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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The employment permits regime is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, however, this objective must be balanced by the need to ensure that there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. In order to ensure that the employment permits...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am keenly aware that businesses are continuing to make massive sacrifices to protect their communities and I am committed to ensuring that the Government will offer as much assistance and support as possible. My Department has worked to ensure that appropriate supports are in place for businesses that require finance as they develop their response to impacts arising from COVID-19. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: While sectorial development responsibility spans a range of Government Departments, as Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment I am always interested in hearing industry insights into sectorial challenges to inform a strategic and coherent approach to economic development.  Officials in my Department have examined submissions from the car rental industry...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: A notification of proposed collective redundancies at Arcadia Group Multiples (Ireland) Limited was received in my office on the 18th of December.  It is the responsibility of the employer in the first instance to pay statutory redundancy.  However, the Social Insurance Fund provides a safety net for employees in situations where the employer cannot pay due to financial difficulties...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Under section 150(11) of the Companies Act 2014, the Minister may make Regulations regarding exempting a residential address of a company officer from appearing on the Register of Directors and Secretaries kept by the company or the Register kept by the Registrar of Companies, if it is determined that the circumstances concerning the personal safety or security of the person warrant such an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The announcement last July by Borg Warner that it will close its facility in Tralee was very disappointing. This facility has been a substantial employer in Tralee and a major contributor to the economy of the locality and wider region over the past 30 years.  The news was deeply distressing in particular for the workers and families who were directly impacted by the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The State's employment permit system is designed to supplement Ireland's skills and labour supply over the short to medium term by allowing enterprises to recruit nationals from outside the EEA, where such skills or expertise cannot be sourced from within the EEA at that time.   The system is not orientated towards any particular country or region.  The system is, by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I am keenly aware that businesses are making a continued massive sacrifice to protect their communities and I am committed to ensuring that the Government will offer as much assistance and support as possible. My Department has worked to ensure that appropriate supports are in place for businesses as they develop their response to impacts arising from COVID-19. Details of the wide range of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Louth, Cavan and Monaghan make up the IDA's North East Region and the 2019 Employment survey data showed 44 IDA client companies collectively employed 5,899 people.  The main clusters are in International Business Services, mainly Financial Services and Consumer Goods and Manufacturing.  Meath is included in the Mid East region and had 19 client companies employing 1,904. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Issues (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Government has highlighted for some considerable period, the additional hurdles that businesses would have to overcome if using the UK Landbridge to move goods to or from European markets.  With the UK as a third country since 1 January, businesses could be faced with new delays at UK ports when seeking to travel to the Continent. For this reason, Government has strongly...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The Business Supports Call Centre was first established in my Department in March 2020 to provide information to business owners seeking assistance following the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic. The Centre has a dedicated phone number and email address. It was decided to maintain this resource for the business community as an Enterprise Information Centre providing a central point of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Remote Working (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As our country continues to navigate Covid-19, remote working has become more important than ever before. To date, my Department has had a strong focus on the topic of remote work. Last year as a response to COVID-19, my Department launched a new webpage dedicated to providing guidance for remote working for both employers and employees. In July 2020, my Department launched a Public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety Authority (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The staff of the Health and Safety Authority comprises both administration and inspector grades as well as professional and technical specialists. At the 31st of December 2020, the Health and Safety Authority employed 190 staff, which equates to 184.7 whole time equivalent staff.  At the same date, 25 current vacancies existed within the Authority, as shown in the table attached. Of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Correspondence (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: In the time available, it has not been possible to respond to the Deputy. A reply will be sent to the Deputy as soon as possible. 

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Enterprise Ireland is the Government agency responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. Marketplace services for Irish companies targeting Taiwan are provided through Enterprise Ireland's office in Hong Kong and locally in Taipei via a consultancy arrangement, which is managed by the agency's Hong Kong office. IDA Ireland, the agency responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As I have intimated in my two previous replies the decision to award this support on the basis of vouched expenditure is an obligation under public financial rules when disbursing public monies so as to ensure that Departmental and Agency funds are applied for the purposes for which they are intended which includes building in risk mitigation measures such as evidence of actual and proper...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Rules of origin determine where goods "originate" for customs/tariffs purposes.  As such, the ‘origin’ is the economic nationality of goods traded under a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and the product classification, value and origin of a good determines the customs tariff treatment to be applied on entering the EU or any other "Third Country".  The European...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together. The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a total of 16,419 Employment Permits issued in 2020. As requested by the Deputy, a breakdown of these permits by (i) Economic Sector and (ii) nationality of permit holder, is attached.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety Inspections (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: In determining their programme of work in relation to workplace inspections the Health and Safety Authority carries out an assessment exercise based on various criteria before identifying what sectors and workplaces are prioritised for inspection. A similar assessment is done regarding compliance with COVID-19 public health measures inspections.  I have been informed by the Health and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Under Level 5 of the Plan for Living with COVID-19, only essential retail outlets will remain open.  Further information can be found on S.I. No. 701 of 2020 Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (COVID-19) (No. 10) Regulations 2020 and S.I. No. 4 of 2021 Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (COVID-19) (No. 10) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 () clearly...