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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (7 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: I refer to the Deputy’s question regarding the format of the Department’s consolidated Government Departments Prompt Payment Returns, and the changes introduced for the Q2 2025 report. As the Deputy notes, under Government Decisions of 19 May 2009, 2 March 2011, 8 March 2011 and 28 March 2017, all public bodies subject to the 15-day prompt payment requirement are required to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: Trading online is an important route for retail businesses to grow and improve. Developing digital capability with a strong online presence will assist retailers to become sustainable, increase their customer base and reduce their costs. In 2024 a package of targeted supports for businesses, including retailers, to digitalise was developed and introduced by my Department. One of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (9 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Redundancy Payments Act 1967, as amended, provides that all eligible employees are entitled to a statutory payment on being made redundant. The statutory redundancy payment is 2 weeks' pay for every year of service plus 1 additional week's pay. This payment is capped at €600 per week. By law, it is the employer's responsibility to pay statutory redundancy. My officials have done...

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: I want to express my sincere sympathies to Harvey Morrison Sherratt's parents, Gillian and Stephen, and all families impacted by CHI's scoliosis and spinal surgery waiting list. This is a deeply serious issue, one on which we are all united across the Dáil in wanting to resolve. Simon, the Government and the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, are working with parents and advocates to...

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: It offers no constructive budget and no constructive policy.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (14 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: Construction and Demolition (C&D) waste, which includes all waste produced by the C&D of buildings and road infrastructure, accounts for over a third of all waste generated in the EU. C&D waste contains a wide variety of materials such as concrete, bricks, wood, glass, metals and plastics. It is the largest waste stream in Ireland in terms of both volume and weight and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: A General Employment Permit Renewal application in respect of the individual concerned was received by the Employment Permits Section on 23 July 2025 and is currently awaiting processing. As of 07 October 2025, the Department is processing Renewal Applications (All renewable permit types included) received on 15 July 2025. Applications are assessed in the order in which they are received...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (14 Oct 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 Environment, Community and Local Government: State Bodies (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15, 26, 27, 28, 31 and 32 together. Producer Responsibility legislation is designed to ensure that producers of relevant goods contribute to the costs of collecting and recycling these goods when they are no longer in use. Ensuring all obligated producers pay their share is critical to the credibility and success of these schemes, known as Extended...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Budget 2026 (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: I can confirm that the a review of the Grow Digital Voucher will be conducted both in line normal practice as part of the pilot phase of any new support, but also as part of a wider review of all Local Enterprise Office (LEO) supports, to be completed in 2026. While the Online Retail Scheme has now closed, it should be noted that there are a broad range of digitalisation supports...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Programmes (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Finance for Scaling Implementation Strategy is currently being finalised and Minister Burke expects to bring this to Government shortly, after which it is expected to be published. The Strategy is a key milestone of the Department's ongoing work to implement the recommendations of the Report: "The use of finance as a catalyst to develop a scaling ecosystem", which was published in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: Ireland has a strong start-up ecosystem, but scaling remains a challenge due to limited access to finance. In July 2025, Minister Burke published the Report ‘Market Demand for and Supply of Scaling Finance in Ireland’, which identified a €1.1 billion funding gap for deals from €3 million and Series A+ rounds over the next 3–5 years. To address these...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (16 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146, 149, 161 and 164 together. Re-turn is a producer-led and owned, not-for-profit company established by beverage producers to meet their obligations under the Separate Collection (Deposit Return Scheme) Regulations. On 25 July 2025, Re-turn published its annual report and financial statements for 2024 and a link to the document can be found here: . ...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (16 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 147, 148 and 163 together. The governance and oversight framework for the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is provided for within the Separate Collection (Deposit Return Scheme) Regulations 2024, the Ministerial Approval issued to Re-turn under those regulations and the Code of Corporate Governance for Compliance Schemes. Re-turn is responsible for all...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (16 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150, 165, 168 and 169 together. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) requires producers to take responsibility for the products they place on the market at the end of their useful life. It is an established concept in EU law and has successfully ensured Ireland has met key EU recycling targets across various material waste streams. The Single Use...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (21 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: Regarding this specific case, officials in my Department have confirmed that the company in question has received mentoring advice from LEO Tipperary and assistance in preparing their application for the Enterprise Ireland New Frontiers programme.   The LEOs are the first stop shop for every business in the country and provide a signposting service for all government supports...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Services (21 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent statutory office under the aegis of my Department. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, and advisory services. Adjudication Officers are required to disclose any potential conflicts of interest...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (21 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: Regional development is a key element of our national enterprise policy, as set out in the Programme for Government and the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and its agencies. In this regard, IDA Ireland has reaffirmed its strong commitment to regional development as a core pillar of its 2025–2029 strategy, 'Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (21 Oct 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (22 Oct 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Redundancy Payments Act 1967, as amended, provides for a minimum statutory redundancy payment to eligible employees. An eligible employee is entitled to two weeks' pay for every year of service plus one additional week's pay, with weekly pay capped at €600 per week. The €600 per week salary cap has applied since 2005. In order to be eligible for a statutory redundancy...