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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: These are difficult times and I am aware that some businesses are concerned that some landlords are continuing to insist on the payment of rents and leases as normal despite their premises being closed. The issue of commercial rents is primarily a contractual matter for the parties involved. However, the Government has urged landlords and tenants to talk to one another and come to some...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious policy agenda that concerns all Government Departments. The first National Implementation Plan (2018-2020), published in 2018, set out Ireland’s strategy to achieve the SDGs both domestically and internationally. The Goals are mainstreamed in domestic policy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Sustainable Development Goals (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Overall political oversight for national SDG implementation is provided through the Cabinet, with each Minister having specific responsibility for implementing individual SDG targets related to their Ministerial functions. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has responsibility for promoting the SDGs, and for overseeing their coherent implementation across...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has not engaged a third-party company to date in 2021 to conduct online or social media monitoring or provide reports on social media coverage of my Department and, therefore, no costs have been incurred.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Within my Department’s Communications Unit, there are currently seven staff employed to deal with press and public relations. Part of their work includes monitoring social media on an ongoing basis to ensure that the work of the Department and its Ministers is factually represented, and that clarifications or corrections are made if and when appropriate. Specific reports are not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Investigations (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has not engaged any private investigation companies or persons during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Policy (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor initiative is a collaborative project led by a network involving eight local authorities, North and South of the border, Dublin City University and Ulster University. I was pleased to have had the opportunity to take part in the launch of this initiative on 24 March along with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. While not directly...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Policy (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The digital revolution has the potential to be one of the greatest disruptors in financial services over the next decade particularly in digital finance or ‘fintech’. Ireland is uniquely positioned to benefit from global investment in fintech. This is due in part to our excellent track record in attracting FDI, our entrepreneurial culture, a strong skills base and an established...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I assume the Deputy is referring to personal data breaches under the General Data Protection Regulation (the "GDPR").  As the Deputy will be aware, the GDPR was introduced on 18th May 2018.  Information on personal data breaches for my Department and the Offices under the aegis of my Department from this date to the current date in 2021 is set out in the following Table. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Late payment in commercial transactions is governed by the European Communities (Late Payment in Commercial Transactions) Regulations 2012, as amended, which gives legal effect to Directive 2011/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 on combating late payment in commercial transactions. Under these Regulations it is an implied term of every commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ports Policy (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am not aware of specific issues raised in the details supplied. Matters related to the international transport of freight is a matter for the Minister for Transport. Assistance may be available from the Irish Embassy in Cairo in raising concerns regarding any detained cargo.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) employment continued to grow in 2020 despite the impact of COVID-19.  The numbers directly employed in the multinational sector in Ireland grew to 257,394. Throughout 2020 IDA Ireland won 246 new investments resulting in the creation of 20,123 new jobs.  Of these, 95 investments were from new investors and 151 investments from existing companies....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Social Media (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department conducts the vast majority of its communications through English, however is committed to also doing so through Irish for significant campaigns, most recently for Brexit and Covid. On Twitter between 1 May 2020 and 30 April 2021, my Department issued approximately 1,223 Twitter posts. Of these, approximately thirteen were translated into Irish. Of those posts seven were...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (18 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 to 190, inclusive, together. While my Department does not generally provide direct funding to non-governmental organisations, it does fund the costs of Ireland’s membership of a number of international organisations (e.g. World Trade Organisation, International Labour Organisation, European Space Agency). The total funding provided to support...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Referral to Select Committee (13 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I move: That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment pursuant to Standing Orders 95(3)(a) and 181(1). Question put and agreed to.

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I have no idea what is coming.

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: On the Deputy's question, I will have to go back and check the note I got from my Department at the time. My understanding was that this is a consolidation between Charleville and Naas and they would offer voluntary redundancies and redeployment in the first instance, not that compulsory redundancies would be ruled out. I will double-check and come back to the Deputy on that. On the...

Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Bill 2021: Second Stage (13 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." This legislation bans ticket touting and the reselling of tickets for large events above face value. It will promote fair access for fans to cultural, entertainment, recreational and sporting events. We all look forward to a time when we will be able to attend a show, a concert or a match again. While no events are being held at...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: First Stage (13 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: No.

Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (13 May 2021)

Leo Varadkar: No. I take this opportunity to congratulate Deputy Whitmore on introducing her first Bill, one of many that will come in the years ahead, I am sure.