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Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Enterprise Ireland is working with manufacturing and internationally traded services companies throughout the country to build scale, innovate and expand reach. These are key attributes required to be resilient to economic shocks. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as part of the agency’s overall engagement with client companies, the agency is working intensively with companies...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Economic Policy (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Ireland came through the initial economic shock of COVID-19 with unparalleled levels of State intervention aimed at stabilising the economy and supporting businesses, employment and incomes. Over €24.5 billion had been made available in support measures as of September 2020, including the July Jobs Stimulus of over €7 billion. The total budgetary package of over €17.75...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Economic Policy (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment I can assure the Deputy that I have a strong focus on balanced regional development, attracting and sustaining inward investment and protecting the viability of businesses and SMEs throughout the country. My Department, and our agencies, assists enterprises of all types and sizes in Ireland, including through the ongoing work of Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Job Creation (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The table below shows total employment by broad sector in agency client (IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta) companies over the period 2015-2019. Sector 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Manufacturing 222,036 229,893 239,855 252,339 258,184 Services ...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Economic Competitiveness (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The National Competitiveness Council (NCC), an independent advisory body under the aegis of my Department, plays a key role in ensuring that the Government has an independent voice raising important competitiveness and productivity issues including industry costs. The Council produces an annual Competitiveness Scorecardreport that benchmarks Ireland against a range of other countries across a...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Data (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and its agencies are working continuously to address the under-representation of women across the enterprise sector. Increasing female participation in entrepreneurial activity acts an important driver of economic growth, it increases the diversity and strength of our indigenous business sector and can strengthen social inclusion. Enterprise Ireland, which is under the remit...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Data (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) collects primary data on entrepreneurship across countries including Ireland. In the 2019 GEM report 'Entrepreneurship in Ireland 2019', new business owners are defined as those who have started a new business between January 2016 and June 2019 and have paid salaries for at least three months. These entrepreneurs at least part own and continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Job Creation (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Supporting balanced regional development is a core goal of Enterprise Ireland. In 2019, EI client companies reported a record high of 221,895 people in employment. 16, 971 new jobs were created, presenting a net gain of 4,706 new jobs when losses are taken into account. 65 per cent of this employment is located outside of Dublin. In 2019, 9,301 people were employed in the 194 Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Enterprise Data (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The table below shows employment by broad sector in County Kildare in agency client (IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta) companies over the period 2015-2019. Table 1: Kildare, Agency Client Employment by Broad Sector, 2015-2019 Sector 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Manufacturing 14,010 ...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: IDA Ireland (15 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: County Meath continues to be a strong performer in terms of attracting foreign direct investment (FDI) with 250 net new jobs added by IDA client companies in 2019. In addition to the general support that IDA provides to client firms through advice and expertise on investing in Ireland, the Agency is authorised by my Department to provide a range of particular financial supports in the form...

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the opportunity to speak today. Throughout this pandemic, Irish businesses, small and large, have shown remarkable grit, determination and adaptability. Business models have changed, premises have been refitted and staff retrained as enterprises find new and innovative ways to serve us, their customers, and keep everyone safe. It has been a long seven months and I know people are...

Financial Resolution No. 7: General (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I move: THAT it is expedient to amend the law relating to inland revenue (including value-added tax and excise) and to make further provision in relation to finance.

National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I move: That Dáil Éireann authorises the Minister for Finance (the ‘Minister’), pursuant to section 9(1) of the National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019 (the ‘Act’), to transfer €1,500,000,000 (€1.5 billion) from the National Surplus (Exceptional Contingencies) Reserve Fund to the Exchequer’s Central...

Financial Resolution No. 5: Capital Gains Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I move: (1) THAT section 541 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended, as respects disposals made on or after 14 October 2020, by inserting the following subsection after subsection (6): “(6A) Notwithstanding subsection (6), a gain or a loss accruing on a disposal of a debt referred to in that subsection shall not be a chargeable gain or allowable loss where...

Financial Resolution No. 6: Capital Gains Tax - Deferral of Exit Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I move: (1) THAT subsection (9) of section 629 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39 of 1997) be amended, as respects amounts of tax referred to in that section which remain unpaid on or after 14 October 2020, by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (a): “(a) Simple interest shall be payable in respect of an amount of tax which is due and payable and which...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I take it that there are no objections to Financial Resolutions Nos. 5 and 6, which are anti-tax avoidance and technical measures. The same goes for Financial Resolution No. 4, to which Deputy Cullinane referred. To avoid any confusion, this is an anti-avoidance measure and a technical measure. The Government is proposing and supports it, and it is very much in line with what we have been...

Financial Resolution No. 4: Corporation Tax (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to speak on Financial Resolutions Nos. 5 and 6. Financial Resolution No. 5 is an anti-tax avoidance measure. It provides that section 541 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, that is, Act No. 39 of 1997, be amended with respect to disposals made on or after 14 October 2020, by insertion of a new subsection (6A). The purpose of this amendment is to correct an anomaly recently...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Departmental Titles (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Discussions are being finalised on the transfer of certain functions between my Department and other Government Departments. All transfer of functions are required to be completed in advance of the change of name of the Department. This process is well advanced and when it is completed a Memorandum will then be brought to Government to change the name of the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Building Regulations (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: As my colleague, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, stated in the answer to Parliamentary Question No. 872 of 30 June 2020, window restrictors are products that are required to be installed in dwellings where a window has an opening section through which a person may fall, (having particular regard to children under five years of age), and is more than 1400 mm above...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I recognise the important role that the wedding professionals sector play in helping couples with the arrangements for their special day and how they are part of the events and hospitality ecosystem in the country, enabling buyers and sellers to meet and develop their businesses. I am acutely aware of the difficulties the sector has faced in recent months due to the impact of social...