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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (7 Apr 2022)

Damien English: The Government is committed to working to make Ireland a "world-leading" location to start and scale a business and make Irish firms’ global leaders by investing in skills, digitalisation, climate and innovation working towards promoting Irish companies on world markets. To assist companies dealing with Covid-19 and working through our agency Enterprise Ireland the Sustaining...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Apr 2022)

Damien English: My Department participates in a number of fora at EU and international level that facilitate the sharing of information on SME policies and programmes with other jurisdictions. This international engagement provides my Department with a rich source of international good practice examples to draw from, which directly informs SME policy development in Ireland. At EU level, my Department is an...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: I welcome the opportunity to speak on behalf of the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe, on this Sinn Féin motion on the rising cost of home heating fuels and to respond to some of the issues that were raised in the debate. Sinn Féin has expressed the view that the May carbon tax increase should be cancelled, excise duty on home heating oil should be temporarily removed and plans...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Let us not generalise. There are many urban areas that also need regeneration. It is welcome that capital expenditure funding of €10 billion is available to be channelled into rural and urban regeneration throughout the country to enhance different areas and allow them to go on and develop. There are some parts of the country that have been neglected for 30 or 40 years and...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Deputy Healy-Rae did not say it. Others, who live in urban Ireland, did. We need to be clear about this. There are people here talking about cutting turf who I would say never were on a bog. I can tell them, with the back problems I have, that I have spent time on a bog. I know all about it. Some Deputies have that experience but there are plenty of people speaking here who probably...

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Deputy Healy-Rae-----

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: If I speak fast, I know we can read fast and listen fast. What I said is that nobody has said we are banning the saving or cutting of turf.

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: No. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae is after speaking about what I said. What I said to him was that we are looking at regulating the sale of turf, not stopping the cutting or sale of turf. The Deputy should check the record of what I said before accusing me of saying something wrong.

Home Heating Fuels: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Going back to the various parts of the motion that relate to fuel tax, it is important to remind the House that the driving forces behind the current energy prices are generally outside of the control of the Government, and most reasonable people understand and accept that. We have to work within that and try to reduce the cost pressures on people. This point has been discussed at length in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Although the company concerned is not an Enterprise Ireland (EI) client company, my Department officials confirmed there have been a number of interactions with EI over the last ten years. As a manufacturer of hydraulic solenoids for world markets this company has interacted with EI’s Global Sourcing team on at least two occasions. The Global Sourcing initiative provides multinationals...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (26 Apr 2022)

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 and in exercising that competence, the European Commission engages fully with the Member States, including Ireland, through a variety of Committees and Working Parties/Groups,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Permits Acts, in order to work in the State, all non-EEA nationals require a valid employment permit or a relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice allowing them to enter the State to reside and work without the requirement for an employment permit. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment administers the employment permits legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Council (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: In line with the Council Conclusions on the 2022 Annual Sustainable Growth Survey and Joint Employment  Report adopted at the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council Meeting on 14th March 2022, the Employment Committee and the Social Protection Committee continue to reflect on the need for refining existing multilateral mechanisms to further identify and prevent...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Permit Acts, in order to work in the State all non-EEA nationals require a valid Employment Permit or relevant immigration permission from the Minister for Justice which allows them to reside and work in the State without the requirement for an Employment Permit. The Irish State’s general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour and skills needs from within the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: As an International Labour Organisation (ILO) Member State, Ireland is committed to ratifying Convention C190.  Ratification is being considered in the context of our standard approach to the ratification of international instruments. Ireland does not ratify international conventions until it has been determined that national law is in line with the provisions of the international...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: The Health and Safety Authority has confirmed that they have no recorded incidents of workplace accidents due to sleep apnoea, as requested by the Deputy. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005, an employer has a duty of care to create and maintain a safe and healthy workplace The Act applies to all places of work. An employer’s duties include the following - - Managing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: Ireland has a robust suite of legislation to protect and support workers facing redundancies. The Cahill-Duffy report was in response to a particular terms of reference which were quite narrow and specific and which do not address the generality of redundancies that arise in insolvency situations. Following extensive engagement with the social partners, the 'Plan for Action on Collective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: A whole of Government response is required in order to respond to the recommendations of the Pensions Commission, of which the issue of mandatory retirement clauses is one element. My Department is considering the Commission's recommendations in relation to mandatory retirement ages in certain contracts of employment. There is no statutory retirement age for employees in Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: As a result of a settlement agreement reached in December 2021, the Security ERO as approved was quashed and the draft proposals remitted back to the Labour Court.   A Division of the Labour Court decided on the 7 February 2022 to direct the holding of a fresh hearing involving all interested parties desiring to be heard. This hearing took place in March. It is my understanding...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (27 Apr 2022)

Damien English: The consultation process on the Retired Workers Access to industrial relations mechanisms for pension related issues which was conducted by my Department has concluded in recent days. The purpose of this was to seek views on the proposals arising from the Private Members Bill and to establish whether there is the potential for new or enhanced methods of consultation through the...