Written answers
Thursday, 10 February 2022
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Strategies
11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the National Digital Strategy and the way it will help citizens and businesses; and if he will make a statement... - Industrial Relations
14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the aim to increase the current collective bargaining coverage level of only 30% to the level of 70% threshold stated... - Programme for Government
16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to advance a living wage over the lifetime of the... - Industrial Relations
18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on workers who seek above inflation pay rises given the stagnation in real wages over the past decade; and if he will make a... - Industrial Development
19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new IDA facility in County Carlow will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6717/22] - Employment Rights
20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be bringing forward new policy proposals in the wake of the case of a company (details supplied). [6807/22] - Employment Support Services
21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken to address the serious shortage of labour in many sectors currently; and if he will make a statement on the... - Low Pay
22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he will take to cut the high-level of low pay in the State; if he will support a system in which the rise in the minimum... - Enterprise Policy
23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s strategy for creation of unicorn start-ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6551/22] - Departmental Funding
24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the funding commitment to supporting decarbonisation of the SME sector; the status of same; and if he will make a... - Trade Data
25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of goods and services imported into Ireland from China which is believed to be linked to forced labour camps for Uighur... - Consumer Protection
26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be introducing new measures to enhance consumer protections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6829/22] - Enterprise Policy
27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the South-West Regional Enterprise Plan. [6818/22] - Personal Injuries Assessment Board
28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be making changes to the operation of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. [6811/22] - Workplace Relations Services
29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to concerns from trade unions representing employment service staff in relation to their engagement... - Departmental Data
30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications that have been received for the restart fund for micro and small businesses by county and city council; the... - Legislative Process
31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the protection of employment (collective redundancies) (amendment) Bill for which work is currently under way; and if he... - Employment Support Services
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the shortage of workers in the tourism and hospitality sector; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a... - Enterprise Policy
33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he is using the new regional aid maps to support the northern and western region (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Enterprise Support Services
34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the employment results of the local enterprise offices for 2021; the regional spread of same; the factors behind... - Enterprise Policy
35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Mid-East Regional Enterprise Plan. [6803/22] - Legislative Measures
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address concerns in relation to the enforceability of Payment of Wages (Amendment) (Tips and Gratuities) Bill 2022 due; and... - Official Engagements
37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he raised issues relating to the human rights record of the Government of Saudi Arabia during his visit to that country in November... - Enterprise Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that he is taking regarding job creation and enterprise in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on... - Living Wage
39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the work of the Working Group on the Living Wage. [7013/22] - Enterprise Policy
40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce an export credit insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6938/22] - Flexible Work Practices
41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the remote working strategy; his views on the main obstacles to remote working; the way that the strategy addresses... - Enterprise Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the West Regional Enterprise Plan. [6801/22] - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications by business for Covid-19 supports under all schemes administered by his Department in 2020 and 2021, by... - Employment Rights
44. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the current state of pay and conditions for workers in the tourism and hospitality sector; his plans to examine this... - Trade Missions
45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current schedule for trade missions for 2022; the core objectives of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6480/22] - State Properties
46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the agencies under the remit of his Department that own land banks; if an examination has been carried out to ascertain if some of the... - Economic Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2021. [61364/21] - Company Law
49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received the Company Law Reform Group report on the splitting of assets. [6806/22] - Enterprise Support Services
50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of Enterprise Ireland during 2021; the plans of Enterprise Ireland for 2022; and if he will make a... - Energy Prices
51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to introduce measures to help businesses deal with increased electricity costs; and if he will make a statement on the... - Work Permits
52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider adding physiotherapy and occupational therapy to the critical skills occupation list; and if he will make a... - Enterprise Policy
53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to publish the regional enterprise plans; the amount of funding that will be allocated to them; and if he will make a... - Enterprise Support Services
54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a report on the Enterprise Ireland supports for jobs and business in County Carlow; and if he will make a statement... - Flexible Work Practices
56. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to engage with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to the report on the right to request remote working,... - Insurance Industry
57. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his legislative priorities in the area of insurance, specifically personal injuries; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Enterprise Policy
58. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the nine new regional enterprise plans to 2024; when he expects these plans to be published; and if he will make a... - Consumer Rights
59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to strengthen consumer rights; and the initiatives he is undertaking to introduce the concept of a circular... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; his views on whether it is necessary to make... - Legislative Measures
62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider the exclusion of service charges and the distinction between mandatory and voluntary payments from the Payment... - Legislative Process
63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the co-operative societies Bill for which heads of Bill are currently in preparation; and if he will make a statement on... - Regional Development
64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to deliver on the commitment of balanced regional development encompassed within the National Development Plan 2021-2030;... - Industrial Development
65. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department and the IDA have endeavoured to attract sustainable aviation industries and new aviation industries relating to... - Work Permits
67. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that is being taken to address delays in the provision of work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6802/22] - Industrial Development
68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on IDA Ireland’s employment results for 2021; the regional spread; the factors behind the level of job... - Foreign Direct Investment
69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the main attractions and drawbacks of Ireland as an attractive place to locate foreign direct investment; the policies being pursued... - Living Wage
70. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the steps that have been taken to introduce a living wage in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the... - Enterprise Support Services
71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether a new State-wide enterprise agency is needed to coordinate the good work of the local enterprise offices around... - Enterprise Policy
72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to publish the regional enterprise plans; the funding that will be linked to the plans; the efforts that are being made... - Industrial Development
73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department specifically has engaged with Clare County Council with the view to having a new strategic development zone in the... - Departmental Reports
74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the report by the SME Taskforce. [6816/22] - Enterprise Policy
75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan. [6812/22] - Departmental Schemes
76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans that are in place for a successor scheme to the future growth loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Covid-19 Pandemic
77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. to 159 of 9 December 2021, the status of his engagement at European Union and World Trade... - Enterprise Policy
78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the Dublin Regional Enterprise Plan. [6805/22] - Legislative Measures
79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is bringing forward new competition legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6830/22] - Flexible Work Practices
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the required legislation for the national remote working strategy; and if he will make a statement... - Enterprise Policy
82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the North-West Regional Enterprise Plan. [6809/22] - Employment Rights
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a new employment regulation order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6893/22] - Enterprise Support Services
84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to providing specific supports for disabled entrepreneurs considering the findings of the recently published... - Covid-19 Pandemic
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on advertising by his Department in 2020 and 2021 on Covid-19 supports and grants by advertising campaign in tabular... - Work Permits
86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied with the current operation of the critical skills lists under the employment permit system in respect of skills... - National Digital Strategy
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role his Department will play in Harnessing Digital - The Digital Ireland Framework. [6804/22] - Enterprise Policy
88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the Mid-West Regional Enterprise Plan. [6810/22] - Industrial Development
89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the efforts by the IDA to attract inward investment to counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; and if he will make a... - Data Centres
90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. to 96 of 9 December 2021, the status of the work to revise the Government Statement on the Role... - Foreign Direct Investment
91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the degree to which he expects Ireland to continue to attract foreign direct investment in the future notwithstanding changes in... - Enterprise Support Services
92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on Enterprise Ireland’s employment results for 2021; the regional spread; the factors behind the level of job... - Personal Injuries Assessment Board
93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans to reform the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. [6808/22] - Low Pay
94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the best way to ensure that workers in the hospitality sector are properly paid is the establishment of a joint... - Enterprise Support Services
95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that his Department has offered to a company (details supplied) since the company announced a proposed 77 redundancies... - Flexible Work Practices
96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will legislate to secure for workers the right to work from home when possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Research and Development
97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of research conducted by his Department into technologies companies that could assist with increasing the speed of housing... - Departmental Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans for the on-line retail scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6877/22]
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