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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 63 together. IDA is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development which can deliver complementary efficiency and equity gains, with the overall impact of helping to advance national development. I launched the new IDA Ireland Strategy yesterday which will direct the focus of IDA Ireland over the coming 5-year period as it seeks...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million in 2024 to SMEs right across the country. In order to get payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme, and a business must have received the second ICOB grant and be in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. In relation to County Kerry, 1,632 businesses registered for the Power Up grant, 1,581 businesses have been approved and paid a total of €6.3 million.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. In order to get payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme and a business must have received the second ICOB grant and be in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors in order to receive the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Government is acutely aware of the significant challenges that the impacts of Storm Éowyn has caused for business owners over recent weeks. Since 24 January, I have been closely monitoring the situation in relation to Storm Éowyn and its impacts on the business community through regular updates from the National Emergency Coordination Group and updates from Local Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. In relation to Cork, and the Power Up grant, in Cork City, 1,815 businesses registered for the Power Up grant, with 1,773 being approved to the value of €7 million. In Cork County, 2,844 businesses registered for the Power Up grant and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Government is acutely aware of the significant challenges that the impacts of Storm Éowyn has caused for business owners over recent weeks. Since 24 January, I have been closely monitoring the situation in relation to Storm Éowyn and its impacts on the business community through regular updates from the National Emergency Coordination Group and updates from Local Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In the Programme for Government, Government has committed to developing Ireland’s enterprise base by backing small businesses and start-ups, scaling up indigenous firms and enhancing our attractiveness as a location for foreign direct investment In the first instance, I encourage any small business owners looking to avail of government support to consult the National Enterprise Hub...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. Both grant schemes were administered by the Local Authorities on behalf of my Department. One of the eligibility requirements for both schemes was that businesses must be rates compliant or in a performing rates plan agreed with their Local...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Electricity Transmission Network (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: As Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment I have no role in respect of the development of the electricity grid or steps required by its operators to increase its resilience. Of course I am very conscious of the disruption to many businesses across the country in the wake of Storm Éowyn, and mindful of critical role energy infrastructure has in the operations of enterprises...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Referendum Campaigns (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The international Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) was signed by twenty-five EU Member States during Ireland’s EU Presidency in 2013, with a view to establishing the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The UPC is an International court set up by participating EU Member States to deal with the infringement and validity of Unitary Patents. Government has committed that a local...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Ireland’s licensing framework is in line with international standards and operates similarly to those in other EU countries, where collective rights management organisations work to protect intellectual property while streamlining the licensing process for businesses. The legislation relating to copyright is set out in the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 (as amended) (the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: While the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, in line with the established cross-government protocols, I am continuing to oversee the government’s handling of the EU-Mercosur Agreement. In this regard, I will be working closely with the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The regime is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages in the State, in order to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of our economy. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357, 358 and 377 together. In order to get payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme and a business must have received the second ICOB grant and be in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors in order to receive the Power Up grant. If a business was not in those sectors they were not eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The ICOB and Power Up schemes closed to registrations in 2024. Following an extension to the deadline, the ICOB scheme closed on 29th May, 2024 and the Power Up grant closed on 22nd November, 2024 also following an extension to the deadline. In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. In...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wind Energy Generation (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department published Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy in March 2024 to ensure that Ireland captures the value of the supply chain to deliver an OWE sector of scale and maximises the economic impact of the future end-uses of this renewable energy. Powering Prosperity was developed as part of close ongoing collaboration between my Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Please see the attached file, setting out, in tabular form, a schedule of all external legal consultation that this Minister and his predecessor engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; whether the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. Please note that I did not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Action Plan (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: My officials have engaged in detail with the research referenced and the broader work of the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine research and innovation (MaREI) on our transition to renewable energy and the central role of the data centre sector in our twin green and digital transitions. This is an important addition to our available analysis and evidence for policy making. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 363 and 364 together. 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. In order to provide the Deputy...