Written answers
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Covid-19 Pandemic
142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the immediate reintroduction of click and collect services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Rent Increases
144. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for an urgent arbitration plan to address the looming rent crisis for businesses; and if he will make a... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
145. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the financial supports available to businesses will be extended to enable those businesses that were viable prior to the pandemic... - Vaccination Programme
146. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to any Minister or Minister of State or adviser to a Minister or Minister of State who requested or... - Foreign Direct Investment
147. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the IDA that it plans to appoint a consultant in Israel to present Ireland as... - Covid-19 Pandemic
148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will explore the merits and the way in which it can be permitted to allow some retail outlets to provide a limited call-in... - Industrial Relations
149. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to approve pay rises for an industry (details supplied). [18326/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many businesses that do not have rateable business premises and do not... - Covid-19 Pandemic
155. 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 5... - Trade Agreements
156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the engagement he has had with his European counterparts on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement;... - Foreign Direct Investment
157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to ensure a series of criteria (details supplied) are met with regard to the recent announcement by the IDA... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce a new round of business restart grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18484/21] - Enterprise Support Services
159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if assistance will be provided to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18506/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available and the supports he is considering for businesses that are ineligible to apply for existing Government schemes... - Covid-19 Pandemic
161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if plans will be put in place to reinstate click and collect facilities for businesses in a safe and secure manner; and if he will... - Employment Data
163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount in unpaid wages that has been returned to workers following workplace investigations by the Workplace Relations Commission... - Covid-19 Pandemic
164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give consideration to granting bookshops permission to offer click and collect services to their communities once public... - Trade Agreements
165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an updated report on the implementation of the EU-UK trade agreement, and the impact that it has had on Ireland... - IDA Ireland
166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a skills audit for County Mayo by IDA Ireland; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if further clarification will be provided on when small window cleaning businesses, that is external cleaning on domestic properties,... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the €50,000 turnover threshold for the small business support scheme will be reduced; if an alternative financial support... - Enterprise Data
172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Irish SMEs that have a subsidiary in Canada. [19064/21] - IDA Ireland
173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of IDA grant supports provided to vaccine drug product manufacturing fill finish facilities and vaccine drug substance... - Vaccination Programme
174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the challenges that were identified against Covid-19 vaccine drug product manufacturing in existing facilities here: the cost and... - IDA Ireland
175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the overall level and composition of IDA Ireland grant supports by purpose, sector and region in each of the years 2011 to 2021; and... - State Examinations
176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employers will be entitled to ask job applicants if their leaving certificate was predicted grades or exam based; and if he will... - Covid-19 Pandemic
177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if businesses providing window cleaning for residential properties are allowed to resume their services on 12 April 2021 in line with... - Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland
178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 25 March 2021. if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the remaining lenders of... - English Language Training Organisations
179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on providing sector specific grants administered by Enterprise Ireland and local enterprise offices for English language... - Brexit Supports
180. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount drawn down by Irish businesses from the Brexit loan scheme to date; the sectors in which the loan has been accessed; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
181. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will allow small businesses to transfer from the Covid restrictions support scheme to small business assistance scheme; and if... - IDA Ireland
185. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the essential requirements and qualifications which were specified in the request for tenders with regard to the... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
186. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the exclusion of businesses under the small business assistance scheme due to the €50,000 turnover threshold; and... - Covid-19 Pandemic
188. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to review the regulations regarding the sale of children's clothes noting the challenges faced by parents trying to... - Data Protection
190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that will be taken in respect of the decision by the IDA to appoint a business development consultant in Israel to... - Work Permits
191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an employment permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Appointments to State Boards
192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all vacancies (details supplied) are advertised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19812/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a restart grant was declined for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19951/21] - IDA Ireland
195. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA has, in respect of the decision by it to appoint a business development consultant in Israel, investigated the... - SOLAS Funding
196. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider allowing the €3 million SOLAS fund established for a group (details supplied) to be used towards the... - Trade Missions
197. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of virtual trade missions to the USA that were held in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if a virtual trade mission to the USA... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
198. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 10 March 2021, if he will give further consideration to issues raised in additional... - Covid-19 Pandemic
200. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if concerns will be addressed in relation to the continuing prohibition on the purchase of children’s clothes and shoes, with... - Low Pay Commission
201. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with the Low Pay Commission regarding a review of universal basic income as set out in the Programme... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
202. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for a company (details supplied) with mobile premises, premises which are not permanently fixed in place and... - Insolvency Payments Scheme
203. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 486 of 7 July 2020, the status of the long-awaited review of the eligibility for the insolvency... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration will be given to putting in place a new loan facility scheme for SMEs in order to reflect current challenges posed... - Covid-19 Pandemic
206. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Government plans to reintroduce the click and collect system of retail currently suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
208. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to provide financial supports for businesses operating out of homes that have been impacted financially by Covid-19 but do... - Proposed Legislation
209. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the proposed competition (amendment) Bill; if this proposed Bill will seek to provide additional powers for the... - Work Permits
210. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reopen the general employment permit scheme to help alleviate the current labour crisis in the mushroom sector; and if he... - Appointments to State Boards
211. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts his Department is making to achieve gender balance on all State boards and agencies under the remit of his Department; if... - Covid-19 Pandemic
212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to significant competitive advantage that bigger multinationals and retail operators presently have... - Living Wage
213. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made towards the Government's commitment to introduce a living wage for Irish workers by 2025. [20772/21] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider offering a restart grant for businesses that are unable to avail of the small business assistance scheme or the... - Brexit Supports
217. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason sole traders are excluded from the ready for customs grant; if an alternative grant is available for sole traders for such... - Departmental Reports
218. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Mercosur impact report will be published, given that it was expected to be published in spring 2021. [20830/21]
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