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

Peter Burke: I and officials in the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, in collaboration with its agencies – including Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices, have had ongoing active engagement with counterparts in Northern Ireland, particularly through the Shared Island Initiative and InterTradeIreland. These engagements aim to strengthen economic ties, support...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (19 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 R&D, capital expenditure and employment. It currently accounts for over 100,000 jobs and over €130billion in exports. Over recent decades Ireland has...

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

Peter Burke: As Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, I want businesses to become more sustainable. By doing so, businesses not only cut their emissions, they also cut their energy costs and become more competitive. The Government is supporting both SMEs and large industry to do so through a range of financial and advisory supports. For SMEs an energy audit is a great starting point, as it...

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

Peter Burke: Tourism is of critical importance to the Irish economy, providing circa. 227,000 jobs and €6 billion in income to our economy in 2024. The Government recognises the central importance of the tourism sector to Ireland's economy and communities and is acutely aware of the importance of local tourism accommodation as a resource for businesses and communities throughout Ireland. The...

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

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government has tasked my Department with facilitating greater collaboration between domestic Irish firms and larger FDI firms located in Ireland. To achieve this, my Department is driving forward a number of plans, with the support of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland as our key enterprise agencies. Ireland’s FDI sector has been transformative for the economy and the...

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

Peter Burke: The (EU) 2022/2041 Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union was published on 19th October 2022 and was transposed in Ireland via the Statutory Instrument S.I. No. 633/2024 - European Union (Adequate Minimum Wages) Regulations 2024, meeting the deadline of the 15th November 2024. The Directive aims to ensure that workers across the European Union are protected by adequate...

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

Peter Burke: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of dual-Use goods. Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

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

Peter Burke: Wellman International is a wholly owned subsidiary of Indorama Ventures PCL, one of the world’s leading petrochemical producers and a leading global manufacturer of wool yarns. The broader Indorama Group is based in Bangkok, Thailand. As the Deputy will be aware, Wellman International Ltd, Mullagh, County Cavan produces polyester staple fibres, made primarily from recycled material,...

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

Peter Burke: The 2025 Programme for Government includes a commitment to publish a new enterprise strategy, Enterprise 2035, as a long-term ambition for enterprise growth and job creation over the coming decade. This policy will supersede the White Paper on Enterprise, maintaining a focus on building on Ireland’s strengths as an open economy with strong trade and foreign direct investment, a...

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

Peter Burke: I understand that Coillte has commissioned a Strategic Development Plan, previously called a Masterplan, for Portumna Forest Park. Fáilte Ireland is a strategic partner of Coillte’s and gives guidance in relation to sustainable tourism development as an aspect of this plan while also collaborating closely with Coillte on the tourism aspects of the plan. The purpose of the...

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

Peter Burke: As set out previously, work has begun on the design of a voluntary Code of Practice to support the hiring of workers with a disability. Some businesses and state agencies already have some form of best practice, which is very encouraging. I believe that there is a role for a voluntary code that will have a particular focus on neurodiversity, learning from excellent examples already being...

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

Peter Burke: The Programme for Government acknowledges the increased cost pressures on SME’s generally and commits to put in place initiatives to support them. This includes possible changes to VAT, PRSI and other measures in line with the normal budget process and also assisting businesses in adopting sustainable practices and digital technologies. In relation to general advice for these...

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

Peter Burke: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the Hospitality VAT rate, in the context of commitments in the Programme for Government 2025: Securing Ireland’s Future. The former commits to bring forward measures to support SMEs, in particular the retail and hospitality sectors - acknowledging the increased cost pressures on these sectors - and that this will entail changes to VAT, among...

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

Peter Burke: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) is Ireland’s national statistical institute with responsibility for publishing independent statistics on important economic sectors including tourism. This includes a monthly release giving information on the number of overseas visitors to Ireland. The most recent monthly figures were published by the CSO on 29th May and gave details of overseas...

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

Peter Burke: Ireland remains a competitive country and this year, we have been ranked as the seventh most competitive country internationally. The importance of our competitiveness - as a small open economy - has been underscored by recent global economic uncertainty. Notwithstanding the aforementioned rankings, we cannot afford to be complacent and the Government is clear that there are areas where we...

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

Peter Burke: There are 17 IDA Ireland supported companies in Tipperary, employing 5,589 in total. The FDI performance in the region has been strong over the past five years with employment among IDA clients increasing by 16%. The Mid-West region, which includes Tipperary, has a significant ecosystem of well-established companies across Technology, Life Sciences, International Financial Services and...

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

Peter Burke: As part of a global review of its real estate assets, BNY announced in January of this year that it would be closing its Wexford facility at the end of the year. Since this announcement, IDA Ireland has continued to actively engage with BNY both locally and at a global senior management level to support the local workforce in Wexford. To that end, the IDA is working closely with local...

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

Peter Burke: My Department, under the Science and Technology Programme, delivered by Enterprise Ireland, supports the commercialisation of publicly funded research out of Ireland's Third-level sector primarily through the Enterprise Ireland Commercialisation Fund. The Commercialisation Fund further supports third-level researchers through three different grants: feasibility grants (€15,000);...

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

Peter Burke: IDA Ireland has agreed terms to transfer ownership of lands comprising c. 40 hectares at the north of the current IDA Business & Technology Park at Kilbarry to the Land Development Agency. The proposed sale is subject to contract, and the Land Development Agency is currently undertaking due diligence in respect of the lands. Meanwhile Kilbarry Business & Technology Park is...

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

Peter Burke: I propose to take Question number 263 and Question number 262 together. Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy and is a key focus of the work of my Department and its agencies. In that regard, regional development is a strategic imperative for the IDA. IDA is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting 550 of a total...