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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The job of any government - or at least any centrist government - is to represent all the people and to take account of all interests and not seek to create conspiracy theories about the 1% or to divide capital from workers or the middle class from the working class. Any responsible government, any centrist government, any moderate government, which is what we have in Ireland, tries to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I will also check the issue of tied accommodation.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for the question and for his ongoing interest in issues affecting businesses and employees not just in Tipperary but across the country. Our strategy is threefold. First, it is to save as many businesses that are viable and as many jobs as we can during this period of pandemic and lockdown. There has already been €11 billion invested in the economy, propping up...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. The plan for young people and to ensure we do not have high levels of youth unemployment when the pandemic is over is three-fold: it is to save as many jobs and businesses as possible; to create new jobs, which we are doing; and to create more educational and training opportunities ranging from higher education to further education to apprenticeships to lifelong learning...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. It is good to see him here for Leaders' Questions. I am not sure if this is his regular slot or whether it is a consequence of his decision to join People Before Profit but I look forward to some interesting exchanges in the months ahead. Let me be very clear. I do not have the slightest interest in beef barons. I have never met a beef baron. I do not know what a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The answer to the Deputy's question is "Yes". The Government has asked NIAC to consider prioritising family carers after the current groups. I strongly believe it is right that we prioritise healthcare workers, those most likely to get sick, people over 70 and people under 70 with medical conditions because they are most likely to die or get very sick from this virus. We have asked NIAC to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: -----with 25,000 intended for healthcare workers. That will arrive before the end of the month.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Many job losses have been announced in recent weeks, which are a deep concerns to all of us. As the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, I get notification of many of those, and I am very aware of the real impact it is having on people. Some of those job losses are directly related to Covid-19, for example, in the airlines the Deputy mentioned. Some are not; they would have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Tá brón orm go raibh mé déanach. Tá dul chun cinn maith á dhéanamh i leith dáileadh na vacsaíne. Táthar tuar go mbainfear amach an sprioc de 500,000 an tseachtain seo. Beidh an chéad dáileog faighte ag ár gclainne agus ag ár gcairde a bhfuil os cionn 85 bliana d’aois faoi dheireadh na seachtaine seo. Cé go...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment does not collect or store the type of detailed information requested on data centre location, or their stage in the planning process. There may be some scope for different definitions of what could be considered a data centre or multiple data 'halls' on particular sites might be counted. Nonetheless, it is clear that the vast majority of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Ireland has one of Europe’s largest clusters of data centres as a stable energy grid, temperate climate and significant skills base makes Ireland an attractive country for this form of investment. Data centres are an increasingly important part of the digital and communications sectors and are core infrastructure in the remote working and digital services economy. The 2018 Government...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I understand the enormous difficulties the wedding industry is facing as the pandemic rolls on. I fully appreciate that it is one of the industries worst affected and for the longest and know that as we enter a second year of restrictions many in the sector must be fearing for their future. The financial support the Government is providing businesses and workers affected by the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I understand the enormous difficulties the wedding industry is facing as the pandemic rolls on. I fully appreciate that it is one of the industries worst affected and for the longest and know that as we enter a second year of restrictions many in the sector must be fearing for their future. I do hope that once the pandemic is over the wedding sector will have a number of good years with so...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: In March 2020, the Employment Permits Section of my Department implemented a COVID-19 contingency plan to ensure that the employment permit regime could continue to operate throughout the crisis. Since 30th March, the employment permit system has been operating fully remotely and online. Operational practices have been adjusted to replace the paper-based elements of the service to allow for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Credit Guarantee Scheme (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme is the largest loan guarantee scheme in the history of the State. The Scheme provides €2 billion in lending, for terms up to five-and-a-half years and offers a range of lending products between €10,000 and €1 million. It is available to SMEs and small mid-caps (business with less than 500 employees), including primary producers...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (4 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Government provides a range of programmes, principally through my Department and its agencies, to support companies in the area of technological development. A number of EU programmes also exist to support companies and researchers to develop new products, processes and services. These programmes are documented by Knowledge Transfer Ireland and on the websites of IDA Ireland and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (3 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10, 11 and 12 together. On 15th January last I published Ireland’s first National Remote Work Strategy to make remote working a permanent option for life after the pandemic. A key action within the National Remote Working Strategy is to extend the mapping and classifications of hubs - as completed by Western Development Commission on the Atlantic...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (3 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Registrar of Companies is a statutory role and the Registrar has administrative independence in the exercise of this function. A major upgrade of the CRO IT system went live with effect from 16th December 2020. This is a significant modernisation project which greatly increases the range of documents that can be filed electronically, with resulting efficiency gains for both business...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (3 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Registrar of Companies is a statutory role and the Registrar has administrative independence in the exercise of this function. I understand that documents filed electronically with the CRO can be authenticated using ROS (Revenue Online Signature). I am informed that, at present, ROS is the only fully authenticated electronic signing solution that is acceptable to the Registrar. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Ireland (3 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Enterprise Ireland is not currently accepting new applications for the Sustaining Enterprise Fund at this time pending ongoing budgetary considerations in the context of future need by relevant enterprises. 594 applications have been received to date under the Sustaining Enterprise Fund. The Investment Committee of Enterprise Ireland has approved 430 of these applications to date with a...