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Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: We work in communities, we deliver, we do the work; you shout and roar and try to bring disorder here and have our Parliament suspended.

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: Well, let us resolve one thing today: that this House will not be suspended again. Let us ensure we get on with our work and are delivering for the Irish people what we were sent here to do by our communities.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352, 356 and 357 together. I fully recognise concerns raised by Irish authors and their representative bodies regarding the use of work by a Tech company in training generative AI models without author consent. I understand that a legal challenge by authors against a company is ongoing in the US District Court of Northern California in relation to its...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: The table below outlines the top ten countries for IDA foreign direct investment from 2019 to 2024. To note, this information is specific to IDA client companies. Rank 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 1 United States United States United States United States United States United...

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

Peter Burke: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment does not collate or hold details or statistics on political lobbying organisations or on the number of lobbies received by the Minister. The Standards Commission is responsible for establishing and maintaining the Register of Lobbying and this register is available to members of the public online at www.lobbying.ie. This Register contains...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland has been working closely with Roche, since their decision to close the Clarecastle facility in 2015. IDA Ireland had actively marketed the site through its extensive overseas network to both existing and new investors as a going concern which unfortunately yielded no offers. Roche has commenced remediation works at the site which represents a significant investment in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Apr 2025)

Peter Burke: The IDA Mid-West Region comprises counties Limerick, Clare, and Tipperary. There are 153 IDA client companies in the Mid-West Region, employing 27,968 people. Galway is in the IDA West Region (along with Mayo and Roscommon), there are 104 IDA supported companies in Galway City and County, employing 24,118 in total. The FDI performance in these regions has been consistent over the past five...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (27 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department is continuing to review issues that have arisen during the registration period of the Power Up grant, specifically in relation to businesses that were ineligible for the grant due to incorrect classification of their business type while registering for ICOB. The review of those issues and discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cybersecurity Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: There are no successful cybersecurity attacks to report in my Department in the years noted. The Deputy will readily appreciate that my Department delivers services to the public over the Internet and therefore, like all large organisations, the public facing ICT systems which support this are consequently subject to unsuccessful and opportunistic access attempts on a daily basis. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (27 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The National Space Strategy for Enterprise 2019 – 2025 (NSSE) sets ambitious goals for how Ireland intends to develop an economically sustainable and expanding space-active industry, delivering quality jobs for the economy of tomorrow. The third progress report on the implementation of the NSSE was published in August 2024, covering the period July 2022 to December 2023. There were...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cybersecurity Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: A breakdown by year of the expenditure specifically sought in the Deputy’s question PQ 14670/25 is detailed below: - 2022 (€) 2023 (€) 2024 (€) Cyber Security 353,524.24 271,600.37 358,996.40

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (27 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Reply not received from Department

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Reply not received from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (27 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 213 and 214 together. The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles statistical data in relation to Ireland's exports and imports. The data requested by the Deputy, which is set out in the tables in the attachment, has been compiled from CSO sources. This data is provided in respect of imports and exports of both goods and services.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (26 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: A full-time Data Protection Officer (DPO) at the level of Assistant Principal Officer was appointed by my Department on 30 April 2018. My Management Board agreed the assignment of a full-time post at this level to ensure the highest standards are being met by my Department and its Offices in terms of compliance with data protection laws, including the GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (25 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: While the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, in line with the established cross-government protocols, I am continuing to oversee the government’s handling of the EU-Mercosur Agreement. In this regard, I am working closely with the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million in 2024. Following an extension to the deadline, the ICOB scheme closed on 29th May, 2024 and the Power Up grant closed on 22nd November, 2024 also following an extension to the deadline. The Local Authorities contacted eligible businesses to let them know how to register for the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (25 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Data centres are critical infrastructure for our modern economy as they provide the foundation for almost all online aspects of our lives. Without data centres, much of the digital world that we rely on day to day, from online banking and shopping, accessing health and public services online, to streaming movies, would not be possible. In addition to these services, data centres enable remote...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: My department operates a devolved procurement function whereby each Business Unit is responsible for the procurement of their own individual contracts. However, in order to provide the Deputy with list of the total expenditure on public procurement by the Department of Enterprise; Trade and Employment and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (25 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The following quasi-judicial bodies are either funded by or under the remit of my Department:Labour CourtWorkplace Relations CommissionEmployment Appeals TribunalIntellectual Property Office of Ireland.In addition, both the Irish Auditing & Accounting Supervisory Authority and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission have some quasi-judicial functions.