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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (10 Nov 2022)

Damien English: If the employment is the first for which an employment permit has been issued, the permit holder is expected to remain in that employment for a period of twelve months before applying for a new employment permit. In general, a new employment permit (for a different employer) cannot be considered if less than 12 months has elapsed since the permit holder first commenced employment in the State...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (10 Nov 2022)

Damien English: On 3 August 2022, I signalled my intention to issue an Order to give effect to a statutory recommendation of the Labour Court concerning minimum rates of remuneration and other terms and conditions in the Security Sector. The Order was to apply from 29 August 2022. On 24 August 2022, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment was informed that the High Court had granted an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (10 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I can confirm that neither I nor officials in my Department have met with any of the firms involved in the current legal challenge to the proposed Security Sector Employment Regulation Order.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I thank Senator Gavan for raising this matter. We discussed this issue in 2021 as well. I again extend my sympathies to the workers in Rehab Enterprises who have been made redundant. I fully appreciate how difficult the situation is for those involved and for their families. By law it is an employer's responsibility to pay statutory redundancy to eligible workers. In situations where an...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Government agrees the workers involved are a vulnerable cohort of the workforce. That is why every effort was made to work with them as far as possible from our end of it, in terms of the industrial relations agencies.Apart from that, as the Deputy is aware, the Department of Social Protection and the Intreo office had intensive engagement at local level with all the workers to assist...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I confirm that we will be opposing the amendment. I can see the argument for wanting a longer period, and it is not that we disagree. The state aid basis for the Ukraine credit guarantee scheme is the European Commission's state aid temporary crisis scheme. The relevant section of the framework puts the maximum term of loan at six years. My Department is required to notify the Commission...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I again thank the Deputy for her co-operation. As I said at the start, I recognise the support of the House to try to fast-track this legislation.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I again thank the Deputy for the amendment which again we cannot take on board. I hate saying we will oppose it when we are explaining why we cannot take it on board under the existing rules. It is a formality that we have to oppose it, I am afraid. We oppose this amendment. The aforementioned notification of the scheme to the European Commission is based on a state-guaranteed loan...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The amendment is two-pronged. It seeks to have 12 months interest free, which we cannot do as an interest-free payment is not permitted under the rules. It also seeks to apply a cap. I do not have to the breakdown on the number of lenders that participated in schemes previously. I can certainly get that for the Deputy. The intention of having these credit guarantees is to do two things....

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I thank the House for facilitating the Bill's speedy passage.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the proposed collective redundancy.  Information on collective redundancy notifications does not reflect the total number of actual redundancies that take place across the workforce. Collective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the proposed collective redundancy.  Information on collective redundancy notifications does not reflect the total number of actual redundancies that take place across the workforce. Collective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The €200 million Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Scheme announced on 22nd October last and implemented through Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Údarás provides for two streams of funding to assist viable but vulnerable firms of all sizes in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors. The first stream will assist firms suffering liquidity problems as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Ireland is committed to ratifying ILO Convention No.190. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment undertook a stakeholder consultation from 5th to 26th September 2022. It is intended to seek the formal approval of the Government for ratification, and I anticipate that the Instrument of Ratification can be signed as soon as is practicable thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Department of Finance have responsibility for the employment wage subsidy scheme. I can confirm that the scheme did not affect any legal obligation that an employer had to their employee. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 sets out the key parameters around the taking of annual leave and payment of same. The terms and conditions of individual employment contracts may provide...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that on 28thSeptember 2021 the two applications (in the details supplied) were refused. When an employment permit application is refused, a refusal letter is issued to the applicant outlining the refusal reasons. The applicant is informed of their right to request a review of the refusal decision within 28 days of issue of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I wish to assure the Deputy that the Government is very aware of the difficulties that businesses are facing due the current energy crisis and with the associated rise in cost of doing business. The Government has introduced a significant package of assistance in Budget 2023 to help businesses over the coming months with their energy bills. The Temporary Business Energy Support...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: There was one employment permit application submitted for the role of Bus Driver/Coach Driver in Dublin in 2021. No applications were received of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 or to date in 2022. The role of bus driver is currently listed on the Ineligible List of Occupations for Employment Permits, positions in respect of which an employment permit shall not be granted. In order for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: My Department is currently in the process of finalising details of its Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme to small businesses, sports clubs, community and voluntary organisations, unable to secure flood insurance, as a result of the recent flooding event in Co Wexford. In relation to damage to property which has been caused by this event, property owners should in the first instance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I wish to thank the Deputy for raising the matter of Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur competition, which ran successfully for 5 years between 2015 and 2019. In that time, over 600 young entrepreneurs received funding in excess of €8million, as well as a wide range of vital training and mentoring to support them on their entrepreneurial journeys. The investment fund in 2019 amounted...