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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Delivering sustainable, balanced regional enterprise growth is a core objective of this Government and is a key component of the recently published White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030. My Department contributes to this agenda through a number of policy levers, including through the work of the Enterprise Agencies, Local Enterprise Offices and through implementation and oversight of nine...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Disputes (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Firstly, my thoughts are with the workers at Indeed, and their families, during what has been a very difficult and stressful period of uncertainty. Ireland has a robust suite of employment rights legislation to protect and support workers in collective redundancy situations. The Protection of Employment Act 1977 imposes certain legal obligations on employers proposing collective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Services (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (No 29 of 2021) gave effect to the policy changes that were required concerning the proper administration of justice as per the Supreme Court's judgment in Zalewski. The act amended, inter alia, the equal status acts.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: My department recognises that the manufacturing and services sectors face various challenges when it comes to competing with imports and ensuring the competitiveness of Irish exports in foreign markets such as cost competitiveness, technological innovation, global market access, skills and talent and supply chain resilience. In that regard, Enterprise Ireland collaborates closely with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Exports Growth (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department’s White Paper on Enterprise to 2030 sets out an ambitious vision for Ireland’s enterprise policy, to protect Ireland’s strong economic position, and respond to challenges and opportunities that have emerged because of the pandemic, wider economic and geo-political developments, digitalisation, and an increased urgency to decarbonise industry. It provides for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that all applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. Processing times currently stand at 11-12 business days in respect of new permits for Standard Employers and 9-10 business days in respect of new Trusted Partner Employment Permits. Applications in respect of Standard Critical Skills Employment Permits are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Local Enterprise Offices are a ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports to those wishing to start or grow their own business and act as a ‘signposting’ service for all government supports available to the SME sector and can provide information/referrals to other relevant bodies under agreed protocols e.g....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department, in collaboration with Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices remain committed to supporting, encouraging, and fostering job creation through the indigenous sector for both traditional industries and innovative proposals in driving economic growth and employment opportunities in Ireland. In that regard, my Department’s White Paper on enterprise policy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Balanced regional enterprise development continues to be a key policy for me and this Government, and is reaffirmed in the Department’s White Paper on Enterprise. The Department contributes to this agenda in several ways. The Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs) are bottom-up plans which facilitate stakeholders to work collaboratively to identify growth opportunities, recognise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: At the outset, I must emphasise that the responsibility for the resolution of an employment law dispute is a matter for the WRC's adjudication service. I have no role in the administration of justice. Under Irish law, an individual has the right to join a trade union of their choice. The Unfair Dismissal Acts 1977-2016 provide for a number of grounds under which a dismissal may be...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (4 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function, and I have no direct involvement in its day-to-day operations. However, I am informed of the following. Disability discrimination cases typically come before an Adjudication Officer under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015, which prohibit discrimination in the workplace and in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: On 3 August 2022, the former Minister of State for Employment Affairs, Business and Retail announced an 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Sports Funding (4 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department provides supports to businesses through the enterprise agencies. Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices provide direct financial assistance to businesses in the manufacturing and internationally trading services sectors; and advisory and training services to enterprises including those in the locally traded sectors. The recently redeveloped supportingSMEs.gov.ie...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that the person concerned in the details supplied was granted a Multi-Site General Employment Permit on 26thJanuary 2022 and is currently working in the State as a non-consultant hospital doctor on the basis of this employment permit. On 27thApril 2022 an application for a Stamp 4 support letter was received from the person concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Department of Justice report on the Review of the Atypical Scheme for non-EEA Crew in the Irish Fishing Fleet concluded that the employment of non-EEA crew in the Irish fishing fleet, which had been catered for under the Atypical Working Scheme (AWS) since 2015, should be provided for under the Employment Permits system. The occupation of Sea-fisher is currently on the Ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Film Industry (4 Jul 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 WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory services. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (4 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Office of Government Procurement operates as an office of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It is responsible for implementing national policy on public procurement, particularly in relation to construction procurement. Generally, the payment of subcontractors is a contractual matter between the contractor and the subcontractor and enforceable before the Courts. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (4 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function, and I have no direct involvement in its day-to-day operations. However, I am informed of the following. Disability discrimination cases typically come before an Adjudication Officer under the Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015, which prohibit discrimination in the workplace and in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (5 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: Enterprise Ireland officially opened a Montréal office in November 2021 as part of the Government’s first post Covid trade visit to Canada and US. There is a team of six market advisers dedicated to the support of client companies targeting the Canadian market, working in close collaboration with Team Ireland. The Toronto and Montréal offices cover the entirety of Canada,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (6 Jul 2023)

Neale Richmond: A Review of Economic Migration Policy undertaken in 2018 concluded that while the employment permits system provides a robust framework to supplement skills and labour needs in the State, the current legislation imposes inflexibility in its operation. In order to increase the agility and responsiveness of the system, the Review recommended that new legislation be initiated. The 2018...