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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Government has approved measures, based on public health advice, allowing for a planned reopening of the economy and society. Any amendments to restrictions as the roll out of the vaccination programme progresses over the coming months will be based on public health advice.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory services....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory services. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Websites (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department is committed to meeting the requirement to have a statement on the compliance of websites and mobile applications under its remit in accordance with directive 2016/2102 (EU). My Department has begun the process of migrating website content to .gov.ie. In tandem a review of all websites is ongoing and, where practicable, each website will be migrated to the .gov.ie platform....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Websites (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department is committed to making all websites under its remit accessible in accordance with S.I. 258/2020 and to achieving AA standard under WCAG 2.1 guidelines. My Department has begun the process of migrating website content to .gov.ie. In tandem, a review of all websites is ongoing and, where practicable, each website will be migrated to the .gov.ie platform. Where it is not possible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Budgets (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Revised Estimate for my Department for 2021 as published in December 2020 are available at the below link. This Estimate incorporates the transfer of certain innovation functions from my Department to the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science as well as the transfer in of certain functions from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Budgets (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The final allocation for my Department’s Vote for 2020 were confirmed in a Further Revised Estimate (FRE) which was approved by the Dáil in November 2020. The breakdown of the allocation is available at the below link.. The FRE reflected the unprecedented increase in my Department's allocation in order to actively respond to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on our enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Rights of People with Disabilities (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As a member of the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities Implementation Group, my Department has committed to highlight the supports that are available to facilitate the employment of people with disabilities in the open labour market, or to retain in the workforce employees who acquire a disability. The Department of Social Protection (DSP) offers a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (15 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department assigns officers to higher duties allowances in line with Circular 38/2007: Allowances for the performance of the duties of a higher grade, which sets out the conditions under which an allowance for the performance of the duties of a higher grade may be granted. Currently there are no employees within my Department or within the staff of the agencies under the aegis of my...

Acquisition of Development Land (Assessment of Compensation) Bill 2021: First Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: No.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am pleased to hear the Deputy is not the only Deputy in Kerry who fills potholes. I imagine he does not charge as much as the others, but I am sure whatever they charge is a fair price. The LIS is essential for rural Ireland in improving roads that are not taken in charge but are effectively public roads. Funding for it has now gone up to €10.5 million for this year, which is up...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I agree that students and leaving certificate students have had a very difficult year. In fact, this year's leaving certificate students have had two years of disrupted learning as a consequence of the pandemic. The news that the results are coming late, in the first week of September, is unwelcome, but I understand that despite the best efforts of everyone involved it is the quickest it...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I will have to check that with the Minister for Health. It might not require legislation in the House because it is a European regulation and, therefore, may have direct effect. Thankfully, the systems that issue the Covid and vaccine certificates have not been affected by the cyberattack so we should be able to issue the digital green certificate, at least for people who are fully...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: This is a matter for Kildare County Council rather than central government, but the closure of a playground for 18 months, without any alternative arrangements being made, sounds a very long time. It is not a matter over which we have any jurisdiction, but I will certainly make enquiries and ask Kildare County Council to look again at its plans.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I understand exactly where the Deputy is coming from. We want to improve our outdoor facilities so we can enjoy a safe outdoor summer. Everything from playgrounds and play areas to public spaces and hospitality venues should be able to operate outdoors. The grant is administered by Fáilte Ireland, which is under the remit of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy stated, rare diseases in Ireland are not rare. While they are rare individually, they are common when they are added together. During my time as Minister for Health, I had the pleasure and privilege of developing Ireland's first rare diseases strategy and establishing the National Rare Diseases Office, but progress in recent years has been slow for many reasons. I am not in a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy knows, the Taoiseach will meet the new leader of the DUP this evening. We hope that a meeting of the British-Irish Council will go ahead as planned on Friday. We all look forward to the election of a new First Minister. I look forward to engaging with the new First Minister and the deputy First Minister once they are appointed. I agree with the Deputy's remarks. The Good...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As I understand it, the scheme is run by PDFORRA and is based on the cross-border directive, which has probably been disrupted by Brexit. I hope that it can continue, but I cannot give a specific commitment in that regard. The bigger issue, which was in my party's manifesto and has been included in the programme for Government, is that we should provide much better healthcare and access to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. At this stage, I hope that we have managed to cover almost everyone who has been left out of the CRSS with different schemes. We are considering including event catering in the new events scheme, which will be published later this month. The "B-RSS", "BRSS" or whatever we are going to call it will have a much wider reach than the CRSS. It will be for companies whose...