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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Since the onset of COVID-19, Government has worked to ensure that appropriate supports are in place for businesses as they seek to navigate the disruptions this has brought to their trading environments. The COVID-19 Working Capital Scheme makes funding available to eligible businesses that have been negatively impacted by the pandemic. This scheme was developed in cooperation between the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Industrial Disputes (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I extend my sympathies to the workers in Debenhams who have lost their jobs. The Taoiseach and I, and other Government Ministers have met on a number of occasions with Debenhams employees and their union, Mandate. While the Government cannot interfere with the High Court-overseen liquidation process, Ministers have sought at all times to ensure that the concerns of workers are heard and...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Department, through a dedicated Procurement Co-ordination Unit with responsibility at Principal Officer level, ensures that there is an appropriate focus on procurement best practice. There are a range of formal procedures and control mechanisms in place to try to ensure compliance with all relevant national and EU procurement guidelines. The Department, where possible, will try to avail...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Legislative Process (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: In October 2018, an application to waive pre-legislative scrutiny relating to the European Investment Fund Mandate Agreement Bill 2018 was granted by the Standing Business Committee. This Bill provided the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with the necessary powers to enter into a Mandate agreement with the European Investment...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Staff (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: A full-time Data Protection Officer (DPO) at the level of Assistant Principal Officer was appointed on 30 April 2018. My Management Board agreed the assignment of a full-time post at this level to strengthen the Department's preparation for the EU General Data Protection Regulation on 25 May 2018. The DPO operates with independence in this important role and with the full authority of the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The pandemic has caused untold damage to lives and livelihoods, with many businesses severely impacted by the restrictions needed to ensure public health safety during the pandemic. Our response to COVID-19 will continue to assist those businesses affected. Budget 2021 provides a significant additional package of tax and expenditure measures to build the resilience of the economy and to help...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Trade Agreements (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: In January 2020, my Department, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, commissioned independent consultancy firm, Implement Consulting, to undertake an Economic and Sustainability Impact Assessment (ESIA) of the EU-Mercosur Agreement following a competitive tender process. The ESIA will consist of two equally important and complementary components, namely a...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Tribunals of Inquiry (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: No tribunals, inquiries or investigations are currently being undertaken by my Department, and none are in the process of being set up. No costs associated with setting up tribunals, inquiries or investigations have been incurred by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Company Registration (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The onus rests with a company and its officers when completing a statutory submission to ensure that documents submitted to the Companies Registration Office (CRO) pursuant to the Companies Act 2014 are fully, accurately and properly completed. Section 898(1) of the 2014 Act, empowers the Registrar of Companies to serve a notice on a company rejecting non-complying documents that are...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I understand this is a difficult time for many businesses, including commercial landlords, and that many companies have had to close their businesses or curtail their activities due to COVID-19 restrictions. I am aware that these closures can have secondary effects impacting landlords and I recognise that many landlords have debt repayment obligations as well as other ongoing costs. The...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and its agencies have been focused on coming up with solutions to help businesses overcome the difficulties caused by COVID-19. In the wider context, the operation and reopening of Ireland's economy and society will be guided by the need to manage risk and repair the damage that COVID-19 has inflicted on society. The Plan for Living with COVID-19 specifically recognises the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Company Law (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: My responsibilities are in respect of statutory audit as required by EU law or national law in respect of small companies. A statutory audit is a legally required review of a company’s financial statements. A statutory audit provides stakeholders such as creditors, investors and employees, with an independent opinion on the accuracy of the company’s accounts. Under the Companies...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Employment Rights (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: On 6th November 2019, the employer (details supplied) e-mailed my officials querying if different restaurants [owned by different companies] could be brought under the one "umbrella" to allow for movement of staff between the different employers. On 11th November 2019, my officials responded requesting further information from the employer on their proposal in order to be in a position to...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Since his appointment, the current Director of Corporate Enforcement has undertaken a significant restructuring of the Office to better reflect the organisation’s needs in the context of both its strategic shift towards deploying resources towards more serious indications of wrongdoing and the increasingly complex environment within which the ODCE operates. Establishing the ODCE as the...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Since his appointment, the current Director has undertaken a significant restructuring of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) to better reflect the organisation’s needs in the context of both its strategic shift towards deploying resources towards more serious indications of wrongdoing and the increasingly complex environment within which the ODCE operates....

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The issue of resourcing of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement is kept under review on a regular basis by the Department and the ODCE as part of the ongoing work in operationalising the transition of the ODCE to a stand-alone agency and also as part of the normal liaison on operational matters relating to the Office. Funding The distribution of the funding allocations for...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: With respect to Garda resources, while the Companies Act 2014 provides for the secondment of Gardaí to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE), the Director and the Garda Commissioner are independent in their functions and the assignment of Gardaí to the ODCE is an operational matter for both the Director and the Commissioner. There are currently 8 members of An...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Any requests made by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement to companies are operational matters for the ODCE. Section 949(3) of the Companies Act 2014 provides that the Director of Corporate Enforcement shall be independent in the performance of his statutory functions. I, as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and Innovation have no direct function in such matters. ...

Regulation of Lobbying (Amendment) Bill 2020: First Stage (19 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: No.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Nov 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I know there is a lot of pressure on school places in Bandon and the surrounding area. It is something that Senator Lombard has spoken to me about. I will have to ask the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, to give the Deputy an update. It is always the case that we can find a school place for all children. It is not always possible for them to be accommodated in the school of their...