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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The national Return to Work Safely Protocol, is the result of a collaborative effort by the Health & Safety Authority (HSA), the Health Services Executive (HSE), Department of Business Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Health. It is designed to help employers and workers in all sectors to put measures in place that will prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the workplace....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The application form for the new €250m Restart Grant providing direct grant aid to micro and small businesses is now available online on all local authority websites since Friday 22ndMay. Eligible businesses who have remained open, or that reopened under phase 1 on 18thMay or that are due to reopen in Phase 2 on 8thJune under the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Ireland's system of Industrial Relations is based in voluntarism. While the right of workers to form associations and join a trade union is enshrined in Article 40 of the Irish Constitution, under Irish law there is no obligation on employers to recognise any union for the purposes of collective bargaining. However, it has been the consistent policy of successive Irish Governments to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Since the Covid-19 crisis began, Government has worked to put in place a suite of supports to ensure appropriate financing is available to businesses that have been impacted by the outbreak or by the restrictions that have been put in place to mitigate the spread of the disease. There are currently a number of loan guarantee schemes in place which support the working capital needs of micro...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: Since the onset of the Covid-19 crisis, Government has worked to ensure that appropriate supports are in place for businesses in sectors that have been exposed to negative impacts arising as a result of the outbreak and the measures put in place to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 in Ireland. I understand that some businesses, such as those operating in the hospitality sector, have been...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business sets out five stages for unlocking the restrictions put in place to contain the Coronavirus, at three week intervals. The Roadmap sets out how we can keep the level of transmission of COVID-19 as low as possible while balancing continuing restrictions in proportion with the positive social and economic benefits which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Authority (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Health and Safety Authority has a well-established Inspector Development Programme in place, whereby newly appointed inspectors complete a training programme which consists of 12 distinct modules. This development programme is normally delivered over a 6 month period and is augmented by a programme of accompanied inspections whereby the trainee shadows an experienced inspector. The...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business sets out five stages for unlocking the restrictions put in place to contain the Coronavirus, at three week intervals. The Roadmap sets out how we can keep the level of transmission of COVID-19 as low as possible while balancing continuing restrictions in proportion with the positive social and economic benefits which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As Chair of the Retail Consultation Forum, I am aware that this is a challenging time for retailers across Ireland - large and small. It is a particularly difficult time for retailers who have had to close their doors in the interest of public health and adherence to the public health guidelines. The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business published on Friday 1st...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: On Friday, May 15th, 2020 the Government announced details of the new €250m Restart Grant providing direct grant aid to micro and small businesses to help them with the costs associated with reopening and re-employing workers following COVID-19 closures; with the grant being administered by local authorities from Friday, May 22nd, 2020. Eligible businesses who have stayed open...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: A major part of my Department’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been to expand the range of financial supports to ensure businesses have sufficient liquidity to see them through the crisis and to prepare for the announced reopening phases. My Department and I continue to monitor the needs of companies as the situation evolves and provide new supports where required and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government announced last week that it will be obligatory for passengers arriving from overseas to complete a COVID-19 Passenger Locator Form. The regulations will be signed by my colleague, Minister Harris, and will come into effect from Thursday, May 28th. They will remain in effect until 18 June 2020, when they will be reviewed. The Government continues to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business sets out five stages for unlocking the restrictions put in place to contain the Coronavirus, at three week intervals. The Roadmap sets out how we can keep the level of transmission of COVID-19 as low as possible while balancing continuing restrictions in proportion with the positive social and economic benefits which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The application forms for the new €250m Restart Grant providing direct grant aid to micro and small businesses is available online on all local authority websites since Friday 22ndMay. Eligible businesses who have remained open, or that reopened under phase 1 on 18thMay or that are due to reopen in Phase 2 on 8thJune under the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The application form for the new €250m Restart Grant providing direct grant aid to micro and small businesses is available online on all local authority websites since Friday 22ndMay. Eligible businesses who have remained open, or that reopened under phase 1 on 18thMay or that are due to reopen in Phase 2 on 8thJune under the Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: On Friday, May 15th, 2020 the Government announced details of the new €250m Restart Grant providing direct grant aid to micro and small businesses to help them with the costs associated with reopening and re-employing workers following COVID-19 closures; with the grant being administered by local authorities from Friday, May 22nd, 2020. To avail of the Restart Grant, applicants must be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I am aware that the business you refer to has been in contact with my Department through our business supports email helpline service and our Press Office. I wish to reiterate the advice that has previously been given by my Department. Please note that decisions around reopening will be guided by public health advice and that issues which relate to public health are not a matter for this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: As Chair of the Retail Consultation Forum, I am aware that this is a challenging time for retailers across Ireland - large and small. It is a particularly difficult time for retailers who have had to close their doors in the interest of public health and adherence to the public health guidelines. The Government’s Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business published on Friday 1st May...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Inspections (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: I propose to take Questions Nos. 442 and 451 together. The Health and Safety Authority’s annual programme of work is based on a risk assessment of sectors, with inspections targeted at sectors with higher levels of workplace fatalities and accidents. The food sector is a highly regulated sector with a high level of compliance with Health and Safety legislation. Thus, in any one year...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (27 May 2020)

Heather Humphreys: The power to enforce consumer protection legislation is reserved for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, a body that is statutorily independent of the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I understand that a number of claims by owners of diesel vehicles affected by cheat devices, or defeat devices as they are also known, are currently before the courts in...