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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: In Mr. Ashmore's opinion, is there is potential to expand the ecosystem? Is it working well at the minute?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Ashmore. I probably will need the second round of questioning. With regard to the White Paper, however, there is a recognition in it that we have a long tail of low productivity and that there can be a long lead-in time. What can be done to help the sector increase productivity? Is it the case we need more digitisation? Is it different types of investment or better...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Does Ms Fitzgerald think there is a role for the clusters in terms of increasing the research, development and innovation capacity? Is that something they can do? It may be an individual issue. There is an issue in terms of investment in research, development and innovation. Part of that is nervousness on behalf of SMEs and micro businesses. Some of that could be a cultural thing as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The question is about how we engineer that. Some of it, such as the medical technology sector, just happened organically. The question is really whether we can - "force" is probably the wrong word - encourage it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I have a question for Scale Ireland on the recruitment challenges faced by micro-enterprises and SMEs in the tech sector by comparison with companies in the multinational sector. One of the difficulties is that they cannot match the wages or provide the high-octane, fast-paced, charged work environment of the multinationals. Is it a matter of career progression? What are the issues? Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I want to ask about this. There has been volatility in the tech sector and we have seen this. Volatility is a very nice way of saying that people have being laid off, which is very traumatic. These are very hard-working people with very high skills. Every time there has been an announcement of lay-offs, the Minister and the previous Minister have said there are loads of vacancies in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: But that means the jobs will stay. If our indigenous sector is seeking the skills of people who have just been laid off, it naturally flows that those jobs will not go. Is it the jobs or the personnel that Scale Ireland believes will go abroad?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Start-up and Scaling Environment in Ireland: Discussion (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Does Ms Fitzgerald think there is an opportunity to expand this? If she is saying it is working well cross-Border, that is good to hear. However, the opportunity exists for further expansion.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the capital and current funding allocation for the regional enterprise innovation scoping scheme in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (22 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the capital and current funding allocation for the pre-seed start fund in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14280/23]

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: We are trying to get legislation passed.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: No.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: What about individual cases?

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: No, the Minister does do not.

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister is shameless.

Finance Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this legislation. I will confine my words in the main to section 5 of the Bill, which amends sections 100 and 101 of the Finance Act 2022. The sections in question provide for the TBESS, which was announced as a flagship support for SMEs in budget 2023. The escalating energy crisis posed a direct threat to the viability of many small businesses...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Over the past number of weeks, I have been contacted by staff who work for the company Iceland. It appears that in January, the company was sold to The Project Point Technologies company. Workers were told at the time that it would be a standard transfer of undertakings and that they had nothing to worry about. In recent weeks, however, many have not been paid and some have been paid...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 139. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland client companies that have been sold, acquired or merged in the past five years; the total amount that was invested in these companies by Enterprise Ireland and the return on these investments to Enterprise Ireland, broken down by company or name redacted if this compromises GDRP law, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 140. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount invested in venture capital funds and other investment funds by Enterprise Ireland in the past ten years broken down by fund and the return on these investments to Enterprise Ireland. [13020/23]