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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Defective Building Materials (22 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 43 and 44 together. The National Standards Authority of Ireland’s (‘NSAI’) public consultation for the draft I.S. 465 "Assessment, testing and categorisation of damaged buildings incorporating concrete blocks containing certain deleterious materials " concluded on 11th July 2025 and yielded in excess of 640 submissions. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Funding (22 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The recently published Updated National Development Plan provides my Department with an overall funding envelope of €3.68 billion to support our Enterprise Development, Innovation and Commercialisation and Tourism Capital Programmes in the period 2026 to 2030. Budget 2026 confirmed that €680 million of the overall NDP envelope will be available to support these programmes next...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: There are no projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI in my Department. Work is ongoing to identify potential use cases for all artificial intelligent technologies to support the work of the Department. My Department led the development of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy - “AI – Here for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (22 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: My thoughts are with the workers and families that will be impacted by the closure of the manufacturing facility in Cavan. It is important to note that there is a robust suite of employment rights legislation to protect and support workers in collective redundancy situations. The rules governing collective redundancies are set out in the Protection of Employment Act 1977. Employers must...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (22 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The information requested is currently being collated by my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (21 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: Public infrastructure is not typically delivered by my Department and, as such, there was no expenditure to conduct tendering processes for public infrastructure projects in the years in question.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (21 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland prioritises balanced regional development and is aiming for 550 of its 1,000 new investments under its strategy "Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation 2025-29" to be in regional areas. Additionally, suitable property availability can play a key part in winning investments from both new-name and existing client companies. In this regard, in locations...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Emigrant Support Services (21 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department is working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and its Embassy network, as well as other Departments, to implement the Government’s Diaspora Strategy, Global Ireland – Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025, which was launched in late 2020. The effective coordination of the implementation of this strategy across Government is carried out...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Funding (21 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: Shared Island unit in the Department of the Taoiseach acts as a driver and coordinator of this whole of government initiative. Shared Island funding was announced in Budget 2021, with initial €500m in capital funding available between 2021-25, ring-fenced for investment in collaborative North/South projects. My Department has taken forward two Tourism projects:The Shared Island...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Funding (21 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: I understand that Fáilte Ireland has run a new competitive multi-annual “Strategic Tourism Festival Investment Scheme for 2026-2028”. The scheme aims to support tourism festivals that are unique, place-based events that showcase Irelands culture, heritage and natural beauty. These festivals will not just attract domestic visitors but international as well. They will...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Vacant Properties (21 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department does not own any property. Accommodation for my Department is provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in buildings which are either State owned or leased by the OPW. Details of any vacant buildings owned by agencies under the remit of my Department in Dublin 2, 4, 6, and 6W is an operational matter for those individual bodies. I have asked these bodies to supply...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (21 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: There has been a significant long-term shift in attitudes to remote work amongst both employers and workers throughout the country since the pandemic. Acceptance of remote and hybrid working is high, and the evidence suggests that they are here to stay. Remote working represents a significant opportunity for creating a more inclusive labour market and enhanced access to high-quality...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (21 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department considers commissioning reports in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver a project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a report must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a prohibitive opportunity cost. ...

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: I offer my sympathies to Gillian and Stephen, parents of the late Harvey, for their inconsolable loss. This debate is brought to us by Aontú, by a party that is absolutely bankrupt of ideas. We heard its leader, Deputy Peadar Tóibín, on "Morning Ireland" this morning bemoaning the fact that he has had only two or three opportunities to table Private Members' business in this...

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: -----bring forward a new vision? Absolutely not.

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: The first thing Aontú has done is brought the nuclear option and tried to pull down the Government, with parties that are providing solutions together for these families. When I was appointed Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, the then Taoiseach, Deputy Simon Harris, immediately said we need to reset and focus on family businesses. Since then, in the first eight weeks we...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: EU Commission Recommendation (EU) 2022/2337 recommends that Member States list COVID-19 as an occupational disease. In Ireland, the Department of Social Protection is responsible for maintaining the list of prescribed occupational diseases and for giving consideration to the inclusion of particular conditions. This is laid down in S.I. No. 102/2007 - Social Welfare (Consolidated...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (15 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: Agentic AI is not currently being used for any purpose in my Department. Work is ongoing to identify potential use cases for all artificial intelligent technologies to support the work of the Department. My Department led the development of the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy - “AI – Here for Good”. As part of this Strategy, the Department of Public...

Seanad: Budget 2026 (Enterprise, Tourism and Employment): Statements (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: I welcome the opportunity to address Senators today and make a few comments regarding budget 2026, particularly the budget measures that relate to my own Department. Budget 2026 is a strongly pro-jobs, pro-enterprise budget. The signal has gone out that Ireland is a fantastic place in which to do business, to scale and to invest. We must ensure that our economy and workforce continue to...

Seanad: Budget 2026 (Enterprise, Tourism and Employment): Statements (14 Oct 2025)

Peter Burke: I thank the Acting Chairperson and all 14 Senators for their contributions and the points they raised. I will just touch on a few of the points. Certain themes went through a number of the points. First of all, Senator Linda Nelson Murray made excellent points about SMEs. We all know that small family businesses employ about two-thirds of people across the country and they do not have HR...