Written answers
Wednesday, 3 June 2020
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
- Business Regulation
409. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on public country by country reporting for corporation tax purposes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8356/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
411. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if guidance on the use of physical barriers in lieu of physical distancing will be published on appropriate public health measures to... - Legislative Programme
412. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if legislation prepared by her Department will be required to implement the new measures announced recently to help businesses recover... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
413. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the details of the restart fund for micro and small business of €250 million will be available; the reason the scheme was... - Farm Safety
415. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she has introduced to promote and increase safety on farms in view of the Covid-19 situation; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
416. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will place a cap on the amount of funding provided to local authorities to administer the SME restart grant; and if she will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
417. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the guidelines given to supermarkets in cases in which members of their staff have been diagnosed with Covid-19 but have recently been... - Credit Guarantee Scheme
418. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the prohibition on refinancing existing loans under the new €2 billion credit guarantee scheme particularly... - Departmental Schemes
421. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the rules for the current working capital scheme; the reason loans under the scheme are to be up to only three years; if she is... - Health and Safety Authority
423. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to extend the powers of the Health and Safety Authority to facilitate it to immediately shut down businesses or work sites... - Enterprise Support Services
425. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for businesses which set up in 2020 and did not receive a commercial rates invoice from the local authority in... - Covid-19 Pandemic
426. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to meet with an association (details supplied) to discuss measures to maintain public health compliance; her plans to reopen... - Commercial Property
427. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of proposed solutions to address the matter of commercial rents for businesses affected by Covid-19 closures; and if she... - Departmental Correspondence
428. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received and read correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) dated 7 May 2020; her views on the proposals... - Covid-19 Pandemic
429. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the phase in the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business that removal companies fit into in view of the fact they are not... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
430. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the restart grant will be made available to a business (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the... - Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
431. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission can play in circumstances in which an airline is refusing to provide... - Company Liquidations
432. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to help persons (details supplied) secure redundancy packages; the efforts made to determine ownership of the... - Business Regulation
433. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce measures to restrict private companies from providing access to official documents such as birth and death... - Covid-19 Pandemic
434. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the definition of small retail outlets in relation to the retail outlets listed as being allowed to open in phase 2 as per page 11 of... - Enterprise Support Services
436. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant funding available for start-up online e-commerce business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8624/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
437. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if financial supports are being made available to small business impacted by Covid-19 which are unable to avail of the restart grant... - Workplace Relations Commission
438. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspectors employed at the Workplace Relations Commission. [8695/20] - Employment Rights
444. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the WRC or other body will take action or investigate employers that are implementing unilateral pay cuts often while availing of... - Work Permits
445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the horticultural work permit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8736/20] - Competition and Consumer Protection Commission
446. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated full-year cost of recruiting four additional full-time senior analyst investigators at the higher executive officer... - Enterprise Support Services
447. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to lift the policy ban on enterprise support for the hemp industry in view of a European Court of Justice ruling (details... - Departmental Correspondence
449. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding a hair salon solution; and if she will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
450. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the restart grant to sole traders and businesses without premises will be extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
452. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will issue instructions to the owners and operators of mobile home parks to suspend charges to users for the period while the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
453. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the benefits a business which is approved for the business continuity voucher receives for €2,500; the costs that the... - Covid-19 Pandemic
454. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when homeware shops such as furniture stores and carpet stores will be allowed to reopen; and the phase under the Roadmap for... - Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
455. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will publish the report of her Department which has been referred to in the media which includes information regarding the... - Departmental Reports
456. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has conducted research on the impact of moving to a four-day work week; and if she will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
457. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to support supply chain businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8983/20] - Covid-19 Pandemic
458. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a licensed public house that has a main business activity as food can reopen under phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
461. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a business in receipt of the Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme is obliged to pay a full wage to an employee should the employee be... - Credit Guarantee Scheme
462. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available for persons who have been discharged from bankruptcy, were running profitable companies for over two years... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
463. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a derogation to SMEs from the de minimis rule in the wake of Covid-19 in view of the fact that indigenous... - Health and Safety Authority
464. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will instruct the HSA to engage in supportive dialogue with business owners in the first instance if it deems a business needs... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
465. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if new businesses that have not yet paid rates will be eligible for the grants to support small businesses during the Covid-19... - Covid-19 Pandemic
466. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 1454 of 20 May 2020, if all businesses including cinemas are instructed to self-identify which... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
469. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to reopen the business continuity voucher scheme to enable further companies and businesses to reopen after the Covid-19... - Workplace Safety
470. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a contact facility at which consumers can raise their concerns regarding inadequate Covid-19 measures employed by some... - Health and Safety Inspections
471. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and location of all HSA inspections that have taken place in direct provision centres; the findings of same; and if she... - Covid-19 Pandemic
473. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to the detailed submission by an organisation (details supplied) relating to the reopening of a... - Enterprise Support Services
474. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to maximise the potential and usage of enterprise centres in attracting employment opportunities to rural areas and also... - Construction Regulations
475. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of construction workers who have been refused return to work due to the fact their Safe Pass expired before 1 March 2020;... - Job Losses
476. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she has taken to help reduce the number of job losses at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement... - Covid-19 Pandemic
477. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when beauticians can return to work; the sector specific guidance being provided to them; and if she will make a statement on the... - Employment Data
480. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers in the meat processing industry who are stamp 1 or stamp 2 from January 2016 to April 2020, in absolute and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
481. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the phase of the easing of Covid-19 restrictions dog groomers fall under; if dog groomers will be restricted to the distance of 10 km... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
483. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the assistance given to facilitate small shop owners to recover after the Covid-19 pandemic, with particular reference to those that... - Trading Online Voucher Scheme
484. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if additional funding can be made available to Kildare Local Enterprise Office for the online trading voucher scheme, which is... - Covid-19 Pandemic
485. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the conditions under which it will be possible to allow the reopening of hairdressers under regulations compliant with Covid-19... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
487. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there will be a similar grant to the restart grant available through local councils for SMEs that is not conditional on being... - Enterprise Support Services
488. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the enterprise boards will facilitate initiatives and training programmes for traders and businesses to upskill and improve during... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
489. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses in County Westmeath eligible for the restart grant. [9553/20] - Enterprise Support Services
494. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if sector specific supports will be made available to secure the viability of bus and coach operators going forward in view of the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
495. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures being considered for supporting sole traders reopening following Covid-19 restrictions but that do not qualify for the... - Workplace Relations Commission
496. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that film production companies have refused to attend the WRC in an industrial relations... - Covid-19 Pandemic
497. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if guidance will be provided regarding the reopening of businesses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
498. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the proposals brought forward by her Department to deal with Covid-19; the number that have availed of each since the start of March... - Departmental Advertising
499. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount that has been spent on advertising in 2020 by her Department and its agencies on social media platforms (details supplied)...
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