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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Childcare Services (19 May 2022)

Damien English: ...of doing business in other sectors, including hotels, among others, to bring the parties together to have a conversation around a table and get everybody's agreement. The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, updated the House in February on the process. Since then I understand the joint labour committee for the early learning and care and school-age childcare sector, which is independently...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 May 2022)

Damien English: ...to the Companies Act which are intended to further enhance the regulatory framework. The Report has been considered by officials from my Department in the context of the “Plan for Action”. My colleague, Minister Troy, has considered their analysis and proposals, and intends for proposed amendments reflecting the consequences of certain corporate liquidations and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 May 2022)

Damien English: ...amendment to the Companies Act which are intended to further enhance the regulatory framework. The Report has been considered by officials from my Department in the context of the “Plan for Action”. Minister Troy has considered their analysis and proposals, and intends for proposed amendments reflecting the consequences of certain corporate liquidations and restructuring...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (19 May 2022)

Damien English: ...Plan provides Government with a set of recommendations, directly from the business community, on how to build a better business and regulatory environment for our SMEs and entrepreneurs. My colleague Minister Robert Troy and I chair the SME and Entrepreneurship Implementation Group, which was established last year to examine and take forward these recommendations. Through this avenue,...

Living Wage Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2022)

Damien English: ...over the lifetime of this Government. I am glad the Labour Party has joined us on this and that others contributed in a similar way in their speeches earlier. The Minister of State, Deputy Troy, earlier detailed the well-functioning system we have in Ireland that has secured six consecutive increases in the minimum wage over the last six years and the second-highest national minimum...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Damien English: ...there. That is something that we will track and keep an eye on as well. I have talked to many in the SME community and I have met many businesses, as has the Tánaiste and the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, over perhaps the past year to 18 months and have discussed the legislation with them. We have been trying to encourage them to work with us on this scheme and to recognise the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (26 Apr 2022)

Damien English: ...to further enhance the regulatory framework. The Report has been considered by officials from my Department in the context of the Plan for Action on Collective Redundancies following Insolvency. Minister Troy has considered their analysis and proposals, and intend for proposed amendments reflecting the consequences of certain corporate liquidations and restructuring practices be carried...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Apr 2022)

Damien English: ...and entrepreneurship implementation group was established in early February 2021. I, along with the Minister of State with responsibility for trade promotion, digital and company regulation, Deputy Troy, chaired the implementation group on behalf of the Tánaiste. The implementation group met on six occasions between February and September last year to discuss progress on thematic...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Apr 2022)

Damien English: ...exporters by doing that. When I have a chance to look through that report, I will be happy to have a discussion with the Deputy on it in the House. It is something that I, the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and the Tánaiste are very focused on. If it is worthwhile and if it is of benefit to Ireland, it is certainly something we will bring through under the SME task force.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (7 Apr 2022)

Damien English: ...and sustainable local job creation is a key policy priority of mine and this Government. Throughout the first quarter of this year, I along with the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar TD and Minister of State Robert Troy TD have launched 8 of 9 Regional Enterprise Plans. A key feature and strength of the Regional Enterprise Plans is that they are developed using a ‘bottom-up’...

Seanad: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Mar 2022)

Damien English: ...consequences of certain corporate liquidations and restructuring practices, including the splitting of corporate operations from asset-holding entities in group structures to the Tánaiste and Minister of State, Deputy Troy, in December 2021. This work reflects complex policy issues and the Department is currently examining the recommendations made in the context of the plan for...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Feb 2022)

Damien English: ...changes that were recommended as well. The Company Law Review Group, CLRG, has also completed its report into this very complex area. That report was with the Tánaiste and the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, as of the end of 2021. We will bring forward recommendations and changes out of that as well. It will be published when it is appropriate. Like the Deputy, the Office of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (10 Feb 2022)

Damien English: The Minister, the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and myself hope to launch regional enterprise plans during February. Part of that will be funding a range of actions in different counties along the concept outlined by the Deputy. I think we are launching one in Cavan. That gives an opportunity through the funding set out, which is quite substantial, over the next four or five years to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (10 Feb 2022)

Damien English: ...was established in early February 2021. I chair the Implementation Group, along with my Departmental colleague, the Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy TD. The Implementation Group met on six occasions between February and September 2021 to discuss progress on thematic areas arising from the recommendations in the SME and Entrepreneurship...

Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (3 Feb 2022)

Damien English: ...authors of the report stated that at the committee. I met the Debenhams workers and their union representatives at a very early stage, along with the Tánaiste and the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and others, on a few occasions. We gave two commitments and they had two asks for their campaign. The first was that they wanted to see their collective agreement honoured by the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (1 Feb 2022)

Damien English: ...Implementation Group was established in early February 2021. I chair this Implementation Group along with my colleague, Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Regulation, Robert Troy TD. The Implementation Group met on six occasions between February and September 2021 to discuss progress on thematic areas arising from the recommendations in the SME and Entrepreneurship...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: As a result of what happened in Debenhams, the Tánaiste, the Minister of State, Deputy Troy and myself met with the employees at Debenhams and said that in line with the programme for Government, we would review the legislation to see if we could strengthen, enhance and make it better. It was from that that the plan of action would come. It is not a case of saying that if we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Enterprise Policy (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: ...Oireachtas committee and many others over the past 18 months, the plan for action on collective redundancies following insolvency was published on 9 June this year by the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and I. This sets out several commitments to safeguard further the rights of workers in these circumstances, including a range of amendments to company law and employment law, setting up an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (9 Dec 2021)

Damien English: ...to start up, scale up and access foreign markets, as well as recommendations aimed at helping SMEs to become more productive and ready for the transition to a digital, green economy. Minister Robert Troy and I chair an Implementation Group, which was established to examine and take forward the Growth Plan recommendations. Through this avenue, we have identified key priority areas, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Damien English: ...about the statutory process. It is important that I talk the members through that briefly. I am conscious that some members had a recent discussion with my colleague the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, a number of weeks ago, but it is important that I go through the process so that everyone knows what role we have in this. A sectoral employment order is a statutory minimum...