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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Functions (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The National Training Fund (NTF) was established by the National Training Fund Act 2000 (the Act) as a dedicated fund to support employment-focused training. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (the Department) has responsibility for the management of the fund, and for the related annual financial reporting. Payments may be made from the fund in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to allow...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to allow...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to allow...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: This Government has adopted an active approach in supporting the Irish SME sector across multiple crises over the last number of years. Over the two-year period prior to Budget 2024 a total of €12 billion was provided in cost of living and doing business supports, comprising a mix of permanent and one-off measures (most significantly the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme)....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Climate Action Plan 2023 included actions EN/23/3(TF) and BE/23/31(TF) to develop roadmaps for the decarbonisation of industrial heat in our manufacturing sectors, and our commercial buildings. These are being developed through the Heat and Built Environment Taskforce. My officials chair two workstreams under the Taskforce, the Industrial Heat Decarbonisation Working Group and the Commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to allow...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department works with IDA to ensure a strong continuing pipeline of inward investment into Ireland. As the state agency for Foreign Direct Investment, IDA Ireland continues to help to maintain a strong level of employment across the FDI sector, robust regional investment and a strong performance across the key transformation areas of research development and innovation, sustainability,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: In 2021, My Department, with the assistance of an external export credit insurance expert, conducted an internal review to assess if a market gap existed and to identify the potential need for a state-backed export credit guarantee scheme. This review involved engagement with a wide range of relevant stakeholders, including State Agencies, the financial sector, and industry...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: I am very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to allow rate paying...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of the Government's enterprise policy and is fully reflected in the Strategies of our enterprise development agencies. In that regard, IDA Ireland is targeting at least half of all investments, that is 400 of 800, from 2021 to 2024 to regional locations. The IDA Ireland figures at the end of 2023 showed there were 132 investments secured across...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is working to support the efforts being undertaken by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Fáilte Ireland, aimed at ensuring a co-ordinated approach to addressing labour and skills shortages within the tourism and hospitality sectors. The Tourism Careers team at Fáilte Ireland works to help the recruitment and retention efforts of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Government sought a timed amendment to the second reading of the National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022 to allow for the conclusion of the Low Pay Commission’s examination of sub-minimum rates of the National Minimum Wage. In 2022 the Low Pay Commission was asked to examine these rates and make recommendations on whether these rates should be retained, amended...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases and that is why we have allocated €257 million to the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) scheme. As you will know on May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Action Plan (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, my Department has responsibility to reduce industry on-site emissions (manufacturing, including cement and alumina) by 20% by 2025 and 35% by 2030. The core interventions to address industry emissions in the first carbon and second budget periods are: implement energy efficiency measures on site to right-size energy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: This Government has adopted an active approach in supporting small-scale manufacturing, retail and hospitality firms across multiple crises over the last number of years. Over the two-year period prior to Budget 2024 a total of €12 billion was provided in cost of living and doing business supports, comprising a mix of permanent and one-off measures (most significantly the Temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The new Free- Trade Agreement between the EU and New Zealand, which entered into force on May 1st, is good news for the EU and for Ireland. The Agreement has been described as the most modern Free Trade Agreement text the EU has agreed to date, it includes unprecedented sustainability commitments, including respect of the Paris Climate Agreement and core labour rights in addition to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: According to the latest employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, published on 22nd February 2024, total employment stood at 2.71 million. There are now more people employed in Ireland than ever before. As per the CSO Statistical Release on Monthly Unemployment from early May, the seasonally adjusted national unemployment rate was 4.4% in April 2024. It is essential...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The total advertising spend in online/ digital media platforms by my Department for the years 2019 to date is €306,648.36. Details of this spend are set out in the table below. These include expenditure on advertising campaigns such as: “3 Steps to Brexit”, National Minimum Wage, “Making Remote Work”, the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department continues to monitor challenges to the manufacturing and services sectors of the economy. Despite the economic challenges posed by the pandemic, the services and manufacturing sectors have proved resilient, along with the Irish economy at large. With an unemployment rate of 4.4% in April, the Irish economy is operating at a level close to full employment. The risks to employment...