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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is responsible for a number of agencies whose functions are set out in the governing legislation establishing that agency. This legislation provides for, among other things, the appointment of the Board and the Chairperson, for the approval of the form of the annual report and financial statements and for the furnishing of such information as I as Minister may require from time...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. The availability of property and infrastructure solutions is a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property and infrastructure ecosystem can be the key differentiator in winning Foreign Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Enterprise Agencies, including IDA Ireland. The first six months of this year saw IDA Ireland support 131 investments, 74 of which are planned for regional locations, enabling the future delivery of 8,900 jobs to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland have confirmed that they have not carried out a Skills Audit in County Wicklow. However, I am advised that Wicklow County Council have done so, should the Deputy wish to follow up with Wicklow County Council.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. The availability of property and infrastructure solutions is a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property and infrastructure ecosystem can be the key differentiator in winning Foreign Direct...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: IDA has over 1,800 client companies within its portfolio employing 300,583 as at the end of 2023. Additionally, my Department estimates that for every 10 jobs generated by FDI directly, another eight are created in the wider economy. As requested, the number of IDA client companies and IDA-supported jobs for each county at the end of 2023 is shown below: County ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland's Regional Property Programme aims to ensure the supply of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional locations to remain competitive in attracting FDI to the regions. The IDA actively promotes available buildings and land in IDA Business Parks and high-quality buildings in private ownership through its network of overseas offices. It is essential, therefore, that the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The Increased Cost of Business Scheme has successfully paid out €243m to almost 75,000 SMEs right around the country, including over 38,000 SMEs in the retail and hospitality sector. The ICOB scheme is now closed to registrations. The information you requested is the up to date information as at 7th October, the value of total payments includes double payments to hospitality, retail...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The table below outlines the expenditure in the past five years by the IDA Ireland on external legal fees for an FOI case concerning the release of a client survey to Byrne Wallace LLP: Client Survey - FOI 2020 €4,308.69 2021 €16,736.52 2022 €8,398.71 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The Increased Cost of Business Scheme (ICOB) has successfully paid out €243m to date to almost 75,000 SMEs right around the country, including over 38,000 SMEs in the retail and hospitality sector. The ICOB scheme is now closed to registrations. Eligible businesses in the retail, hospitality and beauty sectors were granted a second payment under the Scheme. Local Authorities are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: Government is committed to helping businesses by providing a range of targeted interventions and supports. As well as loans provided through the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, loans are available through Microfinance Ireland. Microfinance Ireland provides vital support to microenterprises by filling the lending gap in the market by lending to business that cannot obtain loans...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (8 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department considers engaging consultancy services in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver a project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a project must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a prohibitive...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on budget 2025 in respect of my Department. It is the first time the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment's budget has gone over the €1 billion mark, which is a significant increase on the previous year in terms of core expenditure. We have a number of initiatives in the context of this budget to support families and businesses right...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (2 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: The table below outlines the amount spent on external communication training for both IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland’s senior leadership team in 2022, 2023 and 2024 together with the name of the external company and the topics covered. Year Fees Name of Company Engaged Topics Covered IDA Ireland ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (2 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: On the 23 September last I led a joint Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland Trade Mission to the US west coast visiting Los Angeles, San Diego, Silicon Valley, San Francisco and Seattle to strengthen and consolidate key strategic partnerships in the region with key IDA client companies and promote world class Irish companies with leading market positions in the US The Trade Mission took...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (1 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: In general, the playing of copyright protected material in public areas is an act governed by copyright law. The national legislation known as the Copyright and Related Rights Act, 2000 - enterprise.gov.ie/en/legislation/legislation-files/unofficia l-consolidated-copyright-and-related-rights-act-2000-as-amen ded-.pdf (as amended) (the ‘CRRA’) gives the owners of copyright...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. Regional development is a key element of the Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. In that regard, IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting that at least half of all investments...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (1 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. In that regard, IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting that at least half of all investments -...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (1 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of Dual-Use goods. Controls on the export of Dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Budget 2025 (1 Oct 2024)

Peter Burke: I would like to thank Deputy O’Dowd for raising this matter and I acknowledge the Pre-Budget Submission provided by Chambers Ireland. The Chambers Ireland Pre-Budget Submission focused on the following issues, around which a range of measures have been proposed: Productivity and Competitiveness Housing and Planning Energy and Decarbonisation Workplace and Skills As part of the...