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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Priorities (9 Apr 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...-East Regional Enterprise Plan is overseen at a regional level by a Steering Committee made up of stakeholders from counties Louth, Cavan and Monaghan. The North-East Steering Committee last met on 15 September 2023. My Department oversees implementation of the Regional Enterprise Plans at the national level. Together with Minister Simon Coveney and Minister of State Dara Calleary, I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...the importance of trade missions and, indeed, the importance of speaking truth to good friends. Everyone in this House knows the scale of devastation we are witnessing in Gaza. After more than 150 days of brutal conflict, some 5% of the population there is now dead, injured or missing. More than 17,000 children have been left unaccompanied or separated from their families. Behind each...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (30 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: ...waiting lists actually fell. On the core Sláintecare wait time target, an 11% reduction was achieved along with a 3% reduction in overall waiting lists. The target of removing approximately 1.66 million patients from waiting lists in 2023 was exceeded by 5%, with around 1.74 million patients removed. However, higher than anticipated additions to the waiting lists impacted on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (7 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...to the players in the construction value-chain in Ireland, my Department with Enterprise Ireland has established a new Construction Technology Centre, Construct Innovate, with initial funding of €5m over 5 years. The Centre is a consortium hosted by University of Galway which also includes Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin, University College Cork and the Irish Green...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Neale Richmond: .... They need support, and some need help in getting established. This is where the local enterprise office, LEO, comes in, and why it is so important that they will receive an additional €9 million in this budget, as outlined by the Minister, Deputy Coveney. I have been fortunate enough to visit many and indeed most of the LEOs across the country so far, and I know how important...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (29 Jun 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...Trying to secure talent in the western world is extremely difficult for all countries. It is not only a European Union phenomenon. It is the same in north America. The US has something like 10 million jobs and only 5 million candidates for them. The same is true of Canada on a smaller scale, but in the same proportions. That certainly presents a huge opportunity for Ireland. I was...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (21 Mar 2023)

Neale Richmond: Over the past ten years, the Irish Government, through Enterprise Ireland, has invested €479 million into 32 venture capital funds to stimulate job creation and support the funding requirements of early-stage innovative Irish companies with global ambitions. To date €361 million of this investment has been drawn down from Enterprise Ireland. On an annual basis these investments...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (1 Feb 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...  supported companies. In total, 19,660 new jobs were created in 2022 by companies assisted by EI. Total employment by companies assisted by Enterprise Ireland in 2022 was 218,178, an increase of 5% on the 2021 outturn and 68% of these jobs are outside Dublin. Balanced regional development is being achieved in terms of both new jobs created and total employment.  More than...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: ...: Annual Employment Survey (AES) Total Employment by county per given year County 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Carlow 3,815 3,500 3,171 3,257 3,221 Cavan 6,534 6,506 6,045 6,089 5,842 Clare 5,266...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Jun 2021)

Neale Richmond: ...in the context of looking at other European countries that got things right and taking the warnings where they got things wrong. I know many Members may be quite envious to see crowds of 12,000, 25,000 or even full stadiums at the European Championships while we are still running test events. It is disappointing but perhaps it shows what we can achieve and how we can work against the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (19 May 2021)

Neale Richmond: ...is FBD still arguing over the costs of the test cases brought? I believe the Central Bank has written to the company on this. Does he intend to respond? Second, Mr. O'Midheach said that €11 million in total has been paid out. Does he not accept that a 5% interim payment is not fair to the businesses considering that most have been closed for 16 months. Third, FBD is reducing...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (27 Jan 2021)

Neale Richmond: 935. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the conditions and purpose under which the €5 million fund for digital hubs can be applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3964/21]

Brexit Readiness for the End of the Transition Period: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

Neale Richmond: ...to ensure the State is as best prepared as possible for the cliff edge, or possibly less of a cliff edge, that will come on 1 January. There is no such thing as a good Brexit for everyone, and I have said this a million times, be it Ireland, the UK or the EU. Drastic change is coming regardless of whether a deal is secured in the coming days. We look quite warmly at the supports that...