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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (7 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key focus of our Programme for Government and is central to the work of my Department and our enterprise development agencies. In that regard, IDA Ireland partners with client companies and key stakeholders in all regions in pursuit of its objective to maximise regional opportunities. Under its current strategy, “Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The Increased Cost of Business scheme was introduced in March 2024 and the Power Up grant was introduced in October 2024. Both grant schemes are now closed. As you are aware the second ICOB payment and the Power Up grant specifically targeted businesses in the retail, hospitality and beauty sectors. The Department used NACE codes to determine eligibility for those sectors. The NACE Codes...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: Thank you for the question to which there are a number of parts that I can address. On the issue of the National Minimum Wage, clearly one key input is the annual report of the Low Pay Commission. I received this report, which includes their recommendation for the 2026 National Minimum Wage, in July and this is under consideration. The Commission has an evidence-based approach to arriving at...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (2 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The National Standards Authority of Ireland (‘NSAI’) launched a public consultation for the draft I.S. 465 "Assessment, testing and categorisation of damaged buildings incorporating concrete blocks containing certain deleterious materials " on 31st March 2025. The consultation closed on 11th July 2025 and yielded in excess of 640 submissions. The NSAI’s Technical...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (1 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: Ireland’s competitiveness is a key priority for Government and is supported through several coordinated structures and initiatives. In particular, the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council (NCPC) plays a central role in advising Government on competitiveness and productivity issues. It is also designated as Ireland’s National Productivity Board. The Council reports...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The most recent data from the Central Statistics Office show that in the second quarter of 2025, over 1 million persons reported working from home at least some of the time. Within this, 555,500 persons said that they were “usually” working from home (i.e. more than half of the time). This is down from a peak number of 774,300 persons in 2021. There were 457,600 persons who were...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The most recent data from the Central Statistics Office show that in the second quarter of 2025, over 1 million persons reported working from home at least some of the time. Within this, 555,500 persons said that they were “usually” working from home (i.e. more than half of the time). This is down from a peak number of 774,300 persons in 2021. There were 457,600 persons who were...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The most recent data from the Central Statistics Office show that in the second quarter of 2025, over 1 million persons reported working from home at least some of the time. Within this, 555,500 persons said that they were “usually” working from home (i.e. more than half of the time). This is down from a peak number of 774,300 persons in 2021. There were 457,600 persons who were...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The most recent data from the Central Statistics Office show that in the second quarter of 2025, over 1 million persons reported working from home at least some of the time. Within this, 555,500 persons said that they were “usually” working from home (i.e. more than half of the time). This is down from a peak number of 774,300 persons in 2021. There were 457,600 persons who were...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The most recent data from the Central Statistics Office show that in the second quarter of 2025, over 1 million persons reported working from home at least some of the time. Within this, 555,500 persons said that they were “usually” working from home (i.e. more than half of the time). This is down from a peak number of 774,300 persons in 2021. There were 457,600 persons who were...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The most recent data from the Central Statistics Office show that in the second quarter of 2025, over 1 million persons reported working from home at least some of the time. Within this, 555,500 persons said that they were “usually” working from home (i.e. more than half of the time). This is down from a peak number of 774,300 persons in 2021. There were 457,600 persons who were...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (1 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: Ireland's National Remote Work Strategy - enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/making-remote-work.html - was published on January 15, 2021, by my Department with a goal to make remote working a permanent option in the Irish workforce. The strategy aims to strengthen employer and employee rights, invest in remote working infrastructure, and foster a more flexible work environment. My...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (30 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government provides that the Government will work with Fáilte Ireland to develop a balanced regional spread of tourism throughout the country, promoting and advancing the Hidden Heartlands, Ireland’s Ancient East, the Wild Atlantic Way and Dublin. This will involve continued Government investment in the tourism offering to attract overseas and domestic tourists....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (30 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: My Departments ICT Unit has informed me that the vast majority of its data is stored on private internal storage or in the OGCIO Private Government cloud. A small number of public facing online systems utilize Microsoft Dataverse and SharePoint storage which is included in the Departments Microsoft Dynamics365 and Microsoft 365 licences. My Department does not currently pay directly for any...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (30 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: My Government colleagues and I recognise that the cost of doing business has been an issue for many firms in recent years, including those operating in the retail and hospitality sectors. This has arisen from both the wider inflationary trends – particularly, energy costs – as well as Government mandated changes in the form of improvements to working conditions across a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (30 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The next meeting of the Cost of Business Advisory Forum has been provisionally scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 12th November 2025. Due to logistical reasons, however, it may be necessary for this date to be revised but this will be finalised in due course. The next meeting will focus on the theme of Regulation and Planning: Regulatory Burden and Infrastructural Delivery. The approach...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (30 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Each year, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland prepare a programme of trade missions and events which support the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland that are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment, and for showcasing opportunities for foreign direct investment in support of high-quality jobs and regional development throughout...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (30 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Central to IDA Ireland’s strategy, ‘Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation, 2025-29’ is an emphasis on partnering with the existing base of 1,800 clients from across the globe to identify opportunities to safeguard and strengthen their long-term investment in Ireland. IDA supports clients to increase the competitiveness of their Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (30 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: Merck, a leading Science and technology company, opened its new €150 million filtration manufacturing facility at Blarney Business Park, Co. Cork on Friday, 19th September. This state-of-the-art site is Merck’s first manufacturing facility designed for full climate-neutral operations, powered entirely by renewable electricity, and marks a significant milestone in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (30 Sep 2025)

Peter Burke: The ICOB grant opened for applications on 14th March, 2024 and closed following an extension on 29th May, 2024. The Power Up grant opened 24th October, 2024 and closed following an extension on 22nd November, 2024. Both of these schemes are closed to applications. The Local Authorities contacted businesses at the time with information on how to apply. The schemes were also widely advertised....