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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that following the consideration of additional information received at review stage in respect of one of the persons concerned (in the details supplied) a decision was made to award a Renewal General Employment Permit. The permit issued on 22nd September 2022. The Employment Permits Section of my Department also informs me that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Sep 2022)

Damien English: I am aware of the May 2022 recommendation from the EU Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work, on recognising COVID-19 as an occupational disease in health and social care and in domiciliary assistance, and, in a pandemic context, in sectors where there is an outbreak in activities with proven risk of infection. In due course, the European Commission are likely to update its own...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Ireland’s employment permits system is managed through the operation of the Critical Skills and Ineligible Occupations Lists which determine roles that are either highly skilled professional occupations in critical short supply or those ineligible for an employment permit. These lists undergo periodic review, guided by relevant research and a public/stakeholder consultation. The views...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that following the consideration of additional information received at review stage in respect of the person concerned (in the details supplied) a decision was made to award a General Employment Permit. The permit issued on 22nd September 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (27 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Ireland’s employment permits system is designed to accommodate the arrival of non-EEA nationals to fill skills and labour gaps for the benefit of our economy, in the short to medium term, but this objective must be balanced by the need to ensure that there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. To align...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (27 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Enterprise Ireland have confirmed that the estimated full-year salary costs for two full-time Senior Principal Scientific Officers (SPSO) and two full-time Senior Executives (Level E) is €394,314. This figure is calculated based on the minimum point of the SPSO and Level E salary scales respectively (contributory scales effective 1st February, 2022), with the addition of employer PRSI.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (27 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The Local Enterprise Offices nationwide act as a ‘First Stop Shop’ providing information, guidance, training and development and financial assistance to anyone looking to start, grow or pivot their own business. They serve as a ‘signposting’ service for all government supports available to the SME sector and can provide information or referrals to other relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (27 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The Local Enterprise Offices nationwide act as a ‘First Stop Shop’ for providing information, guidance, training and development and financial assistance to anyone looking to start, grow or pivot their own business. The Local Enterprise Offices act as a ‘signposting’ service for all government supports available to SMEs and can provide information and referrals to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Ireland’s employment permits system operates to maximise the benefits of economic migration while minimising the risk of disrupting the labour market. It facilitates the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills or labour shortages in the short to medium term but balanced to ensure there are no suitably qualified EEA nationals available to undertake the work and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that the request for a Stamp 4 Letter of Support was granted on 16thSeptember and that this has been communicated to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (22 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Responsibility for the hospitality sector is within the remit of Minister Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. According to the latest available national employment figures, from the CSO's Labour Force Survey, employment levels reached 2.55 million in Q2 2022. We now have more people employed in our country than ever before, while the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (22 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Ireland has a comprehensive body of employment, equality and industrial relations legislation with which the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is mandated to secure compliance. Ireland’s body of employment rights legislation protects all employees who are legally employed on an employer-employee basis, regardless of what title is given to them. In relation to the issue of trial...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (20 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Ireland has been an outlier to date among wealthy OECD countries in not providing for any statutory sick leave. It is not right that people feel forced to go to work when they are sick, and it is not good for public health.  Following detailed consideration of the issues surrounding the implementation of the statutory sick leave scheme, The Sick Leave Act will commence on 1st January...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Damien English: I would like to thank the Deputy for raising the genuine concerns from a local business which highlights the rising energy costs that they face. Government is acutely aware of the difficulties businesses have faced over the past number of years with the necessary COVID-19 restrictions and now in recent times with the increased cost of living and in particular energy costs. While the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (20 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Expressions of interest are received on a regular basis from business entrepreneurs seeking to join the EI Mentor Network. The criteria to be eligible to apply is a person who has built and scaled an organisation on a global basis, or been part of a senior team in doing so. Enterprise Ireland consider the mentor’s experience in the context of requests received from Enterprise Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (20 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a request for a review of the refusal to grant an employment permit in this case was received on 19th August. That appeal is currently being considered by the Employment Permits team. I understand that the reviewing officer has been in contact with the applicant and is awaiting additional information before a decision can be made.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: In most cases where a non-EEA national wishes to work in Ireland, he or she must apply to my Department for an employment permit. The employment permits system has been designed to ensure that the employment rights of migrants are observed. The Employment Permits Acts support employment rights compliance in the State and protection of employment rights for migrants by, inter alia, ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: As Chair of the Retail Forum, I am really conscious that many retail businesses in Ireland are worried as we face into a winter of uncertainty with rapidly rising costs, especially with increases in energy and insurance. Unfortunately, energy supply is being used as a weapon of war, and it is having a major impact for families, businesses and workers across the country. Government have...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Responsibility for the hospitality sector is within the remit of Minister Catherine Martin, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. According to the latest available national employment figures, from the CSO's Labour Force Survey, employment levels reached 2.55 million in Q2 2022. We now have more people employed in our country than ever before, while the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Inflation Rate (15 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The factors contributing to inflation at the present time have been well documented. These factors are generally accepted to include global supply chain issues relating to rebounding global demand post COVID-19; and the impact of the invasion of Ukraine on international commodity supplies especially grain/oilseeds and energy supplies. These issues are significant and are having impacts...