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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Weather Events (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In line with the commitment in the programme for Government, we are establishing a scheme. Specifically for this event, we need to be clear that the first recourse for businesses is through their insurance to cover them for damage, loss of earnings and spoilage of stock. That is the critical way in which they seek recourse. It is very different from flood damage where businesses could not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I very much agree with the Deputy on the importance which freely chosen employment has for the well-being and economic status of people with disabilities. The Programme for Government contains specific undertakings designed to assist persons with disabilities to participate fully in our workforce. These include: Developing a Code of Practice to support the hiring of workers with a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In January, Glen Dimplex announced that a proposed restructuring of its operations is expected to result in the loss of approximately 70 jobs by October this year at its facility at Dunleer, Co. Louth. My Department has not to date received a statutory redundancy notification in relation to these proposed job losses. My thoughts are with the workers and families that will be impacted by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17, 23 and 26 together. As the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions regarding trade policy will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, this matter is one that I am updated regularly on given the United States is our largest trading and investment partner. This...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: A core objective of IDA Ireland is to enable, influence and deliver a competitive property offering which promotes national economic investments, supports winning Foreign Direct Investment, and the growth and expansion of indigenous clients within the Enterprise Ireland or LEO portfolio. In this regard, the IDA keeps its land holdings under constant review and, in doing so, seeks...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Government is acutely aware of the significant challenges that the impacts of Storm Éowyn has caused for business owners over recent weeks. Since 24 January, I have been closely monitoring the situation in relation to Storm Éowyn and its impacts on the business community through regular updates from the National Emergency Coordination Group and updates from Local Enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The United States is Ireland’s largest trading and investment partner, and this relationship is – and will continue to be – of major importance to the Irish economy. In 2023, approximately 178,000 people were employed in US firms operating in Ireland, including over 93,000 people in ICT, and 19,918 in pharmaceuticals. In 2022, US firms made €27 billion in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: InterTradeIreland has 25 years’ experience supporting businesses in both Ireland and Northern Ireland by providing a range of programmes and initiatives, assisting businesses with securing funding, capacity building, research and exploring their innovation potential. The following programmes form part of InterTradeIreland's Innovation and Entrepreneurial supports and are designed to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million in 2024 to SMEs right across the country. In relation to County Offaly, 614 businesses registered for the Power Up grant with 593 businesses approved and paid, which had a total value of €2.4 million.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Ireland’s labour market has shown remarkable resilience given the challenges faced in recent years, including Brexit, the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and global inflationary pressures. The Government continues to work on those elements within our control and our labour market performance has been nothing short of exceptional Ireland has a strong reputation as a stable country to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 43 together. As the operational aspects of the transfer of particular files and functions regarding trade policy will be managed between my Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade over the coming period, this matter is one that I am updated regularly on given the United States is our largest trading and investment partner. This...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Apprenticeship Programmes (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Currently, apprentices are exempted from the right to receive the National Minimum Wage. When the National Minimum Wage was introduced in 2000, it was determined that apprentices would be excluded from the Act in recognition of the unique nature of such apprenticeships and the fact that a long-established practice for determining rates, which adequately protected apprentices, already existed....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Government is acutely aware of the significant challenges that the impacts of Storm Éowyn has caused for business owners over recent weeks. With regard the issue of potential schemes to support businesses with losses arising from Storm Éowyn, I would in the first instance encourage businesses to seek recourse through their insurance providers to cover losses incurred. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government includes the commitment that this Government will recognise the work of the independent Low Pay Commission, ensuring fair wages whilst also supporting the viability of small and medium-sized enterprises. The Government is committed to ensuring a balance between a fair and sustainable rate for low paid workers, and one that will not have significant negative...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: The Government is committed to supporting free, fair and open trade. Our membership of the EU makes us part of a growing network of EU Free Trade Agreements, supporting more opportunity for exports and investment, helping support jobs and growth at home, maintaining strict EU standards on food safety, animal and plant health, and supporting better environmental and human rights standards...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: 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 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: 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 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 or beauty sector in order to receive the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) and Power Up grant schemes paid out over €400 million in 2024 to SMEs right across the country. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: 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 relation to County Carlow, 550 businesses registered for the Power Up grant, 546 businesses were approved and paid the Grant, which amounted to a total of €2.2 million 877 businesses registered in County Kilkenny for the Power Up grant...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (20 Feb 2025)

Peter Burke: Workday established a presence in Ireland via acquisition in 2008 when it acquired Cape Clear, a Dublin-based software company. Employment has increased from the initial 25 employed in Cape Clear in 2008 to over 2,000 today, drawn from 67 different countries. The Dublin office has become Workday’s EMEA (Europe the Middle-East and Africa) HQ with enterprise technical support,...