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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment does not provide funding for initiatives such as this. This may be a matter for the Department of Rural and Community Development.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department and relevant Agencies have no records of any contract, discussions or offers in respect of the Glencarn Hotel within the time period specified.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The Government has a national data centre policy. The 2022 Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland's Enterprise Strategy takes account of energy capacity constraints and the need to ensure that the twin transition of decarbonisation and digitalisation of Ireland’s economy and society are complementary and in harmony with environmental policy. The Statement adopts a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Agreements (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: While the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, in line with the established cross-government protocols, I am continuing to oversee the government’s handling of the EU-Mercosur Agreement. In this regard, I will be working closely with the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: Data centres are critical infrastructure for our modern economy. They are a key part of our value proposition for foreign direct investment and central to Ireland’s economic and digital future. The 2022 Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland's Enterprise Strategy was developed to take account of energy capacity constraints and the need to ensure that the twin...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The Sick Leave Act 2022 introduced employer-paid, medically certified, statutory sick leave for the first time in Ireland. Commencing on 1 January 2023, the initial statutory entitlement was up to 3 days’ sick leave, which increased to 5 days on 1 January 2024. In line with the requirements of Section 6 of the Sick Leave Act 2022 and to inform my decision in respect of the next...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: As the centralised provider for recruitment services for the Civil Service, PublicJobs complete the vetting process on my Department’s behalf when we draw down from PublicJobs panels. Persons who are recruited via our recruitment licence, or open recruitment, are Garda vetted before they receive a contract of employment. This process is carried out through the Garda Vetting Portal. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: As I have previously outlined, my Department is aware of issues that have arisen during the registration period, specifically in relation to businesses that were ineligible for the grant due to incorrect classification of their business type while registering for ICOB. The Departmental review remains ongoing and next steps will be considered in consultation with the Department of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has no records of any contracts related to the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland works very closely with TikTok, given the scale and strategic importance of its activities In Ireland and is in regular dialogue with the company. IDA was notified on 19th February 2025 that TikTok’s Dublin operation would likely be impacted by a global restructuring and that further detail would be available over the coming weeks. On March 4th 2025, IDA was subsequently...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The table below provides the annual amounts claimed by special advisors appointed to my Department since 2020 and to date in 2025. Year Mileage KM Mileage Value Vouched Expenses Unvouched Expenses Total 2020 1001 €427.79 €247.90 €73.94 €749.63 2021 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles statistical data in relation to imports and exports. These statistics can be found on the website, cso.ie. The CSO provides data on a country/state level and therefore, while data is available for imports from China, the more detailed breakdown or an estimate requested by the Deputy, for Xinjiang province in China, is not available. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I am advised that my Department has not used the named IT service provider. One of my Department's Offices, the Workplace Relations Commission, had one contract with the provider for the provision of digital platforms to enhance our services to the public and to create internal efficiencies. This contract came in under budget. The first phase of the project was to enhance internal...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department does not hold a central record of the qualifications of each board member of the state bodies under my remit. However, the following table sets out the bodies under my aegis and the number of members of each Board who have a professional accounting qualification, where that information is known. Agency Year and number of accounting professionals ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The appointment of persons to state boards is advertised clearly on publicjobs with an interview booklet for each competition. My department liaises closely with the bodies under it remit well in advance of when a vacancy arises to be filled. The public bodies follow a process with the Department of identifying and detailing required for these roles including the skill sets for new and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: While my Department does not hold a central record of the qualifications of each board member of the state bodies under my remit I can confirm that the following public bodies under the aegis of my Department have, between 2020 and 2025, had at least one member of the audit and risk committee with recent, relevant financial experience Injuries Resolution Board Industrial Development...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm that the following public bodies under the aegis of my Department have a Board and have had a term of reference in place for each year in the period 2020 -2025 Injuries Resolution Board Industrial Development Authority Enterprise Ireland National Standards Authority of Ireland InterTradeIreland In addition, the Health & Safety Authority and the Irish Auditing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes have paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. In order to make payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme. The Power Up grant was designed specifically to support businesses in the hospitality and retail and beauty sectors. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: One of my Department’s Offices, the Companies Registration Office (CRO), uses machine learning to scan digitised annual returns to check whether they are signed in the appropriate places. This technology has proven to be very effective in delivering processing efficiencies for the CRO. The CRO received over 240,000 Annual Returns in 2022, all of which were processed using this...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Burke: The State operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is vacancy-led and driven by the changing needs of the labour market. The general policy is to promote the sourcing of labour from within Ireland and the EEA. Where this is not possible, the employment...