Departments. These buildings are either state owned or leased from private landlords by the OPW. I am informed that my Department therefore does not own any of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Since January 2025, my Department has made significant progress delivering on our Programme for Government priorities and my ambition to support businesses especially SMEs to grow and thrive and deliver high quality jobs across Ireland. The CSO’s Labour Force Survey for Q1 2025 shows employment continues to grow, with 90,800 jobs created in the year to Q1 2025. Employment now stands...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: On 15 April, Government approved the General Scheme for the Short Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill. The General Scheme was submitted to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel on 16 April for drafting and this work is currently underway. It is expected that the STLT Bill will go through the full legislative process in the Oireachtas later this year. This Bill when enacted will provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key focus of our Programme for Government and is central to the work of my Department and our Agencies. In that regard, regional development is a strategic imperative for the IDA who partners with client companies and key stakeholders in all regions in pursuit of its objective to maximise regional opportunities. A total number of 973 investments were won by IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Westmeath is included in Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands Regional Tourism Development Strategy 2023 – 2027. The plan sets out a strategic approach by Fáilte Ireland to unlock the commercial potential of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands and will ensure a focus on tourism development that is sustainable, regenerative and that benefits accrue to local communities. Mullingar...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The general uncertainty in the global economic outlook over the past number of months has highlighted the importance of Ireland’s international competitiveness. Ireland is a highly competitive economy and has consistently scored very highly in the IMD global rankings. We cannot be complacent, however, as our ranking has fallen by five places (to 7th) over the past two years. Our...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I have met with the CEO of Tourism Ireland on a number of occasions since the transfer of responsibility for tourism policy to my portfolio earlier this year, including at Tourism Ireland’s West Coast US sales mission in February, the launch of my Department’s Business Events Strategy 2030 in Dublin in April and at the international launch of the Strategy at the business events...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I am informed that Fáilte Ireland does not have dedicated Social Media and Content Executive roles.  The responsibilities associated with social media management and content creation are integrated within the existing roles of team members in the Digital Marketing and Corporate Communication divisions as part of their broader officer and support functions.   However, this work...