Results 261-280 of 11,049 for speaker:Damien English

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The system is vacancy-lead and designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill labour gaps for the benefit of our economy, in the short to medium term and is managed through the operation of the Critical...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that the most recent employment permit application submitted by this employer was received on 1st November 2022. On 17th November 2022 a General Employment Permit issued in respect of that application. There are currently no other applications held in the processing queue in respect of the employer concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I am aware that the Design and Craft Council (DCCI) has been in contact with the Irish Woodturner's Guild and that the CEO of the DCCI attended the Woodturners Guild’s AGM in Monaghan last October. I understand that the CEO briefed the Guild’s members on changes at the Council regarding the appointment of a new head of Craft and Education at the DCCI whom will be offering a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Deputy will be aware that social enterprises are businesses whose core objective is to achieve a social, societal, or environmental impact. Grow Remote CLG is a national initiative which aims to support communities to live, work and participate locally. Under the third call of my Department’s Regional Enterprise Development Fund, Grow Remote secured funding of €449,442 in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Correspondence (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I have been informed that the company in question has not received grant aid from Enterprise Ireland. However, the company did receive a share subscription of €50,000 from Enterprise Ireland in 2015. Enterprise Ireland, as a state agency, takes allegations of fraud very seriously and is aware of the allegations of fraud against the particular company in question. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 to 162, inclusive, together. Following the dissolution of the County Enterprise Boards the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) were established under the Local Authority structure and the functions of the County Enterprise Boards were transferred to Enterprise Ireland. A Service Level Agreement (SLA) between Enterprise Ireland and the Local Authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Labour Court are independent, statutory bodies which provide the State’s dispute resolution mechanisms for industrial relations and employment rights disputes. Both the WRC and the Labour Court are staffed by civil servants of my Department. There are currently 24 full-time staff vacancies in the WRC. The full year pay cost of filling...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme for small businesses, sports clubs, community and voluntary organisations unable to secure flood insurance, was opened by me on 5 January 2022 for those affected by flooding in Wexford and Wicklow during Christmas 2021. The Scheme was administered by the Irish Red Cross on behalf of my Department. A total of 20 applications were received by the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme for small businesses, sports clubs, community and voluntary organisations unable to secure flood insurance, was opened on 23 August 2022 for those affected by flooding in Wexford and Carlow on 15 and 16 August 2022. The Scheme is administered by the Irish Red Cross on behalf of my Department. A total of 11 applications were received by the Irish Red...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The €200 million Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Scheme announced on 22nd October last and implemented through Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Údarás provides for two streams of funding to assist viable but vulnerable firms of all sizes in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors. The first stream will assist firms suffering liquidity problems as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Ireland is committed to ratifying ILO Convention No.190. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment undertook a stakeholder consultation from 5th to 26th September 2022. It is intended to seek the formal approval of the Government for ratification, and I anticipate that the Instrument of Ratification can be signed as soon as is practicable thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Department of Finance have responsibility for the employment wage subsidy scheme. I can confirm that the scheme did not affect any legal obligation that an employer had to their employee. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 sets out the key parameters around the taking of annual leave and payment of same. The terms and conditions of individual employment contracts may provide...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I thank the House for facilitating the Bill's speedy passage.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I again thank the Deputy for her co-operation. As I said at the start, I recognise the support of the House to try to fast-track this legislation.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I again thank the Deputy for the amendment which again we cannot take on board. I hate saying we will oppose it when we are explaining why we cannot take it on board under the existing rules. It is a formality that we have to oppose it, I am afraid. We oppose this amendment. The aforementioned notification of the scheme to the European Commission is based on a state-guaranteed loan...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The amendment is two-pronged. It seeks to have 12 months interest free, which we cannot do as an interest-free payment is not permitted under the rules. It also seeks to apply a cap. I do not have to the breakdown on the number of lenders that participated in schemes previously. I can certainly get that for the Deputy. The intention of having these credit guarantees is to do two things....

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I confirm that we will be opposing the amendment. I can see the argument for wanting a longer period, and it is not that we disagree. The state aid basis for the Ukraine credit guarantee scheme is the European Commission's state aid temporary crisis scheme. The relevant section of the framework puts the maximum term of loan at six years. My Department is required to notify the Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the proposed collective redundancy.  Information on collective redundancy notifications does not reflect the total number of actual redundancies that take place across the workforce. Collective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the proposed collective redundancy.  Information on collective redundancy notifications does not reflect the total number of actual redundancies that take place across the workforce. Collective...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Redundancy Payments (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I thank Senator Gavan for raising this matter. We discussed this issue in 2021 as well. I again extend my sympathies to the workers in Rehab Enterprises who have been made redundant. I fully appreciate how difficult the situation is for those involved and for their families. By law it is an employer's responsibility to pay statutory redundancy to eligible workers. In situations where an...