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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (2 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) is Ireland’s company law enforcement agency. The CEA is an independent statutory body equipped with significant enforcement powers required to carry out its statutory functions which are provided for in section 944D of the Companies Act 2014. These functions include to enforce and encourage compliance with company law, to investigate suspected...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (2 May 2024)

Peter Burke: There are two avenues through which social enterprises can access research and innovation supports. Social enterprises can access the innovation vouchers offered by Enterprise Ireland once they are an SMEs that is a limited company registered in Ireland, with fewer than 250 employees and not exceeding an annual turnover of €50m. In terms of the remaining research and innovation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (2 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise and is a key focus of the work of my Department. In that regard, IDA Ireland is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting that at least half of all investments - that is 400 of 800 - from 2021 to 2024 to regional locations. IDA has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (1 May 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department in accordance with the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour and Circular 09/2009: Civil Servants and Political Activity, follows restrictions which have traditionally been imposed on civil servants engaging in political activity to ensure public confidence in the political impartiality of the Civil Service. Civil servants above clerical level cannot stand for local...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (1 May 2024)

Peter Burke: Both Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland provide innovation supports to SMEs on behalf of my Department. In the case of Enterprise Ireland, which plays a crucial role in fostering innovation among Irish SMEs, it offers a comprehensive suite of supports designed to assist small and medium enterprises in their research and innovation (R&I) efforts. These supports range from funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 May 2024)

Peter Burke: The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment’s Report on Offshore Renewable Energy is comprehensive, and forward-thinking, and sets out recommendations on diverse but connected topics. Shortly after the publication of the Report, a Memorandum for Government Decision proposing the development of an industrial strategy for offshore wind was brought forward on 9...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department currently has ten PSTN lines in active operation in four locations. They are used for DSL Broadband connections and emergency phones in lifts. My Department has no ISDN or leased lines.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Union (30 Apr 2024)

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: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My officials clarified with the Deputy's office that this question relates to innovation vouchers and not digital innovation vouchers. The Innovation Voucher Programme is funded by my Department under the Science and Technology Programme, through Enterprise Ireland. The Innovation Voucher Programme is designed to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers (higher education...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Research and Development (25 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department is collating the information requested by the Deputy from the different funding Agencies falling under our remit and I will forward the that information directly to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (25 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Searching for your first job or looking for a new job can be challenging. The Government provides a number of supports to help individuals on their journey to employment. JobsIreland.ie is the Public Employment Service of the Department of Social Protection. The website provides jobseekers with free job search and tools to create a profile to match their skills and experience with jobs....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (24 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: My Department carried out a number of advertising campaigns in national, local, online and social media during 2022 and 2023 which included, promotion of nine Building Better Business events around the country in 2023, the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process (SCARP), energy saving measures for businesses and a number of employment rights issues. The overall total advertising spend...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (24 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: Based on records available, my Department has not engaged the services of, or allocated funding to, the company in question.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72, 80 and 84 together. I would like to thank the Deputies for asking for an update on the ICOB grant. Deputies will be aware that, as part of Budget 2024, the Government signed off on a package of €257 million for the Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant as a vital measure for small and medium businesses. Local Authorities, funded through the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The latest data available from the Central Statistics Office shows that the price of wholesale electricity in February 2024 was 46.8% lower than in February 2023, with electricity prices falling by 15.3% between January 2024 and February 2024. Additionally, the Wholesale Price Indices for Energy Products – that is fuels purchased by manufacturing industry – fell by 37.2% over...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The Sick Leave Act 2022 introduced employer-paid, medically certified, statutory sick leave for the first time in Ireland. Commencing on 1 January 2023, the initial statutory entitlement was to up to 3 days’ sick leave, which increased to 5 days on 1 January 2024. As the Deputy has noted, this could potentially increase to 7 days in 2025, reaching 10 days in 2026. Introducing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The report referenced by the Deputy provides a commentary by ICTU on recent and forthcoming changes to working conditions that are planned, or have already been introduced, by this Government. Last month, a report by officials from several Departments, including my own - and all members of the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) - was published. This set out an assessment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: I am aware of the campaign outlined which is seeking new protections for workers seeking to organise in their workplaces. I note that the launch of the campaign was held in conjunction with the Irish Second-Level Students Union (ISSU). The Government fully supports the right of any worker to join and be active in their trade union. Employees have the right under the Constitution to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: The Government has advanced a range of measures to improve working conditions in Ireland, including the transition to a Living Wage, Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings, Parent’s Leave and Benefit, Statutory Sick Pay, an Additional Public Holiday, the Living Wage, and Remote Working. These improvements will bring wider societal benefits and will serve to bring Ireland in line with other...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Peter Burke: I recognise that firms have faced a significant challenge in facing multiple crises alongside cost increases over the last number of years, including Brexit, the COVID -19 pandemic, the Russian war in Ukraine and the associated supply chain shock, the energy cost crisis and rising inflation along with wage demands, and rising interest rates. It should be noted that not all cost increases...