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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Employment Permits section of my Department inform me that a standard application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned (details supplied) was received on 26th November 2020. An acknowledgement issued by e-mail at 12.06pm on 26th November 2020, to the applicant who in this case is the employer (details supplied). My officials have re-issued this acknowledgement to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The announcement last week by Viatris, that it will be closing its plant in Baldoyle, was very disappointing. I understand that while staff were informed last Friday, the majority of the jobs will remain until late 2022. As always in these situations, our primary concern is for the workers and families affected. Every State support will be made available to those workers to help them...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Liquidations (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 224 together. Joint provisional liquidators have been appointed by the High Court to four Irish operating companies, that are part of the UK fashion group Arcadia. I extend my sympathies to the workers who are in danger of losing their jobs. I fully appreciate how difficult the situation is for those involved. It is important to note that a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am conscious that the delays to the Brexit process may have caused businesses to defer their Brexit preparations. The added disruption of the pandemic has meant that many businesses have had to focus their efforts through much of 2020 on successfully navigating an unforeseeable crisis. However, Brexit will mean change for Irish businesses. I am encouraging businesses to carefully consider...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: IDA Ireland (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: When it comes to foreign direct investment (FDI), site visits represent a valuable tool through which investors can be encouraged to invest in regional areas. However, site visit activity does not necessarily reflect investment potential, as a significant percentage of all new FDI comes from existing IDA client companies. 2020 has presented undeniable challenges to our ongoing efforts to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Retail Sector (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The purpose of the online Retail Scheme is to enable Irish-owned retailers to enhance their digital capability and to develop a more competitive online offer that will enable an increase in their customer base and build a more resilient business in the domestic and global marketplace, both online and offline. The recent COVID-19 Online Retail Scheme is implemented by Enterprise Ireland on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Local Enterprise Offices (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: It is a priority that the 31 Local Enterprise Offices as the first stop shop for business are sufficiently resourced to tackle the dual challenges of Brexit and COVID–19. The Local Enterprise Offices have access to an additional capital funding of €11m in Budget 2021 and this funding will be used to service an expected increase in demand for core supports and tailored training...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Ireland has a comprehensive body of employment legislation, in respect of which the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is mandated to secure compliance. Ireland’s employment rights legislation protects all employees who are legally employed on a contract of service basis. In March 2020 the Government introduced an emergency amendment to the Redundancy Payments Act 1967 which...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Ireland’s comprehensive body of employment rights legislation protects all employees who are legally employed on an employer-employee basis. Employment rights legislation was strengthened by the commencement, on 4th March 2019, of the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018. The Act delivered on the Programme for Government commitment to address the challenges of the increased...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am keenly aware that publicans are making a massive sacrifice to protect their communities. I am committed to ensuring that the Government offers as much assistance as possible. A comprehensive range of measures is in place for firms of all sizes, including the wage subsidy scheme, grants, low-cost loans, write-off of commercial rates and deferred tax liabilities and is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am keenly aware that publicans are making a massive sacrifice to protect their communities. I am committed to ensuring that the Government offers as much assistance as possible. A comprehensive range of measures is in place for firms of all sizes, including the wage subsidy scheme, grants, low-cost loans, write-off of commercial rates and deferred tax liabilities and is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Responsibility for employment rights, redundancy and insolvency recently transferred to my Department from the Department of Social Protection, and the recommendations made in the Duffy-Cahill report are currently being revisited. I have also asked the Company Law Review Group, as per the Programme for Government, to look again at aspects of Company Law in this area. Their Report will be...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Aer Lingus (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I understand how difficult it must be for Aer Lingus employees facing renegotiations, restructuring and possibly lay-offs. The aviation industry has been devastated by the pandemic and consequently workers in the industry have been severely affected and are facing great uncertainty. In November, the Government agreed a revised €80 million funding package for Irish aviation. In...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: You will be aware that on the 23 June 2020, the High Court ruled that the Sectoral Employment Order (SEO) (Electrical Contracting Sector) Order (SI 251 of 2019), providing minimum rates of remuneration and other matters for workers in the electrical contracting sector was made ultra vires, that is, outside the powers of the parent legislation. The SEO therefore has no legal effect. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am keenly aware that publicans are making a massive sacrifice to protect their communities. I am committed to ensuring that the Government offers as much assistance as possible. A comprehensive range of measures is in place for firms of all sizes, including the wage subsidy scheme, grants, low-cost loans, write-off of commercial rates and deferred tax liabilities and is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am keenly aware that publicans are making a massive sacrifice to protect their communities. I am committed to ensuring that the Government offers as much assistance as possible. A comprehensive range of measures is in place for firms of all sizes, including the wage subsidy scheme, grants, low-cost loans, write-off of commercial rates and deferred tax liabilities and is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Unemployment Data (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: In recent months, the level of employment in the economy has been closely correlated to the level of Public Health restrictions in place at a given time. An analysis of the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) data, for example, shows a very clear relationship between restrictions on certain sectors of the economy and the numbers previously employed in those sectors who are now claiming...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Training Fund (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, I am focused on leading our country through the economic crisis and helping businesses survive and supporting people to get back to work. In the Programme for Government, we committed to developing a National Economic Plan. This Plan will set out the pathway to the new economy of the future, the longer-term policies to get us there, while...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I am acutely aware that some businesses, particularly those in close contact sectors, will remain impacted by further public health responses necessary to contain the virus until the Covid-19 vaccine can be rolled out. I would remind the Deputy that much has already been done to assist enterprises through the crisis. The PUP aims to maintain incomes for those who become unemployed and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Preparations (17 Dec 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 and 236 together. My Department’s budget allocation for 2021 has been increased by €154 million or 15.9% on the 2020 allocation in addition to €100 million earmarked from the Recovery Fund for Brexit. This is a record allocation and will significantly bolster the capability of our enterprise and regulatory agencies to help...