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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (9 Sep 2024)

Peter Burke: The Low Pay Commission has a statutory obligation to make an annual recommendation to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment on the appropriate rate of the National Minimum Wage. I have received the Commission’s report and recommendations on the appropriate rate of the 2025 National Minimum Wage and these recommendations will be considered by Government in the context of...

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

Peter Burke: The Department of Finance operates a pre-budget costings service. The procedures for availing of this service are set out in a letter dated 1 July 2024 from the Secretary General of the Department to all recognised parties and technical groups in Dáil éireann. Deputies are encouraged to engage with this service in relation to requests for costings at this time. In a report published...

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

Peter Burke: The Central Statistics Office publishes aggregate data on the number and type of enterprises who export goods to Germany. The CSO does not provide information on individual companies. The CSO does not yet have data available for our services imports and exports with Germany for 2023. In 2022 there were 1,446 enterprises recorded as exporting goods to Germany. Table A : Number of enterprises...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: The funding provision to Enterprise Ireland covers two subheads on my Department’s Vote, Subheads A7 and B4, which span general supports to indigenous firms and for research and development/innovation supports. My Department has allocated a total of €372.305 million in respect of these subheads in 2024. The cost of increases of 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50% are set out in the table...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: A total of €265.993m has been allocated by my Department to support the Industrial Development Authority for 2024. The table below outlines the estimated cost of increasing IDA Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%. - REV Allocation 2024 (€,000) 5% Increase (€,000) 10% Increase (€,000) 20% Increase (€,000) 25% Increase (€,000)...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: InterTradeIreland (ITI) is one of six North-South implementation bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement. It operates under the oversight of the NSMC and of its sponsor Departments, the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment and the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy. ITI works to promote trade and business on an all-island and cross-border basis. Through its...

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

Peter Burke: The Innovation Voucher Programme is funded by my Department, though Enterprise Ireland. The Programme is designed to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers (higher education institutions and research performing bodies) and small businesses and help to create a cultural shift in the small business community's approach to innovation. The recently increased €10,000...

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

Peter Burke: The Innovation Voucher Programme is funded by my Department, through Enterprise Ireland. It provides vouchers to encourage companies and public knowledge providers to work together on specific innovation questions and projects related to a company’s needs. The nature of these projects will be such that they transfer knowledge that is new, thereby enabling a company to use this newly...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research Funding (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: Enterprise Ireland’s RD&I budget, Subhead B4.1, known as the Science Technology and Development Budget, provides direct and indirect research development and innovation supports for indigenous companies and supports the commercialisation of State funded research. Activity 1 – Transforming R&D Activity in Enterprise- provides RD&I support for all stages of...

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

Peter Burke: The Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) is one of four National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2027 Funds under Project Ireland 2040. €500 million has been invested through the Fund up to 2027 for co-funded collaborative projects. It is aimed at encouraging collaboration and innovation in the development and deployment of disruptive technologies, on a commercial basis, targeted...

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

Peter Burke: The IDA 2024 Mid-Year results announced last week indicate a strong performance across foreign direct investment indicators set out in their 2021-24 strategy, “Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth”, as targets for the total number of investments, job approvals, regional investment and number of sustainability projects supported by the agency are now exceeded. Wexford is in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise and is focus of the work of my Department and that of its enterprise agencies. In that regard, under its current strategy, Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth 2021-2024, IDA Ireland is targeting at least half of all investments to regional locations. IDA’s strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: The Deputy will be aware that in 2017 Ireland West Airport Knock (IWAK) received approval for the designation of lands as an area for the establishment of a Strategic Development Zone (SDZ). The airport is a critical piece of enterprise enabling infrastructure for the region and the SDZ designation has the potential to significantly enhance the airport’s role as a driver of regional...

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

Peter Burke: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The regime is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages in the State, in order to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of our economy. Under...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: There has beenone legal case taken by an agency of this Department (the Corporate Enforcement Authority) against another state body (the Data Protection Commissioner) in the last five years. The Circuit Court issued its judgment on this case on 1st April 2022 and it is available on the Courts.ie website.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: The Health and Safety Authority staff serving in inspector grades operate across each of the Authority’s legislative mandates which include occupational health, occupational safety, chemicals, accreditation and market surveillance of products. Staff serving in inspector grades may also be involved in either inspection, investigation, or policy implementation at national, European and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: Workplace Relations Commission inspectors are employed at Executive Officer level, the pay scale for Executive Officers, as of 1st June 2024 (PPC), starts at €36,044, rising to €58,834 following receipt of Long Service Increment 2. WRC Inspectors are also entitled to a Labour Inspector Allowance (PPC) of €9,764 per annum. The cost of employing thirty additional inspectors...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Capital Expenditure Programme (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: The National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) is an independent research and training organisation funded by the Irish Government through IDA Ireland. NIBRT conducts R&D and provides highly specialised training and skills development to support the biologics sector in Ireland and globally. NIBRT is located in a purpose built, world-class facility on the campus...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department recognises the importance of ensuring that products placed on the market are safe. Tampons and sanitary pads fall under the scope of the General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC1 as transposed into Irish law by S.I. No. 199/2004. These Regulations oblige producers to place only safe products on the market and producers must ensure that products are safe and provide consumers...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Jul 2024)

Peter Burke: In a challenging and increasingly competitive environment for FDI globally, the availability of property and infrastructure solutions that meet the needs of investors can be a key differentiator in investment decisions and winning FDI projects. IDA’s Regional Property Programme ensures the supply of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional locations to attract current and...