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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Flaherty for his important question and the work he is doing in this regard. IDA Ireland’s regional property programme ensures the continued supply of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional locations to meet the needs of current and prospective clients of IDA Ireland, as well as Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise offices. Indeed, the availability of...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: I will do that. I spoke with the chief executive of IDA Ireland in connection with how important it is to progress investment in the midlands and in Longford town. The Deputy quite rightly points out the significant offering in Longford. The infrastructure is improving. One can see the N4, now obviously the preferred route, coming to the fore. It is an important artery of connectivity...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Industrial Development (11 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: For Deputy Flaherty's information, we will continue to work hard on that. It is in the capital plan. Hopefully, we will have a strong budget for business. We are working hard with our bilateral discussions with both Ministers to ensure that we have a strong business budget and, obviously, IDA Ireland will be central to that. In response to Deputy Murnane O'Connor, I will endeavour to...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (11 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for his question. The increased cost of business scheme was announced in budget 2024. It has been allocated €257 million and is specifically designed to target smaller businesses. It was initially opened for registrations between 14 March and 1 May. However, on 15 May, I announced two changes to the scheme as part of the wider SME package. First, registration...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (11 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: We currently have €230 million transferred to the local authority sector and that will cover the first and second rounds. Once that is disbursed, there will be a small enough buffer left over and, at that stage, we will assess what we can do with it. My focus is that any money that is voted by this House in the budget will be spent by my Department this year, and I am very clear on...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (11 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: We will do our very best to have a strong budget for businesses. That is central to what we are doing in the Department. The benefits of our SME package are now being felt across the country. The reduced rate of PRSI will take effect from 1 October for workers on the national minimum wage. That process will be linked directly to the Low Pay Commission to ensure that minimum wage workers...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: As you know, the Local Authorities are administering the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) scheme on behalf of my Department. Up to Friday 5th July, 81,241 businesses have registered for the ICOB scheme. and almost €122 million has been paid out to 58,722 eligible business owners. The Local Authorities are making payments to businesses once their information is verified. Variances...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 260, 261, 263, 264, 268 and 269 together. On 26 April 2023 the European Commission published a proposal to revise and replace the existing general pharmaceutical legislation. The EU Pharmaceutical legislative package proposes a suite of measures with the purpose of assuring the quality and safety of medicines and ensuring their availability to health...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: As the Deputy may be aware, trade policy is an exclusive competence of the European Union, under Article 207 of the Functioning of the European Union, generally referred to as the common commercial policy. Trade relations with Egypt are governed by the EU-Egypt Association Agreement which creates a free-trade area between the EU and Egypt. Negotiations with Egypt on a Deep and Comprehensive...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: My Department operates a devolved procurement function whereby each business unit and Office of the Department is responsible for the procurement of their own goods, services and related contracts, with corporate oversight via a Procurement Co-ordination Unit, headed at Principal Officer level. The Offices of the Department include the Companies Registration Office (which incorporates the...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: My Department does not use ChatGPT or any other Artificial Intelligence (AI) in drafting Dáil speeches or in drafting responses to Parliamentary Questions. AI Serving the Public is one of the pillars of the National AI Strategy, AI – Here for Good. I have an ambition that AI is used, where appropriate, to deliver innovation in public service delivery in my Department. Any use...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Equipment (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: My Department's records indicate that, in the period in question the following laptops or mobile phones have been reported as lost or stolen: Year Laptops Mobile Phones 2014 1 1 2015 1 - 2016 - 1 2017 - 2 2018 - 1 ...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 274 to 278, inclusive, together. My Department, along with the enterprise agencies, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, and the Local Enterprise Offices, promote and support the funding of decarbonisation technologies and energy efficiency initiatives across the enterprise base. Under State Aid rules, the Government can only provide financial assistance...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: As the Deputy will be aware, Becton Dickinson advised last week that following an analysis of its network and forecast market demand, BD UK & Ireland had made the difficult decision to discontinue production at its site in Drogheda over the next two and a half years. This decision will result in the closure of the BD Drogheda site by the end of Q4 of 2026, which will regrettably...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 and 282 together. Over the last five years Foreign Direct Investment performance in the IDA Mid-East Region, which comprises counties Kildare, Louth, Meath and Wicklow, has been strong, with IDA Ireland client company employment in the region growing by 10%. There are 113 IDA client companies in the Mid-East Region, employing 21,861 people. County Louth...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: IDA’s regional property programme ensures the continued supply of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional locations to meet the needs of current and prospective clients of IDA, Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices. The timely provision of appropriate, cost-effective property and infrastructure solutions to meet the needs of Multinational Companies (MNCs) remains...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise and is a key focus of the work of my Department. In that regard, IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting at least half of all investments - that is 400 of 800 - from 2021 to 2024 to regional locations. Further, the...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: On 14th May 2024 the Government agreed a range of measures with the aim of reducing costs for small and medium sized businesses, including in the hospitality and retail sectors. As part of re-opening the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) scheme and given the greater impact that increased costs are having on the hospitality and retail sectors, as noted in the DETE-DSP joint working paper...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: Enterprise Ireland’s Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) budget (Subhead B4) provides direct and indirect research development and innovation supports for indigenous companies and supports the commercialisation of State funded research under the following activities - Activity 1 – Transforming R&D Activity in Enterprise - provides RD&I support...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Change Policy (9 Jul 2024)
Peter Burke: My Department is pro-actively integrating climate action in activities, and those of our agencies; engaging with businesses in Ireland from microbusinesses to large corporates about the many opportunities for decarbonisation and cost effective efficiencies. My Department has recently published a Roadmap for the Decarbonisation of Industrial Heat. It outlines the necessary trajectory to...