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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (17 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The Copyright and Related Rights Amendment Bill was formally published on 13 June 2025. The General Scheme of the Bill, which provides a detailed description of the intended objectives and scope of the proposed legislation had been made available on the Department’s website in November 2024, and it was circulated to all relevant stakeholders at that time. Officials within my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I am aware that the Restaurants Association of Ireland have recently published their Pre-Budget Submission for Budget 2026. Among the proposals raised by the Association include: a reduction in the Hospitality VAT rate to 9%; linking National Minimum Wage (NMW) to inflation for 2026; and a reduction in the employer PRSI rate of 8.9 per cent to 4.45 per cent for a one-year period. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Enhancing cross-border cooperation and connections is a key ambition of this Government and tourism is an important asset towards achieving this goal. By continuing to support the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, the Government seeks to strengthen Ireland’s reputation as a high-quality, accessible destination for both domestic and international visitors...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Weather Events (16 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to develop an Extreme Weather Event Assistance Scheme for community organisations and businesses. This initiative is a strategic policy action for delivery within the timeframe of the current Government. My Department operates an Emergency Humanitarian Flooding Scheme in response to specific flooding incidents. These schemes are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Each year, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland prepare a programme of trade missions and events which support the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment and showcasing opportunities for foreign direct investment in support of high-quality jobs and regional development throughout Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department and its Offices are tenants in eleven buildings across the country in office accommodation provided to it through the Office of Public Works (OPW) who manage the State's property portfolio on behalf of Government Departments. These buildings are either state owned or leased from private landlords by the OPW. I am informed that my Department therefore does not own any of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Since January 2025, my Department has made significant progress delivering on our Programme for Government priorities and my ambition to support businesses especially SMEs to grow and thrive and deliver high quality jobs across Ireland. The CSO’s Labour Force Survey for Q1 2025 shows employment continues to grow, with 90,800 jobs created in the year to Q1 2025. Employment now stands...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: On 15 April, Government approved the General Scheme for the Short Term Letting and Tourism (STLT) Bill. The General Scheme was submitted to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel on 16 April for drafting and this work is currently underway. It is expected that the STLT Bill will go through the full legislative process in the Oireachtas later this year. This Bill when enacted will provide the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key focus of our Programme for Government and is central to the work of my Department and our Agencies. In that regard, regional development is a strategic imperative for the IDA who partners with client companies and key stakeholders in all regions in pursuit of its objective to maximise regional opportunities. A total number of 973 investments were won by IDA...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Westmeath is included in Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands Regional Tourism Development Strategy 2023 – 2027. The plan sets out a strategic approach by Fáilte Ireland to unlock the commercial potential of Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands and will ensure a focus on tourism development that is sustainable, regenerative and that benefits accrue to local communities. Mullingar...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The general uncertainty in the global economic outlook over the past number of months has highlighted the importance of Ireland’s international competitiveness. Ireland is a highly competitive economy and has consistently scored very highly in the IMD global rankings. We cannot be complacent, however, as our ranking has fallen by five places (to 7th) over the past two years. Our...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I have met with the CEO of Tourism Ireland on a number of occasions since the transfer of responsibility for tourism policy to my portfolio earlier this year, including at Tourism Ireland’s West Coast US sales mission in February, the launch of my Department’s Business Events Strategy 2030 in Dublin in April and at the international launch of the Strategy at the business events...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I am informed that Fáilte Ireland does not have dedicated Social Media and Content Executive roles.  The responsibilities associated with social media management and content creation are integrated within the existing roles of team members in the Digital Marketing and Corporate Communication divisions as part of their broader officer and support functions.   However, this work...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Listed below are the national strategies and action plans currently in operation under the remit of my DepartmentDepartment of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Climate Action RoadmapNational AI StrategyIreland’s Digital Decade RoadmapPublication of Powering ProsperityWhite Paper on EnterpriseClimate Action PlanRoadmap for the Decarbonisation of Industrial HeatRegional Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (10 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the funding of legal studies is outlined in the attached table. The courses listed are all the legal studies and EU law courses that were commenced by staff in my Department within the last 3 years, their duration varies based on the course type and qualification received.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (10 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy may be aware, the recruitment campaign to fill the position of Chief Executive Officer of Fáilte Ireland is currently underway.  I understand that it is anticipated that an appointment will be made in the Autumn.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (10 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department recently reviewed its Generative AI Policy and an updated version has been issued to all staff.  The policy highlights some of the potential areas where Generative AI can deliver efficiencies but also sets out the risks of using such technologies and the mitigations that staff in the Department must adopt to avoid those risks.  This was based on guidance received from...

Seanad: Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this Private Members' Bill that addresses the extremely important and sensitive subject of pregnancy loss. Miscarriage can be a deeply personal loss and is something that is often dealt with privately by mothers and fathers who grieve the loss of joy, excitement and a precious future imagined. I know one in five women or couples can experience...

Seanad: Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Yes. I will engage with it. I did not say I have engaged with it.