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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: As of 29 January 2025, the below special advisors have been attached to me as Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Employment. Laura Mannion, Special Advisor (PO). Brian Keegan, Policy Advisor (PO). Both advisors are on the PO PPC payscale.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Post Office Network (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In order to get payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme and a business must have received the second ICOB grant and be in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors in order to receive the Power Up grant. If a business was not in those sectors they were not eligible for the Power Up grant. The reason for payments to those...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Weather Events (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I recognise that many businesses have experienced significant weather impacts and recent disruption to their operations. Officials from my Department continue to engage with the National Emergency Coordination Group to respond to these weather events. Additionally, my Department has monitored impacts at a local level, including through the proactive work by the Local Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm that my Department and the Offices under its aegis currently outsource cleaning services and/or service officer/security officer roles to private companies, the details are set out in the table below: Office Name Location Contractor Service Provided Period of Contract Value of Contract Department of Enterprise,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Yes, my Department directly employs cleaners and service officers. The below table shows the number of staff currently employed in each role and the length of such contracts. The value of each contract is based on the pay scales shown in the circular at the link: ">Value of contracts Enterprise, Trade and Employment Role Number of staff employed Length of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Oireachtas Members' Expenses (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The table below provides the total value of annual mileage claims for Ministers of State appointed to my Department in 2023 and 2024 and the cost of overnight allowances relating to civilian drivers of each relevant Minister of State in 2023 and 2024 requested by the Deputy. Minister of State 2023 Mileage Claimed 2024 Mileage Claimed MoS Dara...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The below table shows the composition of my private office; inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to my office; their location, either in the private or constituency office and the value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance. Grade Grade Equivalent Increment Allowance ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The Corporate Enforcement Agency (CEA) was established in July 2022 under the Companies Act 2014. The CEA’s functions include encouraging compliance with the Act, investigating suspected offences, summary prosecution of detected breaches, referring cases to the Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecution, exercising a supervisory role over the activities of liquidators and...

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

Peter Burke: The Dublin City Taskforce report is available at and its recommendations are being considered by a working group of senior officials from across government under the leadership of the Department of the Taoiseach. The issue of a tourism accommodation levy on short-term stays in paid accommodation is a multi-faceted one from a tourism perspective. The tourism sector generates very...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Redundancy Payments (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department has not received a collective redundancy notification from the company. The rules governing collective redundancies are set out in the Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended. Collective redundancies arise where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the employees being made redundant are:5 employees where 21-49 are employed,10 employees where 50-99 are employed,10%...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Schemes (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) scheme closed on 29th May 2024 following an extension to the deadline to allow those who missed the first closing date a second chance to register. All eligible businesses were paid the ICOB grant in 2024 and the scheme is now closed. The Power Up grant opened for registrations on 24 October 2024 and was aligned with the ICOB scheme in order to get...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Business Supports (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The Government is committed to backing businesses and will continue to work closely with small businesses to support their growth, help them to find new markets, create jobs and take on the twin challenges of decarbonisation and digitalisation. The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), located within each of the 31 Local Authorities, play an extremely important role at local level, as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Towns and villages throughout Ireland act as social and economic hubs, providing employment and supporting businesses. Making these local towns attractive to shoppers is important and buying locally sustains local economies and supports the growth of jobs and vibrant communities. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the restrictions around retail and other impacted businesses and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The policy in my Department, is to release staff on secondment to work in the EU institutions to facilitate Ireland’s 2026 EU Presidency. We do not regard this as special leave or career break. In 2024, my Department ran two internal competitions at Assistant Principal and Higher Executive Officer/Administrative Officer grade to increase the Departments presence in the Permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (22 Jan 2025)

Peter Burke: The information requested is currently being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy once compiled.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Peter Burke: Please find attached the number of civil servants in Department Enterprise, Trade & Employment, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and grade, and by length of career break; the number of civil servants in the Department and in agencies under the aegis of the Department who were on career break for longer than five...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Peter Burke: Tab 1 of the attached spreadsheet shows the number of vacancies, by month and by grade, in my Department, and tab 2 shows the number of vacancies, by month and by grade in agencies under the aegis of my Department, in 2023 and 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department in conjunction with the National Shared Services Office, ensures that the provisions of Circular 04/2013 are properly implemented and I am satisfied that this is the case. To secure an offer of work, civil servants must indicate at least two months before the end of their career break that they wish to return to work. My Department works with the returning officers to agree...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Jan 2025)

Peter Burke: Balanced regional enterprise development is a key focus for my Department as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise. My Department contributes to this agenda in several ways, including through the development, implementation and oversight of nine Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs). The South-West REP is implemented at a regional level by a Steering Committee made up of stakeholders from Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: International Agreements (22 Jan 2025)

Peter Burke: The global economy is changing in ways that is making international trade more important than ever before. Conversely, the geopolitical landscape in which we operate is increasingly challenging. As a small, open economy, Ireland fully supports balanced international trade that seeks to meet the geopolitical challenges we face. Canada has proven to be an increasingly significant market...