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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (9 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I assume the Deputy is referring to Exchequer funding. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) receives Exchequer funding and Levy funding. The Exchequer grant for the CCPC in 2020 was €13,836,000. If this allocation was increased by 12% for 2021, as indicated by the Deputy, the allocation which the CCPC would receive in 2021 would increase by €1,660,320...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Fairs (9 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: I recognise the adverse impact that the COVID-19 pandemic is having on businesses right across the country, particularly those in the trade fairs and exhibitions industry. I know that employers, employees and the self-employed in this sector want to get back to work as quickly as possible and I support them in that ambition. Unfortunately, in recent weeks there have been multiple...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Expenditure (9 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Revised Estimates published by the Department of Public Expenditure Reform in December last year provided my Department with a capital expenditure allocation of €632 million. The Revised Estimate also permitted the Department to carry over some €42.15million in unspent capital monies from 2019 thus giving a total of €674.15million to fund our Core Capital Programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The July Jobs Stimulus package has been developed to fund specific measures that can achieve an immediate impact in 2020 for businesses that have been affected by COVID-19. This package is a key part of the second phase, the recovery phase, of the Government’s response to the pandemic and in total the range of measures announced related to a total stimulus of €7.4 bn, including...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: There are a number of State-supported loan schemes in place to support small businesses. If the business has been impacted by COVID-19, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) COVID-19 Working Capital Scheme makes lending available to eligible businesses to enable those businesses to innovate, change or adapt in response to the current business environment. This could include...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will know, the aviation and car rental sectors referred to in the question are under the remit of other Ministers. However, my Department maintains an overview of key sectors of the economy to understand sectorial challenges and to facilitate a cohesive strategic approach to economic development. In this context, my Department has developed a series of sectorial reports,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Restart Grant is aimed at helping micro, small, and medium-sized businesses with the costs associated with reopening and re-employing workers following COVID-19 closures. The scheme is designed to help with the cost of reopening or adapting business premises so that normal business can resume. The grant is a contribution towards the cost of re-opening or keeping a business operational...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: On 12 August 2020, I launched a new €12 million Enterprise Centre Fund, which will be administered by Enterprise Ireland, to help enterprise centres impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The closing date for applications is noon on Wednesday September 30, 2020. The objective of the Powering the Regions – Enterprise Centres Fund is to provide financial support to eligible enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: Remote working has now become more important than ever in Ireland as part of our response to Covid-19. Last December my Department published the Remote Work in Ireland report. This outlined the prevalence and types of remote working in existence in Ireland. It also identified influencing factors on the part of both employers and employees. One of the findings of the report was the need for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Licence Applications (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that the critical skills employment permit application for this individual was refused on July 6thas the occupation stated on the application is not the critical skills occupations list. The applicant was notified by email of the refusal reasons and of the right to request a review of this decision within 28 days of issue of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Water (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: On Thursday 23 July we announced the July Stimulus Package, a substantial financial package to stimulate our economy worth more than €5 billion, with an additional €2 billion in loan guarantees. The July Stimulus is bigger in scale than most budgets and is being deployed at speed. The July Stimulus package is designed to help businesses to open, to help those that are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Undefined (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Restart Grant Plus is aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses with the costs associated with reopening and re-employing workers following COVID-19 closures. The scheme is designed to help with the cost of reopening or adapting business premises so that normal business can resume. Tradespersons and service providers that operate on a mobile basis or that continue to work...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Restart Grant Plus is aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses with the costs associated with reopening and re-employing workers following COVID-19 closures. The scheme is designed to help with the cost of reopening or adapting business premises so that normal business can resume. Tradespersons and service providers that operate on a mobile basis or that continue to work...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Business Continuity Voucher scheme was launched on 26th March. The purpose of the scheme was to provide expert guidance and advice to SMEs employing up 50 people and enable business owners make informed decisions about what immediate measures and remedial actions could be taken at the outset of this crisis, to protect staff and sales and eventually help the business recover. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Funding (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The EU Regional Aid Guidelines (RAGS) provides for enhanced rates of State Aid in the least economically developed areas of each Member State. The 2014-2020 Regional Aid Guidelines entered into force on 01 July 2014. Under the terms of the 2014 -2020 RAGS, regions covering 51.28% of Ireland’s population are designated as ‘assisted areas’. As part of the State Aid...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The EU Regional Aid Guidelines (RAGS) provides for enhanced rates of State Aid in the least economically developed areas of each Member State. The 2014-2020 Regional Aid Guidelines entered into force on 01 July 2014. Under the terms of the 2014 -2020 RAGS, regions covering 51.28% of Ireland’s population are designated as ‘assisted areas’, and this includes the Border...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Restart grant scheme was launched on 22nd May and was live on all local authority websites from 29 May. It was advertised extensively both nationally and locally as well as across social media. By mid-June, almost 30,000 applications were received nationally. By the end of July, some 45,000 applications had been received. The Scheme was initially intended to provide grants in tandem...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The nine Regional Enterprise Plans to 2020 were launched by my Department in early 2019 with the West Regional Enterprise Plan which covers Galway, Mayo and Roscommon being launched in February of that year. The Plans are focused on supporting enterprise development in all regions. The principle behind the Regional Enterprise Plans is collaboration between regional stakeholders on...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: The Microfinance [MFI] Ireland Covid-19 Loan Scheme assists businesses with fewer than ten employees, which have been impacted negatively by Covid-19. It provides much-needed funding to help microenterprises meet payments for stock, working capital requirements and other overhead expenses through the provision of low-cost lending facilities, which include a six-month repayment free moratorium...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Leo Varadkar: COVID-19 is a notifiable disease under the Infectious Diseases (Amendment) Regulations 2020. Any infectious disease pandemic is first and foremost a matter of public health for which a legal basis for reporting already exists under public health legislation. Notifiable infectious diseases are statutorily reportable under the above Regulations to the Chief Medical Officer of the Department of...