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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Historically, every significant technological advance brings changes to the labour market and leads to the emergence of new types of roles. Artificial Intelligence will be no different in that regard. This is supported by a number of international and national reports. For example, the “OECD Employment Outlook 2023: Artificial Intelligence and the Labour Market” report...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Union (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Article 5 of the EU AI Act sets out eight prohibited practices, listed below: a) Subliminal techniques likely to cause that person, or another, significant harm, b) Exploiting vulnerabilities due to age, disability or social or economic situation, c) Social scoring leading to disproportionate detrimental or unfavourable treatment, d) Profiling individuals for prediction of criminal...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department, regularly engages with the hospitality sector especially through the Cost of Business Advisory Forum which comprises representatives, both indigenous and multinational, from the hospitality sector. In the context of reporting and analysis my Department provides the Secretariat to the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (NCPC) which produced detailed analysis,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) is funded through periodic capital injections from the Exchequer, which are administered via the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. These funds are utilised on a revolving basis, whereby loan repayments received from borrowers are reinvested to support ongoing lending activity. This approach ensures the sustainability of the Microenterprise Loan Fund...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) plays a vital role in supporting microenterprises by addressing a gap in the lending market, specifically by providing finance to microenterprises that are unable to secure loans from traditional commercial lenders. It provides loans of €2,000 up to €50,000 to businesses that do not meet the conventional risk criteria applied by commercial lenders and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) plays a key role in supporting microenterprises by addressing a gap in the lending market providing finance to businesses that are unable to access credit through traditional commercial lenders. In August 2024, I increased the maximum permitted loan available through Microfinance Ireland (MFI) from €25,000 to €50,000. This enhancement has broadened...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Microfinance Ireland (MFI) is committed to supporting businesses that are unable to access finance through traditional commercial banks. As such, MFI’s borrowers typically represent a more vulnerable cohort, having been excluded from mainstream lending channels. In 2025 approximately 80% of loan approvals have been granted to businesses outside of Dublin. To raise awareness...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will appreciate, a range of factors are important for the future growth of the aircraft leasing sector in Ireland and maintaining its international competitiveness. Aircraft leasing is heavily tied to Ireland’s tax regime, international treaties, and financial regulation which are matters for my colleague, the Minister for Finance whose Department oversees the policy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The ‘Ireland, Home of Halloween Strategy’ which was developed collaboratively by Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland, and Tourism Northern Ireland aims to establish Ireland as the authentic global home of Halloween. The Home of Halloween Destination Development Scheme is a pilot scheme aiming to deliver immersive, culturally rich experiences that celebrate Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The entire county of Roscommon is encompassed within the Regional Experience Brand of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands and, as the county with the longest Shannon shoreline, is central to the development of the region as a viable and compelling visitor destination. In 2024, Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands (IHH) welcomed 424,000 overseas and 1.7 million domestic visitors, contributing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Strategic Infrastructure (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The resilience of Ireland’s economy relies on ensuring that our enterprise base has the certainty it needs to operate and plan for the future, including in the case of sudden or unexpected events. These include potential disruption to the essential infrastructure that enterprises rely on, whether as inputs to products, to transport those products to relevant markets, or to facilitate...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: I am not aware that any such analysis has been carried out within my Department. The proposal would seem to relate to a circular economy initiative to support steel recycling and use in public projects. As such it would intersect with the mandates of both the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (which leads on waste, recycling, circular economy, and green public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: This is a matter for the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment who would be best placed to provide this information.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Wellman International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Indorama Ventures PCL, one of the world’s leading petrochemical producers and a leading global manufacturer of wool yarns. The broader Indorama Group is based in Bangkok, Thailand. As the Deputy will be aware, Wellman International Ltd, Mullagh, County Cavan produces polyester staple fibers, made primarily from recycled...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Capital Expenditure Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The relevant bodies under the aegis of my Department were consulted in relation to Parliamentary Question No. 933 of 29 July 2025 and the response provided to that question incorporated the responses of those bodies. While neither my Department, nor the bodies under its aegis, administer or provide any capital funding programmes or grant schemes specifically for sporting organisations...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Capital Expenditure Programme (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Relevant bodies under the aegis of my Department were consulted in response to Parliamentary Question No. 934 of 29 July 2025 and the answer provided was in respect of both my Department and those bodies. I can confirm that neither my Department, nor the bodies under its aegis, operate or administer capital funding programmes or grant schemes for community organisations. This includes...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: One of this Government’s key ambitions is to enhance cross-border cooperation and tourism will play an essential role in this regard. Funding of up to €23 million from the Shared Island Fund has been allocated for the next phase of the Shared Island Tourism Programme. Over the next five years, the Shared Destinations projects will see the development of three key projects...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The information requested is currently being collated by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Recycling Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The information requested is currently being collated by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (8 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: In response to international economic developments – and in line with a commitment in the Programme for Government – the Government is finalising an Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, which will be published in September. Reflecting a whole-of-Government approach, the Action Plan focuses on domestic drivers of competitiveness, targeting areas firmly within our...