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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: My thoughts are with the former workers of the company concerned who have been made redundant. This is a particularly vulnerable cohort of the workforce and I fully appreciate how difficult the situation is for those affected and for their families. At the time of the job losses in Limerick, dedicated staff in the Department of Social Protection worked directly with the employees to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: Changes to the employment permits system for workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to address skills shortages in Ireland’s Home Care sector were announced on 16 December 2022. Applications for General Employment Permits (GEP) in respect of this role can only be submitted when a valid Labour Market Needs Test (LMNT) has been undertaken. To satisfy a valid LMNT, an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: On 3 August 2022, the former Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail signalled his intention to issue an Order to give effect to a statutory recommendation of the Labour Court concerning minimum rates of remuneration and other terms and conditions in the Security Sector. The Order was to apply from 29 August 2022. On 24 August 2022, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: Sustainability, energy efficiency and decarbonisation should now be integral to the strategic planning of all businesses. In 2021, my Department provided €10 million in funding through the Climate Enterprise Action Fund to help businesses in their carbon abatement strategies and to prepare for new areas of economic growth founded on sustainability, innovation and productivity. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The overall capital allocation for LEO programmes in 2023 is €35.8m. The allocation to individual LEO programmes is yet to be finalised and is subject to approval of the Enterprise Ireland board. The Green for Micro programme launched in 2021, is intended to help prepare small businesses for the low carbon, more resource efficient economy of the future. It supports client companies to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: A notional amount of funding is being allocated in my Department’s Estimates for a national design centre over the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 currently. Under Project Ireland 2040 and the National Development Plan 2018-2027, it is envisaged that a national design centre will be established as an incubation, training and demonstration capacity to support market-led innovation in our...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Government established the €500m Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) in 2018 as one of four National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2027 Funds under Project Ireland 2040. It is aimed at encouraging collaboration and innovation in the development and deployment of disruptive technologies, on a commercial basis, targeted at tackling national and global challenges. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Space Technologies Programme as outlined in Project Ireland 2040 relates to Irish investment in European Space Agency (ESA) Programmes. Ireland has significantly grown its investment in ESA in recent years in line with the National Strategy for Space Enterprise 2019 – 2025, which seeks to build an economically sustainable and expanding space-active industry, delivering quality jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The State’s dispute resolution mechanisms for industrial relations and employment rights disputes comprise the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the Labour Court and residual functions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT). These are independent, statutory bodies, which are funded by my Department. The WRC was established in 2015 and its functions include the inspection of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The overall capital allocation for LEO programmes in 2023 is €35.8m. The allocation to individual LEO programmes is yet to be finalised and is subject to approval of the Enterprise Ireland board. The Trading Online Voucher Scheme (TOVs) received an allocation of €12.5m in 2021, to meet the increased demand for this support throughout the pandemic, and €3m in 2022. Both...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: Enterprise Ireland supported jobs over the past five years are as follows: Annual Employment Survey (AES) Total Employment by county per given year County 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Carlow 3,815 3,500 3,171 3,257 3,221 Cavan 6,534 6,506 ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Support Services (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter and giving me an opportunity to address it. Like the Deputy, I was extremely disappointed to learn the news of this closure and my first concern goes to those workers and their families, as well as the wider population of Carrick-on-Suir straddling the Waterford and Tipperary border that so many of us know so well and have enjoyed visiting...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Employment Support Services (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I assure Deputy McGrath that hope is most certainly not lost in regard to this site and the people who have worked in this plant for so many years. We must put the redundancies that are happening in context. It is nothing to do with the efficiency of the plant itself. It is certainly nothing to do with the 31 workers who have put their blood, sweat and tears into it. Unfortunately, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his appearance at the EU-Western Balkans Summit in Tirana. [62026/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: International Bodies (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: Ireland has significantly grown its investment in the European Space Agency (ESA) in recent years in line with the National Strategy for Space Enterprise 2019 – 2025, which seeks to build an economically sustainable and expanding space-active industry, delivering quality jobs for the economy of tomorrow. The overall amount paid to ESA by the State in 2022 was €30.17 million,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I can confirm that the €10 million fund in respect of the open call for Brexit Impacts referred to in the Budget 2023 Expenditure Report is allocated solely to capital expenditure.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I can confirm that the €12 million in respect of the EI Green Transition and Digital Transition Funds referred to in the Budget 2023 Expenditure Report is allocated solely to capital expenditure.  In that regard, each fund has been allocated €6 million.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Budget 2023 allocation to the Local Enterprise Office network includes an additional €4 million in capital expenditure to pilot both the extension of the LEOs mandate to firms with over 10 employees and the introduction of the Small Firms' Investment in Energy Efficiency Scheme (SFIEES).  This additional allocation is broken down evenly across both supports with each measure...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The National Space Strategy for Enterprise 2019 – 2025 sets ambitious goals for how Ireland intends to develop an economically sustainable and expanding space-active industry, delivering quality jobs for the economy of tomorrow. Funding for the space sector in Ireland is not specifically allocated to the National Space Strategy rather, funding is allocated on the basis of our...