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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Budget 2026 (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Government recently published the Action Plan and Market Diversification which has a series of initiatives designed to deepen and expand existing market relationships where possible, identify and cultivate new market opportunities, deepen agency support for companies seeking to diversify their export markets and promote and protect market access for Irish goods. Planning by Departments...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 was published on 1 April 2025. The Bill will deliver a new employment right by providing that, in general, an employer may not enforce a contractual retirement age which is below the State Pension Age (age 66) if the employee does not consent to retire. The Bill completed Committee Stage on 2 July 2025. The timeline for the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 was published on 1 April 2025. The Bill will deliver a new employment right by providing that, in general, an employer may not enforce a contractual retirement age which is below the State Pension Age (age 66) if the employee does not consent to retire. The Bill completed Committee Stage on 2 July 2025. The timeline for the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system, maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The regime is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills or labour shortages in the State in the short to medium term. This objective must be balanced by the need to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The General Employment Permit application in question was refused on the basis that the requirements in relation to the Labour Market Needs Test were not fully met. Specifically, the job advertisement was not placed with the Department of Social Protection/EURES for the required duration of 28 days within the 90-day period preceding the application. This is a mandatory requirement under...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment’s chief contribution towards addressing our construction sector skills needs is through the facilitation of international recruitment of non-EEA construction workers through the employment permits system. The Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in turn have discretion with regard to the grant of visa permissions to enter...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Health and Safety Authority delivers on a broad remit of work across a wide mandate which includes occupational safety and health, chemical safety, market surveillance and national accreditation. Budget Allocation for the Health and Safety Authority 2023 -2025 Year Allocation 2023 €28,909,000 2024 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department operates several useful forums that facilitate consultation with the enterprise sector on a wide range of enterprise issues. Examples include the Enterprise Forum, the Retail Forum and the Cost of Business Advisory Forum. The forums provide a platform for engagement with the enterprise sector to consider the enterprise policy implications arising from both national and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) play an extremely important role at local level, as part of a supportive ecosystem, providing their services direct to small businesses and promoting entrepreneurship within towns and communities across the country. The LEOs, based in each of the 31 Local authorities, can provide a wide range of enterprise supports to micro-breweries, small distilleries...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: Your question specifically relates to Budget 2026 which will be announced by the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation on 7th October. The Government through its agency Enterprise Ireland remains deeply committed to supporting the international growth of this vibrant and high-potential sector. Through a broad suite of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (18 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy (WAPCE) 2020-2025 established an ambitious suite of measures to continuously improve Ireland’s waste management systems, minimise waste and improve resource efficiency. The WAPCE will be updated in 2026 to ensure that it aligns with and drives the delivery and implementation of the new Circular Economy Strategy which will be published...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) was introduced on 1 February 2024 to encourage more people to recycle plastic bottles and cans and to deliver on our ambitious EU targets for the recycling of those products. Re-turn always encourages consumers to redeem their deposits, and it is important that the public is aware that Re-turn retains an open-ended liability to refund deposits to consumers,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (18 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: Dialogue within the European Union regarding the collection and reporting of data for all waste packaging takes place within the context of the Waste Framework Directive and related legislation such as the Waste Shipment Regulation and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive, which will be replaced in 2026 by measures under the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Circular Economy Fund operates on an annual basis, with the €27million allocated for 2025 activities only. The Fund utilises revenues from environmental levies to provide financial support to the initiatives as prescribed for under Section 8 (9) of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 2022. Since the funding announcement earlier this year, successful...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: There is a wide range of significant supports provided by Enterprise Ireland (EI) and the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) to assist small and medium-sized businesses in all sectors. Many of the available supports are specifically targeted at those engaging in international trade. The LEOs play an extremely important role at local level, as part of a supportive ecosystem, providing their...

Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: I thank all the Deputies for raising these important matters and allowing time to discuss them. I also welcome the opportunity to discuss the pressures Irish householders are facing as a result of high energy costs and the actions the Government is taking in response. The pressures placed on households and businesses by high energy costs remain a deep concern for the Government....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: I can confirm that the roles of "wet trades" such as bricklaying, plastering, tiling, and painting/decorating are not listed on the Critical Skills Occupations List (CSOL). However, this does not mean they are ineligible for an employment permit. These roles are eligible for a General Employment Permit (GEP). Where a role is not listed as an ineligible occupation on the Ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: Enterprise Ireland are in regular contact with the company in question regarding its operations in Ireland. While Enterprise Ireland are always keen to explore opportunities to support investment and employment, the details of any such discussions with individual client companies are commercially sensitive. I am therefore not in a position to comment on the specifics of any discussions with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: Balanced regional enterprise development is a key focus for my Department and for the Government. I appreciate the important role of enterprise centres and remote working hubs throughout the country. They enable people to live and work in their local communities and provide a range of services to support companies and entrepreneurs to establish and grow their businesses. The Government has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Sep 2025)

Alan Dillon: Developing Ireland’s enterprise base remains a key focus for Government and my Department is committed to backing small businesses and start-ups, to help them to scale up and grow into exporting entities in every county across the country. The Programme for Government commits to ensuring Local Enterprise Offices are fully resourced to support local businesses. The importance of...