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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Support Services (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The forthcoming National Disability Strategy will include employment as an important consideration as one of its five key pillars. The strategy will contain a number of actions for my department, including engagement with employers and employer bodies to raise awareness and to foster positive attitudes towards the employment of people with disabilities. The Department of Social...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department and its Offices operates a devolved procurement function which is led at Principal Officer level. Each Business Unit and Office is responsible for the procurement of their own individual contracts with the support and advice from the Principal Officer in the Department who heads up the Procurement Co-ordination Unit. In respect of the Agencies of my Department the following is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department regularly facilitates informal Procurement Training through in-house programmes offered by its internal Learning and Career Development Unit and its Procurement Unit. Further public procurement training, though non-accredited, is readily accessible through the various programmes available to staff members through the Office of Government Procurement’s (OGP) Commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department maintains a contracts register. It is based on Lotus Notes and we are currently examining options to upgrade it. Under our devolved procurement model, Business Units and the Offices of the Department are required to update the Register upon the signing of a contract and enter the specific details of the contract. The register is administered by my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: In total, €400 million in grant aid was successfully paid to SMEs right across the country in 2024 under the Increased Cost of Business scheme and the Power Up grant. Following the launch of Power Up, the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and local authorities became aware of an issue where businesses misclassified their business sector and were subsequently not...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm that my Department has not actively ‘unpublished’ any relevant documents, reports, strategies, and resources over the past 10 years, notwithstanding any temporary, technical matter that would impact on website access which is resolved as soon as possible. I am wholly committed to the open publication of government information. The referenced article mentions...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Civil Service (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: As outlined in my Department’s People Strategy, the Department is wholly committed to building a supportive and inclusive workplace. My Department is a JAM Card friendly organisation since July 2024 with over 80% of staff having completed the JAM Card e-training and remains an ongoing initiative. In June last year, my Department also launched its first ED&I Strategy, which...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I can confirm that my Department has not built or commissioned to be built any infrastructure projects and as such no such projects are currently running late on delivery or currently over budget.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The Competitiveness Summit will take place on Monday, 7th July. The Competitiveness Summit will be hosted by An Taoiseach, and as such, invitations are a matter for that Department. In September 2024, the Competitiveness Summit was attended by a number of Ministers, the Chair of the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council, along with representatives of the OECD, IDA Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: In response to international economic developments, and in line with a commitment in the Programme for Government, my Department is currently preparing the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity. This plan will be brought to a Competitiveness Summit for consideration in July and will be finalised and published shortly thereafter. The Action Plan will reflect a whole-of-government...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The Life-Sciences sector – which includes pharma, biopharma and medtech – remains a cornerstone of Ireland’s industrial success, driving significant exports, and attracting foreign and indigenous investments in research and development (R&D), capital expenditure and employment. It currently accounts for over 100,000 jobs and over €130 billion in exports. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: Investments by IDA Ireland client companies consistently generate highly skilled jobs nationwide. IDA Ireland’s portfolio now comprises more than 1,800 clients across a diverse range of sectors in every county in Ireland. Employment levels within the FDI sector remain above 300,000 for the third consecutive year. The 2024 employment figure of 302,566 represented a slight increase...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: In the last 12 months, from June 2024 to May 2025, Fáilte Ireland has spent €493,207 (including VAT) on Google ads as part of its marketing activity to drive domestic tourism activity in Ireland across the year. This activity relates to PPC (Pay Per Click) and YouTube activity only. All YouTube activity ran on YouTube.com. Brand Safeguards: Through its media buying agency,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (24 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) are independent in their functions and I have no role in relation to the negotiation of a proposal for an Employment Regulation Order (ERO). Under legislation, my role in the ERO process is clearly defined. As soon as practicable after receiving a copy of the proposals for an ERO from the Labour Court, where I am satisfied that Sections 42A and 42B of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government 2025 “Securing Ireland’s Future” includes a commitment to establish five new national cluster organisations. Importantly, the Programme for Government is underpinned by an emphasis on a Shared island approach. This commitment echoes the commitment in respect of clustering in the White Paper on Enterprise, which recognised clustering as an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (19 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The Central Statistics Office is responsible for supplying Ireland official trade statistics. Ireland’s goods trade with Israel in 2024 shows goods imports from Israel to the value of €3.8 billion in 2024, most of which is accounted for by imports in the Electrical Machinery, Apparatus & Appliances category. The next largest imports are in the Professional,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (19 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government commits that developing Ireland's enterprise base will remain a key focus for Government over the next five years – from backing small businesses and start-ups, to scaling up indigenous firms and enhancing our attractiveness as a location for foreign direct investment. The Irish labour market remains exceptionally resilient and the performance of indigenous...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (19 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: My Department and its enterprise development agencies plays a central role in scaling Irish businesses globally by providing a comprehensive suite of supports that help companies start, compete, scale, and connect internationally. Government policy has fostered a supportive environment for high growth and innovation focused start-ups in Ireland. Under its 2025–2029 strategy, Delivering...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (19 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: It was my pleasure to convene the inaugural meeting of the Cost of Business Advisory Forum on 11th June 2025. In my opening remarks, I shared my vision and expectations for the Forum: “To create a space where businesses can speak directly to decision-makers about the real-world impact of rules and charges—and identify areas where practical changes can be made.” The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I am acutely aware of the critical role that diversification and research and development play in ensuring the long-term resilience, competitiveness, and sustainability of Ireland’s enterprise base. In an increasingly unpredictable geo-political and geo-economic landscape, diversification – whether through new markets, research, products or sectors – serves as a key...