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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (12 Oct 2022)

Damien English: Responding to the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ministers at the WTO Ministerial Conference in June 2022 agreed an outcome in relation to the production and supply of Covid-19 vaccines. The ‘Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement’ provides for a waiver of certain obligations of the TRIPS Agreement and includes clarifications that will allow...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Intellectual Property (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 160, 171, 172 and 173 together. Responding to the exceptional circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ministers at the WTO Ministerial Conference in June 2022 agreed an outcome in relation to the production and supply of Covid-19 vaccines. The ‘Ministerial Decision on the TRIPS Agreement’ provides for a waiver of certain obligations of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a Critical Skills Employment Permit in respect of the first individual (in the details supplied) issued on 29/07/2020. This employment permit expired on 20/09/2022. The person concerned has been issued with a Stamp 4 Support Letter from my Department to enable them to apply for Stamp 4 permission from the Department of Justice....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: International Bodies (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: My Department manages Ireland’s membership of the European Space Agency (ESA). One of the principal reasons for Ireland’s investment in ESA programmes is to nurture and build a base of technologically sophisticated enterprises that develop and trial technology solutions via space applications, and then go on to develop new markets in a wide range of application areas based on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Statutory Instrument giving effect to the new Employment Regulation Order for the Security Industry was to apply from 29 August 2022. However, on 24 August 2022, my Department was informed that the High Court had granted an Injunction prohibiting the commencement of the proposed Statutory Instrument. Department Officials have engaged the Attorney General’s office on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: As part of Budget 2021 the Government allocated the Health and Safety Authority an additional pay contribution of €4.2 million. On foot of this additional budget, the HSA undertook an organisational review in 2021 to ensure that the future organisational structures, resources and ways of working would be fit for purpose to meet its broad mandates. This review gave rise to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 Oct 2022)

Damien English: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The 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, and is managed through the operation of the Critical...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (6 Oct 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 SME’s and can provide information and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (6 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) are the ‘first-stop-shop’ for advice and guidance, financial assistance and other supports for anyone, including people with disabilities, intending to start or grow a business. In that regard, the LEOs provide a ‘signposting’ service in relation to all relevant State supports available through agencies such as the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 transposed the original EU Working Time Directive (Directive 93/104/EC) – now consolidated by EU Directive 2003/88/EC – into Irish law. The EU Working Time Directive is primarily a health and safety directive and its purpose is to lay down common minimum safety and health requirements for organising the working time of employees in all...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that on 13th September 2022 an application for a Critical Skills Employment Permit was received in respect of the named person (in the details supplied). Applications for employment permits are processed in date order, Employment Permits Section are currently processing standard Critical Skills Employment Permit applications...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (4 Oct 2022)

Damien English: The employment permits system is designed to facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills and/or labour shortages, in circumstances where there are no suitably qualified Irish/EEA nationals available to undertake the work and that the shortage is a genuine one. The system is managed through the use of lists designating highly skilled and ineligible...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (4 Oct 2022)

Damien English: A Memorandum of Understanding on the monitoring and enforcement of the Atypical Worker Permission Scheme for non-EEA fishers employed on certain Irish-registered fishing vessels was signed by 11 Departments and Agencies in May 2016. The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is one of a number of agencies which contributes to the enforcement of this scheme and has particular responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (4 Oct 2022)

Damien English: There are currently 174 fishing vessels, registered to 126 vessel owners, on the Register of Irish Fishing vessels which come within the scope of the Atypical Worker Permission Scheme for Non-EEA Workers engaged on certain Irish-registered fishing vessels. In the period since the launch of the Atypical Scheme, in February 2016, 95 of the 126 vessel owners have been issued with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (4 Oct 2022)

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. The Statutory Instrument giving effect to the new Employment Regulation Order for the Security Industry was to apply from 29 August 2022. However, on 24 August 2022, my Department was informed that the High Court had granted an Injunction prohibiting the commencement of the proposed Statutory Instrument. Department Officials have...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Film Industry (4 Oct 2022)

Damien English: With regard to the rights and entitlements available to employees working in the film and TV sector, it is important to point out that there is no exemption or separate category under Irish employment law for individuals working in the film and TV industry as all employees are treated equally and afforded the same protections. Ireland has a comprehensive body of employment, equality and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (29 Sep 2022)

Damien English: Ireland operates a managed employment permits system maximising the benefits of economic migration and minimising the risk of disrupting Ireland’s labour market. The regime 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, and is managed through the operation of the Critical Skills and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (29 Sep 2022)

Damien English: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that there are no permit applications in the system in respect of the company concerned for drivers from the country specified. In the past, however my Department issued 6 permits for the role of driver in respect of the nationality concerned, the most recent having issued in 2009.  The role of a bus driver is currently...

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

Damien English: I propose to take Questions Nos. 77 to 80, inclusive, together. The State's employment permit system is designed to supplement Ireland's skills and labour supply over the short to medium term by allowing enterprises to recruit nationals from outside the EEA, where such skills or expertise cannot be sourced from within the EEA at that time. The system is, by design, vacancy led and managed...