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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 the Government has worked to support businesses through a wide range of financial measures including the wage subsidy scheme, COVID-19 Working Capital Scheme, the COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme, the Future Growth Loan Scheme, commercial rates waivers and warehousing of tax liabilities. Details of all supports for businesses can be found on my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 the Government has worked to support businesses through a wide range of financial measures including the wage subsidy scheme, COVID-19 Working Capital Scheme, the COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme, the Future Growth Loan Scheme, commercial rates waivers and warehousing of tax liabilities. Details of all supports for businesses can be found on my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Government has agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as I outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted. This process will commence in the coming weeks and will involve both public consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The complaints mechanism operated by the agencies under the aegis of my Department, such as the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency concerned. I have, however, asked the HSA to provide an outline of how their complaint mechanism operates. The HSA operates under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 and associated regulations. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment administers the employment permits legislation and criteria for the granting of employment permit permissions to work in the State. Immigration policy and the conditions attached to Stamp permissions falls under the remit of the Department of Justice. It should be noted that a Stamp 3 immigration permission provides permission to remain in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines, diagnostics and treatments is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19. International Trade is a competence of the EU under the Treaties and in exercising that competence, the European Commission engages fully with the Member States, including Ireland, through a variety of Committees and Working Parties/Groups,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Government agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as I outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted. This process will commence in the coming weeks and will involve both public consultation and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: On 27th October the Tánaistereceived Government approval to draft a Bill that will prohibit the use of tips and gratuities to ‘make up’ contractual rates of pay and will require employers to clearly display their policy on how tips, gratuities and service charges are distributed. This will ensure that tips and gratuities are additional to a worker’s wage and are not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a General Employment Permit application in respect of the individual (details supplied) was received on 22nd November 2021. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. Employment Permits Section are currently processing standard applications received on 11th August 2021. Applicants can keep track of current...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a Critical Skills Employment Permit application was received for the person concerned (details supplied) on 16th November 2021. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section of my Department are currently processing standard applications received on 11th August 2021. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (2 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Business innovation districts are a novel initiative supported by my Department through our agency Enterprise Ireland (EI).  Details of some projects which are currently underway and are at varying stages of development include, for example, Ghala Project, sponsored by Trinity College Dublin and also funded by Government under the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF). ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (2 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Where an employee is laid off for periods during their last three years of employment, those periods do not constitute reckonable service for the purposes of redundancy calculations. In light of the extensive periods of lay-off some people will have experienced during the pandemic emergency period, this may have a significant impact on their redundancy entitlement if they are made redundant...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (2 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The ratification of ILO Convention C190 is a matter of priority for Ireland and my Department officials continue to work towards being amongst the first ILO member States to ratify, with plans to progress the ratification soon.  The issue of ratification by Ireland of International Labour Organisation Convention 190, Elimination of Violence and Harassment in the World of Work, is being...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a standard application for a Critical Skills Employment Permit for the person concerned (details supplied) was received on 22 August 2021. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section of my Department are currently processing standard applications received on 4th August 2021....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a standard application for a Reactivation Employment Permit for the person concerned (details supplied) was received on 25 November 2021. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order, however given the details outlined by the Deputy the Employment Permits Section of my Department have prioritised...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one.  The system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (30 Nov 2021)

Damien English: The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is the statutory agency tasked with the enforcement of workplace health and safety legislation in Ireland. It acts independently in carrying out its functions as set out in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 200, to ensure compliance with workplace health and Safety legislation. The HSA does not comment on individual employers/workplaces nor does...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Nov 2021)

Damien English: The hospitality sector falls within the remit of the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. The funding for Tourism in Budget 2022 amounting to €288.5m represents an increase of €67.6m over the 2021 allocation. This includes €50m funding for further Tourism Business Continuity Supports to assist strategic tourism businesses with their survival...