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

Leo Varadkar: ...Enterprise Plans to 2024 are currently being finalised by my Department. They will be published and launched across the country over February and March this year. My Department has approved over €126 million in funding to 79 enterprise strengthening projects in every region over a series of competitive calls since 2017. This has been provided through Enterprise Ireland via the...

Seanad: Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: .... These are as follows: to help businesses respond to Covid and Brexit and to survive and prosper again; to restore and exceed pre-pandemic employment levels by achieving a target of a record 2.5 million people at work in Ireland by 2024 and ensure there are job opportunities in all parts of the country; and to create jobs with better terms and conditions, that are more sustainable,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...Progress has been made on the number of home care hours delivered through increased investment in recent years. Last year, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, allocated additional funding of €150 million for home support. This year's HSE national service plan sets a target to provide 24 million home support hours, 5 million hours more than was provided last year. It is...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (7 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...speaking pay across the Irish economy has been rising for many years and rising ahead of inflation. We do not know whether this will be the case this year. Inflation is running at approximately 5%. There are some indications that in the round, and this is not the case for everyone of course, we will see pay increases of between 5% and 7% this year, which is significant. The claim that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy. I acknowledge the simple fact that our public health service is too small for a population of 5 million people, which is also an ageing population. That is not the only reason but one of the reasons too many people have to wait too long for the health care they need. I fully acknowledge that. The Deputy asked me if I have the stomach to reverse the cuts to our health...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ..., and in response, strengthen the regional enterprise ecosystem to enable job creation in the regions. Through Enterprise Ireland, my Department has made available to date over €126 million in regional enterprise funding to assist locally-led regional enterprise development projects. I can advise the Deputy that I have secured an additional €5 million in regional funding as...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (2 Nov 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...it can have a significant impact in propelling economic recovery and realising more balanced growth. According to the 2020 Annual Employment Survey, there are 120 IDA supported companies in the West Region, employing 27,695 people in total. The Survey indicates that there are 17 IDA supported companies in Mayo employing 4,955 people in the same period. IDA positions the West Region as...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...plan and sets out to restore our public finances to good health, to restore existing jobs and create new ones in areas such as construction, climate action, digital and the care economy and to reach 2.5 million people at work in Ireland by 2024, setting a new record. Budget 2022 provides a much-needed boost for business in Ireland, to businesses that are still struggling with the...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 1: Tobacco Products Tax (12 Oct 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I move: (1) THAT for the purposes of the tax charged by virtue of section 72 of the Finance Act 2005 (No. 5 of 2005), that Act be amended, with effect as on and from 13 October 2021, by substituting the following for Schedule 2 to that Act (as amended by section 26 of the Finance Act 2020 (No. 26 of 2020)): “SCHEDULE 2 Rates of Tobacco Products Tax (With effect as on and from 13...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...or four years, and Waterford University Hospital was one of those, with the Dunmore wing, which is a very significant addition to services at the hospital. We have had the commitment of nearly €30 million to the north quays, a project which Deputy Shanahan, Senator Cummins and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, are very committed to. I am glad that allocation has been made as...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...payment last year so it would not be unprecedented to do so. I have not heard of the suggestion before of a discretionary fund. It sounds like a very good idea. I am not sure that €5 million would be enough but I know that if it was more than €5 million, the Deputy would not object. We will certainly have regard to this in the context of the budget. The Government is not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Customs and Excise (15 Jul 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy may be aware, the European Union imposed safeguard measures on steel imports into the EU in July 2018 in response to the United States applying a 25% tariff on steel imports originating from 3rd Countries, including the European Union. As a consequence of the US measures, there was an increased risk of steel originally destined for the US market being diverted to the EU market...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Further Revised) (30 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ..., which I hope was of assistance to members. The 2021 Estimate, which I present this morning, provides my Department with a gross allocation of €1.142 billion. This is broken down between €796.647 million in capital funding and just over €345 million in current funding. A prima faciecomparison indicates that the 2021 Estimate is €765 million less than...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...from my Department’s Vote is expected to be submitted to the Dáil for approval shortly. It is expected that the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) will be provided with a gross allocation of €52.781million for their use in 2021. On the basis of the LEOs’ expected allocation for 202I, increasing their budget by 5% would cost some €2.639million, an increase...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (24 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...my Department’s Vote is expected to be submitted to the Dáil for approval shortly. It is expected that Companies Registration Office (CRO) will be provided with a gross allocation of €7.964 million for its use in 2021. On the basis of the CRO’s expected allocation for 2021, increasing its budget by 5% would cost  €398,000 and an increase of 25%...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (24 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 176 together. An exercise to estimate the budgetary requirements for the establishment of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) commenced in 2018. At that point, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement’s (ODCE) annual budget was €5.057m. Following an assessment of the CEA’s resourcing needs upon its establishment,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...they charge is a fair price. The LIS is essential for rural Ireland in improving roads that are not taken in charge but are effectively public roads. Funding for it has now gone up to €10.5 million for this year, which is up 5% on last year. Since 2017, €68 million has been spent improving and restoring 2,400 roads throughout the country. As the Deputy said, much more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14, 51 and 106 together. I thank Deputy Carroll MacNeill for raising the important issue of remote working and the move towards a blended working model post pandemic. As I have said previously, I believe the pandemic has changed the world of work forever. Many of us will return to work but videoconferences will be more common and travelling for work much...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...number of companies to the Aptar management team and also arranged visits to the site. Last week I was pleased to learn that Chanelle Pharma would be moving into the former Aptar site, investing €5 million and creating 60 new jobs over the next five years, as it expands its distribution and manufacturing operations in Ireland. This is a great development, and I would like to commend...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Jun 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...levels of interest for the Scheme from eligible retailers and the particular challenges facing the retail sector during the pandemic, the funding available for Call 1 was increased.   Under the first call 185 retailers were approved €6.6m in funding and under the second call 145 retailers were approved €5.3m in funding.  On 4 May, this year, Minister of State...