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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Government introduced the July Stimulus €7bn package of supports for firms of all sizes, which includes the wage subsidy scheme, the pandemic unemployment payment for the self-employed, grants, low-cost loans, write-off of commercial rates and deferred tax liabilities, all of which will help to improve cashflow amongst SMEs. Full details on all COVID19 supports for business are...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Tax Code (29 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Registrar of Companies is a statutory role and the Registrar is independent in the exercise of this function. Decisions relating to the treatment of annual returns rest with the Registrar. In March, the Registrar took a decision, in light of the Covid-19 situation, to treat all annual returns, where the deadline for filing falls between 18th March 2020 and 30th June 2020 (both dates...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Ministerial Advisers (29 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The persons appointment by me in my Department as Special Advisers are detailed in the following table. It should be noted that all appointments are subject to formal Government approval and relevant contracts will be laid before the Oireachtas in due course. All appointments will be made in line with the Public Service Management Act, 1997. Name Position Salary...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Employment Rights (29 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: All applications for employment permits are processed in line with the Employment Permits Acts and associated Regulations which lay down in legislation the criteria in relation to the application, grant and refusal of an employment permit.  All employment permits are employer and location specific.  On 6th November 2019, the employer e-mailed my officials querying if different...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (29 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: As Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment my focus is to lead our country through the economic crisis that has been caused by the pandemic to get our businesses open and our people back to work. By the end of 2019, total employment in the IDA's client companies stood at over 245,000. Every region in Ireland has seen foreign direct investment-driven...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am acutely aware of the difficulties faced by businesses across all sectors of the economy. I am in continuous engagement with my Ministerial colleagues on the optimal mix of supports for businesses, so that we have the right supports at the right time for business. As part of the July Stimulus package the Government provided a mix of supports, ranging from direct grants, to loans and...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Staff (29 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: My Department uses workforce planning processes to identify the critical resource needs required to deliver its business goals.  Workforce planning is a key tool in enabling my Department to forecast its current and future staffing needs (subject to the limits of the annual estimates process, the usual budgetary constraints and approvals by the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Trade Agreements (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, the EU-Mercosur Agreement is the EU’s largest trade deal to date and includes a Trade and Sustainable Development (TSD) chapter, which the European Commission has highlighted, builds on the highest standards found in other modern Agreements – such as those with Mexico or Japan.  The TSD chapter promotes sustainable development as part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Restart Grant Plus scheme is grant is a contribution towards the cost of re-opening or keeping a business operational and re-connecting with employees and customers. The grant could be used to defray ongoing fixed costs, for example, utilities, insurance, refurbishment or for measures to ensure employee and customer safety.   In order to be eligible for the scheme a business...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Microenterprise Loan Fund, operated by Microfinance Ireland assists businesses with fewer than ten employees.  It provides much-needed funding to help microenterprises meet payments for stock, working capital requirements and other overhead expenses through the provision of low-cost lending facilities. Microfinance Ireland provides vital support to microenterprises by filling the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Microenterprise Loan Fund, operated by Microfinance Ireland assists businesses with fewer than ten employees.  It provides much-needed funding to help microenterprises meet payments for stock, working capital requirements and other overhead expenses through the provision of low-cost lending facilities. Microfinance Ireland provides vital support to microenterprises by filling the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Microenterprise Loan Fund, operated by Microfinance Ireland assists businesses with fewer than ten employees.  It provides much-needed funding to help microenterprises meet payments for stock, working capital requirements and other overhead expenses through the provision of low-cost lending facilities. Microfinance Ireland provides vital support to microenterprises by filling the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Microfinance [MFI] Ireland Loan Fund assists businesses with fewer than ten employees.  It provides much-needed funding to help microenterprises meet payments for stock, working capital requirements and other overhead expenses through the provision of low-cost lending facilities. The MFI COVID-19 Loan Scheme assists businesses which have been impacted negatively by COVID-19 an...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Meetings (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Details of meetings with trade unions that I, or officials from my Department, have had with trade unions since my appointment as Minister are set out in the table below. Date Trade Unions Met Attendance Purpose of Meeting 16/07/20 Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) Department Officials ICTU Representatives Remote...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: A media monitoring service is provided to my Department by a private contractor, Truehawk Media. My Department has spent €13,038, inclusive of VAT, from January 2020 to date on the provision of this service.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The table below sets out the total expenditure on hardcopy and online media publications by my Department and its Offices from May 2020 to date. A breakdown of costs and details as requested is provided in the attached Table. Hardcopy & Online Media Publications from May 2020 to Date Title of Media Publication/Subscription Number of hard copy publications /...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Contracts (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement have engaged third party companies to provide media monitoring services over the years 2017 to date. The details of the companies engaged and the costs involved are set out in the Table below. Media Monitoring and or Reports on Media Coverage Year Service Company Cost Incl of VAT ...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (30 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has been informed by IDA Ireland that the Agency does not own the former NEC Plant. In April 2019, the IDA's Property Division met with the owners of the site to view the property as a potential location for foreign direct investment (FDI).  The facility is included in an IDA Ireland database of marketable properties and it is being actively...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Ireland (1 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The COVID-19 Online Retail Scheme, administered on my Department's behalf by Enterprise Ireland, supports companies in the indigenous retail sector who have already started an online journey, to further enhance and strengthen their online presence, which will have the most immediate impact enabling them to respond to both domestic and international consumer demand with a competitive online...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Youth Unemployment (1 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am conscious that the economic impact of COVID-19 has not been the same across all sectors of the economy. For some sectors, especially those that require personal contact with customers, such as hospitality, it has been more difficult to adapt to social distancing requirements.  We also know our young people have been disproportionally impacted by COVID-19 and we must ensure they are...