Written answers
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average wait time for employment permit renewals; and if his attention has been drawn to delays in the system (details supplied).... - Future Growth Loan Scheme
166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to open the future growth loan scheme to new applicants for long term loans of seven to ten years, given the extended... - Covid-19 Pandemic
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if approval will be given for bridal wear shops to be classified as essential retail outlets in accordance with NPHET guidelines,... - Public Holidays
168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered implementing additional public bank holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16317/21] - Foreign Direct Investment (1 comment)
169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the due diligence mechanisms that will be put in place to ensure that an Israeli-headquartered entity seeking investment... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for small businesses that may not survive if rent arrears are demanded to be paid by landlords post Covid-19;... - Departmental Projects
172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the agreement reached by the Spanish Government to trial a four-day working week under a small... - Co-operative Sector
173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will re-establish the cooperative development unit as a worker co-operative development unit in order to coordinate the... - IDA Ireland
174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the IDA seeking to establish links with businesses in Israel; if he will take steps to ensure that there is no... - Covid-19 Pandemic
175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the click and collect service is having a disproportionately negative effect on smaller family run retailers; if... - Company Registration
176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the monthly revenues the Companies Registration Office received in December 2020 and January, February and to date in March 2021 from... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Covid-19 supports and funds paid out per sector in 2020. [16538/21] - Departmental Legal Cases
181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
182. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that have been introduced for small businesses, as in the case of a business (details supplied) that has no choice but to... - Enterprise Support Services
183. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the financial supports available to private coach and bus operators who do not have a premises and do not pay rates to their local... - Economic Policy
185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the Dublin-Belfast economic corridor; the way they will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Pharmaceutical Sector
188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government has considered working with IDA biopharma industries to set up a vaccine manufacturing plant here for generic or... - Retail Sector
189. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if advice will be provided on a matter (details supplied) in relation to developing a pilot town programme for retail development;... - Covid-19 Pandemic
190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered classifying children’s clothing and shoes as essential goods that can be purchased in-store during level... - Public Holidays
191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on making St. Brigid’s Day a public holiday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16944/21] - UN Conventions
192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role of his Department, if any, in ensuring that the State meets its commitments under the UN International Convention on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the turnover criteria in relation to funding for small business through the small business assistance scheme for... - Enterprise Ireland
194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies in Galway city that have benefited from grants from Enterprise Ireland in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to provide the supports available under the Covid-19 business aid scheme for those without commercial rates contributions;... - Enterprise Support Services
196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for new businesses starting up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17101/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic
197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will seek a review of the regulations surrounding the sale of children's clothes, in particular children's shoes, which require... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide clarification regarding applications to the small business assistance scheme for Covid; and the way in which a... - Irish Sign Language
199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit are meeting obligations under the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; and if... - Commencement of Legislation
200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the Acts falling under his Department that have been signed into law but have not been commenced; and if he will make... - Workplace Relations Commission
201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 170 of 24 March 2021, the number of breaches to be relayed in relation to the NACE sector in... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are grants available for businesses with a turnover of less than €50,000; and if he will make a statement on the... - Grant Payments
203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA and Enterprise Ireland can claw back grant aid to companies in instances in which the company has reneged and-or breached... - Covid-19 Pandemic
204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a return to click and collect for retail will be explored as opposed to click and deliver; and if he will make a statement on the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many SMEs and microenterprises are excluded from the support provided by the small... - Retail Sector
206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in relation to the current pressure on retailers will receive a response; and if he... - Departmental Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the spend for his Department on public procurement disaggregated by spend on goods, services and capital works in each of the years...
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