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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I can confirm that the €10 million fund in respect of the open call for Brexit Impacts referred to in the Budget 2023 Expenditure Report is allocated solely to capital expenditure.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I can confirm that the €12 million in respect of the EI Green Transition and Digital Transition Funds referred to in the Budget 2023 Expenditure Report is allocated solely to capital expenditure.  In that regard, each fund has been allocated €6 million.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Budget 2023 allocation to the Local Enterprise Office network includes an additional €4 million in capital expenditure to pilot both the extension of the LEOs mandate to firms with over 10 employees and the introduction of the Small Firms' Investment in Energy Efficiency Scheme (SFIEES).  This additional allocation is broken down evenly across both supports with each measure...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The National Space Strategy for Enterprise 2019 – 2025 sets ambitious goals for how Ireland intends to develop an economically sustainable and expanding space-active industry, delivering quality jobs for the economy of tomorrow. Funding for the space sector in Ireland is not specifically allocated to the National Space Strategy rather, funding is allocated on the basis of our...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Industry 4.0 Strategy 2020-2025 does not have a budget allocation over the years 2022-2023. Delivery of the strategy is structured over six thematic areas over 18 actions. The primary mission of the strategy is to raise awareness and to support the drive towards digital transformation and the uptake and deployment of digital technologies within Ireland's manufacturing sector. This...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Bullying in the Workplace (31 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170, 171 and 172 together. The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) has a broad mandate which includes enforcing occupational safety and health legislation in relation to workplaces and work activities. In relation to the issue of workplace bullying, the HSA has prepared and published, jointly with the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), a Code of Practice for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: Sustainability, energy efficiency and decarbonisation should now be integral to the strategic planning of all businesses. In 2021, my Department provided €10 million in funding through the Climate Enterprise Action Fund to help businesses in their carbon abatement strategies and to prepare for new areas of economic growth founded on sustainability, innovation and productivity. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The overall capital allocation for LEO programmes in 2023 is €35.8m. The allocation to individual LEO programmes is yet to be finalised and is subject to approval of the Enterprise Ireland board. The Green for Micro programme launched in 2021, is intended to help prepare small businesses for the low carbon, more resource efficient economy of the future. It supports client companies to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: A notional amount of funding is being allocated in my Department’s Estimates for a national design centre over the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 currently. Under Project Ireland 2040 and the National Development Plan 2018-2027, it is envisaged that a national design centre will be established as an incubation, training and demonstration capacity to support market-led innovation in our...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Government established the €500m Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund (DTIF) in 2018 as one of four National Development Plan (NDP) 2018-2027 Funds under Project Ireland 2040. It is aimed at encouraging collaboration and innovation in the development and deployment of disruptive technologies, on a commercial basis, targeted at tackling national and global challenges. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Space Technologies Programme as outlined in Project Ireland 2040 relates to Irish investment in European Space Agency (ESA) Programmes. Ireland has significantly grown its investment in ESA in recent years in line with the National Strategy for Space Enterprise 2019 – 2025, which seeks to build an economically sustainable and expanding space-active industry, delivering quality jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The State’s dispute resolution mechanisms for industrial relations and employment rights disputes comprise the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC), the Labour Court and residual functions of the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT). These are independent, statutory bodies, which are funded by my Department. The WRC was established in 2015 and its functions include the inspection of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The overall capital allocation for LEO programmes in 2023 is €35.8m. The allocation to individual LEO programmes is yet to be finalised and is subject to approval of the Enterprise Ireland board. The Trading Online Voucher Scheme (TOVs) received an allocation of €12.5m in 2021, to meet the increased demand for this support throughout the pandemic, and €3m in 2022. Both...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: Enterprise Ireland supported jobs over the past five years are as follows: Annual Employment Survey (AES) Total Employment by county per given year County 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Carlow 3,815 3,500 3,171 3,257 3,221 Cavan 6,534 6,506 ...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh Gníomhach. I hope I receive that sort of welcome every time I come back to the House going forward, be it for Commencement matters or legislative debates. It is certainly an aspiration of mine in this new role to spend considerable time engaging with Senators on key issues, one of which is work permits, which falls within my remit in the Department...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Work Permits (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: It is interesting to note two other statistics.Last year, we saw 80,000 Irish emigrants return to Ireland and we have net inward migration in this State. This fairy tale that some people want to tell, that people are fleeing Ireland and it is a failed state, is complete nonsense. People want to come here and they want to come home and they are welcome. We all recognise and acknowledge the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Directives (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I am very grateful to Senator Sherlock for raising this extremely important issue. I will deal specifically with the adequate minimum wage directive as per her remarks. It is important to give a bit of background and context to what the Department is doing on the directive and its transposition. As the Senator is aware, the directive was published on 19 October last year and it must be...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: EU Directives (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: I reiterate it is important to wait for the holding of these transposition workshops by the European Commission so we can look at best practice in other member states as well as how we can lead the discussion in that area, taking on board the points raised by Senator Sherlock. The Minister has stated he is very keen to involve the social partners in discussions on the transposition of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: Changes to the employment permits system for workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to address skills shortages in Ireland’s Home Care sector were announced on 16 December 2022. Applications for General Employment Permits (GEP) in respect of this role can only be submitted when a valid Labour Market Needs Test (LMNT) has been undertaken. To satisfy a valid LMNT, an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (24 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: The European Commission’s current proposal for a microplastics restriction under the REACH Regulation (EC No 1907/2006) is a broad and ambitious environmental measure which will be directly applicable in Ireland and other European countries once it has been adopted. The proposed restriction of intentionally added synthetic polymer microplastics in products will have a range of...