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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I cannot go into everyone's ask here-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Government has put together a lobbying register so everything is transparent so the Deputy can ask a question here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: It is on the public record. All minutes of those meetings are available on the public record, again, through work my party has done to ensure it is transparent and all decisions are transparent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Some data centres with new technology use water while others use air. The EPA regulates their usage and it is important that it does so effectively. The corporate sustainability reporting directive and reporting requirements are coming down the line. We have signed up to the directive and the data centres will have to comply with it in terms of the measures and parameters the Deputy has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Public employment is vast in terms of what area you are looking at. The population of our State is growing rapidly. Looking at how much we have grown over recent years, it is quite significant. The public service will have to grow to match the services that our citizens require.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Retrofitting is a huge line of work. Many areas where people oppose having various levies to try to fund our carbon changes will be critical. I know from the midlands how much more we need to put into retrofitting. It is a huge challenge for us, at massive scale.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Local authorities, absolutely, yes.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I am very aware of the difficulties the hospitality sector continues to face right around the country due to the costs associated with doing business. SMEs are crucial to our towns and villages. The Increased Cost of Business scheme this year alone has successfully paid out over €244 million to 75,000 SMEs, including two payments to over 38,000 SMEs in the retail and hospitality...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I recognise that businesses operating in the retail and hospitality sectors continue to face higher costs with running their business, that is why I announced the Power Up Grant as part of Budget 2025. The Power Up grant has a budget of €170m. This grant builds on the success of the Increased Cost of Business Scheme which has delivered €244m to date to businesses to 75,000...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Biotechnology Industry (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The US Biosecure Act seeks to address national security risks associated with biological manufacturing and the biotechnology sector. The Act imposes restrictions on certain foreign companies and activities that are considered potential threats to U.S. biosecurity, particularly in the context of bio-manufacturing, research, and development. I am advised that the implications for companies...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of this Government's enterprise policy and under the IDA's 2021-2024 Strategy, the Agency is targeting at least half of all investments to regional locations. In that regard, the IDA supported 132, or 54%, of investments outside of Dublin in 2023 and, in the first six months of this year, supported 131 investments, with 74, or over 56%, planned for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I am acutely aware and recognise the challenges facing SMEs right across the country. They are crucial to our towns and villages. That is why the Government has brought forward a substantial range of measures to reduce costs and enhance support for small businesses. Earlier this year, I announced a second payment of grants under the Increased Cost of Business Scheme (ICOB), for businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Published in December of 2022, the Government's White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030 sets out Ireland`s industrial policy for the medium- to long-term, with the aim of ensuring Irish-based enterprise succeeds through competitive advantage founded on sustainability, innovation and productivity and delivering rewarding jobs and livelihoods. The White Paper marks a step change in the recognition...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department regularly explores ways to support businesses and to create an environment which stimulates their growth. This includes the potential to adopt new methods which may prove useful to enterprises such as the possibility of an export credit insurance scheme. A state supported export credit insurance scheme would only be permissible, under EU rules, where private sector insurance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Oct 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 22nd August 2024, total employment stood at 2.74 million. There are now more people...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Middle East (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items. The vast majority of dual-use goods exported from Ireland, including to Israel, are mainstream...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports, brokering, technical assistance, transit and transfer of dual-use items. The EU dual-use regulation has direct effect across the EU. Any exporter intending to export a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment established a dedicated Business and Human Rights Stakeholder Forum with the participation of individuals with relevant expertise and responsibilities from key organisations across business, civil society, trade unions and academia to assist with the development of the second National Action Plan on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I recognise the importance of businesses having a focus on human rights in their operations as there is a strong expectation from society to do so. Businesses have reacted well since Ireland launched its first National Plan on Business and Human Rights (2017 - 2020) towards the end of 2017. Ireland became the 19th state in the world to develop a National Plan. In December 2021, a review...