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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (2 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment's MinMAC comprises the Minster for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, both Ministers of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, members of the Department's Management Board and, as required, other Department officials. Since taking office in January of this year, there has been one meeting of the Department's MinMAC,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (2 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: The Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) Scheme and the Power Up grant paid out over €400 million to SMEs in 2024. My Department is aware of issues that have arisen during the registration period, in particular, in relation to businesses that were ineligible for the grant due to incorrect classification of their business type while registering for ICOB. The Department is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Early Childhood Care and Education (2 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: A Joint Labour Committee (JLC) is an independent body made up of equal numbers of employer and worker representatives. A JLC sets the employment conditions and minimum rates of pay for employees in a certain sector. The role of a JLC is set out in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012. JLCs are independent in their functions. If a JLC adopts proposals for an Employment Regulation...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: I rise to support the Government motion of confidence in the Ceann Comhairle and her right as a democratically elected constitutional officer to impartially adjudicate over the Thirty-fourth Dáil. In the context of a significant announcement due in hours from the Trump Administration that has the capacity to really impact so many livelihoods right across this country and pose a threat...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: We are not debating a motion on the capacity of our economy to respond to a significant shock that may be on the horizon.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: Nor are we looking at the vulnerabilities our economy faces and how we may need to respond in the coming months.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: We are debating a motion the Opposition has triggered-----

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: -----about eight minutes every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon. That is what we are at here, while there are so many significant challenges to our economy. It is time we got back to a functioning Dáil and let Members in this House play their part on the various committees on which they need to represent our interests and the people's interests. We have seen unprecedented disorder in...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: -----to really dig down into the various sectoral interests-----

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: It is absolutely your fault. It is the Opposition's fault that the committees are not sitting in this Dáil. There is no European affairs committee-----

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: -----to speak for colleagues right across the EU 27-----

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: -----as to how we are responding. There is no tourism, trade and enterprise committee to bring in sectoral interests, to advance the programme for Government-----

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: This is it - shout people down.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: If anyone has an opposing view, shout them down.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: You are well used to street protests.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: We work in communities, we deliver, we do the work; you shout and roar and try to bring disorder here and have our Parliament suspended.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: Well, let us resolve one thing today: that this House will not be suspended again. Let us ensure we get on with our work and are delivering for the Irish people what we were sent here to do by our communities.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352, 356 and 357 together. I fully recognise concerns raised by Irish authors and their representative bodies regarding the use of work by a Tech company in training generative AI models without author consent. I understand that a legal challenge by authors against a company is ongoing in the US District Court of Northern California in relation to its...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: The table below outlines the top ten countries for IDA foreign direct investment from 2019 to 2024. To note, this information is specific to IDA client companies. Rank 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 1 United States United States United States United States United States United...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment does not collate or hold details or statistics on political lobbying organisations or on the number of lobbies received by the Minister. The Standards Commission is responsible for establishing and maintaining the Register of Lobbying and this register is available to members of the public online at www.lobbying.ie. This Register contains...