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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: Flying and operating drones in Ireland is subject to European Union Regulation 2019/947. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) currently supervises and implements this Regulation in Ireland. The Department of Transport is directly responsible for developing the national policy framework for drones, including supporting growth and innovation while managing safety, security, and privacy aspects....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Feb 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: Employment Rights (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: At the outset, I must emphasise that Ireland’s system of industrial relations is essentially voluntary in nature and that responsibility for the resolution of industrial disputes between employers and workers rests in the first instance with the employer, the workers and their representatives. I would encourage both sides to engage constructively with each other and to make every...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: The regional business innovation centres (BICs) which are part-funded through Enterprise Ireland, provide tailored, high level supports to entrepreneurs to convert their innovative ideas into a commercial reality and are helping start-up enterprises to become investor ready. I understand that the Cork BIC services both the South and Mid-West regions including the Halo Business Angel Network...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department, through the enterprise development agencies, provides a range of tailored supports for enterprises of all sizes in Ireland and provided emergency funding during the COVID crisis and now the energy crisis. Supports include grants and softer supports such as access to finance, management development, mentoring supports, business development programmes, market supports and trade...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: As of 20th February 2023, there are 928 Employment Permit applications in the processing queue. There are 218 awaiting information from the applicant and 6 are ready to issue. The current waiting time in respect of standard new employment permits is seven business days and for trusted partner applications the current waiting time is 4 business days. Following the implementation of an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: Ireland’s employment permits system is designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill skills and labour gaps for the benefit of our economy, in the short to medium term, but this objective must be balanced by the need to ensure that there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 and 163 together. Government has put in place a range of measures in Budget 2023 to assist companies in facing the ongoing effects of Covid, Brexit and the illegal war in Ukraine. Building on the recently published White Paper on Enterprise, my Department working with our agencies and stakeholders will continue to monitor potential threats and identify...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that, on 3rdOctober 2022, a General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (in the details supplied) was received. On 23rdNovember 2022 the General Employment Permit application was refused. A request for a review of the refusal decision was subsequently submitted and is currently under consideration by the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (28 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: On 3 August 2022, the former Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail announced 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 my Department was informed that High Court had...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: Much has already been done to improve the employment permit system and my Department is always focused on improving the service, with initiatives such as the Trusted Partner Registration system, and the introduction of the electronic employment permit and the Multi-Site General Employment Permit for Doctors. Waiting times for Employment Permit processing have been greatly reduced over the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (1 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The Commission’s core services include the inspection of employment rights compliance, the provision of information, the processing of employment agency and protection of young persons (employment) licenses...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (2 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The table below gives details of the total number of Employment Permit applications that issued, the number that were refused and the number that were withdrawn, in respect of Non-EEA nationals for employment in companies in Limerick city and county in 2022.  Year 2022 Limerick Issued Refused Withdrawn...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: As the Deputy knows, the closure of PayPal in Dundalk and overall redundancies in the tech sector are part of a wider and disappointing global trend, one from which Ireland has been relatively insulated. Regarding Dundalk, the north-east regional enterprise programme will commit to finding new investment for Louth and the wider region. I look forward to Ministers going across the world in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department officials have been in contact with Enterprise Ireland in relation to the company in question and while Enterprise Ireland, as a State development Agency, at all times aims to provide the best value for money to taxpayers and the State, it cannot guarantee absolutely that every company funded will succeed or deliver on its objectives and developmental targets. Nevertheless...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department officials have been in contact with Enterprise Ireland in relation to the company in question. The legal process of dealing with this company's difficulties is ongoing and similar to any other secured creditor, Enterprise Ireland will receive a final distribution when this process concludes.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that on 1st March 2023 General Employment Permits issued in respect of the persons named in the details supplied.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Fairs (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: Both Enterprise Ireland and the IDA have advised that they have no client companies participating in the IDEX 2023 arms fair in Abu Dhabi. Enterprise Ireland is precluded from promoting military arms, unless sanctioned by the Government. Similarly, in line with legal constraints on its remit, IDA does not target companies producing military goods.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that there are currently no delays processing applications for this role. Applications for the role are being processed in line with normal processing timelines. The current processing dates as of 3rdMarch 2023 for each Employment Permit type is as follows: Applications Date Standard new...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: There was a significant increase in applications for employment permits in 2021 and 2022, which led to delays in processing times. Following the implementation of an internal action plan the number of applications awaiting processing has now significantly reduced in all sectors including the hospitality sector. Processing times are currently running at 4-7 business days. The table below shows...