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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: It presents a real opportunity to unlock, produce and consume electricity more efficiently. I have no doubt there is significant opportunity in Ireland, with a lot of tech companies using AI and with their data centres, for us to enhance our competitiveness. We can also reduce our emissions. It is the technology of the future. We have set out the principles within Government that new data...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (10 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Deputy for her question. Ireland has attracted the best data centres and tech companies in the world. This is a really important relationship and the Government continues to work with the sector towards a secure and decarbonised energy future. However, data centres, like all large energy users, have to exist within the boundaries of our climate legislation and targets. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (10 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Employment Permits system is designed to attract highly skilled workers from outside the EEA to Ireland, to meet skills demand in the economy where those skills can’t be accessed through the resident labour force. A quota of 1,000 General Employment Permits for the role of care workers and home carers was introduced in December 2022. In March this year, Minister for Enterprise,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (10 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages in the State required to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of our economy. A quota...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Inquiries (10 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: DCCI is an independent organisation that promotes the commercial development of Irish designers and makers, stimulating innovation, championing design thinking, and informing Government policy. It receives funding from my Department through Enterprise Ireland (EI), and a Service Level Agreement (SLA) is in place between EI and the DCCI. This provides the framework for agreement of service...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Healthcare Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: Ireland operates a managed, vacancy-led employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. This approach complements the policy objective of Government to upskill the resident population at all levels. Where specific skills prove difficult to source within the European Economic Area (EEA), and where the...

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Deputy knows what he has said.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: Bargain basement.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: It is disgraceful.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: That is not pertinent.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: Does the Deputy want them to go to the UK?

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: I did not interrupt the Deputy.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Deputies are far from protecting them.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Deputies are describing them as transitional jobs. In one sense, they are-----

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: -----providing uncertainty.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: They are not providing political solutions to the challenges we face. I wonder whether the Deputies have met many of these high-quality employees who provide a unique service to these companies that are extremely important to rural Ireland. If we look at the number of jobs in the regions, these companies provide more than 31,000 jobs in the west. More than 16 companies, as I said, are...

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: -----and far from being the result of bargain basement corporation tax receipts.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: In one sense, the Deputies need to reflect on that point. It is quite disrespectful and incorrect to describe these companies as what the Deputies have described them. They need to reflect on this point. Certainly, no reference was made-----

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: -----to the current unemployment rates, nor to the more than 2.8 million people now employed in our economy. Indeed, these FDI companies support our strong indigenous companies. Indirectly, we have seen thousands of-----

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Alan Dillon: -----jobs created as a result of these sectors, which has been a real positive in relation to EI-backed companies now exporting back to the US.