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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Redundancy Payments (21 Oct 2021)

Damien English: In order to qualify for a statutory redundancy payment, an employee must have 104 weeks continuous employment, be an employed contributor in employment which was insurable for all benefits under the Social Welfare Acts and be over the age of 16.  An eligible employee is entitled to two weeks statutory redundancy payment for every year of service, plus a bonus week.  The redundancy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent statutory office under the aegis of my Department, established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. The WRC’s primary functions include the inspection of employment law compliance, the provision of information on employment law, mediation, adjudication, conciliation, facilitation, and advisory services....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Oct 2021)

Damien English: Policy responsibility for the medical practitioners falls under the remit of my colleague, the Minister for Health. The employment permits system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible occupations.  In order to maintain the relevance of these lists of occupations to the needs of the economy and to ensure their ongoing relevance to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Oct 2021)

Damien English: Policy responsibility for this sector falls under the remit of my colleague, Mr. Stephen Donnelly T.D., Minister for Health. The State's employment permit system is designed to supplement Ireland's skills and labour supply over the short to medium term by allowing enterprises to recruit nationals from outside the EEA, where such skills or expertise cannot be sourced from within the EEA at...

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

Damien English: Many cottage industries, self-employed sole traders, and micro-enterprises that are reliant upon the larger events industry, continue to be impacted by the effects of COVID-19 restrictions. It is certainly hoped that a further lifting of restrictions on 22ndOctober will help ease the burden on these enterprises, but we must follow the advice provided by NPHET for the benefit of society as a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The State operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is intended to act as a conduit for key skills which are required to develop enterprise in the State for the benefit of our economy, while simultaneously protecting the balance of the labour market. The system...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (14 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The financial support the Government provided to businesses and workers affected by the pandemic was unprecedented. Supports for business included the weekly CRSS payment for businesses forced to close their doors to the public, the Wage Subsidy Scheme, the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, the Restart Grant Plus and the Small Business Assistance Scheme for COVID (SBASC) both now closed, reduced...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Damien English: Building on the Tánaiste's comments, this budget is very much focused on a jobs-led recovery. We have been in this place before, when we had to turn to the business community to work with the State to create jobs for those who have no work and to drive the economy. We want to see a well-functioning economy delivering the resources and money we need to restore the public services to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is managed through the operation of the Critical Skills and Ineligible Occupations...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The Employment Permits section of my Department inform me that an application for a General Employment Permit for the person concerned was received on 15 September 2021. The Department has seen a significant increase in applications for employment permits this year. Latest statistics show to the end of September, some 17,084 applications were received, representing a 41% increase over...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The Deputy knows it is Covid related, with delays on sites. I just point out that in case I am missing the point.

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Budget Statement 2022 (12 Oct 2021)

Damien English: I do, but there were still delays in many of them.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (12 Oct 2021)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Communications (12 Oct 2021)

Damien English: As outlined in the roadmap, Reframing the Challenge: Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting, published by Government on the 31stof August , based on the criteria of over 90% of people aged 16 or over being vaccinated and having regard to the incidence and behaviour of the disease at the time, the Government plans to remove further statutory restrictions from the 22ndOctober. Ireland is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Court Procedures (12 Oct 2021)

Damien English: My officials are in the process of receiving legal advice in relation to the Stay placed on me by the High Court which stops me from making the Order. A press release issued by my Department on the 17thof August to ensure that all employees and employers in the Security Sector are aware that, until such time that these legal issues have been resolved, the statutory minimum rates of pay and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (12 Oct 2021)

Damien English: Neither I nor officials have met with representatives of the pharmaceutical industry or pharmaceutical companies since 1 October 2021 to discuss the Covid-19 waiver proposed at the WTO Council on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights. Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable vaccines, diagnostics and treatments is crucial in the global fight against...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Enterprise Support Services (7 Oct 2021)

Damien English: I thank the Senator Marie for raising this important issue. It has come up a lot at meetings of the SME task force set up by the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Varadkar, last year and it also comes up during our visits to various local authorities, LEOs and development agencies, both voluntary and community, around the country. As the Senator...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Enterprise Support Services (7 Oct 2021)

Damien English: I again thank the Senator for raising this, as I know it is dear to her heart. She has a background in business, and she works with businesses. I could see their work in Limerick as well. I would like to mention that the SME task force, which will be in line with the Senator’s thinking. It was set by the Tánaiste last September. For two months, we met and engaged with more...