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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department regularly explores ways to support businesses and to create an environment which stimulates their growth. This includes the potential to adopt new methods which may prove useful to enterprises such as the possibility of an export credit insurance scheme. A state supported export credit insurance scheme would only be permissible, under EU rules, where private sector insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Ireland’s labour market has shown remarkable resilience given the challenges Ireland has faced in recent years, including Brexit, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and global inflationary pressures. According to the latest employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, published on 22nd August 2024, total employment stood at 2.74 million. There are now more people...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Middle East (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items. The vast majority of dual-use goods exported from Ireland, including to Israel, are mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items. The EU dual-use regulation has direct effect across the EU. Any exporter intending to export a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment established a dedicated Business and Human Rights Stakeholder Forum with the participation of individuals with relevant expertise and responsibilities from key organisations across business, civil society, trade unions and academia to assist with the development of the second National Action Plan on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I recognise the importance of businesses having a focus on human rights in their operations as there is a strong expectation from society to do so. Businesses have reacted well since Ireland launched its first National Plan on Business and Human Rights (2017 - 2020) towards the end of 2017. Ireland became the 19th state in the world to develop a National Plan. In December 2021, a review...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of dual-Use goods. Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union was published on 19th October 2022 and must be transposed by 15th November 2024. The Directive aims to ensure that workers across the European Union are protected by adequate minimum wages allowing for a decent living wherever they work. The Directive includes three sets of measures: One of the goals of the Directive is to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: In March 2024, my Department and the Department of Social Protection published an assessment of the combined impact of proposed measures to improve working conditions in Ireland – including the transition to the Living Wage and increasing the number of days of Statutory Sick Leave. Reflecting the findings of this assessment, a range of measures were announced to assist businesses in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. In this regard, the availability of property and infrastructure solutions is a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property and infrastructure ecosystem can be the key differentiator in winning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Exports Growth (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Global Ireland 2025 was launched in 2018 with the aim of doubling the scope and impact of Ireland’s global footprint in the period to 2025. In parallel my Department’s Trade & Investment Strategy for 2022 to 2026, Value for Ireland, Values for the World, sets out our principled and holistic approach to international trade policy and aims to expand Ireland's global...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department continues to work closely with IDA Ireland to ensure there is a strong continued pipeline of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Ireland. To that end, Ireland’s proposition for FDI investment remains competitive, as demonstrated by IDA’s results for the first half of 2024 where they supported 131 investments, 74 of which are planned for regional locations,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Ireland’s labour market has shown remarkable resilience given the challenges Ireland has faced in recent years, including Brexit, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and global inflationary pressures. According to the most recent employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, published in August 2024, total employment in Ireland across all sectors including...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Growth (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Ireland currently holds a strong competitive position globally. The Institute for Management Development (IMD)’s World Competitiveness Yearbook 2024 ranks Ireland as the most competitive country in the euro area and the 4th most competitive economy. This performance is underpinned by several key factors, including a highly skilled workforce, strong economic growth, and success in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and its Embassy network, as well as other Departments, to implement the Government’s Diaspora Strategy, Global Ireland – Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025, which was launched in late 2020. The effective coordination of the implementation of this strategy across Government will be carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: According to the CSO’s Earnings and Labour Costs survey, the job vacancy rate in Q2 2024, which measures job vacancies on the last working day of the quarter, was 1.1%, down from 1.3% recorded in Q2 2023. The job vacancy rate remained unchanged compared to the previous quarter when 1.1% was also recorded at the end of Q1 2024. There were 26,400 job vacancies at the end of Q2 2024, down...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department continues to monitor challenges to the manufacturing and services sectors of the economy. Despite the economic challenges posed by the pandemic, the services and manufacturing sectors have proved resilient, along with the Irish economy at large. With an unemployment rate of 4.3% in September, the Irish economy is operating at a level close to full employment. The risks to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. The availability of property and infrastructure solutions is a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property and infrastructure ecosystem can be the key differentiator in winning Foreign Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (23 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The EU-Mercosur Agreement is designed to cement the close political and economic relations between the EU and Mercosur countries and represents a commitment to rules-based international trade. Since formal negotiations concluded in 2019, the global trade policy landscape has changed considerably. The rise in trade nationalism, the economic impacts of COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Budgets (23 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will be aware, last June I announced that €300 million will be available to drive the decarbonisation of Ireland’s industrial emitters over the coming years. The fund will be used by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland to support client companies to reduce their emissions between now and 2030 through the Environmental Aid scheme. The €300 million in...