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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is working to support the efforts being undertaken by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media and Fáilte Ireland, aimed at ensuring a co-ordinated approach to addressing labour and skills shortages within the tourism and hospitality sectors. The Tourism Careers team at Fáilte Ireland works to help the recruitment and retention efforts of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Government sought a timed amendment to the second reading of the National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022 to allow for the conclusion of the Low Pay Commission’s examination of sub-minimum rates of the National Minimum Wage. In 2022 the Low Pay Commission was asked to examine these rates and make recommendations on whether these rates should be retained, amended...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases and that is why we have allocated €257 million to the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) scheme. As you will know on May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Action Plan (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, my Department has responsibility to reduce industry on-site emissions (manufacturing, including cement and alumina) by 20% by 2025 and 35% by 2030. The core interventions to address industry emissions in the first carbon and second budget periods are: implement energy efficiency measures on site to right-size energy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: This Government has adopted an active approach in supporting small-scale manufacturing, retail and hospitality firms across multiple crises over the last number of years. Over the two-year period prior to Budget 2024 a total of €12 billion was provided in cost of living and doing business supports, comprising a mix of permanent and one-off measures (most significantly the Temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The new Free- Trade Agreement between the EU and New Zealand, which entered into force on May 1st, is good news for the EU and for Ireland. The Agreement has been described as the most modern Free Trade Agreement text the EU has agreed to date, it includes unprecedented sustainability commitments, including respect of the Paris Climate Agreement and core labour rights in addition to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: According to the latest employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, published on 22nd February 2024, total employment stood at 2.71 million. There are now more people employed in Ireland than ever before. As per the CSO Statistical Release on Monthly Unemployment from early May, the seasonally adjusted national unemployment rate was 4.4% in April 2024. It is essential...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The total advertising spend in online/ digital media platforms by my Department for the years 2019 to date is €306,648.36. Details of this spend are set out in the table below. These include expenditure on advertising campaigns such as: “3 Steps to Brexit”, National Minimum Wage, “Making Remote Work”, the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department continues to monitor challenges to the manufacturing and services sectors of the economy. Despite the economic challenges posed by the pandemic, the services and manufacturing sectors have proved resilient, along with the Irish economy at large. With an unemployment rate of 4.4% in April, the Irish economy is operating at a level close to full employment. The risks to employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Irish manufacturing sector, both FDI and Irish-owned, has performed strongly in recent years and has successfully weathered several shocks in recent years, including Brexit, Covid and the disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the most recent employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, total employment in industry- including...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department does not collect statistics in relation to Irish manufactured goods, trade statistics are compiled by the Central Statistics Office. The 2023 Goods Exports figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), while showing a decrease on the record levels achieved in 2022, nonetheless demonstrate a strong performance by exporters from Ireland in the face of the ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Last February, my Department published the Annual Employment Survey 2023, an annual survey which provides an analysis of employment levels in industrial (including primary production) and services companies under the remit of IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta. In that regard, the 2023 survey found that jobs in client companies of Government enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Education Policy (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: It is essential that Irish enterprise has access to high quality, adaptable and flexible talent. In order to meet this demand, my Department and its enterprise agencies work closely with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, as well as the wider education and training system, with a view to building and retaining a highly skilled indigenous...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (23 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Together, the manufacturing and services sectors comprise the vast majority of economic activity in Ireland. In a modern, interconnected global economy Irish firms are competing with firms worldwide. Technological advances have sharpened this competition over time, particularly for those firms operating in the field of internationally-tradeable services. Current patterns of geopolitical...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Priorities (22 May 2024)

Peter Burke: I recognise the importance of businesses having a focus on human rights as there is a strong expectation from society that businesses consider how their operations can impact on human rights. Businesses have reacted well since Ireland launched its first National Plan on Business and Human Rights (2017 - 2020) towards the end of 2017. Ireland became the 19th state in the world to develop a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (22 May 2024)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland's strategy, Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021-2024, identifies opportunities for sustainable growth among its established base of clients and new investments. The strategy is delivered through a focus on five pillars: Growth, Transformation, Regions, Sustainability, and Impact, through a focus on transformative investments to increase the productivity of Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will appreciate, State Aid generally refers to forms of State-controlled financial resources given to undertakings on a discretionary basis and with the potential to distort competition and affect trade between Member States of the EU. As such, State Aid is prohibited under the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU because of its anti-competitive effects. However, various...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will appreciate, State Aid generally refers to forms of State-controlled financial resources given to undertakings on a discretionary basis and with the potential to distort competition and affect trade between Member States of the EU. As such, State Aid is prohibited under the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU because of its anti-competitive effects. However, various...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government is very aware that SMEs have faced a number of economic shocks in recent years which have resulted in cost increases. On May 15th, I, along with my Government colleagues, announced a substantial range of measures to reduce costs for small and medium sized businesses. Included in these measures was the reopening of the ICOB portal from 15th May to 29th May, in order to allow...