Written answers
Wednesday, 17 January 2024
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
408. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for small businesses that are struggling with increased costs since the return to 13.5% VAT rate and the... - Trade Promotion
409. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the Irish trade office in Taiwan was previously closed; if there are plans to reopen such a trade office in Taiwan; and if... - Trade Data
410. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of imports and exports between Ireland and Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56383/23] - Trade Promotion
411. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his proposals to develop the trading relationship between Ireland and Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56384/23] - Business Supports
412. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he is considering designing such a scheme as suggested in the... - Wage-setting Mechanisms
413. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of breaches of the minimum wage legislation in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; if he is... - Industrial Development
414. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of IDA lands north of the Kilbarry Enterprise Centre in Cork, which were re-zoned for residential development in the most... - Enterprise Support Services
415. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the IDA and other State supports that a company (details supplied) has received since its establishment in the State; and if he will... - Industrial Development
416. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 14 November 2023, if the referenced ‘small number of full time workers employed... - Research and Development
419. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will list the ongoing research commissioned under the remit of his Department through the North-South Ministerial Council,... - Industrial Development
420. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the most recent annual data (including 2023) on the level of IDA supported jobs, by county, in tabular form; and if... - Enterprise Support Services
421. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the most recent annual data (including 2023) on the level of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs, by county, in... - Legislative Process
423. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progression on the Employment Permits Bill 2022 considering the legislation passed Committee... - Work Permits
424. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on general employment permits; if he will advise on consideration his Department have given to sectoral... - Departmental Data
425. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or... - Equal Opportunities Employment
426. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in line with Action 76 of the Autism Committee’s Final Report, he has plans to provide autism training to all public... - Health and Safety
430. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what recourse an employee has when the regulations on the right to sit in SI. No. 358/1995 are not being adhered to; and if he will... - Work Permits
431. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the latest minimum income requirement from January 2024 for a horticulture work permit renewal; and if he will make a statement on... - State Bodies
432. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost to recruit one additional WTE overseas manager and one extra WTE senior market adviser for Enterprise... - Trade Missions
433. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland is planning a trade mission to the west coast of the US in Q1 2024. [1131/24] - State Bodies
434. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies by job title at Health and Safety Authority as of 4 January 2024; the estimated full year cost of filling... - Work Permits
435. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new minimum salary requirements for general employment permits announced by his Department will also apply to existing permit... - Business Supports
436. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when details of the temporary supports package for small businesses will be announced to help with the increase to the minimum wage;... - Work Permits
437. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the increase in the minimum salary requirement for new general employment permits to €39,000 will apply to existing... - Departmental Meetings
439. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or any of officials at the grade of administrative officer and above met the CEO of a company (details supplied) in 2023. [1295/24] - European Council
440. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the next EU Council of Trade Ministers meeting is scheduled to take place. [1358/24] - Legislative Measures
441. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 in relation to fertility treatment and... - Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
442. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to a parliamentary question (details supplied), to issue a letter on the relevant Department headed notepaper to a person in... - Artificial Intelligence
443. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the work of the AI advisory council; to outline the scope of the council’s mandate; the membership of... - Workplace Relations Commission
444. 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... - Export Controls
447. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has investigated whether dual-use items being traded with Israel are currently being used against civilians and... - Economic Sanctions
448. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what powers his Department has to enact trade sanctions against Israel as a mechanism to stop the deliberate targeting of civilians... - Work Permits
449. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permits issued by his Department in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1807/24] - Departmental Data
451. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-supported jobs in each county at the end of 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Business Supports
455. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the provision of State supports for businesses damaged and affected due to the riots in Dublin on 23 November 2023; and... - Departmental Strategies
456. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the calendar of events proposed for the duration of Ireland's chairmanship of the D9+ Group and the plans to involve... - Small and Medium Enterprises
457. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the key supports his Department is providing for the SME sector. [2096/24]
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