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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: Balanced regional development is a key Government priority and is a central aim of the White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030. My Department and its agencies contribute to this agenda in several ways, including through the nine Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs). These are bottom-up plans developed and led by regional stakeholders, which focus on collaborative initiatives to strengthen the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department is committed to delivering an efficient and responsive employment permit system which supports businesses and ensures that we are positioned to maximise the benefits of economic migration. The system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages required to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department is committed to delivering an efficient and responsive employment permit system which supports businesses and ensures that we are positioned to maximise the benefits of economic migration. The system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages required to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Small Business Unit has been established in my Department - fulfilling a Programme for Government pledge at an early stage and demonstrating the commitment of the Government to SMEs. The Small Business Unit has been tasked with ensuring that the needs and issues of small businesses have a dedicated focus and are recognised and acknowledged across Government. This will be an ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 34, 36, 39, 54, 55 and 80 together. Balanced regional development remains a Government priority. One central aim of the White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030 is to support balanced regional enterprise development. My Department and its agencies contribute to this agenda in several ways, including through the nine Regional Enterprise Plans or REPs. These are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department, through our agency Enterprise Ireland (EI), is committed to supporting employment in Cavan and Monaghan. EI focuses on creating new jobs by supporting entrepreneurs in manufacturing and internationally traded services, and High Potential Start-Up Companies. Additionally, EI aims to retain and create new jobs in existing companies and enhance Ireland's innovation capability at...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) based within the 31 Local Authorities are the first stop shop for local businesses in Ireland. In the first instance LEOs provide a signposting service for all government supports available to all small businesses and can provide information/referrals to other relevant bodies. LEOs provide training and advice on entrepreneurship and helping businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Government is firmly committed to driving balanced regional development as a cornerstone of its enterprise policy. Under the “Delivering for Ireland, Leading Globally” Strategy 2025–2029, Enterprise Ireland aims to grow employment in client companies to 275,000, with a strong emphasis on regional job creation and scaling indigenous businesses across all counties.The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department is committed to delivering an efficient and responsive employment permit system which supports businesses and ensures that we are positioned to maximise the benefits of economic migration. The system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages required to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Government is committed to bringing forward measures to support small businesses in every region, county and town in Ireland. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) play an extremely important role at local level, providing their services direct to small businesses and promoting entrepreneurship across the country. The development and publication of the LEO Policy Statement in 2024...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department has been preparing for tariffs and economic shocks and we are working with our dedicated agency supporting Irish businesses, Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland have established a bespoke team which is currently engaging with SMEs, supporting businesses around tariffs and mitigation measures, as well as offering advice and support on diversification measures. Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Smart Regions Enterprise Innovation Scheme was launched in October 2023. The scheme is co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund and administered by Enterprise Ireland. The scheme includes four streams supporting development and provision of local enterprise infrastructure, innovation clusters and consortia, innovation services to SMEs, and early-stage feasibility and priming...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Grow Digital Voucher was introduced in 2024, and replaced the Trading Online Voucher, which closed for applications in December 2024. Under this new, improved offer, the funding available has been increased to up to €5,000 and the eligibility criteria expanded to cover a wider range of digital interventions available to a broader range of businesses compared to the Trading Online...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department measures the impact of grant supports to SMEs through a combination of quantitative performance metrics and qualitative outcomes which are aligned with programme for government goals. Programmes delivered by the enterprise agencies are evaluated by my Department, and individual projects at company level that are supported by the agencies undergo evaluations to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department is ensuring that Enterprise Ireland is actively evolving to meet the dual demands of AI innovation and sustainability in its support for startups. Through its 2025–2029 strategy, the agency aims to support 1,000 new startups, with a strong focus on scalable, export-driven businesses. Recognising the transformative potential of AI, Enterprise Ireland is enhancing its...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Government is firmly committed to driving balanced regional development as a cornerstone of its enterprise policy. Under the “Delivering for Ireland, Leading Globally” Strategy 2025–2029, Enterprise Ireland aims to grow employment in client companies to 275,000, with a strong emphasis on regional job creation and scaling indigenous businesses across all counties....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Newbaze factory in Carrickmacross was officially opened in November 2019. Enterprise Ireland (EI) supported Newbaze as they sought to establish themselves as an infant formula and nutritional powders manufacturer. They also supported the company to explore the innovation networks and ecosystem available to them in Ireland.EI met the company CEO on 05 March 2025, and at that meeting, he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: Last year my department launched the National Enterprise Hub as a service open to all businesses to help them access and find the right Government support to help their business. Its overall goal is to simplify access to the many grants and supports available to businesses across Government. It provides business owners with an easy entry point to the wide enterprise supports eco-system....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Government is committed to supporting workers and promoting positive working conditions in Ireland and our legislation is kept under review to maintain our robust suite of employment rights. It is also important to acknowledge the challenges the enterprise sector has faced over the last number of years and to maintain a regulatory environment that allows businesses to remain viable and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: Section 35 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended, allows for local authorities to make bye-laws governing the segregation, storage and presentation of household and commercial waste “for the purpose of the proper management of waste or the prevention or control of environmental pollution”. This Section further allows local authorities to specify the type of documentary...