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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines, diagnostics and treatments is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19. International Trade is a competence of the EU under the Treaties. In exercising that competence at the World Trade Organisation or WTO, the European Commission engages with Member States, including Ireland, through a variety of Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme (CCGS) is the largest loan guarantee scheme in the history of the State.The Scheme provides €2 billion in lending, for terms up to five-and-a-half years and offers a range of lending products between €10,000 and €1 million at interest rates below market rates for similar type loans. It is available to SMEs and small mid-caps (business...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The financial support the Government is providing businesses and workers affected by the pandemic is unprecedented. Information on the wide range of supports can be found on my Department’s website enterprise.gov.ie/en/What-We-Do/Supports-for-SMEs/COVID-19-s upports/. To date over businesses have benefited by more than €6.5 billion in Wage supports and Employer PRSI foregone....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Immigration Policy (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Policy responsibility for immigration-related matters, including the entry and residence conditions of non-EEA students rests with my colleague, the Minister for Justice.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The financial support the Government is providing small businesses and workers affected by the pandemic is unprecedented. These supports include the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) and the Employment Wage Subsidy (EWSS). Support for business includes the weekly Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) of payment for businesses forced to close their doors to the public, the Small Business...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Holidays (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The legislation which provides for public holidays is the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. This Act provides that certain days may be prescribed as public holidays. At present, there are nine public holidays. An extra holiday has implications of a broad nature in terms of costs and productivity and has cross-government issues to be explored. Any proposal for the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Government announced a new Economic Recovery Plan this week, with €4 billion of stimulus to fuel the economy and help businesses to recover and rebuild. Across 2020 and 2021, €38 billion was provided to help weather the pandemic. There will be a number of changes to the current financial supports as public health restrictions unwind. - The Covid-19 Restrictions Support...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines, diagnostics and treatments is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19. International Trade is a competence of the EU under the Treaties. In exercising that competence at the World Trade Organisation or WTO, the European Commission engages with Member States, including Ireland, through a variety of Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The urgency to amend the Workplace Relations Act 2015 and other acts that make provision for investigations in the Workplace Relations Commission is a result of a Supreme Court ruling and the consequential Orders which resulted in the current statutory framework being declared inconsistent with the Constitution. The Orders concern public hearings and the necessity have a statutory power to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Legal Aid policy is a policy matter solely for my colleague, the Minister for Justice. I understand that legal aid is not currently available for employment rights disputes. The employment rights enforcement frameworks have been designed to deliver a fair, simple, cost effective and user-friendly service for employers and employees in the State. Parties availing of the adjudication...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Rights of People with Disabilities (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Enterprise Ireland has worked closely with the National Disability Authority on the issue of disability and is committed to providing inclusive services and promoting awareness of entrepreneurship to people with disabilities. The Senior Management Team in Enterprise Ireland has reviewed a draft version of the Disability Inclusion Strategy and is finalising year one actions. While the Strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The SBASC was introduced to help businesses not eligible for the Government’s COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) and the Fáilte Ireland Business Continuity grant or other direct sectoral grant schemes. The Scheme was launched on 9th March 2021 through the Local Authorities, with a closing date of 21st April for applications for Q1 2021. As you know it was recently announced...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Trading Online Voucher Scheme offers a 50% co-funded voucher of up to €2,500 to help businesses, which have been trading for at least 6 months, to develop their online trading capability and includes training sessions that cover various topics, including developing a website, digital marketing, social media for business and search engine optimisation. This Trading Online...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The financial support the Government is providing small businesses and workers affected by the pandemic is unprecedented. These supports include the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) and the Employment Wage Subsidy (EWSS). Support for business includes the weekly Covid Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS) of payment for businesses forced to close their doors to the public, the Small Business...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Section 12A is the emergency provision of the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 which effectively suspends an employee’s entitlement to claim redundancy from their employer following certain periods of lay-off or short time work due to Covid-19. This suspension has recently been extended to 30th September 2021. This was a difficult decision, and I am aware that many employees are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits scheme is vacancy led and driven by the changing needs of the labour market, expanding and contracting in tandem with its inherent fluctuations. The system is managed through the critical skills and ineligible occupations lists, which are subject to twice yearly evidence-based review. The Critical Skills Employment Permit (CSEP) is Ireland’s premium permit....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Services (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Non-EEA nationals are required by law to hold a valid work permit or a visa which grants them permission to work in the State. Employment permit holders have exactly the same protections under Irish employment law as any other worker in the State and many of the criteria associated with the employment permits system are aimed at ensuring that migrant employees are treated in line with Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: All workers, regardless of the sector of the economy in which they work, are covered by the provisions of the Work Safely Protocol. The Work Safely Protocol is a revision of the Return to Work Safely Protocol, first published in May 2020. The revised Protocol incorporates the most up-to-date advice on relevant Public Health measures and reflects new knowledge and better understanding of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Jun 2021)

Damien English: All workers, regardless of the sector of the economy in which they work, are covered by the provisions of the Work Safely Protocol. The Work Safely Protocol is a revision of the Return to Work Safely Protocol, first published in May 2020. The revised Protocol incorporates the most up-to-date advice on relevant Public Health measures and reflects new knowledge and better understanding of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Transfer of Undertakings (15 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) hold the role of adjudication in disputes as to applicability of TUPE. The WRC's provides information to both employers and employees in relation to employment, equality and industrial relations rights and obligations including those under TUPE. The European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 (S.I....