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

Peter Burke: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of dual-Use goods. 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,...

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

Peter Burke: The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union was published on 19th October 2022 and must be transposed by 15th November 2024. The Directive aims to ensure that workers across the European Union are protected by adequate minimum wages allowing for a decent living wherever they work. The Directive includes three sets of measures: One of the goals of the Directive is to...

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

Peter Burke: In March 2024, my Department and the Department of Social Protection published an assessment of the combined impact of proposed measures to improve working conditions in Ireland – including the transition to the Living Wage and increasing the number of days of Statutory Sick Leave. Reflecting the findings of this assessment, a range of measures were announced to assist businesses in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 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 and our Agencies. In this regard, the availability of property and infrastructure solutions is a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property and infrastructure ecosystem can be the key differentiator in winning...

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

Peter Burke: Global Ireland 2025 was launched in 2018 with the aim of doubling the scope and impact of Ireland’s global footprint in the period to 2025. In parallel my Department’s Trade & Investment Strategy for 2022 to 2026, Value for Ireland, Values for the World, sets out our principled and holistic approach to international trade policy and aims to expand Ireland's global...

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

Peter Burke: My Department continues to work closely with IDA Ireland to ensure there is a strong continued pipeline of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Ireland. To that end, Ireland’s proposition for FDI investment remains competitive, as demonstrated by IDA’s results for the first half of 2024 where they supported 131 investments, 74 of which are planned for regional locations,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (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 most recent employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, published in August 2024, total employment in Ireland across all sectors including...

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

Peter Burke: Ireland currently holds a strong competitive position globally. The Institute for Management Development (IMD)’s World Competitiveness Yearbook 2024 ranks Ireland as the most competitive country in the euro area and the 4th most competitive economy. This performance is underpinned by several key factors, including a highly skilled workforce, strong economic growth, and success in...

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

Peter Burke: My Department is working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and its Embassy network, as well as other Departments, to implement the Government’s Diaspora Strategy, Global Ireland – Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025, which was launched in late 2020. The effective coordination of the implementation of this strategy across Government will be carried out...

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

Peter Burke: According to the CSO’s Earnings and Labour Costs survey, the job vacancy rate in Q2 2024, which measures job vacancies on the last working day of the quarter, was 1.1%, down from 1.3% recorded in Q2 2023. The job vacancy rate remained unchanged compared to the previous quarter when 1.1% was also recorded at the end of Q1 2024. There were 26,400 job vacancies at the end of Q2 2024, down...

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

Peter Burke: My Department continues to monitor challenges to the manufacturing and services sectors of the economy. Despite the economic challenges posed by the pandemic, the services and manufacturing sectors have proved resilient, along with the Irish economy at large. With an unemployment rate of 4.3% in September, the Irish economy is operating at a level close to full employment. The risks to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (24 Oct 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 and our Agencies. The availability of property and infrastructure solutions is a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property and infrastructure ecosystem can be the key differentiator in winning Foreign Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (6 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The ICOB registration process was a self-declaration process whereby a business supplied information in order to register for the ICOB scheme. The second ICOB grant was for businesses in the retail, hospitality and beauty sectors. In order to be eligible for the Power Up grant, a business in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors must have received the second ICOB grant. If a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (6 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will be aware, trade policy is a competence of the European Commission under Article 207 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and referred to as the Common Commercial Policy. The EU and Morocco established a Free Trade Area as part of the EU-Morocco Association Agreement, signed in 1996, which entered into force on 1 March 2000. The EU and Morocco also...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Capital Expenditure Programme (6 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 60 together. 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 and our agencies. In this regard, the availability of property and infrastructure solutions can be a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (6 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The criteria for the Power Up Grant are aligned with the Increased Cost of Business Scheme. Businesses that are tenants and received the second payment under the Increased Cost of Business Scheme can register as long as they are ratepayers. It has been brought to my attention that some businesses have entered into arrangements with their landlords whereby the landlord pays the rates for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The number of staff vacancies, by grade, in my Department at the end of August 2023 and August 2024 is set out in the following table. Grade 2023 2024 Assistant Secretary 2 0 Principal Officer 0 3 Assistant Principal 5 11 Higher Executive Officer ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant registration process was a self-declaration process whereby a business supplied information in order to register for the ICOB scheme. Businesses were asked to ensure their categorisation was correct when the ICOB grant was extended in May of this year. The ICOB scheme is now closed and it is not possible to reopen that scheme to reclassify a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The number of civil servants, by grade, in my Department who were on a career break in 2023 and 2024 are set out in the table below: Staff Grade 2023 2024 Clerical Officer 9 6 Executive Officer 6 5 Higher Executive Officer 1 1 Administrative Officer ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of dual-Use goods. 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,...