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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Priorities (22 May 2024)

Peter Burke: I recognise the importance of businesses having a focus on human rights as there is a strong expectation from society that businesses consider how their operations can impact on human rights. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (22 May 2024)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland's strategy, Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021-2024, identifies opportunities for sustainable growth among its established base of clients and new investments. The strategy is delivered through a focus on five pillars: Growth, Transformation, Regions, Sustainability, and Impact, through a focus on transformative investments to increase the productivity of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will appreciate, State Aid generally refers to forms of State-controlled financial resources given to undertakings on a discretionary basis and with the potential to distort competition and affect trade between Member States of the EU. As such, State Aid is prohibited under the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU because of its anti-competitive effects. However, various...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will appreciate, State Aid generally refers to forms of State-controlled financial resources given to undertakings on a discretionary basis and with the potential to distort competition and affect trade between Member States of the EU. As such, State Aid is prohibited under the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU because of its anti-competitive effects. However, various...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to allow...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 268 and 269 together. Over the last number of years, we have seen a significant increase in inflationary pressures, most pointedly in the form of energy price inflation – which is a significant input cost for firms across a range of sectors. However, I welcome the latest data from the CSO’s Wholesale Price Index, which continues to show a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Standards Authority of Ireland (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: I am satisfied that the agency concerned continues to have the appropriate staff and expertise to discharge its functions to the highest standards. The agency continues to proactively address the recruitment of high calibre senior management staff, with extremely specialist, much sought after skillsets, while remaining within current public sector pay policy. The staffing needs of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (16 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The latest stats regarding the ICOB scheme are laid out in the table below. Please note that I along with my Government colleagues have today Wednesday 15th May announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Amongst the range of measures I have decided to reopen the ICOB portal from today to 29th May. If a rate paying business owner has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (16 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The latest data on funding, as at 15th May, regarding the ICOB scheme is set out in the table below. In addition, please note that I, along with my Government colleagues, have today Wednesday 15th May announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Amongst the range of measures it was agreed that ICOB portal would be re-opened from today...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (16 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. While most of these shocks have been international in nature – most significantly, energy price inflation – there have been costs associated with domestic measures, including the transition to a Living Wage and the introduction of Statutory Sick...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (15 May 2024)

Peter Burke: No publicly funded contracts were awarded to Bam Ireland by my Department in the past ten years.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Information and Communications Technology (15 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The ICT Unit of my Department has informed me that the total capital investment in compute and data infrastructure, which includes server and network hardware used to deliver ICT services to the public and staff in my Department; and PC's, Laptops, tablets, printers etc. used directly by staff in my Department in the performance of their duties is as follows. Year Amount...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (14 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department serves as the national contact point at EU level on matters of State Aid policy. As part of this function, my officials collate and submit the report on the application of the State Aid rules for Services of General Economic Interest (SGEI) to the European Commission. The report is submitted every two years in accordance with the State Aid rules for SGEI. These reports are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (14 May 2024)

Peter Burke: As Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment I consider that increasing the numbers of people with disabilities participating in the labour market represents a significant opportunity for employers and the enterprise sector. The development of policy measures and initiatives to support disability rights and inclusion fall, primarily, under the remit of my colleague the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (14 May 2024)

Peter Burke: An important element of IDA Ireland’s strategy is to diversify its market reach by broadening the geographic profile of investment. To support this objective, a ‘Pioneering Markets’ team was established within the Growth Markets Division of IDA in 2019, tasked with extending IDA’s global footprint. This approach has been supported by the appointment of a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (14 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Japan is the 6th largest investor globally by employment and the largest investor from the Asia Pacific region with strong cross-sectoral representation. IDA Ireland’s Tokyo office was established in 1974 and is focused on attracting and maintaining foreign direct investment from Japanese enterprises across Information & Communication Technologies (ICT), Life Sciences...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Middle East (14 May 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 officials, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which sets up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (14 May 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: Legislative Process (14 May 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy may know, in April of this year, officials from my Department appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure Reform, and Taoiseach to assist that Committee in its hearing on the Pre-Committee Stage Screening of the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023. My Department provided a comprehensive overview of Ireland’s trading...