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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Statutory Retirement Age (26 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Retirement arrangements for employees of individual companies is a contractual matter between employers and employees. There is currently no general statutory retirement age for employees in Irish legislation, apart from for certain public sector employees where statutory retirement ages may apply. A contract of employment often sets out a specific retirement age but this is a matter of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: While the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, in line with the established cross-government protocols, I am continuing to oversee the government’s handling of the EU-Mercosur Agreement. In this regard, I will be working closely with the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The regime is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages in the State, in order to develop and support enterprise for the benefit of our economy. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357, 358 and 377 together. In order to get payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme and a business must have received the second ICOB grant and be in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors in order to receive the Power Up grant. If a business was not in those sectors they were not eligible for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The ICOB and Power Up schemes closed to registrations in 2024. Following an extension to the deadline, the ICOB scheme closed on 29th May, 2024 and the Power Up grant closed on 22nd November, 2024 also following an extension to the deadline. In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million to SMEs right across the country. In...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wind Energy Generation (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department published Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy in March 2024 to ensure that Ireland captures the value of the supply chain to deliver an OWE sector of scale and maximises the economic impact of the future end-uses of this renewable energy. Powering Prosperity was developed as part of close ongoing collaboration between my Department and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Please see the attached file, setting out, in tabular form, a schedule of all external legal consultation that this Minister and his predecessor engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; whether the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. Please note that I did not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Action Plan (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: My officials have engaged in detail with the research referenced and the broader work of the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine research and innovation (MaREI) on our transition to renewable energy and the central role of the data centre sector in our twin green and digital transitions. This is an important addition to our available analysis and evidence for policy making. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 363 and 364 together. My Department operates a devolved procurement function whereby each business unit and Office of the Department is responsible for the procurement of their own goods, services and related contracts, with corporate oversight via a Procurement Co-ordination Unit, headed at Principal Officer level. In order to provide the Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA site visits to Counties Wicklow and Wexford over the three-year period of 2022-2024 are set out in the table below. The figures provided represent individual visits and are not indicative of the number of companies that have visited. County 2022 2023 2024 Wexford 5 2 6 Wicklow 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I am working with my officials in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to develop policy actions that will enhance the finance for scaling ecosystem in Ireland and help narrow the gap for funding Scale-ups. Exploring fund structures and other options to develop investment in Irish Scale-ups is included in the new Programme for Government. The Department of Enterprise, Trade...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I encourage any entrepreneur or potential business to contact their Local Enterprise Office (LEO). The LEO plays an extremely important role at local level, as part of a supportive ecosystem, providing their services direct to small businesses, promoting entrepreneurship and contributing to jobs growth within towns and communities across the county. The LEOs provide a signposting service for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ministerial Responsibilities (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: A digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by my Department to myself and to the Ministers of State is available on enterprise.gov.ie at the following link: On January 29, the Government, upon the nomination of the Taoiseach, formally appointed Ministers of State and assigned their responsibilities. In respect of my Department, Niamh Smyth TD has been appointed Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland was made aware of the potential upcoming job losses at Meta on 14th January after a call with the company, where Meta informed IDA Ireland of a public announcement later that day by the Meta CEO impacting global jobs at the company. The company informed IDA Ireland that the method of identifying the roles of those at risk was to use an internal performance review process. My...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The strategic direction of any business, including the company the Deputy is referring to, is ultimately a matter for the company itself. Businesses must continuously adapt to global market conditions, technological advancements, and shareholder expectations. However, how a company chooses to conduct its business can have a significant impact on its brand, reputation, and relationships with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Investments by IDA Ireland client companies consistently generate highly skilled jobs throughout the country. Employment levels in the IDA Ireland client base have remained above 300,000 for three consecutive years, demonstrating a strong employment base that strategically positions the economy for further growth. The 2024 employment figure of 302,566 accounts for almost 11% of overall...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In the time available, it has not been possible to provide a response to the Deputy's question. I will arrange for a response to be provided to the Deputy once this is available.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Given the significance of property to the winning of FDI investments into regional locations, and owing to ongoing market challenges, IDA’s continued positive intervention in terms of delivering and maintaining a portfolio of advanced property solutions remains paramount. In that regard, a ready supply of available zoned land for sale and development together with appropriate building...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million in 2024. In order to get payments to businesses before the end of 2024, the Power Up grant was aligned with the ICOB scheme and a business must have received the second ICOB grant and be in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors in order to receive the Power Up grant. My...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (25 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The AI Advisory Council was established by Minister Dara Calleary in January 2024 to provide independent expert advice to government on artificial intelligence policy. Its members represent a spectrum of experience and expertise from academia, business, law, security, social sciences, economics and civil society. The Council is a mechanism for providing expert advice and not a general...