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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (14 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The total advertising spend on print media by my Department for the years 2019 to date is €505,317.19 Details of this spend are set out in the tables 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 (SCARP) and nine Building...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (8 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The expected default rate and calculation of same for State backed loan schemes is not a matter for my Department. This is a matter solely for the on-lenders of the schemes and is commercially sensitive information that is not released by the on-lenders.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (8 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department and the Offices under its aegis have no employees currently suspended on full pay pending disciplinary investigations. In respect of the agencies that come within my remit, they are statutorily independent in their functions and this is an operational matter for them. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the agencies for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Programmes (8 May 2024)

Peter Burke: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department has not paid in to any EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework from the year 2014 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (8 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The table below set out the current vacancies in the Workplace Relations Commission broken down by number, grade/role and the estimated full-year cost of filling each post: Number of Vacancies Grade/Role Average full-year cost of filling the role 1 PO1 - Director of Conciliation, Arbitration and Mediation €126,256.08 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (2 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) is Ireland’s company law enforcement agency. The CEA is an independent statutory body equipped with significant enforcement powers required to carry out its statutory functions which are provided for in section 944D of the Companies Act 2014. These functions include to enforce and encourage compliance with company law, to investigate suspected...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (2 May 2024)

Peter Burke: There are two avenues through which social enterprises can access research and innovation supports. Social enterprises can access the innovation vouchers offered by Enterprise Ireland once they are an SMEs that is a limited company registered in Ireland, with fewer than 250 employees and not exceeding an annual turnover of €50m. In terms of the remaining research and innovation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (2 May 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 a key focus of the work of my Department. In that regard, IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting that at least half of all investments - that is 400 of 800 - from 2021 to 2024 to regional locations. IDA has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (1 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department in accordance with the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour and Circular 09/2009: Civil Servants and Political Activity, follows restrictions which have traditionally been imposed on civil servants engaging in political activity to ensure public confidence in the political impartiality of the Civil Service. Civil servants above clerical level cannot stand for local...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (1 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Both Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland provide innovation supports to SMEs on behalf of my Department. In the case of Enterprise Ireland, which plays a crucial role in fostering innovation among Irish SMEs, it offers a comprehensive suite of supports designed to assist small and medium enterprises in their research and innovation (R&I) efforts. These supports range from funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment’s Report on Offshore Renewable Energy is comprehensive, and forward-thinking, and sets out recommendations on diverse but connected topics. Shortly after the publication of the Report, a Memorandum for Government Decision proposing the development of an industrial strategy for offshore wind was brought forward on 9...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department currently has ten PSTN lines in active operation in four locations. They are used for DSL Broadband connections and emergency phones in lifts. My Department has no ISDN or leased lines.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Union (30 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The information requested is currently being collated by my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My officials clarified with the Deputy's office that this question relates to innovation vouchers and not digital innovation vouchers. The Innovation Voucher Programme is funded by my Department under the Science and Technology Programme, through Enterprise Ireland. The Innovation Voucher Programme is designed to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers (higher education...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (25 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is collating the information requested by the Deputy from the different funding Agencies falling under our remit and I will forward the that information directly to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (25 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Searching for your first job or looking for a new job can be challenging. The Government provides a number of supports to help individuals on their journey to employment. JobsIreland.ie is the Public Employment Service of the Department of Social Protection. The website provides jobseekers with free job search and tools to create a profile to match their skills and experience with jobs....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (24 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department carried out a number of advertising campaigns in national, local, online and social media during 2022 and 2023 which included, promotion of nine Building Better Business events around the country in 2023, the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process (SCARP), energy saving measures for businesses and a number of employment rights issues. The overall total advertising spend...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (24 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Based on records available, my Department has not engaged the services of, or allocated funding to, the company in question.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputies for their questions. In my comparisons, I am talking about Northern Ireland as well. Hopefully, we do not see that as Brexit Britain. We are working hard to formulate a cost-of-doing-business package for the SME sector. I hope we will see that in the weeks ahead. We know the acute pressure the sector is under. Every time businesses came under pressure, including...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourist Accommodation (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: I thank the Deputy and am happy to take him up on his kind invitation. It is so important we work closely with the sector he referred to. We had initiatives in the past such as The Gathering, and when our economy was on the floor, we saw how much that sector played a part in enhancing economic activity and getting employment back. It is at the forefront of our minds. As I said, it is...