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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: Over the last five years there have been 132 trade sales of Enterprise Ireland Client companies where Enterprise Ireland has held a shareholding investment. The sale of these companies generates a return to Enterprise Ireland on an annual basis. Over the last five years the income generated by Enterprise Ireland through these 132 trade sales has been €153.2 million. The original cost...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: Over the past ten years, the Irish Government, through Enterprise Ireland, has invested €479 million into 32 venture capital funds to stimulate job creation and support the funding requirements of early-stage innovative Irish companies with global ambitions. To date €361 million of this investment has been drawn down from Enterprise Ireland. On an annual basis these investments...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: In the recently published White Paper on Enterprise the Government has set a target of an additional 2,000 exporters. This target arose from the 2019 OECD report: SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland which found that 6.3% of firms in Ireland were exporters and was substantially lower than some other member states. Ireland’s position as a small economy, means that Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: Ireland has a robust suite of employment rights legislation in place to protect and support workers. Statutory and contractual employment terms apply in relation to the payment of wages. Failure to pay all or part of the wages due to an employee is considered an unlawful deduction and a complaint can be made under the Payment of Wages Act, 1991. The Payment of Wages Act 1991...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Referendum Campaigns (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: In June 2022, the Government reaffirmed its commitment to participate in the European Unitary Patent System and the Unified Patent Court. The new system will enable uniform patent protection across all participating EU Member States by way of a single patent application and provide a centralised platform for Europe-wide patent litigation before the Unified Patent Court. The Unitary...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The matter of supports for the retention of seasonal staff comes under the remit of the Department of Social Protection. The supports available to such businesses come in the form of supports for employees. Short-Time Work Support is available to assist employees in cases where their working days are reduced by their employer on a temporary basis. This provision is available under...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that, on 27thFebruary 2023, a General Employment Permit application for the person concerned (in the details supplied) was formally accepted. On 9thMarch 2023 the General Employment Permit application was refused. The application was refused for the following reasons: the foreign national was residing in the State without current...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Trafficking (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: Inspection and Enforcement Services within the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) undertake inspection of employment records to ensure employers’ compliance with employment law in the State. The objective is to verify employer compliance with the relevant employment law and if necessary, to enforce compliance with the law. While the WRC has no statutory functions or...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Disputes (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: Statutory and contractual employment terms apply in relation to the payment of wages. Failure to pay all or part of the wages due to an employee is considered an unlawful deduction and a complaint can be made under the Payment of Wages Act, 1991, which establishes a range of rights for all employees in relation to payment of wages. If an employee believes that their employer has made an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Department does not impose restrictions in regard to job applications. Upon the successful candidacy for a job, and assuming that the role in question meets the eligibility criteria for a Critical Skills Employment Permit (CSEP), an application for a CSEP may be submitted to the Department for consideration. As an employment permit is not a residence permission, the applicant must...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (9 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that on 2nd March 2023 a General Employment Permit application was submitted in respect of the person named in the details supplied. On 6th March 2023 the application was formally accepted and placed in the processing queue. New applications accepted in the processing queue are currently being processed within 7-8 business days.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (9 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits legislation provides for a refund of 90% to be paid where an application is either withdrawn or refused. There is no provision in the legislation to provide for a refund once an employment permit has issued. Employers are advised to check that prospective employees meet all of the permit and visa criteria prior to submitting an application. Employment permits are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: There was a significant increase in applications for employment permits in 2021 and 2022, which led to delays in processing times. Following the implementation of an internal action plan the number of applications awaiting processing has now significantly reduced in all sectors including the hospitality sector. Processing times are currently running at 4-7 business days. The table below shows...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (8 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The €200 million Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Fund, which was launched in October 2022, provides liquidity support to viable but vulnerable manufacturing and internationally traded services companies experiencing trading difficulties, as well as targeted supports for eligible energy intensive companies experiencing severe increases in energy costs. The Temporary Business Energy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (8 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: On 3 August 2022, the former Minister of State for Employment Affairs, Business and Retail announced an 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (8 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: I extend my sympathies to the former workers who have been made redundant. I fully appreciate how difficult the situation is for those involved and for their families. At the time of the job losses concerned, dedicated staff in the Department of Social Protection worked directly with the employees to ensure they received their entitlements and other supports swiftly in order to avoid any...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: As the Deputy knows, the closure of PayPal in Dundalk and overall redundancies in the tech sector are part of a wider and disappointing global trend, one from which Ireland has been relatively insulated. Regarding Dundalk, the north-east regional enterprise programme will commit to finding new investment for Louth and the wider region. I look forward to Ministers going across the world in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department officials have been in contact with Enterprise Ireland in relation to the company in question and while Enterprise Ireland, as a State development Agency, at all times aims to provide the best value for money to taxpayers and the State, it cannot guarantee absolutely that every company funded will succeed or deliver on its objectives and developmental targets. Nevertheless...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department officials have been in contact with Enterprise Ireland in relation to the company in question. The legal process of dealing with this company's difficulties is ongoing and similar to any other secured creditor, Enterprise Ireland will receive a final distribution when this process concludes.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (7 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that on 1st March 2023 General Employment Permits issued in respect of the persons named in the details supplied.