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

Damien English: The Government has worked to support businesses through these challenging times with a wide range of measures for firms of all sizes, which includes the wage subsidy scheme, business continuity and trading online grants, COVID-19 Working Capital Scheme, the COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme, the Future Growth Loan Scheme, commercial rates waivers and warehousing of tax liabilities. Details of...

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

Damien English: My Department, through Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices, offers extensive assistance to new start-ups. In the first instance the Local Enterprise Offices act as a ‘first stop shop’ providing advice and guidance, financial assistance, and other supports to those wishing to start or grow their own business. The Local Enterprise Offices provide a...

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

Damien English: The Government has worked to support businesses through these challenging times with a wide range of measures for firms of all sizes, which includes the wage subsidy scheme, business continuity and trading online grants, COVID-19 Working Capital Scheme, the COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme, the Future Growth Loan Scheme, commercial rates waivers and warehousing of tax liabilities. Details of...

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

Damien English: While the past two years has taught us that the future is unpredictable, this Government is working at both national and regional level to ensure that enterprises are well positioned to benefit from opportunities that will arise over the next five years. I recently visited the Local Enterprise Office (LEO) in Kildare, and I was encouraged by the variety of industry within the county,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (8 Dec 2021)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 28 to 30, inclusive, and 35 together. The Government has agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as the Tánaiste outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines, diagnostics and treatments is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19. International Trade is a competence of the EU under the Treaties and in exercising that competence, the European Commission engages fully with the Member States, including Ireland, through a variety of Committees and Working Parties/Groups,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Government has agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as I outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted. This process will commence as soon as possible and will involve engagement with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Government has agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as I outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted. I have given the matter careful consideration and to this end a consultation process will...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 the Government has worked to support businesses through a wide range of financial measures including the wage subsidy scheme, COVID-19 Working Capital Scheme, the COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme, the Future Growth Loan Scheme, commercial rates waivers and warehousing of tax liabilities. Details of all supports for businesses can be found on my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Since the outbreak of COVID-19 the Government has worked to support businesses through a wide range of financial measures including the wage subsidy scheme, COVID-19 Working Capital Scheme, the COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme, the Future Growth Loan Scheme, commercial rates waivers and warehousing of tax liabilities. Details of all supports for businesses can be found on my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Government has agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as I outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted. This process will commence in the coming weeks and will involve both public consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Health and Safety (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The complaints mechanism operated by the agencies under the aegis of my Department, such as the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), is a day-to-day operational matter for the agency concerned. I have, however, asked the HSA to provide an outline of how their complaint mechanism operates. The HSA operates under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 and associated regulations. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment administers the employment permits legislation and criteria for the granting of employment permit permissions to work in the State. Immigration policy and the conditions attached to Stamp permissions falls under the remit of the Department of Justice. It should be noted that a Stamp 3 immigration permission provides permission to remain in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines, diagnostics and treatments is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19. International Trade is a competence of the EU under the Treaties and in exercising that competence, the European Commission engages fully with the Member States, including Ireland, through a variety of Committees and Working Parties/Groups,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Government agreed to a timed amendment to the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021. This will allow time, as I outlined on the floor of the Dáil, to examine the issues carefully and to ensure that all stakeholders are consulted. This process will commence in the coming weeks and will involve both public consultation and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: On 27th October the Tánaistereceived Government approval to draft a Bill that will prohibit the use of tips and gratuities to ‘make up’ contractual rates of pay and will require employers to clearly display their policy on how tips, gratuities and service charges are distributed. This will ensure that tips and gratuities are additional to a worker’s wage and are not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a General Employment Permit application in respect of the individual (details supplied) was received on 22nd November 2021. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. Employment Permits Section are currently processing standard applications received on 11th August 2021. Applicants can keep track of current...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Dec 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department inform me that a Critical Skills Employment Permit application was received for the person concerned (details supplied) on 16th November 2021. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The Employment Permits Section of my Department are currently processing standard applications received on 11th August 2021. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (2 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Business innovation districts are a novel initiative supported by my Department through our agency Enterprise Ireland (EI).  Details of some projects which are currently underway and are at varying stages of development include, for example, Ghala Project, sponsored by Trinity College Dublin and also funded by Government under the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF). ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (2 Dec 2021)

Damien English: Where an employee is laid off for periods during their last three years of employment, those periods do not constitute reckonable service for the purposes of redundancy calculations. In light of the extensive periods of lay-off some people will have experienced during the pandemic emergency period, this may have a significant impact on their redundancy entitlement if they are made redundant...