Written answers
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Departmental Data
532.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the full-year cost of introducing three new bank holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33751/24] - Economic and Social Research Institute
533.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he commissioned the ESRI research on the impact of statutory sick leave; the scope of this research; the methodology; the... - Trade Data
534.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Irish-registered companies, by sector, which traded with Germany in 2023, in tabular form. [30986/24] - Work Permits
535.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of work permits issued to bus drivers from non-EU and non-EEA states since the changes made in December 2022; and if he... - State Bodies
536.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Enterprise Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [31170/24] - Departmental Functions
539.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of establishing the co-operative development unit within his Department. [31173/24] - State Bodies
540.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing InterTrade funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [31174/24] - Departmental Schemes
541.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding for the innovation voucher scheme by 50% and 100%, in tabular form. [31176/24] - Research Funding
543.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing research, development, and innovation funding under his Department by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in... - Departmental Funding
544.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the disruptive technology fund by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [31179/24] - Departmental Data
545.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the names of all the IDA client companies with operations in County Wexford at present; the number of employees in each such company,... - Industrial Development
546.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits to County Wexford made in the past 18 months, in tabular form; the results to date of any such visits;... - Regional Development
547.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to support the strategic development zone at Ireland West Airport Knock; when the feasibility study will be published; and... - Work Permits
548.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the visa options for an individual (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31322/24] - Departmental Legal Cases
549.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another... - Health and Safety
550.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional thirty Health and Safety Authority inspectors. [31420/24] - Workplace Relations Commission
551.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost of hiring an additional thirty Workplace Relations Commission inspectors. [31421/24] - Capital Expenditure Programme
552.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the capital and current funding allocated to the National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training in 2023 and 2024, in... - Health and Safety
553.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will introduce regulations requiring the testing of metals in tampons by manufacturers. [31600/24] - Industrial Development
554.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations where IDA are constructing new advanced building solutions; and when each of these new locations will be completed in... - Living Wage
555.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated number of workers who will benefit from the third step in moving towards the living wage in 2025; and the number of... - Trade Data
557.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of imports from Israel for 2023 and to date in 2024, segmented by type of product; and if any Department or agency... - Business Supports
559.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in each local authority that have been approved for the increased cost of business grant; the total amount... - Enterprise Support Services
561.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the action being taken by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to support new businesses and jobs in counties Cavan and... - Business Supports
562.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a list of the supports currently available to businesses with the rising cost of running a business, particularly those in the... - Enterprise Policy
563.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the roll-out of enterprise hubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32227/24] - Work Permits
564.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultation that has taken place between a body (details supplied) and his Department regarding the changes announced in... - Business Supports
565.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to encourage and support persons starting new businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32310/24] - Industrial Development
566.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the work of the IDA in County Louth in the past 12 months, including the work done to try to prevent job losses at... - Business Supports
567.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an assessment of his Department’s views on the state of the pharma, technology and med-tech sectors; and if... - Departmental Meetings
568.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his Department’s engagement with the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32379/24] - Enterprise Policy
569.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being taken by his Department, in conjunction with other Departments, on the development of an all-Ireland enterprise... - Industrial Development
570.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits that were taken by IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland clients to each of the local electoral areas (LEAs) in... - Enterprise Support Services
572.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the companies in County Wicklow that have benefited from grants from Enterprise Ireland over the past five years, in tabular form; the... - Enterprise Policy
573.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a skills audit for County Wicklow by IDA Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32528/24] - Industrial Development
574.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits to each county over the past five years by the IDA, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the... - Enterprise Support Services
576.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland sponsored companies per county; the number of jobs in Enterprise Ireland sponsored companies, by... - Industrial Development
577.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-sponsored companies per county; and the number of jobs in IDA-sponsored companies, by county, in tabular form; and... - Enterprise Policy
579.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a progress report on the implementation of the midland regional enterprise plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - State Bodies
580.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies at IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland; the duration of such vacancies; and to outline the challenges for... - Work Permits
581.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 23 May 2024, for an update on plans to remove dental nurses from the ineligible occupation... - Enterprise Policy
582.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 23 May 2024, if the decarbonisation roadmaps for Ireland's manufacturing industry and for... - Living Wage
584.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of immediately raising the minimum wage to a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33138/24] - National Minimum Wage
585.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of immediately raising sub-minimum pay for under 20s to the minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Job Losses
586.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to stimulate employment in Drogheda given the recent announcement of job losses in the area; and if he will make a statement... - Departmental Expenditure
587.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total expenditure, both capital and current, allocated to the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland, each year, for the past five...
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