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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: We are happy to engage with the Senator on that and try to unlock the issue. We also have the increased costs of business grants flowing out. Hopefully the second payments to the hospitality and retail sectors will be going out from next week. That is another significant intervention which is helping business. It is a cash payment directly into the bank account for just an application...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: That is across the three locations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for his questions. Regarding our capital expenditure, the Government is probably spending approximately €12 billion per annum. That was approximately €3 billion a decade ago, so the pace of growth can be seen. I genuinely look at it as a glass half full. In the case of Waterford, there have been significant infrastructure improvements over the past decade....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: The future of Ireland fund will be doing that and will be investing in significant projects as it has to do that. There is no doubt but that we have to invest significantly in those capital projects to bring them on stream. I have do not have full jurisdiction it, as the Deputy is aware, as in my Department, I represent business. I try to provide a pathway for businesses through research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator and assure her she will have my support. For the people she represents it is an important area in regional Ireland. It is good to see the IDA has strongly turned the dial so that 54% of all investments are now in regional Ireland. It is important that continues. The Senator rightly pointed out the importance of broadband. We now have broadband speeds in the most...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: We will raise that important issue with Customs and Excise and Revenue. We obviously have improved infrastructure post Brexit, which is important to our economy. We have seen significant investment in Rosslare and Dublin Port in particular. I am not specifically aware of the issue but we will raise it with Revenue and Customs and Excise and come back on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: Absolutely. We will arrange that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (3 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: It absolutely would. That would be a key target through digitalisation and the White Paper. It is important because there is a significant challenge with AI. The transformation it can have on our economies is incredible. It is important businesses are aware of it, working in it and trying to future proof themselves for it.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (4 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for raising this matter, which concerns a huge number of people and their families across County Louth, in particular Drogheda, who are impacted by the decision. I met my Oireachtas colleagues and others in relation to this significant news earlier this week. I met officials from IDA Ireland earlier today to discuss this important issue. I reiterate my position and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (4 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: I take on board both points made by Deputy Nash and both points made by Deputy O'Dowd in connection with this. I reiterate that the families of all those affected and those workers are to the forefront of our minds because it is a very significant employer that has had a generational impact within the town of Drogheda, and indeed beyond. The national planning framework sets out a very...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (4 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: The Central Statistics Office compiles statistical data in relation to Goods Exports and Imports. According to the CSO data, the value of our goods imports from Switzerland was €8 billion in 2023 up 26% compared with 2022. The value of our goods exports to Switzerland was €4 billion in 2023 up 25% compared to 2023. Our top goods exports to Switzerland in 2023 were Medical...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (4 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: Ireland’s labour market has shown remarkable resilience given the challenges Ireland has faced in recent years, including Brexit, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and global inflationary pressures. According to the latest employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, published on 23rd May of this year, total employment stood at 2.71 million in the first quarter of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (4 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: Each year, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland prepare a programme of trade missions and events which supports the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment and showcasing opportunities for foreign direct investment in support of high-quality jobs and regional development throughout...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (4 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department has progressed a suite of legislative priorities over the last 2 years. Workers’ rights have been improved via the Sick leave Act, the Employment (collective redundancies and miscellaneous provisions) and companies (Amendment) Act and the Employment Permits Act. In addition, we have delivered a robust framework that underpins controlled goods, digital services, screening...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy. The recent announcement from Becton Dickinson, BD, to close its Drogheda facility over the next two and a half years is extremely disappointing, especially for the staff and their families impacted by the decision. I assure the Deputy the Government is on hand to support those employees as they seek alternative employment. IDA Ireland has regularly engaged with BD on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: It was a privilege yesterday to meet Trevor, the representatives of SIPTU and the team, who are working so hard on behalf of employees on the ground, and to see their passion and what the plant means to the fabric of Drogheda because it is a very significant employer. I did agree to take a submission from Trevor but I was equally clear, as I have to be, that I was in no way raising...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: I absolutely understand how important this is and give my firm commitment that I will do my very best when I meet senior management, including the group chief executive, next week. The BD site is utility rich and has a lot going for it. We will work on it with the IDA to ensure we will get a strong tenant in there. Deputies Nash and O'Dowd have consistently raised the need for investment...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: Wavin Ireland has been an IDA Ireland client company for more than 60 years. My Department received a notification of collective redundancy from the company last Friday, 5 July, confirming its intention to reduce its workforce by some 50 positions by the end of the year due to the transfer of manufacturing functions to its facility in the UK. As always, the primary concern, in the House and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Job Creation (11 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: I am happy to work with the Deputy to support the community and provide high-quality jobs. That is important to our economy. IDA Ireland is drawing up a new strategic plan to ensure we remain competitive and can attract high-quality jobs into the region. The statistics are very good. Approximately one third of the new investment coming into the country at the moment is by new-name...