Written answers
				Wednesday, 18 January 2023
  				
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
				 
  - Redundancy Payments 
 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has any indication whether a matter (details supplied) will be reneged on.  [63166/22]
- Departmental Consultations 
 11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the outcome of the public consultation process on retired workers' access to industrial relations mechanisms for pension-related...
- Corporate Governance 
 12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will compile a report on its action in relation to a matter (details supplied); if the case has been transferred to...
- Trade Agreements 
 13. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department supports current aspects of the EU-Morocco trade agreement as they relate to the natural resources of Western...
- Work Permits 
 14. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.  [63349/22]
- Legislative Measures 
 15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all sections of all Acts passed in the past ten years have been commenced; the number of sections outstanding; the number of Acts...
- Employment Rights 
 16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his plans to implement the recommendations of the Duffy Cahill report, especially in view of the...
- Construction Industry 
 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is concerned at reports of difficulties with construction subcontractors being paid by main contractors; if he will provide...
- Departmental Reviews 
 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has commenced the comprehensive independent evaluation recommended by the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council into...
- Regional Development 
 19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an airport (details supplied) will be eligible to secure funding under the European regional development fund to support...
- EU Directives 
 20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the means by which Ireland will implement the public country-by-country reporting directive by the legal deadline of June 2023; and if...
- Equal Opportunities Employment 
 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding any initiatives being implemented or under consideration by his Department to reduce barriers to employment for...
- Work Permits 
 23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is possible for an employer who has been approved for a number of work permits for persons from non-EU states to transfer these...
- Business Regulation 
 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is permitted for companies to charge employees an administration fee to process payroll. [63551/22]
- Work Permits 
 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employment permit application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited.  [63587/22]
- Pension Provisions 
 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take action to strengthen the rights of retired workers in relation to their occupational pension schemes and issues...
- White Papers 
 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide additional details of the structured monitoring process for the targets outlined in the White Paper on enterprise;...
- InterTradeIreland 
 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to InterTradeIreland in each year for which data are available, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Work Permits 
 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter.  [63622/22]
- Social Media 
 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is currently preparing any legislation to deal with synthetic technology or "deepfake content" on social media; if...
- Work Permits 
 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will provide the necessary details of the process of the atypical work permit scheme for non-EEA fishers and the...
- International Bodies 
 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans, if any, for Ireland to become more involved in the Digital Nations international forum of leading digital governments; and...
- Departmental Schemes 
 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 33 of 8 September 2022, the progress that has been made on the review of the eligibility for the...
- Ministerial Responsibilities 
 35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific delegated functions that have been transferred to Ministers of State appointed in December 2022, in tabular form; and the...
- Departmental Expenditure 
 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the name of the company, organisation or persons contracted to provide media training to him from 1 January 2021 to date; the costs...
- Legislative Programme 
 37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021, which was last...
- International Agreements 
 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when Ireland will ratify International Labour Organization Convention No. 190. [1576/23]
- Employment Rights 
 39. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the case of an employer (details supplied) who has not paid employees since the October 2022...
- Enterprise Support Services 
 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of Enterprise Ireland-supported jobs over the past five years, per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Employment Rights 
 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he will take to ensure the employment regulation order negotiated between an organisation (details supplied) and the...
- Business Supports 
 42. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding allocated to local authority supports schemes by his Department, including the restart grant, the restart grant...
- Departmental Data 
 45. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of firms in the manufacturing sector in Ireland in each of the years 2017 to 2022, in tabular form; the percentage of...
- Job Creation 
 46. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs created in the manufacturing sector in each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Funding 
 47. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to establish a property technology investment fund to support organisations that aim to find technology-based...
- Industrial Development 
 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA visits with potential employers to each county in the years 2021 and 2022. [1792/23]
- Trade Missions 
 49. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to have a trade mission to Germany before the end of quarter 1 of 2023. [1807/23]
- Employment Rights 
 50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an employee and worker who is paid on a commission basis is entitled under Irish employment legislation to holiday pay based on the...
- Departmental Data 
 51. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a copy of the briefing documents prepared for the incoming Minister and presented to him by his officials on his...
- Trade Data 
 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of imports of all goods and services to Ireland from Israel in the past year; the value of all goods and services from...
- Employment Rights 
 53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the employment regulation order for the security industry. [2189/23]
- Work Permits 
 54. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add fishers to the critical skills occupations list to enable them to be eligible for employment under the critical skills...
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