Written answers

Wednesday, 15 September 2021

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

 
  • Enterprise Policy
    52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the mid-east Regional Enterprise Plan. [43818/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the most recent communication with the Department of Foreign Affairs in relation to Ireland’s stance on the...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Kilkenny that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of same that have...
  • Trade Missions
    60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his recent trade mission to the UK, France and Germany respectively; and if he will make a statement...
  • Flexible Work Practices
    62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to legislate to provide employees with the right to request remote working. [43609/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will call on the European Union to support a temporary TRIPS waiver on Covid-19 vaccines, medicines and diagnostics...
  • Workplace Relations Commission
    65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to consulting interested groups regarding the proposed legislation to grant access to the Workplace Relations...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Tipperary that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of same that have...
  • Digital Hubs
    68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department engage with local authorities regarding the development of digital hubs; and if he will make...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress over summer 2021 on the development of an IDA property (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
  • Enterprise Policy
    70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the South-East Regional Enterprise Plan. [43790/21]
  • Dublin Bus
    71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had any involvement in the ongoing industrial dispute at Dublin Bus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43844/21]
  • Insurance Industry
    72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the actions his Department is taking under the Action Plan for Insurance Reform. [43817/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that Covid-19 vaccine trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights waiver is addressed...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in the wake of a recent major jobs' announcement for Dublin, his Department and the IDA are engaging to have multinational online...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the Sustaining Enterprise and Accelerated Recovery Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43830/21]
  • Enterprise Policy
    78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to safeguard jobs in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43774/21]
  • Insurance Industry
    79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the work to reform insurance with a view to reducing the cost on individual consumers and businesses; and if he will...
  • Enterprise Policy
    80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the development of the regional enterprise plan to 2024 for the west of Ireland; when the plan will be completed and...
  • Work Permits
    81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of non-EEA employment permits for the homecare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43655/21]
  • Social Enterprise Sector
    82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the initiatives his Department is taking to promote social enterprise. [43610/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the detail of the progress of the Sustaining Enterprise and Accelerated Recovery Fund since its launch; and if he will make a...
  • Small and Medium Enterprises
    84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the introduction of the small company administrative rescue process which is aiming to be a simplified, timely and...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number...
  • Enterprise Policy
    89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of any ongoing engagement between the indigenous enterprise, SMEs and entrepreneurship division of his Department and...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in advance of a phased return to office-based working from 22 September 2021, he and his Department will publicly state that the...
  • Brexit Supports
    91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new Brexit impact loan scheme will reopen for applications. [43846/21]
  • Enterprise Policy
    92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan. [43825/21]
  • Enterprise Support Services
    93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if training and financial supports available to businesses setting up online can be increased to meet the support needs arising from...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to the continuity of Covid-19 business supports as business reopen; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the recent purchase by the IDA of two land banks in County Louth; the plans for these sites; if any other associated...
  • Health and Safety
    97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether adequate resources have been allocated to the Health and Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Living Wage
    98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to progress a living wage. [43800/21]
  • Enterprise Policy
    99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to deal with the recruitment crisis presently facing all trade and retail sectors; the incentives his Department will be...
  • Trade Data
    100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the detail of the overall trends in import and export trade, trade between Ireland and both Great Britain and Northern Ireland,...
  • Immigration Policy
    101. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered introducing a points-based system for the entry into the country and naturalisation of skilled workers and their...
  • Flexible Work Practices
    102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of workers that wish to continue working remotely even after the scheduled national return to the workplace on 22...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to include businesses that missed the deadlines for Covid-19 business supports; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Food Industry
    104. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; and if...
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of...
  • Enterprise Policy
    106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has considered adopting the economic model of community wealth building which has been successful in Ayrshire,...
  • Northern Ireland
    109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with business representatives in Northern Ireland in relation to the Northern Ireland Protocol. [43734/21]
  • Work Permits
    110. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the analysis his Department has carried out into the removal of dental nurses from the ineligible list of occupations for employment...
  • Foreign Direct Investment
    111. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an overview of the efforts his Department, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland are making in terms of attracting new...
  • Job Creation
    112. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to develop a green jobs programme in view of the climate crisis and the current situation of mass unemployment. [43832/21]
  • Flexible Work Practices
    113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way that his Department, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta plan to promote remote working among...
  • Departmental Meetings
    114. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings he has had with businesses, workers and representatives of the events industry since July 2020; and the dates...
  • Flexible Work Practices
    118. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to facilitate hybrid working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43823/21]
  • Data Centres
    119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider a review of Government policy on the development of data centres in Ireland until a cost-benefit analysis has...
  • Enterprise Policy
    120. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the South-West Regional Enterprise Plan. [43848/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic
    121. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene via legislation or otherwise to protect workers who must stay at home with their school-aged child who has to...
  • Legislative Measures
    123. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the general scheme of the sick leave Bill will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43752/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in County Carlow that have applied to the small business assistance scheme; the number of same that have...
  • Enterprise Policy
    126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the North-East Regional Enterprise Plan. [43733/21]
  • Brexit Issues
    128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the extension of Brexit grace periods. [43526/21]
  • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
    130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies by county that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme since its introduction; the closing date...
  • Cybersecurity Policy
    131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to upgrade the IT systems of his Department and bodies under his remit with a view to maximise the protection against cyber...
  • Job Losses
    132. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of collective redundancies on a monthly basis have been notified to his Department in July and August and to date in...
  • Dublin Airport Authority
    133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had any involvement in the ongoing industrial dispute at the Dublin Airport Authority; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Enterprise Policy
    134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will put in place measures to solve the current staffing crisis in the hospitality industry; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Insurance Industry
    135. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts he is making to reduce insurance costs in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43788/21]
  • Enterprise Policy
    136. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made by his Department in providing supports to businesses under the Sustaining Enterprise and Accelerated...
  • Work Permits
    137. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he can facilitate the increased number of requests for work permit-related visas having particular regard to the...
  • National Minimum Wage
    138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the fact that 116 workers employed by Shannon Group are currently working below the minimum wage; and if he will...

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