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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (1 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department and the offices under its aegis have not entered into any public services contracts with a value of €10 million or more in the past five years. In respect of the agencies under my Department’s remit, please see the relevant returns below: Agencies Year Name and purpose of Contract Value of the Contract The duration/term...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (19 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: ...ensuring tourism development is sustainable and regenerative, benefiting local communities and nature. These strategies are supported by detailed Destination and Experience Development Plans (DEDPS), which are 5-year sustainable tourism development plans created in partnership with local industry, communities, and stakeholders. The plans prioritize tourism development projects to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I am informed that there are no capital projects, by my Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5 million, which ran over cost in 2023.

Seanad: Economic Competitiveness: Statements (28 May 2025)

Peter Burke: ...of State, Deputy Cummins, and any additional cost in that regard is concerning. The Senator quite rightly pointed out that one critical thing is getting people. We are an economy with 2.81 million people working right now. We are at full employment. The big challenge of the future will be upskilling people, ensuring we are future-proofing our economy and that skills keep pace with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (28 May 2025)

Peter Burke: ...the Department’s Vote, Subheads A7 and B4, which span general supports to indigenous firms and for research and development/innovation supports. My Department has allocated a total of €383.639 million in respect of these subheads in 2025. The cost of increases of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50% are set out in the table below: REV Allocation 2025...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (28 May 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland received an additional €15.5 million amounting to €283,083m in funding for 2025 in recognition of the increasing competition internationally for FDI. In that regard, IDA Ireland continues to target significant FDI investment in 2025, with a focus on Research Development and Innovation, Sustainability and Digitalisation. The additional funding will help IDA to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (28 May 2025)

Peter Burke: ...Budget allocation for research and development (GBARD), which is the latest data available, my Department and its Agencies, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and InterTrade Ireland were allocated a total of €233.756 million in this area. The estimated cost of increasing this by figure by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50% is set out in the table below: 2024 Allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (28 May 2025)

Peter Burke: The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is one of four National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2027 Funds under Project Ireland 2040. €500 million has been allocated to the Fund up to 2027 for co-funded collaborative projects. It is aimed at encouraging collaboration and innovation in the development and deployment of disruptive technologies, on a commercial basis, targeted at...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (13 May 2025)

Peter Burke: ...to the players in the construction value-chain in Ireland, DETE with Enterprise Ireland established Construct Innovate, a new industry led national construction Technology Centre, with initial funding of €5m over 5 years. The Centre is a consortium hosted by University of Galway which also includes Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University College Cork and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (29 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: ...as such, is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Enterprise Development Agencies. In this regard, regional development is a strategic imperative for IDA Ireland with the IDA targeting 550 of a total target of 1,000 investments, to regional locations under its new strategy, "Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation 2025-29". In attracting...

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: ...and investment relationship is the biggest in the world. More than €4.2 billion of goods and services are traded between the EU and the US daily. This deeply integrated relationship supports millions of jobs on both sides of the Atlantic and it is crucial to strengthen this partnership, not disrupt it with tariffs that risk diverting trade, increasing inflation and causing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (9 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: ...and investment relationship is the biggest in the world. More than €4.2 billion worth of goods and services are traded between the EU and US daily. This deeply integrated relationship supports millions of jobs on both sides of the Atlantic, and it is crucial to strengthen, not disrupt, this partnership with tariffs that risk driving inflation and causing economic harm. Increased...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: ...The Government is focused on maintaining this strong economic stability. According to the latest employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey (November 2024), total employment stood at 2.79 million in the third quarter of 2024. This represents 96,800 additional jobs since the same period in 2023. There are now more people employed in Ireland than ever before. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Enterprise Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland achieved excellent results in 2024 with continued strong levels of investment and employment across the FDI sector, reporting a total of 234 investments with the potential to create 13,500 jobs over the next few years. 69 investments were from new name, or first-time, investors, strongly indicating Ireland’s ongoing attractiveness as an FDI location. However, both...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (7 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: I am very aware of the difficulties businesses continue to face due to rising costs and that is why the Government announced the Power Up Grant in Budget 2025. The Power Up Grant has a budget of €170 million and builds on the success of the Increased Cost of Business Scheme. The grant is for businesses in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors who received a second payment under...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: I am very aware of the difficulties businesses continue to face due to rising costs especially in the hospitality sector. As part of Budget 2025, I recently announced the Power Up Grant which has a budget of €170 million. The Power Up Grant builds on the success of the Increased Cost of Business Scheme. This grant is specifically for businesses in the hospitality, retail and beauty...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: ...impact of proposed measures to improve working conditions in Ireland”). In recognition of the challenges those businesses continue to face, I announced the Power Up Grant as part of Budget 2025, which has a budget of €170 million. The Power Up Grant builds on the success of the Increased Cost of Business Scheme. This grant is for businesses in the hospitality, retail and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: I am very aware of the difficulties businesses continue to face due to rising costs. As you know, I recently announced the Power Up Grant with a budget of €170 million as part of Budget 2025. The Power Up Grant builds on the success of the Increased Cost of Business Scheme. This grant is for businesses in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors who received a second payment of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: ...and Government. Meeting our 2030 targets relies on four interventions. These are: energy efficiency in all processes, right-sizing energy demand; electrification of low temperature heat up to 150°C; investing in renewable bioenergy, such as biomass and biomethane, where heat cannot be electrified; and diversification of construction materials, using lower carbon products such as...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: ...the country due to the costs associated with doing business. SMEs are crucial to our towns and villages. The Increased Cost of Business scheme this year alone has successfully paid out over €244 million to 75,000 SMEs, including two payments to over 38,000 SMEs in the retail and hospitality sector. In recognition of the importance of the hospitality and retail sectors, I announced...