Results 10,441-10,460 of 11,114 for speaker:Damien English

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (24 May 2022)

Damien English: Under the Employment Agency Act 1971, an employment agency operating in Ireland must hold a licence to carry out its business. If an employment agency has a premises in the state, it must obtain a licence. An employment agency operating outside Ireland will be subject to regulation, if any, of the jurisdiction in which it is located. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), on behalf of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 May 2022)

Damien English: The table attached shows the number of employment permits that have been granted in each year from 01 January 2019 to 20 May 2022 inclusive, and also the numbers granted to each country. My Department experienced a significant increase in applications for employment permits in the past year. From the start of January to the end of December 2021, some 27,666 applications were received,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (25 May 2022)

Damien English: At the outset, it is important to emphasise that Ireland’s system of industrial relations is essentially voluntary in nature. For its part, the State provides the industrial relations dispute settlement mechanisms to support parties in their efforts to resolve their differences. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Labour Court are independent offices of my Department....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Fishing Industry (25 May 2022)

Damien English: A Memorandum of Understanding on the monitoring and enforcement of the Atypical Worker Permission Scheme for non-EEA fishers employed on certain Irish-registered fishing vessels was signed by 11 Departments and Agencies in May 2016. The MoU provides, among other matters, for further coordination, cooperation and information exchange between the parties. The Workplace Relations Commission...

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

Damien English: The State's employment permit system is designed to supplement Ireland's skills and labour supply over the short to medium term by allowing enterprises to recruit nationals from outside the EEA, where such skills or expertise cannot be sourced from within the EEA at that time. The system is, by design, vacancy led and managed through the operation of the occupation lists: the critical...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (31 May 2022)

Damien English: The Hair and Beauty sector plays a valuable role in our local economies, it makes a significant financial and employment contribution regionally, with a presence on high streets throughout Ireland. The Local Enterprise Offices offer a broad range of training and development programmes to support entrepreneurs on their journey. The Start Your Own Business (SYOB) programme guides...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (31 May 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of the Department inform me that a standard General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (details supplied) was received on 24 March 2022. The Employment Permits Section are currently processing standard new General Employment Permit applications received on 31 January 2022. Following the Review of the Occupational Lists announced by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (2 Jun 2022)

Damien English: The Local Enterprise Offices and Enterprise Ireland provide advice and assistance to indigenous businesses to help them start-up, grow and eventually develop their export potential. As such they do not provide any financial benefits to businesses for transportation costs for employees who are Ukrainian refugees. The Revenue Commissioners provides guidance on its website on payments made...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue. He is right it is one that we are aware of, as a Department and as a Government. It has been raised often through questions in the House, with the Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, also saying that this is something he felt might be addressed and looked at through the permit process this year. As the Deputy knows, the Minister...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for raising this scenario. We know there are many people who have been approved for hours and need help and it is Government policy to keep people at home as long as possible and to give them the care and support they need to be able to do that. We are very much focused on that and we will work with officials and all Departments to try to make it happen. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I thank Deputy Ring for raising this issue. I will answer it on behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who, due to Covid, cannot be here. I will have to go through his script. I might not be able to answer all the questions the Deputy has raised.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I might not be able to answer all the questions the Deputy raised but I will certainly bring back the rest of them to the Department as well. On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, I thank the Deputy for the opportunity to, once again, set out the factual position on this issue. At the outset, it is important to note that these matters were originally raised in Seanad Éireann on 5...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I can only apologise that the Minister is not here. I can only give Deputy Ring the script because I do not have the details. I would not have the knowledge of this to be able to give the Deputy any other answers. I tried to address some of the issues the Deputy raised as best I possibly could but, as I said, I will bring back his concerns to the Minister. The concerns are genuine and I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Inland Fisheries (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: It is essential that the examination of the quite separate matter of section 18 of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 proceeds in an independent and impartial manner without distraction and is not diverted by attempts to raise unconnected matters that have already been fully addressed. I accept that Deputy Ring holds a different view. I will pass that back to the Department. I can only work...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I thank Deputy Kenny for raising this important issue. As he correctly said, it is an issue in many parts of the country, including his area of counties Leitrim and Sligo and my own area of County Meath. Farmers, like anybody in business, are under extreme pressure with the price of energy, the price of fuel and the prices in general. The Deputy is right that there have been some good...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: As the Deputy will appreciate, I cannot give that commitment tonight, as much as I might want to do so. I will take his very clear request back to the Minister for Finance and the Department. This issue has been flagged in the engagements that have been taking place with the agricultural community over the past few weeks. The Deputy has proposed a clear target of bringing the price below...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I thank the Deputy for raising this very important issue, which affects many people, and their families, who are in need of home care throughout the country. It is an issue that has been discussed a great deal in this House with the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, who has been addressing it in a number of ways. The Minister of State could not be here...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Help Service (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I thank Deputy MacSharry again. He is asking a fair question regarding whether we can get some quicker decision-making on this matter as well. It is not just an issue concerning pay and conditions, but the Deputy has identified these aspects as the main reason. Part of the work the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, is doing involves trying to determine these reasons. It also includes...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I join the Acting Chairperson in welcoming the students. It is great to see all the schools back in action. It is only a matter of time before some of those students will be replacing us in the Houses. I thank Senator Warfield for raising this very important issue. The conversation about the issue is very important also because it is not just about a monument but about framing that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: National Monuments (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Naturally, I will bring back the issue Senator Warfield has raised to the Department of the Taoiseach. There is probably enough time to accommodate all the issues of concern there. The competition is under way but as there are two stages, it will be interesting to see what comes back in. I have no doubt the Senator will engage with some of the artists when they are bringing forward their...