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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Deputy will be aware that social enterprises are businesses whose core objective is to achieve a social, societal, or environmental impact. Grow Remote CLG is a national initiative which aims to support communities to live, work and participate locally. Under the third call of my Department’s Regional Enterprise Development Fund, Grow Remote secured funding of €449,442 in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Correspondence (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I have been informed that the company in question has not received grant aid from Enterprise Ireland. However, the company did receive a share subscription of €50,000 from Enterprise Ireland in 2015. Enterprise Ireland, as a state agency, takes allegations of fraud very seriously and is aware of the allegations of fraud against the particular company in question. My Department...

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

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160 to 162, inclusive, together. Following the dissolution of the County Enterprise Boards the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) were established under the Local Authority structure and the functions of the County Enterprise Boards were transferred to Enterprise Ireland. A Service Level Agreement (SLA) between Enterprise Ireland and the Local Authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) and the Labour Court are independent, statutory bodies which provide the State’s dispute resolution mechanisms for industrial relations and employment rights disputes. Both the WRC and the Labour Court are staffed by civil servants of my Department. There are currently 24 full-time staff vacancies in the WRC. The full year pay cost of filling...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme for small businesses, sports clubs, community and voluntary organisations unable to secure flood insurance, was opened by me on 5 January 2022 for those affected by flooding in Wexford and Wicklow during Christmas 2021. The Scheme was administered by the Irish Red Cross on behalf of my Department. A total of 20 applications were received by the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme for small businesses, sports clubs, community and voluntary organisations unable to secure flood insurance, was opened on 23 August 2022 for those affected by flooding in Wexford and Carlow on 15 and 16 August 2022. The Scheme is administered by the Irish Red Cross on behalf of my Department. A total of 11 applications were received by the Irish Red...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The €200 million Ukraine Enterprise Crisis Scheme announced on 22nd October last and implemented through Enterprise Ireland, IDA and Údarás provides for two streams of funding to assist viable but vulnerable firms of all sizes in the manufacturing and internationally traded services sectors. The first stream will assist firms suffering liquidity problems as a result of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Ireland is committed to ratifying ILO Convention No.190. The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment undertook a stakeholder consultation from 5th to 26th September 2022. It is intended to seek the formal approval of the Government for ratification, and I anticipate that the Instrument of Ratification can be signed as soon as is practicable thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (17 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Department of Finance have responsibility for the employment wage subsidy scheme. I can confirm that the scheme did not affect any legal obligation that an employer had to their employee. The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 sets out the key parameters around the taking of annual leave and payment of same. The terms and conditions of individual employment contracts may provide...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the proposed collective redundancy.  Information on collective redundancy notifications does not reflect the total number of actual redundancies that take place across the workforce. Collective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (16 Nov 2022)

Damien English: Section 12 of the Protection of Employment Act 1977 provides that employers proposing a collective redundancy must notify the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment of the proposed collective redundancy.  Information on collective redundancy notifications does not reflect the total number of actual redundancies that take place across the workforce. Collective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that on 28thSeptember 2021 the two applications (in the details supplied) were refused. When an employment permit application is refused, a refusal letter is issued to the applicant outlining the refusal reasons. The applicant is informed of their right to request a review of the refusal decision within 28 days of issue of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I wish to assure the Deputy that the Government is very aware of the difficulties that businesses are facing due the current energy crisis and with the associated rise in cost of doing business. The Government has introduced a significant package of assistance in Budget 2023 to help businesses over the coming months with their energy bills. The Temporary Business Energy Support...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: There was one employment permit application submitted for the role of Bus Driver/Coach Driver in Dublin in 2021. No applications were received of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 or to date in 2022. The role of bus driver is currently listed on the Ineligible List of Occupations for Employment Permits, positions in respect of which an employment permit shall not be granted. In order for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: My Department is currently in the process of finalising details of its Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme to small businesses, sports clubs, community and voluntary organisations, unable to secure flood insurance, as a result of the recent flooding event in Co Wexford. In relation to damage to property which has been caused by this event, property owners should in the first instance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Damien English: I wish to thank the Deputy for raising the matter of Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur competition, which ran successfully for 5 years between 2015 and 2019. In that time, over 600 young entrepreneurs received funding in excess of €8million, as well as a wide range of vital training and mentoring to support them on their entrepreneurial journeys. The investment fund in 2019 amounted...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (10 Nov 2022)

Damien English: As of 9 November 2022, the Tánaiste has not received a collective redundancy notification in relation to potential redundancies at the company referred to. All employers are expected to comply with their legal obligations under the Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended.  This requires a 30-day consultation with employees and their representatives where collective...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (10 Nov 2022)

Damien English: On 9 November 2022, the Tánaiste received a notification detailing proposed collective redundancies from the company referenced, in accordance with the Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended. The notification confirms that the company is undertaking the collective redundancy consultation process required under the Act with the representatives of employees whose roles are at risk...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (10 Nov 2022)

Damien English: If the employment is the first for which an employment permit has been issued, the permit holder is expected to remain in that employment for a period of twelve months before applying for a new employment permit. In general, a new employment permit (for a different employer) cannot be considered if less than 12 months has elapsed since the permit holder first commenced employment in the State...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (10 Nov 2022)

Damien English: On 3 August 2022, I signalled my intention to issue an Order to give effect to a statutory recommendation of the Labour Court concerning minimum rates of remuneration and other terms and conditions in the Security Sector. The Order was to apply from 29 August 2022. On 24 August 2022, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment was informed that the High Court had granted an...