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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The Central Statistics Office compiles statistical data in relation to Goods Exports and Imports. These statistics can be found on the website cso.ie. The following table shows the value of trade with the occupied territories in Israel from 2020 to 2024. Trade with Occupied Palestinian Territory Goods Imports Goods Exports ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consumer Protection (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The following table sets out the pay, non-pay and pension budget allocated to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in 2024 and 2025. - Non-Pay 2024 €000 Pay 2024 €000 Pension 2024 €000 Total 2024 €000 Non-Pay 2025 €000 Pay 2025 €000 Pension 2025 €000 Total 2025...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The number of FTE posts by grade in IDA Ireland Toronto and Seoul, as at 26 May 2022 and 2025, is as follows: Canada – 26 May 2025 Canada - 26 May 2022 Grade Local Hire Ex Pat Grade Local Hire Ex Pat Level B 0 0 Level B 0 0...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Business Supports (10 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 and local authorities became aware of an issue where businesses misclassified their business sector and were subsequently not eligible for the grant. In order to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: Under the Shared Island Fund, two tourism initiatives have been allocated funding. The first allocation of €7.6 million was announced in 2023 for an all-island tourism brand collaboration initiative in the North West. The Project Team for this initiative was established in 2023 consisting of representatives from the Department and the three tourism agencies, Fáilte Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Data (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 457 and 458 together. The Central Statistics Office (C.S.O) compiles statistical data in relation to Goods Exports and Imports. The total value of exports to Israel in 2023 was €6,559 million and the value of imports was €6,725 million. The latest data available for goods trade with Israel from the Central Statistics Office is for the period...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Trade Data (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: As Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, my responsibilities centre around the control of exports of dual-use and military items under EU and national legislation. The primary purpose of export controls is not to block trade or exports, but to enable the free movement of legitimate goods while ensuring that certain sensitive categories are subject to appropriate regulation. These...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Standards Authority of Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: TC 63 – Concrete Blocks Committee Member Nominated By Carolan, Pat - Secretary support team NSAI Standards Technical Murphy, Ken - Secretary NSAI Standards Technical Brosnan, Tim - Secretary support team NSAI Standards Technical Lee, Frank - Chair NSAI ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: I am advised that to the best of IDA’s knowledge, information and belief, there were no properties since 1 January 2015, in respect of which IDA asserted legal and beneficial ownership, where a third party has made a successful application for registration under Section 49 of the Registration of Title Act 1964 or in respect of which a declaration has been made by any Court pursuant to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: Tourism Ireland promotes regional air and sea access to Ireland in overseas tourism markets through initiatives like the Regional Cooperative Market Access Scheme, which seeks to encourage new access and maximise the potential of existing services to the regions, including with matched funding from airlines, sea carriers, airports, ports and regional tourism stakeholders including Local...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (10 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, along with increased interest in flexible working arrangements and work life balance more broadly. Remote, hybrid and flexible working arrangements have become a new normal for many workers. The Government is committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Peter Burke: The introduction of a visitor accommodation levy was proposed in Foundations for the Future (assets.gov.ie/static/documents/foundations-for-the-future-r eport-of-the-commission-on-taxation-and-welfare.pdf), the Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare published in September 2022 and, more recently, in Capital City (assets.gov.ie/static/documents/capital-city-dublin-city-tas...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (29 May 2025)

Peter Burke: In responding to this Parliamentary Question, the term "workforce" is interpreted to refer to the general labour force in Ireland, excluding staff employed by my Department or the agencies under its remit. Internal training initiatives are, therefore, considered outside the scope of this response. Ensuring that Irish enterprises have access to high-quality, adaptable and flexible talent is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (29 May 2025)

Peter Burke: The Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) scheme and the Power Up grant paid out over €400 million to SMEs across the country in 2024. The ICOB grant was divided into two payments and paid out a total of €244 million to SMEs during 2024. The second ICOB payment specifically targeted businesses in the retail, hospitality and beauty sectors. The table below contains information...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (29 May 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 323 and 324 together. [Attachment omitted]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (29 May 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 325 and 326 together. The Increased Cost of Business scheme and the Power Up grant successfully paid out over €400 million to SMEs across the country in 2024. The Power Up grant specifically targeted businesses in the hospitality, retail and beauty sectors and €158.7 million was paid in grants to over 39,000 businesses. The attached...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (29 May 2025)

Peter Burke: The Innovation Voucher Programme is funded by my Department under the Science and Technology Programme, through Enterprise Ireland. The Innovation Voucher Programme is designed to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers (higher education institutions and research performing bodies) and small businesses and help to create a cultural shift in the small business community's...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (29 May 2025)

Peter Burke: The ICT Unit of my Department has informed me that the total capital investment in compute and data infrastructure, which includes server and network hardware used to deliver ICT services to the public and staff in my Department; and PC's, Laptops, tablets, printers etc. used directly by staff in my Department in the performance of their duties is as follows: Year Amount...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (29 May 2025)

Peter Burke: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331 and 332 together. The Innovation Voucher Programme is funded by my Department, though Enterprise Ireland. The current Innovation Voucher which doubled from €5,000 to €10,000 last year is a key measure to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers (higher education institutions and research performing bodies) and small...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (29 May 2025)

Peter Burke: I am aware of the findings of the ESRI SME Investment Report 2024: Developments Between 2016 and 2023, which highlight a reduction in climate and energy efficiency related investments by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in those years. The findings are, of course, concerning as it is essential that small and medium-sized businesses are supported and encouraged to become more energy...