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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am keenly aware of the critical role that the retail sector plays, as the largest private sector employer in Ireland, in contributing to the Irish economy. The past year has been a difficult year for all businesses, including retailers. The impact of both the COVID-19 pandemic and Brexit have posed significant challenges for businesses and it is vital that businesses continue to develop...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Taxonomy Regulation (2020/852) introduces an EU wide unified classification framework ('taxonomy') for determining whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable, for the purpose of establishing the degree of environmental sustainability of an investment. The Regulation will also apply to undertakings that are subject to the obligation to publish a non-financial...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The information required by the Deputy for staff of my Department by grade and gender is provided in tabular form below. This data is sourced from the National Shares Services Office and is reflective of the position at 29 March 2021. GRADE DESCRIPTION GENDER TOTALS TOTAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY 7 Female 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: CRSS was designed to provide a well targeted support to assist those public facing businesses located in areas where public health restrictions were in place. The amount payable was based on the eligible business’s turnover for a comparative period pre-pandemic. Turnover provided an equitable proxy by which to calculate the costs which the business incurred, meaning that payments...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: On 15 January last I published Ireland’s first National Remote Work Strategy to make remote working a permanent option for life after the pandemic. A key action within the National Remote Work Strategy is to extend the mapping and classifications of hubs - as completed by Western Development Commission on the Atlantic Economic Corridor - across the country to develop national data on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I understand that the Deputy has clarified that she is seeking details of any 'personal information on private persons' sent from my Department to the Department of Health during the period in question. From a review of files in the time available there are no records of data sets or databases containing personal information shared by my Department with the Department of Health since 2000.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: General Data Protection Regulation (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy for my Department and the Offices under the aegis of my Department is set out in the tables at the following link.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I understand this is an incredibly difficult time for businesses across the country and I would like to thank them for their efforts at this difficult time. By each of us following the spirit of the rules and working together we can hopefully ease some restrictions soon. S.I. No. 701 of 2020 Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (COVID-19) (No. 10) Regulations 2020 and S.I....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: CRSS was designed to provide a well targeted support to assist those public facing businesses located in areas where public health restrictions were in place. The amount payable was based on the eligible business’s turnover for a comparative period pre-pandemic. Turnover provided an equitable proxy by which to calculate the costs which the business incurred, meaning that payments...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Rent Increases (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: These are difficult times and many companies have had to temporarily close their businesses and / or premises, curtail their activities or make alternative work arrangements due to COVID-19 restrictions. I am aware that some businesses are concerned that some landlords are continuing to insist on the payment of rents and leases as normal despite their premises being closed. The issue of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: From the start of this Pandemic, a wide range of aid for businesses and employees have been introduced right across Government. These have included income based schemes such as the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and the Employee Wage Subsidy Scheme which are payable regardless of sector and are available to employees, sole traders and proprietary directors. In line with the practice in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am not aware of any such requests.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: IDA Ireland’s overseas teams and office network are vital to support the agency’s efforts in winning new Foreign Direct Investment across the world. From time-to-time IDA seeks to expand its global network of offices and teams.Many firms are looking to expand into new markets and Ireland is a proven location for global companies to grow and serve their customer base in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am acutely aware of the difficulties that these necessary ongoing Covid-19 restrictions are putting on all businesses right across the country. Business owners are making sacrifices in order to protect their communities. As you are aware, the Government has put in place a comprehensive package to help businesses and workers during the pandemic, including the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Restart grant scheme was launched in May 2020 and was live on all local authority websites. It was advertised extensively both nationally and locally as well as across social media. The Scheme was initially intended to provide grants in tandem with the phased re-opening of the economy as per the Government’s Roadmap. As the Roadmap was accelerated, so too was the scheme available...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: These are difficult times and many companies have had to temporarily close their businesses and / or premise(s), curtail their activities or make alternative work arrangements due to COVID-19 restrictions. I am aware that some businesses are concerned that some landlords are continuing to insist on the payment of rents and leases as normal despite their premises being closed. The issue of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy is aware the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a modern and progressive Free Trade Agreement which has provisionally applied across the EU since the 21st September 2017. The Agreement covers virtually every aspect of economic activity and will provide new market opportunities in many sectors for Irish firms given the extensive bilateral business...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: IDA Ireland’s overseas teams and office network are vital to support the agency’s efforts in winning new Foreign Direct Investment across the world. From time-to-time IDA seeks to expand its global network of offices and teams. Many firms are looking to expand into new markets and Ireland is a proven location for global companies to grow and serve their customer base in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am acutely aware of the difficulties that the necessary ongoing Covid-19 restrictions are putting on businesses right across the country. As you know the Government has put in place a comprehensive package to help businesses and workers during the pandemic, including the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS), the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), the COVID-19 Restrictions Support...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am acutely aware of the difficulties that these necessary ongoing Covid-19 restrictions are putting on all businesses right across the country. Business owners are making sacrifices in order to protect their communities. As you know the Government has put in place a comprehensive package to help businesses and workers during the pandemic, including the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS),...