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Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I thank all the contributors to the debate. I am sorry I had to step out for some of it. I did not get to hear all the speeches but I did hear the ones at the start. I have an understanding of what the Deputies are trying to achieve with the legislation and I accept that it is a genuine effort. Others made speeches that covered a wide range of areas but did not focus on the legislation or...

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after “That” and substitute the following: “Dáil Éireann acknowledges and resolves that the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 be deemed to be read a second time this day 12 months, to allow for consultation between the Minister for Enterprise, Trade...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Government continues to work on measures as the recovery phase of COVID-19 continues and welcomes input from stakeholders. Budget 2021 provided a significant package of tax and expenditure measures to build the resilience of the economy and to help vulnerable but viable businesses across all sectors, and the new National Economic Recovery Plan includes €4 billion of stimulus to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Holidays (30 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The legislation which provides for public holidays is the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. This Act provides that certain days may be prescribed as public holidays. At present, there are nine public holidays. An extra holiday has implications of a broad nature in terms of costs and productivity and has cross-government issues to be explored. Any proposal for the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body 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. It...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The main grant scheme in my Department for sole traders which do not qualify for EWSS is the Small Business Assistance Scheme for COVID (SBASC). Phase 1 was a grant designed for businesses that were ineligible for the COVID Restrictions Support Scheme (CRSS), the Fáilte Ireland Business Continuity grant or other direct sectoral grant schemes. It was designed to help businesses with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 72 together. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is independent in the exercise of its quasi-judicial function and I have no direct involvement in its day-to-day operations. However, I am informed that the WRC, to minimise delay to the parties, is continuing to schedule hearings. Unless a postponement is granted in advance, all scheduled hearings will commence in the normal manner, subject to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (29 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I can confirm that the funding in respect of the Restart Grant and Restart Grant Plus do not form part of the tabular funding information provided to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 22 June 2021 which addressed the question in relation to the funding provided to the Local Enterprise Offices.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (24 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body 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: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable diagnostics, treatments and vaccines is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19.  The EU’s participation in the recent G7 discussions, where additional commitments on the provision of vaccines globally was agreed, bears witness to that. South Africa and India amended their original proposal for a waiver by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The total investment by my Department through the Local Enterprise Offices across the three years from 2016 - 2019 in the Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) programme is €5million. The competition that ended in September 2019 cost €2.6 million. A trebling of the fund would require funding to the value of €7.8 million per annum. Since its inception in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (24 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 and 183 together. Ireland operates a managed employment permits system which maximises the benefits of economic migration while 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...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jun 2021)

Damien English: Universal and equitable access to safe, effective and affordable diagnostics, treatments and vaccines is crucial in the global fight against COVID-19. The EU’s participation in the recent G7 discussions, where additional commitments on the provision of vaccines globally was agreed, bears witness to that. International Trade is a competence of the EU under the Treaties. In...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (23 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Health and Safety Authority’s human resources represent staff in administration and inspector grades. The inspector grades comprise of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as Grade II and Grade III inspectors.   Inspectors operate across all of the Authority’s legislative mandates which include occupational health and safety, chemicals, and market surveillance of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (23 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Health and Safety Authority’s human resources represent staff in administration and inspector grades. The inspector grades comprise of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as Grade II and Grade III inspectors.   Inspectors operate across all of the Authority’s legislative mandates which include occupational health and safety, chemicals, and market surveillance of...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Bodies (23 Jun 2021)

Damien English: The Health and Safety Authority has a current headcount of 189 which is made up of staff in administration and inspector grades. The current inspector headcount in the Authority is 105 comprising of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as Grade II and Grade III inspectors. Inspectors operate across all of the Authority’s legislative mandates which include occupational health and...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I did not interrupt anybody. In any discussion on pensions, we need to look at one simple, inescapable fact, namely, people are living longer. We have to accept that, plan for that and budget for that, and make sure the resources are in place for the lifetime of the pension. In 1971, the average life expectancy was 71 and, thankfully, by 2016, that had risen to 81. A person who reached...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jun 2021)

Damien English: I thank the Deputies for raising this important topic here tonight. It featured heavily in last year's election, but even before that because it was something that was debated quite a lot in the Houses, probably since 2007 or 2008. At that stage we needed to have a national conversation about it, which probably did not happen. It was not led by anybody at that stage but it is important...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (22 Jun 2021)

Damien English: In 2020, Enterprise Ireland assisted companies employed 220,613 people nationally with 65 per cent of this employment located outside of Dublin. Enterprise Ireland is the Government agency responsible essentially for the start-up, scaling and internationalisation of Irish owned enterprises.  Enterprise Ireland do not arrange site visits in the way that IDA Ireland showcases the...