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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (26 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Data on site visits is available on a county basis and I am advised by IDA that there were two IDA-facilitated site visits to County Laois in 2024. The IDA also highlighted to me that site visits are only one measure of a company’s interest in a particular location and may not necessarily be a true measure of the overall level of foreign direct investment (FDI) activity in a region or...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Statutory Retirement Age (26 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Retirement arrangements for employees of individual companies is a contractual matter between employers and employees. There is currently no general statutory retirement age for employees in Irish legislation, apart from for certain public sector employees where statutory retirement ages may apply. A contract of employment often sets out a specific retirement age but this is a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Data centres are critical infrastructure for our modern economy. They are a key part of our value proposition for foreign direct investment and central to Ireland’s economic and digital future. In addition to their direct value, data centres anchor other very valuable investment in Ireland. Furthermore, the supply chain expertise that has been developed by indigenous enterprise around...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Workday established a presence in Ireland via acquisition in 2008 when it acquired Cape Clear, a Dublin based software company. Employment has increased from the initial 25 employed in Cape Clear in 2008 to over 2,000 today, drawn from 67 different countries. The Dublin office has become Workday’s EMEA HQ with enterprise technical support, sales/marketing, HR, legal, real estate and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Tá thart ar 1400 ball foirne ag mo Roinn agus tá a cuid oifigí agus gníomhaireachtaí curtha san áireamh. Cé nach féidir liom leibhéal na mball foirne atá inniúil sa Ghaeilge a dheimhniú go cruinn, tuigim go bhfuil roinnt ball foirne ann a thug faoi chúrsaí staidéar a bhí maoinithe ag an Roinn chun go mbeadh siad...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The Government recognises that there have been cost developments for firms in recent years, arising from both the wider inflationary trends – particularly energy costs – as well as Government mandated changes in the form of improvements to working conditions across a range of areas including progress towards introducing a living wage, auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The State operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is vacancy-led and driven by the changing needs of the labour market. The general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour from within Ireland and the EEA. Where this is not possible, the employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Statutory Instruments (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: A provisional list of Statutory Instruments that may be brought forward by my Department during the first six months of 2025 is set out in tabular form below. The table includes two columns outlining whether the Statutory Instruments are concerned with the transposition or implementation of EU law, or with the commencement of existing legislation. As some of the Statutory Instruments are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million in 2024. Cavan County Council paid out over €3 million in 2,263 grants to businesses under ICOB, including first and second payments. In addition, 824 grants were approved by Cavan County Council under Power Up, totalling just under €3.3m. Monaghan County Council paid...

International Security and International Trade: Statements (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I welcome the opportunity to brief the House on international security and international trade - two issues at the core of Ireland’s foreign relations at a time of great turbulence and change in the world. The Tánaiste has clearly set out the challenging international security situation and international trade context, highlighting the complex global environment in which our...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Mar 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. Both grant schemes are now closed. In relation to County Tipperary, there were 1847 applications for the Power Up grant. 1833...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Information and Communications Technology (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department currently has five PSTN lines in active operation in four locations. They are used for DSL Broadband connections and emergency phones in lifts. My Department has no ISDN or leased lines.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: As the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions regarding trade policy will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, this matter is one that I am updated regularly on. The Government regrets the US Administration’s decision to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium from the EU and other...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: There have been no secondments from consulting firms to my Department since 2020.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment does not provide funding for initiatives such as this. This may be a matter for the Department of Rural and Community Development.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department and relevant Agencies have no records of any contract, discussions or offers in respect of the Glencarn Hotel within the time period specified.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The availability of suitable property and strategic sites is a critical component of the regional value proposition and can be the key differentiator in investment decisions in the regions from both new and existing clients as well as clients of Enterprise Ireland and the LEOs. IDA Ireland in partnership with Tipperary County Council have lodged planning for a proposed 10,000 sq.m....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Inquiries (4 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes have paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. Both schemes are now closed. 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 or...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (4 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Ireland’s enterprise policy, as set out in the Government’s White Paper on Enterprise and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. In that regard, under its new strategy, Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation 2025-2029, IDA Ireland is targeting over half of all investments to regional...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Inquiries (4 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The multiplier effect refers to the way that spending in one part of the economy can have a knock-on effect, contributing to activity in other parts of the economy. For the hospitality sector, this effect can be significant, as the sector tends to rely relatively more on local businesses and workers. Hospitality firms are significant local employers. As of Q4 2024, approximately 184,400...