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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Joint Labour Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: Joint Labour Committees (JLCs) are independent in their functions.If a JLC adopts proposals for an Employment Regulation Order (ERO) for a sector, it will submit them to the Labour Court for consideration. The Labour Court will then make a decision on the adoption of the proposals. If the Court decides to adopt the proposals, a copy is presented to me and, if I consider it appropriate to do...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (30 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: Over the last six years Enterprise Ireland has had to write off €54.2 million of equity investments.Enterprise Ireland have confirmed that the amounts recommended for write-off have been identified as uncollectable following Enterprise Ireland’s due diligence procedure. Traditionally, uncollectable amounts stem from company liquidation or dissolution. A subset arises from...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (30 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I propose to take Questions Nos. 247 and 248 together. I will answer PQ's 4193/24 and 4194/24 together. The Employment Permits Section of the Department has provided the figures below showing the number of employment permits granted in 2022 and 2023 by nationality. This information is also available on the Department's website through the following link: Statistics - DETE (enterprise.gov.ie)

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (25 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: In May 2022 a letter of formal notice was adopted by the European Commission in relation to Infringement INFR(2022)4021: Non-conformity of Irish legislation with the European Works Councils Directive 2009/38. The complaint alleged that rights under the Directive cannot be effectively enforced in Ireland. My Department responded to the case by meeting with the Commission and replying in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (25 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that the General Employment Permit held in respect of the person concerned (in the details supplied) is due to expire on 14th November 2024. Renewal applications may be submitted 16 weeks prior to the expiry of the permit (in this case 14th November) or within the period of 1 month after the expiry date. It is important to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The 2023 Review of the Employment Permits Occupation Lists has delivered comprehensive changes to the employment permits system, with changes to 43 occupations eligible for either a General Employment Permit or a Critical Skills Employment Permit. A report which summarises the changes introduced following the review of the occupations lists can be found on the Department’s website....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Disputes (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: At the outset, it is important to emphasise that Ireland’s system of industrial relations is essentially voluntary in nature and responsibility for the resolution of industrial disputes between employers and workers rests in the first instance with the employer, the workers and their representatives. This dispute is essentially a matter for the company and its employees to resolve. I,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The Emergency Humanitarian Flooding scheme is available to businesses with up to 20 employees, (whole-time equivalents), community, voluntary and sporting bodies that through no fault of their own cannot secure flood insurance. For the purpose of this scheme a small business is defined as one with up to 20 employees (whole-time equivalents). The business premises must have been damaged by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The Emergency Humanitarian Flooding scheme is available to businesses with up to 20 employees, (whole-time equivalents), community, voluntary and sporting bodies that through no fault of their own cannot secure flood insurance. For the purpose of this scheme a small business is defined as one with up to 20 employees (whole-time equivalents). The business premises must have been damaged by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: Balanced regional development is a priority for this Government. Since 2017, my Department, through Enterprise Ireland, has approved over €134m in funding for 79 enterprise focused projects through the Regional Enterprise Development Fund and Border Enterprise Development Fund. The Regional Enterprise Innovation Scoping Scheme (REISS) supports the development of potential...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The SME Test is a regulatory impact assessment tool that encourages policymakers across Government to consider the impact new legislation or regulations may have on SMEs. The Test was designed by my Department to ease the regulatory burden on SMEs, and should be applied by all Departments to new relevant legislation. Implementation of the Test is a commitment in the Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: Global Ireland 2025 is a whole-of-Government strategy, led by the Department of Foreign Affairs, that aims to double Ireland’s global footprint and influence in the period 2018 to 2025. In July 2023, a review of the strategy found that implementation has brought significant benefits to Ireland, including by equipping our country to better withstand the challenges of recent years;...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: Entrepreneurs are vital to the success of the Irish economy and the continued growth of our economy is highly dependent on entrepreneurs and the businesses that they create, develop, and grow. The Total Early-Stage Entrepreneurial Activity (TEA) Index, is a product of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring Report. Ireland last participated in this report in 2021/2022 and the TEA rate for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248, 249 and 258 together. To achieve sustainable, diversified growth, and enhanced economic resilience, it is vital that the Irish-owned enterprise sector fulfils its potential to scale and succeed on global markets. The White Paper on Enterprise sets out an ambition for 2,000 additional Irish-owned exporters by 2030. To help achieve this ambition,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The data sets in question are not fully available in the manner requested by the Deputy. However, the following information represents the latest data available to my Department. The most comparable statistics available are those included in the Global Entrepreneurship Monitoring (GEM) Report. This report includes a statistic on “New business owners” which is broken down by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: 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 facilitate the entry of appropriately skilled non-EEA nationals to fill skills or labour shortages in the State in the short to medium term. Details and information on the current guidelines and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The Health and Safety Authority has sanction for 317 staffing positions, made up of those in administration and inspector grades. The inspector grades comprise of Grade I (senior inspectors) as well as Grade II and Grade III inspectors. Inspectors operate across all of the Health and Safety Authority’s broad mandates which include occupational health and safety, chemicals,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The purpose of the Emergency Humanitarian Flood Relief Scheme administered by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is to provide urgent funding to small businesses (up to 20 employees), community and voluntary organisations affected by flooding who were unable, through no fault of their own, to secure flood insurance.The Scheme provides a contribution towards the costs of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (18 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: This Government and my Department are fully committed in advancing the interests of SMEs in Ireland. The White Paper on Enterprise sets out an ambitious vision for Ireland’s enterprise policy, to protect Ireland’s strong economic position, and respond to challenges and opportunities that have emerged because of the pandemic, wider economic and geo-political developments,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 Jan 2024)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of the Department informs me that the application concerned in the details supplied was refused on 4th January 2024. An appeal against the refusal reasons in relation to this application has been received. The reviewing officer will be considering the appeal shortly and a decision will be forwarded to the applicant in due course.