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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Referendum Campaigns (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 118 and 119 together. On Tuesday, Government agreed to a deferral of the constitutional referendum on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court which had been due to take place on the 7th of June 2024. The Government continues to believe that joining the UPC is essential, and that the referendum should be pursued. The Bill was...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will be aware all sectors of society are learning to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. The decarbonisation of how companies generate heat during the manufacturing process is one aspect of that. As Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment it is my responsibility - through the work of my Department and its enterprise agencies – to meet the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: As the Deputy is aware, the availability of appropriate, innovative, and cost-effective property solutions that meet the needs of multinational companies at the forefront of a modern economy remains essential to winning Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). In this context, the IDA Regional Property Programme has been designed to ensure the supply of land, buildings and essential infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Under its current strategy, ‘Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth 2021–2024’, IDA is committed to delivering 19 Advance Building Solutions across six regions in 15 locations. Eight buildings are now complete, a further 5 buildings are expected to be "on site" in 2024 with the remainder in the planning and site selection stages. Moreover, the IDA has made considerable...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The EU-Mercosur Agreement is designed to cement the close political and economic relations between the EU and Mercosur countries and represents a commitment to rules-based international trade. Since formal negotiations concluded in 2019, the global trade policy landscape has changed considerably. The rise in trade nationalism, the economic impacts of COVID-19, the war in Ukraine and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: It is essential that Irish enterprise has access to an adequate pool of high quality, adaptable and flexible talent – particularly in the context of a tightened labour market and the challenges this poses for businesses in many sectors of the economy. In order to meet the demand for skills, there is close collaboration across Government, in particular between the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Construction Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Through the Housing for All strategy, and specifically the strategy’s Industry Capability Working Group, my Department is working with a range of partners across Government to ensure that the skills needs across all construction activities – housing new builds, infrastructural development, and retrofit – are fully addressed and we deliver on the targets set out in Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department and I continue to monitor developments in the business environment, and issues arising. I recognise that firms have faced a number of significant challenges over the last number of years, including Brexit, the COVID -19 pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine and the associated supply chain shock, the energy cost crisis and rising inflation along with wage demands, and rising...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Enterprise Ireland supports both the start-up sector and established companies to increase sales and exports in global markets, which in turn results in increased employment. Through implementation of Enterprise Ireland’s strategy Leading in a Changing World 2022 – 2024, the agency has an objective to create an additional 45,000 new jobs by 2024, the highest ever level of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Diaspora Issues (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and its Embassy network, as well as other Departments, to implement the Government’s Diaspora Strategy, Global Ireland – Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025, which was launched in late 2020. The effective coordination of the implementation of this strategy across Government will be carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: According to the latest employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, published on 22nd February 2024, total employment stood at 2.71 million. There are now more people employed in Ireland than ever before. As per the CSO Statistical Release on Monthly Unemployment from early April, the seasonally adjusted national unemployment rate was 4.3% in March 2024. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: According to the latest employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, published on 22nd February 2024, total employment stood at 2.71 million in the fourth quarter of 2023. This represents an increase of 6.1%, or an additional 155,000 jobs, compared to the same period in 2021, when total employment stood at 2.55 million. There are now more people at work in Ireland than ever...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: White Papers (17 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The White Paper on Enterprise was published in December 2022 and sets out the Government’s approach to enterprise policy for the period to 2030. The vision set out in the White Paper is for Irish-based enterprise to succeed through competitive advantage founded on sustainability, innovation and productivity, delivering rewarding jobs and livelihoods. My Department is responsible for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Referendum Campaigns (17 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: On Tuesday, Government agreed the deferral of the constitutional referendum on Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court due to take place on the 7th of June 2024. The Government continues to believe that joining the UPC is essential, and that the referendum should be pursued. The Bill was scheduled for the Seanad this week, but I was concerned with only 7 weeks to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (16 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: In the context of its 2023/2024 work programme, the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN) agreed that a study should be undertaken to determine the skills required to transform Ireland’s construction sector through widespread adoption of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC), including offsite manufacturing. The study has sought to identify the nature and quantify the scale of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (16 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of Dual-Use goods. Controls on the export of Dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Defence Forces (16 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Restrictive measures, also referred to as sanctions, are legally binding measures that can be taken against individuals, entities or countries. UN and EU Member States are responsible for the implementation and enforcement of UN and EU?sanctions respectively, as well as for identifying breaches and imposing penalties. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is one of three National...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (16 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: As Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, and alongside the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, I am firmly committed to reducing emissions from the heating of commercial buildings by 20% by 2025 and 45% by 2030. The Energy Performance of Buildings Directive will also set minimum standards for energy efficiency in our non-residential buildings. The most...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (16 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The Central Statistics Office compiles statistical data in relation to Goods Exports and Imports. According to the CSO data, the value of our goods imports from Taiwan was €1,225 million in 2023. The value of our goods exports to Taiwan was €449 million in 2023. Our top goods exports to Taiwan in 2023 were Medical and Pharmaceutical products, Electronic Components and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (16 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is an key plank of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is the focus of my Department's work on developing and implementing Regional Enterprise Plans. In this 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 -...