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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The number of staff vacancies, by grade, in my Department at the end of August 2023 and August 2024 is set out in the following table. Grade 2023 2024 Assistant Secretary 2 0 Principal Officer 0 3 Assistant Principal 5 11 Higher Executive Officer ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant registration process was a self-declaration process whereby a business supplied information in order to register for the ICOB scheme. Businesses were asked to ensure their categorisation was correct when the ICOB grant was extended in May of this year. The ICOB scheme is now closed and it is not possible to reopen that scheme to reclassify a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The number of civil servants, by grade, in my Department who were on a career break in 2023 and 2024 are set out in the table below: Staff Grade 2023 2024 Clerical Officer 9 6 Executive Officer 6 5 Higher Executive Officer 1 1 Administrative Officer ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of dual-Use goods. Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Civil Service (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department, in conjunction with the National Shared Services Office, ensures that the provisions of Circular 04/2013 are properly implemented and I am satisfied that this is the case. To secure an offer of work, civil servants must indicate at least two months before the end of their career break that they wish to return to work. My Department works with returning officers to agree a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department considers engaging consultancy services in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver a project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a project must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a prohibitive...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Equipment (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The number of mobile phones issued to staff in my Department was 80 in 2022, 194 in 2023 and 98 in 2024 to date. These figures, particularly the figures for 2023, include the replacement of existing older mobile phones which were replaced due to them no longer being supported by the manufacturer. The total costs expended by my Department on handsets and phones bills was €155,757...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336 to 339, inclusive, together. Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our agencies. In this regard, the availability of property and infrastructure solutions can be a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: I am very aware of the difficulties businesses continue to face due to rising costs especially in the hospitality sector. As part of Budget 2025, I recently announced the Power Up Grant which has a budget of €170 million. The Power Up Grant builds on the success of the Increased Cost of Business Scheme. This grant is specifically for businesses in the hospitality, retail and beauty...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an office of my Department and currently has 25 vacancies, which are set out by job title and the estimated date for the filling of each in the table below. Job Title: WTE Expected to be filled: Deputy Director of Conciliation, Advisory & Mediation Services (PO) 1 Sanction is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Court (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: The Labour Court is an office of my Department and currently has one vacancy, which is set out by job title and the estimated date for the filling of the vacancy in the table below. Job Title WTE Estimated time to be filled Executive Officer 1 18/11/2024

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: Simon Coveney, T.D. in his capacity as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment met with the US Trade Representative, Ambassador Katherine Tai during the WTO's 13th Ministerial Conference which was held Abu Dhabi in February of this year, where they discussed matters relating to the ongoing work of the WTO and the importance of maintaining a rules-based international order. Officials...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: I am very aware of the difficulties businesses continue to face due to rising costs. The reason for payments in specific sectors is due to the greater impact that increased costs are having on the hospitality and retail and beauty sectors (As noted in the DETE-DSP joint working paper titled “An assessment of the cumulative impact of proposed measures to improve working conditions in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: I am very aware of the difficulties businesses continue to face due to rising costs. As you know, I recently announced the Power Up Grant with a budget of €170 million as part of Budget 2025. The Power Up Grant builds on the success of the Increased Cost of Business Scheme. This grant is for businesses in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors who received a second payment of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Nov 2024)

Peter Burke: As you know, I recently announced the Power Up Grant with a budget of €170 million as part of Budget 2025. The Power Up Grant builds on the success of the Increased Cost of Business Scheme. This grant is for businesses in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors. The ICOB registration process was a self-declaration process whereby a business supplied information in order to register...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the members of the committee for inviting me to speak. With me are: Mr. Gary Tobin, assistant secretary with our enterprise strategy, competitiveness and evaluation division; Mr. Joseph Cummins, head of our climate action and energy policy unit; Ms Cathy Madden and Aisling McCarthy from our climate action programmes unit; and Mr. Jack McDermott from our offshore wind strategy unit. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Both are important. It is not simple to decouple them. We need to be clear about the value that data centres bring to our economy. Ours is a modern economy that has attracted significant investment. Approximately one in every seven euro that we will spend under budget 2025 will come from foreign direct investment, that is, corporation tax, in our economy. As a value proposition, our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: We need large energy users. If we have 37 GW of energy by 2050, we need to use the value of that energy on our shore. We do not want to export everything, but to use that energy for our society so that we can benefit from the economic value it adds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: No. What I said clearly was that we had the large capacity to increase our renewable, clean, green energy. With the new legislation that has been introduced, we have a new pathway for our offshore renewable contracts, four of which have been signed on the east coast. We have a significant pipeline of renewable, clean, green energy, both via onshore and offshore wind and through other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2024: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (24 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: They underwrite very significant employment in this country, and do not mistake that.