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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The Deputy raises a valid point and that is why we are launching in the coming weeks Enterprise Ireland's new strategy for the next five years. We need a stronger relationship with Enterprise Ireland and the IDA to make sites available to smaller indigenous enterprises which have grown significantly in recent years. I have raised this with the Department and my fellow Ministers. It is an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I would be happy to facilitate a meeting with Deputy Moynihan and to work on the land banks that need to be made available through Údarás na Gaeltachta or Enterprise Ireland for smaller agencies. It is something we need to improve upon. I would be happy to work with the Deputy in that regard. I do not have specific figures on the work carried out with Údarás but I will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Connolly for her intervention. A lot of the new EU instruments that are coming into context, and which this plan will have to respond to, are very technical in nature and we are trying to work these and bring them into the action plan. A significant number of the actions contained in this plan are under the purview of other Departments so obviously we are trying to work and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: It is this Government that brought forward the idea in the programme for Government to deliver on this because we take our human rights obligations very seriously. One can see that from all our actions in multilateral forums, particularly the UN. I met Volker Türk, the head of UN human rights, on many occasions in my last brief. We take very seriously our obligations. With regard...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I will endeavour to come back to the Deputy with a timeline as soon as I can get a clear line of sight across government as to when we can deliver it. I do not want to come forward with a plan that I cannot deliver, or which does not have actionable points or delivery dates on it. That is the most important point that I want to have as a stamp of my Ministry.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Scanlon for his kind wishes on behalf of myself and my Ministers of State, Deputies Smyth and Dillon. The number of jobs in Enterprise Ireland-supported companies in County Leitrim has increased by 67% since 2020, with 978 people now employed in the county by these companies. In 2024 there were 110 new jobs created in the county by Enterprise Ireland-supported clients,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for his question and for his advocacy on behalf of his constituency. Enterprise Ireland has established the advanced manufacturing unit in Sligo, which is very important. It is an innovation that is a key support to industry working in partnership. It is a huge advantage in terms of doing things that in many instances industry cannot. On Enterprise Ireland and its...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputy Connolly for her question. The Department of Foreign Affairs and my Department established a dedicated business and human rights stakeholder forum with the participation of individuals with relevant expertise and responsibilities from key organisations across business, civil society, trade unions and academia to assist with the development of a second national action plan on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: We have a huge demand for workers in those categories. That can be seen from how much the landscape has changed across our capital city and other regions throughout the country. That is why the IDA has specifically called out digitalisation and AI as one of the key growth drivers for its new five-year strategy, hoping to bring in €7 billion of research and development investment,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: While the technology sector, which includes software, has undergone a period of sustained growth for the past 20 years, recently it has seen some significant contraction. Where IDA Ireland's multinational clients in this sector have announced global job reductions, the reductions have typically been less than 10% of their total global workforce. Furthermore, in most cases, the job...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Employment Rights (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: While we have seen a recalibration in the tech sector post Covid, it is still very strong. We have a very rich vein of talent. We have and are host to eight of the ten global leading tech companies in this State at this time. We provide so much talent and skills, with 8% ICT graduates in our economy. That is double the EU average. We are double per capitain STEM graduates, which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Weather Events (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I wish Deputy Conway-Walsh the very best of luck in her role as spokesperson. I look forward to working with her. I had a very good relationship with her predecessor, Deputy O'Reilly. The Ministers of State, Deputies Smyth and Dillon, and I look forward to delivering the programme for Government in the years ahead. I am acutely aware of the significant challenges the impacts of Storm...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Weather Events (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy for her response. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine has announced a scheme for investment in the horticulture sector, which has been very significantly impacted. I was very quick to contact the insurance federation to get assurances that businesses affected would be covered regarding their standard practice. While I cannot go into the detail of individual...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Weather Events (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In line with the commitment in the programme for Government, we are establishing a scheme. Specifically for this event, we need to be clear that the first recourse for businesses is through their insurance to cover them for damage, loss of earnings and spoilage of stock. That is the critical way in which they seek recourse. It is very different from flood damage where businesses could not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I very much agree with the Deputy on the importance which freely chosen employment has for the well-being and economic status of people with disabilities. The Programme for Government contains specific undertakings designed to assist persons with disabilities to participate fully in our workforce. These include: Developing a Code of Practice to support the hiring of workers with a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In January, Glen Dimplex announced that a proposed restructuring of its operations is expected to result in the loss of approximately 70 jobs by October this year at its facility at Dunleer, Co. Louth. My Department has not to date received a statutory redundancy notification in relation to these proposed job losses. My thoughts are with the workers and families that will be impacted by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17, 23 and 26 together. As the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions regarding trade policy will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, this matter is one that I am updated regularly on given the United States is our largest trading and investment partner. This...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: A core objective of IDA Ireland is to enable, influence and deliver a competitive property offering which promotes national economic investments, supports winning Foreign Direct Investment, and the growth and expansion of indigenous clients within the Enterprise Ireland or LEO portfolio. In this regard, the IDA keeps its land holdings under constant review and, in doing so, seeks...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Government is acutely aware of the significant challenges that the impacts of Storm Éowyn has caused for business owners over recent weeks. Since 24 January, I have been closely monitoring the situation in relation to Storm Éowyn and its impacts on the business community through regular updates from the National Emergency Coordination Group and updates from Local Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The United States is Ireland’s largest trading and investment partner, and this relationship is – and will continue to be – of major importance to the Irish economy. In 2023, approximately 178,000 people were employed in US firms operating in Ireland, including over 93,000 people in ICT, and 19,918 in pharmaceuticals. In 2022, US firms made €27 billion in...