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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: With over 300,000 people employed in the sector, retail is the largest private sector employer in the country supporting jobs in every city, town, and village. My Department provides a range of tailored supports for businesses of all sizes including retail businesses. Digitalisation is no longer an option, or solely a route to innovation but an essential business step for future proofing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Ireland’s employment permits system is designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill skills and labour gaps for the benefit of our economy, in the short to medium term but this objective must be balanced by the need to ensure that there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189, 190 and 191 together. Specific data sets pertaining to levels of ‘non-recorded overtime’, ‘bogus self-employment’ or ‘abusive sub-contracting’ are not held within my Department as outlined by the Deputy. However, I note and welcome the recently announced provisional political agreement on the directive on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: My officials are examining the potential policy and legislative options to address this issue. As previously advised there are a number of complex issues to be addressed as part of this process. It is necessary to develop solutions which cut across company and bankruptcy law and the manner in which insolvency can be verified. It is also important to find a solution that provides...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Reply awaited from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (14 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Reply awaited from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (16 Jun 2022)

Damien English: The number of employment permit appeals received and the number of employment permit appeals accepted by my Department per month from May 2021 to May 2022 are set out in the tables below. The processing dates for appeals are not separated by permit type. Appeals for all permit types are processed in date order. The Employment Permits Section inform me that they are currently processing...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Deputies received a letter telling them it has been done.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: We are implementing the changes Deputies suggested.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Most of them. Deputies got a communication regarding the Health and Safety Authority.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Read it again.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: It was only about two weeks ago.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Check it again.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I am glad to have a chance to say a few words in relation to Navan hospital, which we are all proud of and lucky to have in Navan. As a Navan person who attended the hospital many times in my years growing up, I have no doubt that we are lucky to have it and it has saved thousands of lives. The people in it are excellent and provide a top-class service in many areas. However, we have to...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: I also recognise there are medical suggestions here and people telling us differently. I listened to Gerry McEntee. Most of the Teachtaí Dála here last week listened to him. Most people believed him and were concerned. We will all differ on what the solutions are. I will differ with Gerry McEntee on some of that and row with him, but I do not doubt his medical opinion and his...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: On numerous occasions we have said "No" to the HSE. These proposals are not new. They have changed but over many years we have always said "No" and that the place is not ready for it yet. That conversation is still going on. There is extra capacity in Drogheda. We have to ask ourselves if that is enough. I am not convinced it is enough to deal with the patients who might not be able to...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Second, can we address the risk concerns in Navan by investing in Navan? Let us fully tease out and analyse that. We are all naturally biased. As a Navan Teachta Dála, I want Navan hospital to be the best. Can we address the concerns or can we not? If we cannot, is the capacity elsewhere to take our patients or are we only transferring the risk from one place to another? It is...

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: These are GPs I have listened to for a long number of years, as has Deputy Tóibín.

Our Lady's Hospital Navan Emergency Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: Sorry, Chair, can I finish my contribution here? There are GPs saying it is right and GPs saying it is wrong. Let us tease this through. We want to make the right decision. Most of us in here want to do the right thing for health, not for politics. Is the capacity elsewhere? Is the ambulance service in place to accommodate this? Will it ever be in place? Have we got guarantees as to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (21 Jun 2022)

Damien English: A European Works Council (a “EWC”) is a body that facilitates information and consultation with European employees on transnational issues. EWCs are subject to the law of the Member State in which they are located. They derive from Directive 1994/45/EC (the “EWC Directive”) as transposed into Irish law by the Transnational Information and Consultation of...