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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for small and medium-sized enterprises in the manufacturing and services sectors that have been negatively affected by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61067/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which new markets for Irish exports overseas are being sourced on an ongoing basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61068/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Issues (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which Ireland’s trade with Europe and the UK has been affected by Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61069/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countries with which Ireland remains in competition in respect of foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61070/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which job opportunities in the services and manufacturing sectors remain bright for County Kildare and the country at large over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countries from which he sees the greatest competition for Ireland over the next five years in respect of the manufacturing and services sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Services Sector (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 184. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created or lost in the services sector in the course of each of the past six years to date; the steps taken or in hand to ensure continued investment and job creation in the sector in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61073/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he can encourage the return of Irish emigrants currently based abroad with a view to meeting the workplace requirements in terms of extra staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61074/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Bodies (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Irish Water continues to meet its obligations under the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 given the fact that the dedicated team dealing with public representatives varyingly require permissions from the entity on whose behalf the inquiry is being made pursuant to GDPR legislation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 249. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has an entitlement to a State pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60886/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 338. To ask the Minister for Health when a homecare package can be implemented in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61075/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 366. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has directly assisted urban and rural communities in the course of the past two years; the extent to which she proposes to continue in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61042/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Regional Development (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 375. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has directly assisted regional development throughout Ireland in the past 12 months under the various schemes sponsored by her Department; the extent to which she expects to be in a position to continue in this direction in the coming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 367. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department propose to encourage the creation of digital hubs outside of the main areas of investment with a view to lowering the pressure on transport and communications in those areas most densely populated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61043/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 368. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the degree to which she continues to interact with large employers in the more densely populated areas of Ireland with a view to the development of digital hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61044/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 369. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to encourage investment in the manufacturing and services sectors in areas of social and economic deprivation with particular reference to the use of digital hubs thus alleviating traffic congestion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61045/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 372. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she anticipates the creation of suitable locations for investment in jobs through the various schemes available through her Department with particular reference to the need to address areas of social or economic deprivation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61048/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 376. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community development initiatives funded by her Department throughout Ireland in the past 12 months; her expectations in this regard in the forthcoming year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 384. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has directly or indirectly assisted persons throughout urban and rural Ireland in the course of the past year; the degree to which particular issues may have arisen; her plans to address outstanding issues by way of extension to existing schemes or the introduction of new provisions; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (9 Dec 2021)

Bernard Durkan: 370. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications on hand in respect of the community enhancement programme; the extent to which she expects to be in a position to respond positively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61046/21]