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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Contracts (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Details of contracts that my Department currently has with public relations agencies and consultants are set out in the attached table. Date of Contract Public Relations Agency/Consultant Purpose of Contract Total Value of Contract August 2019 (to run for two years) Insight Strategic Consultants Annual Employment Survey ...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Restart Grant and Restart Grant Plus Schemes are administered by the 31 Local Authorities on behalf of this Department. I have set out in the following table the value of Restart Grant and Restart Grant Plus funding drawn down and allocated to each Local Authority as of 2 October 2020. Local Authority Restart Grant Total Allocation Per County Restart Grant...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Staff (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Attached is an organisation chart maintained by my Department which details names and contact details for all staff from Assistant Principal Officer and equivalents to Secretary General, broken down by Division and respective business unit.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Programme for Government (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I understand that the Deputy’s Question relates to the establishment of a task force for north Kerry following the Programme for Government statement to withdraw the Shannon LNG terminal from the EU Projects of Common Interest List in 2021. I can advise the Deputy that the Government has committed to ensuring that local development plans are developed to stimulate economic activity...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Company Liquidations (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Debenhams is a court-supervised liquidation, subject to oversight of the High Court and accordingly is sub judice. Under the Companies Act 2014, I have no power to intervene in a court-supervised liquidation. Similarly, the Government cannot intervene with a liquidator, who has a statutory duty to realise assets and distribute to creditors in accordance with the law and who reports to the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Company Liquidations (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Government cannot intervene with a liquidator, who has a statutory duty to realise assets and distribute to creditors in accordance with the law. Equally the Government has no statutory power to intervene in a court-supervised liquidation that is subject to oversight of the High Court. The State guarantees statutory employment rights to the workers of Debenhams. If a company is...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Work Permits (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: In order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice and Equality which allows them to reside and work in the State without the requirement for an employment permit. Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Funding (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy will appreciate that Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland are both funded from my Department’s Vote whereas the funding of Udarás Na Gaeltachta is the responsibility of my colleague Minister Catherine Martin. Insofar as the funding of Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland is concerned, the following table sets out the original allocations for both Agencies as provided for in...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Trade Agreements (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, negotiations for an EU-Mercosur Agreement were concluded in June 2019, marking the EU’s largest trade deal to date. The Agreement 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...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Trade Agreements (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: In January 2020, my Department, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, commissioned independent consultancy firm, Implement Consulting, to undertake an Economic and Sustainability Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the EU-Mercosur Agreement following a competitive tender process. The ESIA will consist of two equally important and complementary components, namely...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Trade Agreements (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: In June 2019, negotiations for an EU-Mercosur Agreement were concluded, marking the EU’s largest trade deal to date. In January 2020, my Department, in conjunction with DAFM, commissioned an independent consultancy firm to undertake an Economic and Sustainability Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the EU-Mercosur Agreement following a competitive tender process. In line with our...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Redundancy Payments (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I met with Gerry Light, Mandate and Debenham workers in July, along with Minister of State Damien English, who has responsibility for Business, Employment and Retail, and Minister of State Robert Troy who has responsibility for Company Law matters. Minister English met with ICTU in August where they outlined proposals concerning the treatment of collective agreements. Minister English...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Restart Grant scheme was launched on 22 May and was live on all local authority websites from 29 May. It was advertised extensively both nationally and locally as well as across social media. By mid-June, almost 30,000 applications were received nationally and by the end of July, some 45,000 applications were received. The Scheme was initially intended to provide grants in tandem with...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Research and Development (8 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Ireland’s overall investment in research and innovation, that is public and private investment, has been increasing steadily over the past several years. It increased from €2.56 billion in 2011 to an estimated €3.7 billion in 2018 – a rise of 44%. Ireland’s public investment in research and innovation has also been increasing over the past several years....

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to speak on Financial Resolutions Nos. 5 and 6. Financial Resolution No. 5 is an anti-tax avoidance measure. It provides that section 541 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, that is, Act No. 39 of 1997, be amended with respect to disposals made on or after 14 October 2020, by insertion of a new subsection (6A). The purpose of this amendment is to correct an anomaly recently...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I take it that there are no objections to Financial Resolutions Nos. 5 and 6, which are anti-tax avoidance and technical measures. The same goes for Financial Resolution No. 4, to which Deputy Cullinane referred. To avoid any confusion, this is an anti-avoidance measure and a technical measure. The Government is proposing and supports it, and it is very much in line with what we have been...

Financial Resolution No. 5: Capital Gains Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I move: (1) THAT section 541 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended, as respects disposals made on or after 14 October 2020, by inserting the following subsection after subsection (6): “(6A) Notwithstanding subsection (6), a gain or a loss accruing on a disposal of a debt referred to in that subsection shall not be a chargeable gain or allowable loss where...

Financial Resolution No. 6: Capital Gains Tax - Deferral of Exit Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I move: (1) THAT subsection (9) of section 629 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended, as respects amounts of tax referred to in that section which remain unpaid on or after 14 October 2020, by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (a): “(a) Simple interest shall be payable in respect of an amount of tax which is due and payable and which...

Financial Resolution No. 7: General (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I move: THAT it is expedient to amend the law relating to inland revenue (including value-added tax and excise) and to make further provision in relation to finance.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I move: That Dáil Éireann authorises the Minister for Finance (the ‘Minister’), pursuant to section 9(1) of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019 (the ‘Act’), to transfer €1,500,000,000 (€1.5 billion) from the National Surplus (Exceptional Contingencies) Reserve Fund to the Exchequer’s Central...