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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...

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

Peter Burke: 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 and IDA is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development and is targeting 550 of a total target of 1,000 investments to regional locations under its new...

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

Peter Burke: It has not been possible to compile the requested information in the time available. The information requested is currently being collated by my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

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

Peter Burke: According to the Eurostat’s country classification, Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory are separate countries and classified as such in Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) data. The value of Goods and Services imports from and exports to Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory in 2023 and 2024 is shown in the tables under. The IDA had contracted a consultant...

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

Peter Burke: My Department published its first Blended Working policy in June 2022. Under this policy, staff who are eligible for blended working are required to attend the office for two days per week or more, depending on business needs. That policy was revised and re-communicated to all staff in June 2023, retaining the existing blended working patterns. A second review of the policy is currently...

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

Peter Burke: My Department and the National Tourism Development Authority, Fáilte Ireland, continue to support the tourism industry to build the talent and skills it needs to remain profitable, competitive and resilient. A key priority, in this regard, is to support tourism businesses to adopt quality employment practices, to ensure that the sector is recognised as a desirable and rewarding...

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

Peter Burke: As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government provides that the Government will support and expand our food and beverage tourism offerings, showcasing the best of local produce. Fáilte Ireland continues to focus on the development and enhancement of the food and beverage experience for the wider domestic and international visitor audience, and it will continue to be a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: 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: EU Directives (18 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The Department of Health is the lead Department responsible for the negotiations of the EU Pharmaceutical Strategy and Revision of the General Pharmaceutical Legislation. In 2023, to ensure a whole-of-government view, the then Minister for Health established a cross-Government and cross-agency group – the Pharmaceutical Strategy Working Group (PSWG) - of which my Department is a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the Programme for Government and the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and IDA Ireland. In this respect, IDA Ireland recently launched its new five-year strategy 2025–2029 Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation, which seeks to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the Programme for Government and in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and IDA Ireland. In this respect, IDA Ireland recently launched its new five-year strategy 2025–2029 Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation, which seeks...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Takeovers (17 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 352, 349 and 350 together. There has been a significant long-term shift in attitudes to remote work, and flexible working arrangements more broadly, amongst both employers and workers throughout the country since the pandemic. Acceptance of remote, hybrid and flexible working is high, and the evidence suggests that they are here to stay. The Work Life...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (17 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The sudden onset of widespread remote working during the pandemic has led to a broader acceptance by employers and workers of remote working as a viable long-term option with remote and hybrid working arrangements having become a new normal for many workers. The Government is committed to facilitating remote working in a way which maximises its economic, social and environmental benefits. The...