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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: As I have previously outlined, my Department is aware of issues that have arisen during the registration period, specifically in relation to businesses that were ineligible for the grant due to incorrect classification of their business type while registering for ICOB. The Departmental review remains ongoing and next steps will be considered in consultation with the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has no records of any contracts related to the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland works very closely with TikTok, given the scale and strategic importance of its activities In Ireland and is in regular dialogue with the company. IDA was notified on 19th February 2025 that TikTok’s Dublin operation would likely be impacted by a global restructuring and that further detail would be available over the coming weeks. On March 4th 2025, IDA was subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The table below provides the annual amounts claimed by special advisors appointed to my Department since 2020 and to date in 2025. Year Mileage KM Mileage Value Vouched Expenses Unvouched Expenses Total 2020 1001 €427.79 €247.90 €73.94 €749.63 2021 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles statistical data in relation to imports and exports. These statistics can be found on the website, cso.ie. The CSO provides data on a country/state level and therefore, while data is available for imports from China, the more detailed breakdown or an estimate requested by the Deputy, for Xinjiang province in China, is not available. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I am advised that my Department has not used the named IT service provider. One of my Department's Offices, the Workplace Relations Commission, had one contract with the provider for the provision of digital platforms to enhance our services to the public and to create internal efficiencies. This contract came in under budget. The first phase of the project was to enhance internal...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department does not hold a central record of the qualifications of each board member of the state bodies under my remit. However, the following table sets out the bodies under my aegis and the number of members of each Board who have a professional accounting qualification, where that information is known. Agency Year and number of accounting professionals ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The appointment of persons to state boards is advertised clearly on publicjobs with an interview booklet for each competition. My department liaises closely with the bodies under it remit well in advance of when a vacancy arises to be filled. The public bodies follow a process with the Department of identifying and detailing required for these roles including the skill sets for new and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: While my Department does not hold a central record of the qualifications of each board member of the state bodies under my remit I can confirm that the following public bodies under the aegis of my Department have, between 2020 and 2025, had at least one member of the audit and risk committee with recent, relevant financial experience Injuries Resolution Board Industrial Development...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm that the following public bodies under the aegis of my Department have a Board and have had a term of reference in place for each year in the period 2020 -2025 Injuries Resolution Board Industrial Development Authority Enterprise Ireland National Standards Authority of Ireland InterTradeIreland In addition, the Health & Safety Authority and the Irish Auditing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes have paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. In order to make payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme. The Power Up grant was designed specifically to support businesses in the hospitality and retail and beauty sectors. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: One of my Department’s Offices, the Companies Registration Office (CRO), uses machine learning to scan digitised annual returns to check whether they are signed in the appropriate places. This technology has proven to be very effective in delivering processing efficiencies for the CRO. The CRO received over 240,000 Annual Returns in 2022, all of which were processed using this...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The State operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is vacancy-led and driven by the changing needs of the labour market. The general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour from within Ireland and the EEA. Where this is not possible, the employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Statutory Instruments (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: A provisional list of Statutory Instruments that may be brought forward by my Department during the first six months of 2025 is set out in tabular form below. The table includes two columns outlining whether the Statutory Instruments are concerned with the transposition or implementation of EU law, or with the commencement of existing legislation. As some of the Statutory Instruments are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million in 2024. Cavan County Council paid out over €3 million in 2,263 grants to businesses under ICOB, including first and second payments. In addition, 824 grants were approved by Cavan County Council under Power Up, totalling just under €3.3m. Monaghan County Council paid...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Data centres are critical infrastructure for our modern economy. They are a key part of our value proposition for foreign direct investment and central to Ireland’s economic and digital future. In addition to their direct value, data centres anchor other very valuable investment in Ireland. Furthermore, the supply chain expertise that has been developed by indigenous enterprise around...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Workday established a presence in Ireland via acquisition in 2008 when it acquired Cape Clear, a Dublin based software company. Employment has increased from the initial 25 employed in Cape Clear in 2008 to over 2,000 today, drawn from 67 different countries. The Dublin office has become Workday’s EMEA HQ with enterprise technical support, sales/marketing, HR, legal, real estate and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Tá thart ar 1400 ball foirne ag mo Roinn agus tá a cuid oifigí agus gníomhaireachtaí curtha san áireamh. Cé nach féidir liom leibhéal na mball foirne atá inniúil sa Ghaeilge a dheimhniú go cruinn, tuigim go bhfuil roinnt ball foirne ann a thug faoi chúrsaí staidéar a bhí maoinithe ag an Roinn chun go mbeadh siad...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The Government recognises that there have been cost developments for firms in recent years, arising from both the wider inflationary trends – particularly energy costs – as well as Government mandated changes in the form of improvements to working conditions across a range of areas including progress towards introducing a living wage, auto-enrolment retirement savings scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (4 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The availability of suitable property and strategic sites is a critical component of the regional value proposition and can be the key differentiator in investment decisions in the regions from both new and existing clients as well as clients of Enterprise Ireland and the LEOs. IDA Ireland in partnership with Tipperary County Council have lodged planning for a proposed 10,000 sq.m....