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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As you are aware, following the advice of NPHET, the Government made the decision to move the entire country to Level 5 of the Framework for Living with COVID-19 (COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead) and for essential retail and services (including childcare) to remain open. This has been followed by the recent Government announcement of a phased easing of public health...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As you are aware, following the advice of NPHET, the Government made the decision to move the entire country to Level 5 of the Framework for Living with COVID-19 (COVID-19 Resilience and Recovery 2021: The Path Ahead) and for essential retail and services (including childcare) to remain open. This has been followed by the recent Government announcement of a phased easing of public health...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Ireland is a major global centre for Biopharmaceutical manufacture and supply. In 2019 Ireland was ranked the 5th largest exporter of Biopharmaceutical medicines globally with exports of €80 billion. There are 85 IDA supported companies in the sector in Ireland employing over 37,000 people. Ireland has been a significant centre of chemistry based small molecule manufacturing since...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Vaccination Programme (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Pharmaceutical manufacturing sites in Ireland play a key role in the global supply chain of numerous innovative medicines used to treat a wide range of illnesses. The continued necessity and demand for these life changing medicines remains critical to patient care and sites in Ireland have remained focused on maintaining operations and supply of these vital medicines. The capabilities of each...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: IDA Ireland grants paid by Region, by Business Sector and by Grant Type for the period 2011 to 2019 inclusive are outlined in Table 1 attached as per IDA’s database in April 2021. Figures for 2020 will be available following publication of the 2020 Annual Report later this year. Despite a year of unprecedented challenges to the Irish economy, in 2020 IDA Ireland announced 246 new...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Future Growth Loan Scheme makes up to €800m in lending available to SMEs and small mid-caps (businesses of up to 499 employees) seeking financing for long-term strategic investment, including in response to the impacts of Brexit and COVID-19. As of 12 April 2021, 3,293 loans have been sanctioned through the Future Growth Loan Scheme to the value of €691.24m. Funding...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Brexit Loan Scheme makes available working capital lending to eligible businesses that are exposed to impacts arising from the UK’s withdrawal from the EU. The scheme was developed in cooperation with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and is operated by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland(SBCI). Loans under the scheme range from €25,000 to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: IDA Ireland’s overseas teams and office network are vital to support the agency’s efforts in winning new Foreign Direct Investment across the world. From time-to-time the IDA seeks to expand its global network of offices and teams. Many firms are looking to expand into new markets and Ireland is a proven location for global companies to grow and serve their customer base in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Protection (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: IDA Ireland’s overseas teams and office network are vital to support the agency’s efforts in winning new Foreign Direct Investment across the world. From time-to-time IDA seeks to expand its global network of offices and teams.Many firms are looking to expand into new markets and Ireland is a proven location for global companies to grow and serve their customer base in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Appointments to State Boards (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: State Board vacancies under the remit of my Department are advertised on State Boards website (www.stateboards.ie). In publicising vacancies, my Department operates in accordance with the Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards published by The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in November 2014. Under these guidelines, State Board vacancies are advertised by the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Appointments to State Boards (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform published guidelines on appointments to State Boards in November 2014. My Department operates in accordance with these guidelines in filling vacancies on State Boards under our remit. Under these guidelines, State Board vacancies are advertised by the Public Appointments Service (PAS) on the stateboards.ie website. Each Board vacancy is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The eligibility criteria set out by my Department determined how Restart Grant Plus applications were processed by the Local Authorities on its behalf during the operation of the scheme. In this context it is important to note that for the purposes of the Restart Grant and Restart Grant Plus Schemes, each Local Authority was the decision maker in relation to initial applications and appeals....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: IDA Ireland’s overseas teams and office network are vital to support the agency’s efforts in winning new Foreign Direct Investment across the world. From time-to-time IDA seeks to expand its global network of offices and teams.Many firms are looking to expand into new markets and Ireland is a proven location for global companies to grow and serve their customer base in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I have received several items of correspondence on behalf of the company to which you refer. I appreciate that businesses are making enormous sacrifices at the moment to help protect their communities. The Government has put in place a comprehensive package to help businesses and workers during the pandemic, including the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme (EWSS), the Pandemic Unemployment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Low Pay Commission (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Programme for Government includes a commitment to ‘Request the Low Pay Commission to examine Universal Basic Income, informed by a review of previous international pilots, and resulting in a universal basic income pilot in the lifetime of the Government’. Earlier this year, I formally requested the Low Pay Commission to examine this issue. The LPC is currently finalising...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Appointments to State Boards (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: For State Boards under the aegis of my Department, appointments are made in line with the guidelines set out in the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, which include having due regard for the benefits of diversity on the Board, including gender. When any appointment is being made to a State Board under my Department’s remit, the existing gender balance on the Board...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Programme for Government commits to “progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the Government.”. Earlier this year, I formally requested the Low Pay Commission to prepare a report on this issue and terms of reference for the report have now been noted by Cabinet. My Department, on behalf of the Low Pay Commission, is managing the tender process for researching and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Programme for Government commits to “progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the Government.”. Earlier this year, I formally requested the Low Pay Commission to prepare a report on this issue, and terms of reference for the report have now been noted by Cabinet. My Department, on behalf of the Low Pay Commission, is managing the tender process for researching and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Programme for Government commits to “progress to a living wage over the lifetime of the Government.”. Earlier this year, I formally requested the Low Pay Commission to prepare a report on this issue, and terms of reference for the report have now been noted by Cabinet. My Department, on behalf of the Low Pay Commission, is managing the tender process for researching and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (21 Apr 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am acutely aware of the difficulties that these necessary ongoing Covid-19 restrictions are putting on all businesses right across the country. Business owners are making sacrifices in order to protect their communities. As you know the Government has put in place a comprehensive package to help businesses and workers during the pandemic, including the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme...