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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (11 May 2022)

Damien English: There have been a wide range of measures taken by government to provide support for business during the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic. These supports include access to appropriate and affordable finance, and the Government, working with agencies, the banking sector and alternative finance providers offers additional targeted supports where there are market failures. Further information...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I thank Senator Wall for tabling this Commencement matter for discussion. I am happy to address it and to explain to him the reasons and the rationale behind this, as well as to discuss what we are doing with working with the local enterprise offices, LEOs, in Kildare. As the Senator will know, the mid-east regional enterprise plan brings together the three counties of Wicklow, Kildare and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I again thank Senator Wall for raising this matter and giving me a chance to explain to him and the people of Athy what the situation is. The bottom line is that the area would not have met the criteria. We do not set the criteria; they are set by the European Union. The evidence on which the criteria are judged is not made up either. It is based on facts and data gathered in Kildare and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: While it is a positive for Athy that the county is doing so well, I accept that in County Kildare, as in all counties, there are particular areas where we want to see more jobs growth and more opportunities. There is no denying that. However, when we are dealing with European state aid rules, we must fit the criteria and in this case Kildare scores too high, which is a positive in one way,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: Was the question answered?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I made the point very clearly that the Kildare data, including the data for Athy, would not fit the criteria. That is the bottom line. I have been very clear on that. I cannot be any clearer.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: It would be great if Senator Wall could share the facts and figures.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: There are different facts-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: To be fair, in the context of this debate, if Senator Wall has evidence contrary to what we have, perhaps today was the chance to present it.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: That is fair enough. It is important that the House would know-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I want to be very clear. The question I have before me has been very clearly debated and answered. It was to ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to explain why the Athy municipal district in County Kildare has been removed from the recently announced regional aid map. I have answered that question in great detail. I take exception if the claim is that I have not. What I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: With respect-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: That is a very different situation. I want to ensure what is said in the House is correct. To be clear, and in defence of my departmental officials, they have worked extremely hard on this for a long number of years. They went to great length and in detail to try to protect and get back as much area as we possibly could. If somebody says they have different evidence, I would like to see...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Regional Aid (5 May 2022)

Damien English: That is fine.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Medical Certificates (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I thank Senator Maria Byrne for raising this issue. I hope I have the right answer to this question because we might have misinterpreted the question here. If I have the wrong understanding of the question, I would be happy to come back with another answer. We took it from the question that the Senator was asking about the appeals board and the appeals adjudicator. If that is not the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Medical Certificates (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I again thank the Senator for raising this issue, which is important to all of us in both Houses who represent people who need the extra assistance to be able to avail of these supports. We are all glad that the wider review is under way. Hopefully it will change the criteria and make it possible for someone to be able to be assessed not just on the criteria that we have all been used to in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Construction Industry (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I thank Senator Gallagher for raising this issue. It is very important. We can all see the effects of inflation in costs in every part of construction throughout the country. We also want to protect the public capital investment plans we have made and rolled out under Housing for All, Project Ireland 2040 and others. There is to be a great amount of capital expenditure, over €10...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Construction Industry (5 May 2022)

Damien English: I again thank Senator Gallagher for raising this matter and for clearly putting across the issues that are at play in all of our counties and certainly in the Border region. I will certainly take a look at what he has said is happening across the Border. To be very clear, while this is not my direct area of responsibility, I will raise this matter with the Minister for Public Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (5 May 2022)

Damien English: The Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994 transposed Directive 91/533/EEC concerning an employer's obligation to inform employees of the conditions applicable to the contract or employment relationship. The Act provides that an employer must provide its employee with a written statement of the particulars of the employee’s terms of employment. Included amongst those particulars...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 May 2022)

Damien English: 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, by design, vacancy led and managed through the operation of the occupation lists: the critical...