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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The Workplace Relations Commission is funded under the Workplace Relations programme of my Vote. The Commission does not receive any 'capital' funding but it does receive 'current' funding to support its operations. A total of €15,931m has been provided to support the Commission in 2022. The table below outlines the estimated cost of increasing this allocation by 50% and 100%. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The funding provision to Enterprise Ireland covers two subheads on the Department’s Vote, Subheads A7 and B4, which span general supports to indigenous firms and for research and development/innovation supports. My Department has allocated a total of €332.32 million in respect of these subheads in 2022. The cost of increases of 10%, 20%, 25% and 50% are set out in the table...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy will be aware that the funding provision to InterTradeIreland is provided on a North-South basis and annual allocations are finalised in conjunction with the Northern Administration. The allocation provided through the Department’s Vote is adjusted proportionally given the joint-funding arrangement in place. A total of €11.586m was provided by my Department to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: A total of €220.538m has been allocated by my Department to support the Industrial Development Authority for 2022. The table below sets out the estimated costings of increasing IDA funding by 10%, 20, 25% and 50% respectively. - REV Allocation 2022(€,000) 10% Increase(€,000) 20% Increase(€,000) 25%...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: Currently there is no official living wage in Ireland. It is important that Ireland’s statutory National Minimum Wage and the Living Wage concept are not confused. The Living Wage has no legislative basis and is therefore not a statutory entitlement. The National Minimum Wage is a statutory entitlement and has a legislative basis. The Low Pay Commission annually assesses the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The Workplace Relations Commission is funded under the Workplace Relations programme of my Vote. The Commission does not receive any 'capital' funding but it does receive 'current' funding to support its operations. A total of €15,931m has been provided to support the Commission in 2022. The table below outlines the estimated cost of increasing this allocation by 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: Funding to the offices in question under my remit is all by way of Current expenditure and is set out in the table below. It should be noted that funding with respect to the Data Protection Commissioner was formally from the Dept of Justice Vote and the Commission now has its own separate Vote. Subhead Current Allocation 2022 (€,000) Capital Allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: From next year the Government is introducing a new permanent public holiday in celebration of Imbolc/St. Brigid’s day. This will be the first Monday in every February, except where St. Brigid’s day, the 1st day of February, happens to fall on a Friday, in which case that Friday 1st February will be a public holiday. The Government wants to ensure that the public holiday provides...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Interest Rates (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The framework contract for banking services negotiated by the Office of Government Procurement specifically provides that all accounts linked to the Paymaster General cash pool are not subject to negative credit interest. Accordingly, as a client of the framework contract the Department's own bank accounts are, therefore, not subject to negative credit interest. My Department is satisfied...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Interest Rates (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The link to the following Schedule sets out details of the negative interest rate charges incurred by the Offices and Agencies receiving funding from or operating under the aegis of the Department since the introduction of such charges by their respective financial services providers up until 30th April 2022. I wish to assure the Deputy that my Department and our Agencies are fully aware of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: In response to the Deputy's question and according to records held within my Department, there are no former Secretaries General on secondment from my Department to another organisation.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The tables below set out the number of Departmental staff employed at the Irish Permanent Representation to the European Union, including all counsellors and attachés, in each of the past seven years 2016 to 2022. The tables also set out the function of each of the posts and information on new and discontinued posts. 2016: Grade / Post Number Function /...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The WTO Ministerial Conference is currently underway in Geneva from 12thto 15thJune. This is the major decision-making forum for the WTO and the intention is that the intellectual property related aspects can be agreed as part of the broader WTO trade related response to the pandemic. A draft Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS is under intense discussion by Ministers with the aim of finding...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: I attended a meeting at the request of representatives from the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association (IPHA) and Biopharmachem Ireland (BPCI) on 25thJune 2021. This meeting was attended by Paul Reid, who is the President of IPHA and Managing Director of Pfizer Healthcare Ireland. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss a range of topics, which included the then WTO TRIPS waiver...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: My Department does not collect data on work intensity. The most recent available data is from Eurofound, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. Eurofound’s European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) provides a wide-ranging picture of the everyday reality of men and women at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. The Survey asks...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: As I have previously outlined, ratifying CETA is Government policy and an objective of mine as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Ireland has benefitted immensely from our export-oriented enterprises trading across the globe. As a small open economy, we support international trade and the EU free trade agreements that seek to underpin this. In that context, I believe that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The Right to Request Remote Working Bill is part of a broader Government vision to make remote working a permanent feature of Ireland’s workforce in a way that can benefit all – economically, socially and environmentally. Through the proposed legislation we will, for the first time, provide a legal framework for requesting remote work. It will also provide clarity to employers...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (14 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The WTO Ministerial Conference is currently underway in Geneva from 12thto 15thJune. This is the major decision-making forum for the WTO and the intention is that the intellectual property related aspects can be agreed as part of the broader WTO trade related response to the pandemic. A draft Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS is under intense discussion by Ministers with the aim of finding...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has a dedicated Health and Safety Unit with responsibility at Principal Officer level, whereby the objective is always to ensure a safe and appropriate working environment for all staff and visitors across our buildings. The Department and its Offices are tenants in eleven buildings across the country, six of these in Dublin and the other five being in Carlow, Cork,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Food Industry (2 Jun 2022)

Leo Varadkar: No meetings have been held between officials of my Department and representatives of the food industry in relation to the issue of infant nutrition in Ireland during the period in question.