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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 Dec 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Strategic Workforce Advisory Group (SWAG), led by the Department of Health, was established to examine strategic workforce challenges in publicly and privately funded home support and nursing home providers and its report was published in October 2022. Recommendations of the report included the provision of access to employment permits for roles in the nursing home sector and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (5 Dec 2023)

Neale Richmond: Ireland has a robust suite of employment rights legislation to protect and support workers who are facing redundancy. Employers must comply with a number of legal obligations when proposing redundancies, particularly when it is a collective redundancy situation. The Protection of Employment Act 1977 defines a collective redundancy as where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (5 Dec 2023)

Neale Richmond: The National Minimum Wage applies to most employees. It is the minimum hourly pay rate that must be paid. It applies to full-time, part-time, temporary, casual employees and seasonal workers. Close relatives of the employer and apprentices are generally excluded under the Act. Section 39 of the Minimum Notice Act 2000 provides where an employer has not paid to an employee an amount of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (30 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: The deliberative process to review the occupations lists (Ineligible Occupations List and Critical Skills Occupation List) for employment permits is nearing completion. The review incorporates a public consultation to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to submit data on the extent of skills or labour shortages. These evidence-based submissions were considered by the Interdepartmental...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (28 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Enterprise Ireland (EI) is the Government agency responsible for developing Irish business globally. Latest employment figures reflect the creation of 19,660 new jobs by EI client companies in 2022. This jobs growth translates into a net increase of 10,841 jobs created last year. Enterprise Ireland companies now employ 218,178 people, an increase of 5% on the 2021 outturn and 68% of these...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that a General Employment Permit application for the person concerned in the details supplied was received on 9 November 2023. On 10 November the application was formally accepted and placed in the processing queue. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. As of 21 November 2023, the Employment Permits Section...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (28 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Through Ireland’s membership to the European Space Agency (ESA), University College Dublin (UCD) secured the opportunity in May 2017 to develop, launch and operate, what will be, Ireland’s first satellite EIRSAT-1 through the ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! programme. The EIRSAT-1 project is led by UCD, with participation from academic staff and students and is supported...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (28 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Occupations Lists (Ineligible Occupations List and Critical Skills Occupation List) for employment permits are currently being revised as part of an evidence-based review which incorporates a public consultation process that provides stakeholders with an opportunity to submit data on the extent of skills or labour shortages. The deliberative process is ongoing at present. Submissions...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Significant progress has been made in finding a solution to allow employees of companies that cease trading without engaging in any formal wind-up process to access the Insolvency Payments Scheme. Due to the complex and cross-cutting issues involved, an inter-departmental Working Group was established to agree a solution in December 2022. The group was made up of a number of Government...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (28 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Enterprise Ireland (EI) supports Irish businesses to take a strategic approach to growing internationally. Their 39 international offices can provide direct introductions to potential customers and partners, whether it involves an experienced international seller or a first-time exporter. Businesses supported by Enterprise Ireland have access to a range of expert teams from Development...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: The purpose of the Emergency Business Flooding scheme on its establishment was to support small businesses, employing up to 20 employees, (whole-time equivalents), community, voluntary and sporting bodies, who through no fault of their own, cannot secure flood insurance. According to recent CSO data this accounts for over 95% of all businesses. For the purposes of the scheme the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Under the emergency business flooding schemes the Government has made provision to provide up to €100,000 for small businesses, community, voluntary and sporting bodies directly affected by the severe weather events in Counties Cork, Waterford, Limerick, Louth, Wexford, Kilkenny and Galway. The flooding schemes apply to buildings, contents, fixtures and fittings necessary for the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: On 6th September this year, Minister Coveney launched the Business Users Support Scheme for Kerosene to provide support to businesses that were impacted by significant increases in the cost of this fuel following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The scheme provided eligible businesses with a payment to reimburse them for half of their increased costs in the period from 1st March to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Exports Growth (23 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: My Department’s White Paper on Enterprise to 2030 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 wider economic and geopolitical developments, digitalisation, and an increased urgency to decarbonise industry. It provides for a sustainable,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (23 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: I propose to take Questions Nos. 207 and 208 together. My Department’s White Paper on Enterprise to 2030 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, digitalisation, and an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (23 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Ireland has a robust suite of occupational safety and health legislation which aims to ensure a high standard of safety practices at work. Under the Safety Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005 employers have an obligation to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety, health and welfare of employees at work. Employers have a duty to undertake a risk assessment to identify the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: Following the Department of Justice Report on the Review of the Atypical Working Scheme for non-EEA Crew in the Irish Fishing Fleet, the Implementation Group to address the Report's recommendations was established. This Group includes representatives from the three Government Departments along with representatives from sector agencies. The work of the Implementation Group has progressed...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (22 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: On 6th September this year, Minister Coveney launched the Business Users Support Scheme for Kerosene to provide support to businesses that were impacted by significant increases in the cost of this fuel following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The scheme provided eligible businesses with a payment to reimburse them for half of their increased costs in the period from 1st March to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: The occupations lists (Ineligible Occupations List and Critical Skills Occupation List) for employment permits are currently being revised as part of an evidence-based review which incorporates a public consultation to provide stakeholders with an opportunity to submit data on the extent of skills or labour shortages. The deliberative process is ongoing at present with Submissions to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (21 Nov 2023)

Neale Richmond: The Government has recently opened two Emergency Business Flooding Schemes for small businesses, sports clubs, community, and voluntary organisations unable to secure flood insurance and affected by recent flooding caused by Storm Babet during the period 17th to 23rd of October 2023, including Middleton and East Cork. These schemes were extended to cover Louth, Wexford, Galway and any other...