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

Leo Varadkar: The amount of grant aid provided to the company referred to in the Deputy's question for each of the years 2011 to 2021 is detailed in the table below. There have been no payments made to this company to date in 2021. Year of Payment Amount € 2011 48,703 2012 6,331,584 2013 361,942 ...

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

Leo Varadkar: Between the 1st September 2020 to the 27th February 2021 the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has carried out 4,119 workplace inspections across a wide range of sectors, of which 1,495 were carried out on the construction sector. All of these inspections in the construction sector were unannounced. The table below details the numbers of inspections per month in all sectors and construction...

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

Leo Varadkar: The statistics requested by the Deputy regarding the monthly figures of employment permits ( new and renewals) granted broken down by sector and by country of nationality of the permit holder for the period from March 2020 to January 2021 and from March 2019 to January 2020 are set out in the two attached tables. Table A Table B

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As you are aware, I recently announced a new €60m Scheme, called the COVID-19 Business Aid Scheme (CBAS), that is being developed to provide grants to businesses ineligible for the Government’s other existing schemes and is designed to help with fixed costs. Wholesalers, suppliers, caterers and events companies down 75% or more in turnover and who are in receipts of a rates bill...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Since October 2020, South Africa and India among other countries, have presented a proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to allow all countries to choose to neither grant nor enforce any patents or other intellectual property rights related to COVID-19 drugs, vaccines and diagnostics for the duration of the pandemic. The proposers argue that this would allow countries to scale up...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

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

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

Leo Varadkar: The 31 Local Enterprise Offices nationwide are a ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and other assistance to those wishing to start or grow their own business and act as a ‘signposting’ service for all Government grants ad loan Schemes available to the SME sector. The LEOs will also provide information and or referrals to...

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

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will no doubt be aware International Trade Policy is an exclusive EU competence under the EU Treaties and defined as the Common Commercial Policy. Under this architecture the Commission represents Ireland and other Member States, taking into account the needs of individual Member States and the collective good of the Union in international trade negotiations. The EU's...

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

Leo Varadkar: My Department provides funding on an emergency humanitarian basis as a contribution towards the costs of returning business premises and community, voluntary and sporting bodies, that cannot secure flood insurance, to their pre-flood condition including the replacement of flooring, fixtures and fittings and damaged stock. The Scheme is administered through an MOU between my Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The financial support the Government is providing businesses and workers affected by the pandemic is unprecedented. Almost a million people of working age are now in receipt of weekly payments including the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP), Employment Wage Subsidy (EWSS) and Jobseekers Benefit or Allowance. Support for business includes the weekly CRSS payment for businesses forced to...

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

Leo Varadkar: I am meeting with National Broadband Ireland this week.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Between the 1st September 2020 to the 27th February 2021 the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has carried out 4,119 workplace inspections across a wide range of sectors, of which 1,495 were carried out on the construction sector. All of these inspections in the construction sector were unannounced. The table below details the numbers of inspections per month in all sectors and construction...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (25 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Retaining and strengthening Ireland’s reputation as a first-class destination for foreign direct investment remains fundamentally important to our economic model. The Government and IDA Ireland will continue to promote our country abroad, particularly in the face of international competition. Despite unprecedented challenges to Ireland’s economy in 2020, IDA Ireland’s end...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Budget 2021 overall provides a significant package of tax and expenditure measures to build resilience and help vulnerable but viable businesses across all sectors. We are providing more and cheaper loan finance through MicroFinance Ireland, SBCI and the Credit Guarantee Scheme. Changes were made to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and the EWSS, increasing the top rate to €350 for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As the procurement of medical equipment is a matter for the Health Service Executive this question is more appropriate to the Department of Health.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Council Meetings (25 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The policy areas which fall within the responsibility of my Department at EU level mainly come within the remit of four Council formations. They are the Competitiveness Council (Internal Market and Industry), the Competitiveness Council (Space), the Foreign Affairs Council (Trade), and the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (Employment) (EPSCO). The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am acutely aware of the difficulties that the necessary ongoing Covid-19 restrictions are putting on businesses right across the country. The hospitality sector has been one of the industries hardest hit. With this in mind the Government has put in place a comprehensive package to help businesses and workers during the pandemic, including the Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme, the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Public Health Emergency Team (25 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I wrote to Professor Karina Butler, Chair of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) and to Dr Tony Holohan, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) seeking further clarification of adults with chronic diseases who are at higher risk of severe illness if they contract Covid-19, as well as the immunosuppressed like transplant and cancer patients. In doing so, I reiterated my acceptance of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Bearing in mind the scope of the question it is not yet possible to provide the Deputy with the details requested within the timeframe specified. Details regarding the COVID-19 specific procurement undertaken by my Department and its Offices last year and year to date in 2021 will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as available over the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Bearing in mind the scope of the question it is not yet possible to provide the Deputy with the details requested within the timeframe specified. Details regarding the COVID-19 specific procurement undertaken by my Department and its Offices last year and year to date in 2021 will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as available over the coming days.