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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department has been preparing for tariffs and economic shocks and we are working with our dedicated agency supporting Irish businesses, Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland have established a bespoke team which is currently engaging with SMEs, supporting businesses around tariffs and mitigation measures, as well as offering advice and support on diversification measures. Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Smart Regions Enterprise Innovation Scheme was launched in October 2023. The scheme is co-funded under the European Regional Development Fund and administered by Enterprise Ireland. The scheme includes four streams supporting development and provision of local enterprise infrastructure, innovation clusters and consortia, innovation services to SMEs, and early-stage feasibility and priming...

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

Alan Dillon: The Grow Digital Voucher was introduced in 2024, and replaced the Trading Online Voucher, which closed for applications in December 2024. Under this new, improved offer, the funding available has been increased to up to €5,000 and the eligibility criteria expanded to cover a wider range of digital interventions available to a broader range of businesses compared to the Trading Online...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department measures the impact of grant supports to SMEs through a combination of quantitative performance metrics and qualitative outcomes which are aligned with programme for government goals. Programmes delivered by the enterprise agencies are evaluated by my Department, and individual projects at company level that are supported by the agencies undergo evaluations to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department is ensuring that Enterprise Ireland is actively evolving to meet the dual demands of AI innovation and sustainability in its support for startups. Through its 2025–2029 strategy, the agency aims to support 1,000 new startups, with a strong focus on scalable, export-driven businesses. Recognising the transformative potential of AI, Enterprise Ireland is enhancing its...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Government is firmly committed to driving balanced regional development as a cornerstone of its enterprise policy. Under the “Delivering for Ireland, Leading Globally” Strategy 2025–2029, Enterprise Ireland aims to grow employment in client companies to 275,000, with a strong emphasis on regional job creation and scaling indigenous businesses across all counties....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Newbaze factory in Carrickmacross was officially opened in November 2019. Enterprise Ireland (EI) supported Newbaze as they sought to establish themselves as an infant formula and nutritional powders manufacturer. They also supported the company to explore the innovation networks and ecosystem available to them in Ireland.EI met the company CEO on 05 March 2025, and at that meeting, he...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: Last year my department launched the National Enterprise Hub as a service open to all businesses to help them access and find the right Government support to help their business. Its overall goal is to simplify access to the many grants and supports available to businesses across Government. It provides business owners with an easy entry point to the wide enterprise supports eco-system....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Government is committed to supporting workers and promoting positive working conditions in Ireland and our legislation is kept under review to maintain our robust suite of employment rights. It is also important to acknowledge the challenges the enterprise sector has faced over the last number of years and to maintain a regulatory environment that allows businesses to remain viable and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: Section 35 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended, allows for local authorities to make bye-laws governing the segregation, storage and presentation of household and commercial waste “for the purpose of the proper management of waste or the prevention or control of environmental pollution”. This Section further allows local authorities to specify the type of documentary...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Government is committed to supporting workers and promoting positive working conditions in Ireland and our legislation is kept under review to maintain our robust suite of employment rights. It is also important to acknowledge the challenges the enterprise sector has faced over the last number of years and to maintain a regulatory environment that allows businesses to remain viable and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: My Department has been preparing for tariffs and economic shocks and we are working with our dedicated agency supporting Irish businesses, Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland has established a bespoke team which is currently engaging with SMEs, supporting businesses around tariffs and mitigation measures, as well as offering advice and support on diversification measures. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: I thank Deputy Healy-Rae for raising this important issue. Last year, the Government introduced two business support schemes that were designed by my Department and administered by the local authorities. The increased cost of business, ICOB, scheme was launched in March of 2024 and was delivered in two phases. The first phase was a broad scheme that distributed over €154 million to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: I again thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. As outlined, my Department is actively working with local authorities and the LGMA to finalise the details of the appeals process. This process will allow businesses that were misclassified to have their cases reviewed and, where appropriate, be given access to the supports. This is a priority for the Department. We want to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (18 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: While much progress has been made over recent decades in improving workplace health and safety, the fact remains that people continue to be killed and badly hurt in work-related incidents. Last year, 34 people lost their lives due to work activity in Ireland. Since 2005, 24 workers have died as a result of work-related activity in the fishing and aquaculture sector. Although there has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages in the State required to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of our economy. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: The Department launched its new employment permits system, Employment Permits Online, in April with the majority of users having been able to register successfully and prepare and submit permit applications for processing. As of mid-June, there have been over 15,000 successful portal registrations completed, and the rate of permit application submission has returned to pre-launch levels....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: In January 2025, approval was given to increase the Health and Safety Authority’s sanctioned staff numbers to 330. As of 31 May 2025, there are 287 staff in place in the Authority. Recruitment is ongoing, with 22 new hires already this year and 23 open competitions underway. The table below details each of the current vacancies in the HSA, by division, title, grade and anticipated...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Recycling Policy (12 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: In 2017, Ireland introduced an Extended Producer Responsibility scheme for tyres which is operated by Circol ELT. A consumer may return a used tyre which was subject to a visible Environmental Management Cost (vEMC) to the retailer where they bought the tyre, and the retailer is obliged to take the tyre back free of charge. There is no obligation to buy a replacement tyre.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Illegal Dumping (12 Jun 2025)

Alan Dillon: I refer to the reply to Question No. 66 of 28 May 2025. The position remains unchanged.