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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (2 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The primary objective of IDA Ireland’s Regional Property Programme is to provide flexible and sustainable property solutions that offer certainty to clients ahead of demand. IDA collaborates with local authorities on advance planning permits and invests in infrastructure projects across the portfolio to address evolving business requirements of the FDI and indigenous client base....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourist Accommodation (1 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: This Government recognises the central importance of the tourism sector to Ireland's economy and communities and is acutely aware of the importance of local tourism accommodation as a resource for businesses and communities throughout Ireland. The overall position regarding the available data on accommodation for tourism purposes is complex and multi-layered. Fáilte Ireland maintains...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourist Accommodation (1 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Tourism accommodation in Ireland is known for its excellent quality and diversity. Fáilte Ireland as Ireland's National Tourism Development Authority has responsibility for ensuring that tourist accommodation maintains the highest standards of quality and meets consumer needs. It carries out this function by setting the requirements for the various categories of accommodation and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Programme (1 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 306 and 310 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (1 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: Government has continued to provide capital funding for tourism product development to ensure that Fáilte Ireland can support the delivery of enhanced amenities through Fáilte Ireland’s four Regional Tourism Development Strategies which includes Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands. Fáilte Ireland’s Regional Tourism Development Strategies 2023 – 2027 are a...

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

Peter Burke: Ireland's first National Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strategy, 'AI – Here for Good' was launched in July 2021. The strategy serves as a roadmap for how Ireland can leverage the potential of AI for unlocking productivity, for addressing societal challenges, and for delivering public services. It envisions a future for Ireland as an international leader in using AI to the benefit of...

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

Peter Burke: My Department and the offices under its aegis have not entered into any public services contracts with a value of €10 million or more in the past five years. In respect of the agencies under my Department’s remit, please see the relevant returns below: Agencies Year Name and purpose of Contract Value of the Contract The duration/term...

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

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314 to 318, inclusive, together. IDA Ireland sold a site at IDA Greystones Business Technology Park, Greystones, County Wicklow under a 999-year lease dated 21st April 2022 to Greystones Media Campus Owner Ltd. The site was sold pursuant to the IDA’s power of sale under the Industrial Development Acts. The use of the lands is restricted to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (1 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government (PfG) commits to supporting and expanding our food and beverage tourism offerings and showcasing the best of local produce. I have asked my officials to prioritise the finalisation of a new Tourism Policy Statement which reflects the PfG and other Government priorities. This new Policy Statement will set out how the Irish culinary experience can play an enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (1 Jul 2025)

Peter Burke: My role and that of my Department in relation to tourism lies primarily in the area of national tourism policy development and in securing resources to assist the tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland, in implementing that policy. Fáilte Ireland and Tourism NI have primary responsibility for product development on the ground and would be best placed to lead on the...

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

Peter Burke: In response to international economic developments, and in line with a commitment in the Programme for Government, the Government has brought forward the preparation of an Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity. The Action Plan is currently being prepared for consideration of Government in July (to be finalised and published as soon as possible thereafter). The Action Plan will...

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

Peter Burke: I note that the Capital Acquisitions Tax legislation dealing with the heritage based exemptions contains a reference to the supply of information to Bord Fáilte Eireann. I have asked Fáilte Ireland to engage with the Revenue Commissioners around their role in this respect.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (25 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I recognise the increasing importance of ensuring that the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies uphold the rights of creators, including musicians, performers, and composers. In December 2022, my Department launched a public consultation on the proposed European Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive, seeking input from a broad range of stakeholders, including...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (25 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I wish to inform the Deputy that, to date, no representations were received from or lobbying efforts made by any stakeholder within the music sector in relation to the transfer of functions concerning the dispute resolution of sound recording copyright from the Controller of Intellectual Property to the Circuit Courts prior to the publication of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (25 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I wish to inform the Deputy that, following a comprehensive review of departmental record, there are no records to reflect any stakeholders within the music sector lobbied the Government to remove the role of licensing bodies from the dispute resolution process for sound recording copyright in advance of the publication of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (25 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: To date, a single application has been submitted to the Controller of Intellectual Property concerning sound recording copyright. This application was lodged in September 2021 under Section 208(5) of the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, seeking an order pursuant to Section 208(8) of the same Act. However, following receipt of this application, legal advice was obtained which...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (25 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: Following the receipt of legal advice, including from the Office of the Attorney General, the Department of Enterprise determined that the reassignment of functions from the Controller of Intellectual Property to the Courts constituted an appropriate and necessary course of action. Adjudication of a dispute by the Controller under section 208 of the Act extends beyond the scope of...

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

Peter Burke: Since my appointment as Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in this Government, I have had one meeting, on 7th May 2025, with Brid O’Connell, CEO of Guaranteed Irish, to discuss the organisation’s Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Paper, “The Competitive Formula: Positioning Ireland through Innovation.” The meeting included a photo opportunity with Ms....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (25 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland’s new strategy, “Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation 2025-29” which I launched in February 2025, is one of ambition and opportunity, developed in the context of a changing global landscape and aligned with the Programme for Government and our White Paper on Enterprise. IDA, of course, also advocates for progression of wider...

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

Peter Burke: Wellman International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Indorama Ventures PCL, one of the world’s leading petrochemical producers and a leading global manufacturer of wool yarns. The broader Indorama Group is based in Bangkok, Thailand. As the Deputy will be aware, Wellman International Ltd, Mullagh, County Cavan produces polyester staple fibres, made primarily from recycled material,...