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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Exports Growth (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department’s White Paper on Enterprise to 2030 sets out an ambitious vision for Ireland’s enterprise policy, to protect Ireland’s strong economic position, and respond to challenges and opportunities that have emerged because of the pandemic, wider economic and geo-political developments, digitalisation, and an increased urgency to decarbonise industry. It provides for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that all applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. Processing times currently stand at 11-12 business days in respect of new permits for Standard Employers and 9-10 business days in respect of new Trusted Partner Employment Permits. Applications in respect of Standard Critical Skills Employment Permits are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Local Enterprise Offices are a ‘first-stop-shop’ for providing advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports to those wishing to start or grow their own business and act as a ‘signposting’ service for all government supports available to the SME sector and can provide information/referrals to other relevant bodies under agreed protocols e.g....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department, in collaboration with Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices remain committed to supporting, encouraging, and fostering job creation through the indigenous sector for both traditional industries and innovative proposals in driving economic growth and employment opportunities in Ireland. In that regard, my Department’s White Paper on enterprise policy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Balanced regional enterprise development continues to be a key policy for me and this Government, and is reaffirmed in the Department’s White Paper on Enterprise. The Department contributes to this agenda in several ways. The Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs) are bottom-up plans which facilitate stakeholders to work collaboratively to identify growth opportunities, recognise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Family Reunification (28 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Access to the General Employment Permit for non-EEA nationals wishing to take up employment in the role of healthcare assistant was announced in June 2021 to address skills and labour shortages in the healthcare and nursing home sector. The framework agreed following constructive engagement with the Department of Health provided a salary of at least €27,000 for the role and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Discrimination (28 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function, and I have no direct involvement in its day-to-day operations. However, I am informed of the following. The Employment Equality Acts 1998-2015 prohibit discrimination on 9 specific grounds in the workplace and in employment-related areas. The protected grounds are:- GenderCivil...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Discrimination (28 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Cases under the Employment Equality Acts are referred in the first instance to the Workplace Relations Commission, save where the claim relates to gender discrimination, in which case a complainant has the option of initiating their case in either the Workplace Relations Commission or the Circuit Court. Equality complaints in the Workplace Relations Commission are typically disposed of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that all applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section are currently processing standard new Employment Permit applications within 9 - 11 business days. Due to the significant improvement in the processing times in respect of Employment Permits, an application to have an Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (28 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Under the ‘Post-Brexit Market Growth and Diversification Grant’, eligible Enterprise Ireland and Bord Bia client companies can access a fast-track strategic market development programme that will assist them to develop a strategy to enter and grow new markets outside of the UK. This new grant has been developed under the EU’s Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) fund...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (28 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Local Enterprise Offices offer direct grant assistance to small businesses operating in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sector. The Technical Assistance for Micro Exporters (TAME) grant enables clients to explore and develop new market opportunities. The TAME grant part-funds the costs that can be incurred investigating and researching export markets, e.g....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The first table below gives details on the total number of Employment Permit applications received by the Department from 1stJanuary 2023 to 31stMay 2023. The second table below gives details on the total number of applications that were approved and issued during the same time frame. Details of the number of Employment Permit applications received Date Received Month...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Family Reunification (27 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Access to the General Employment Permit for non EEA nationals wishing to take up employment in the role of health care assistant was announced in June 2021 to address skills and labour shortages in the healthcare and nursing home sector. The framework agreed following constructive engagement with the Department of Health provided a salary of at least €27,000 for the role and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Family Reunification (27 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: Access to the General Employment Permit for non EEA nationals wishing to take up employment in the role of healthcare assistant was announced in June 2021 to address skills and labour shortages in the healthcare and nursing home sector. The framework agreed following constructive engagement with the Department of Health provided a salary of at least €27,000 for the role and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (27 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: I understand that there are over 30 cloth weaving enterprises operating in Ireland. In the Enterprise Ireland client base, there are 4 main textile weavers. In terms of funding for the sector, as manufacturing entities, any company with an ability to sell in the export market could be either a LEO, Enterprise Ireland, or Udaras client, and could avail of supports from the agency that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Government is committed to supporting workers and has a strong record on strengthening and introducing new workers’ rights. As the Deputy is aware, the Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018, came into force on 4 March 2019. This Act introduced a number of measures to strengthen employee rights and to address the problems caused by the increased casualisation of work....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: On 3 August 2022, the former Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail announced his intention to issue an Order to give effect to a statutory recommendation of the Labour Court concerning minimum rates of remuneration and other terms and conditions in the Security Sector. The Order was to apply from 29 August 2022. On 24 August 2022 my Department was informed that High Court had...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Equal Opportunities Employment (27 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: The WRC Act was amended by way of emergency legislation in 2021. The Act amended the WRC Act and associated provisions in other acts, including the Equal Status Acts, on matter relating to the administration of justice as highlighted by the Supreme Court in its Zalewski judgment. Please see Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2021 (Number 29 of 2021).

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: On 3 August 2022, the former Minister of State for Business, Employment and Retail announced his intention to issue an Order to give effect to a statutory recommendation of the Labour Court concerning minimum rates of remuneration and other terms and conditions in the Security Sector. The Order was to apply from 29 August 2022. On 24 August 2022 my Department was informed that High Court had...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (22 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: I thank all three Deputies for submitting this timely matter. I underline from the get-go to those Deputies who have spoken outside this Chamber and repeatedly in it on this issue that I very much hope we can work as collectively as possible. First and foremost, I am concerned about the Iceland workers who are facing into this serious period of instability. I share their concerns and...