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

Peter Burke: In the Programme for Government, Government has committed to developing Ireland’s enterprise base by backing small businesses and start-ups, scaling up indigenous firms and enhancing our attractiveness as a location for foreign direct investment In the first instance, I encourage any small business owners looking to avail of government support to consult the National Enterprise Hub...

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

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. Both grant schemes were administered by the Local Authorities on behalf of my Department. One of the eligibility requirements for both schemes was that businesses must be rates compliant or in a performing rates plan agreed with their Local...

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

Peter Burke: As Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment I have no role in respect of the development of the electricity grid or steps required by its operators to increase its resilience. Of course I am very conscious of the disruption to many businesses across the country in the wake of Storm Éowyn, and mindful of critical role energy infrastructure has in the operations of enterprises...

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

Peter Burke: The international Agreement on a Unified Patent Court (UPCA) was signed by twenty-five EU Member States during Ireland’s EU Presidency in 2013, with a view to establishing the Unified Patent Court (UPC). The UPC is an International court set up by participating EU Member States to deal with the infringement and validity of Unitary Patents. Government has committed that a local...

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

Peter Burke: Ireland’s licensing framework is in line with international standards and operates similarly to those in other EU countries, where collective rights management organisations work to protect intellectual property while streamlining the licensing process for businesses. The legislation relating to copyright is set out in the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 (as amended) (the...

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

Peter Burke: The total spend over the past five years (calendar years 2020 to 2024 inclusive) by my Department on the procurement of services to develop or maintain digital and IT systems is as follows: - Total spend 2020-2024 inclusive Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment 5,005,079.42 dNote that this initial response relates only to expenditure...

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

Peter Burke: The private service providers with whom my Department has incurred expenditure over the past five years on the procurement of services to develop or maintain digital and IT systems are detailed in the table below: Provider Total for years 2020 to 2024 inclusive ADVANCE SYSTEMS (IRL) LTD 56,414.50 AUDITWARE SYSTEMS LTD ...

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

Peter Burke: The total spend over the past five years (2020 to 2024 inclusive) by my Department and its Offices on the procurement of services to develop or maintain a website is as follows: Department/Office Amount Companies Registration Office €106,288.14 Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment €490,104.71 ...

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

Peter Burke: The private service providers who have received contracts from my Department and its Offices to develop or maintain a website over the past five years (2020 to 2024 inclusive) are as follows: Service Provider Amount Create For the Web Ltd €25,232.04 Inventise Business Solutions Ltd €29,802.00 ...

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

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. Both schemes are now closed. The following table outlines the current position in relation to all Local Authorities across the country. Local Authority Businesses Registered Paid Businesses Value of Payments ...

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

Peter Burke: It has not been possible to collate the information requested by the Deputy in the time available. I will write to the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (19 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government includes the commitment that this Government will recognise the work of the independent Low Pay Commission, ensuring fair wages whilst also supporting the viability of small and medium-sized enterprises. The Government is committed to ensuring a balance between a fair and sustainable rate for low paid workers, and one that will not have significant negative...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (19 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department published its first Blended Working policy in June 2022. That policy was revised and re-communicated to all staff in June 2023. Under the current policy, staff must attend the office for a minimum of two days per week, with additional attendance where needed to ensure business needs are met. No communication around changes in remote or blended working practices in this...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (18 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: 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. I can confirm that the Government is fully aware that there may be implications from potential measures by the Trump...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (18 Feb 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 (Europe the Middle-East and Africa) HQ with enterprise technical support,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (18 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department and the Offices under its aegis has not received funding support for projects of any kind from the United States of America International Development (USAID) for the period of 2016 to date in 2025. In respect of the Agencies that come within my remit, they are statutorily independent in their functions and this is an operational matter for them. I have asked the Agencies to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Overall for 2024, the Department’s workforce broken down by gender is 57% female and 43% male, and our Gender Pay Gap (GPG) is 9.55%, a slight reduction on our 2023 GPG (10.86%). While female staff are well represented at most levels of our organisation, including at the senior management levels of Assistant Principal and Principal Officer, I am aware that the most senior tier of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. In order to get payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme and a business must have received the second ICOB grant and be in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors in order to receive the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Feb 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 get payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) scheme. A business must have received the second ICOB grant and be in the hospitality, retail or beauty...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (18 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA site visit data is available on a county basis, and I am advised that over the past 18 months IDA Ireland facilitated 5 site visits to County Offaly. IDA site visits are only one measure of a company’s interest in a particular location and may not necessarily be a true measure of the overall level of foreign direct investment (FDI) activity in a region or county. For example, 70%...