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Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Enterprise Support Services
Brendan Smith
63. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if urgent consideration will be given to the requests of a federation (details supplied) for specific supports for a sector in view of its importance for employment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16987/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Sorca Clarke
64. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the Covid-19 online retail scheme which offers grants to small businesses to help enhance their online sales capabilities will reopen. [17063/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Food Prices
Matt Carthy
65. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ban below-cost selling for fresh foods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Small and Medium Enterprises
Paul Donnelly
66. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when a start-up grant will be available for a company (details supplied). [17133/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Employment Rights
Louise O'Reilly
67. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions on 14 July 2020, the reason for his refusal to agree to bring forward new legislation to protect the pay and conditions of workers affected by the recently struck down sectoral employment order; and his advice to new entrant workers and workers moving between employers whose pay and conditions are now under threat. [17144/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Court Judgments
Louise O'Reilly
68. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the appeal of the High Court judgement which recently struck down sectoral employment orders; and when the case will be concluded. [17145/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Ministerial Meetings
Louise O'Reilly
69. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the date and time for a meeting between him, his officials and workers (details supplied) following his agreement to meet with them during Parliamentary Questions on 14 July 2020. [17146/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
70. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the interest rates under the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme are too high; his further views on the definition of fair interest rates for businesses under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17147/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Louise O'Reilly
71. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether injections of liquidity through grants are an integral part of the recovery from Covid-19 for microbusinesses, SMEs and family businesses; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many such businesses are afraid to take on new debt through loans. [17148/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Employment Rights
Gino Kenny
72. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 29 of 14 July 2020, the way in which migrant workers who do not hold valid permits can access the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, in view of a recent court case which found the definition of civil proceedings in one particular case excluded the findings of the WRC and Labour Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17234/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Departmental Staff
Paul Donnelly
73. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff to be appointed to the policy and programme implementation unit of his Department; if the staff will be redeployed from within the civil service; and if new hires, the number. [17266/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Ministerial Advisers
Paul Donnelly
74. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the special advisers he has appointed to his Department and his office established within the Department of An Taoiseach; and the public sector salary grade applied to each. [17268/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Ministerial Staff
Paul Donnelly
75. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the aides-de-camp appointed to the Office of the Tánaiste from 2007 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form.. [17270/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pauline Tully
76. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications received to date by county for the restart grant, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17322/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Pauline Tully
77. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding issued to individual businesses for the restart grant by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17325/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Departmental Funding
Denis Naughten
78. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funds received by a company (details supplied) from the enterprise agencies under his remit in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17421/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Fergus O'Dowd
44. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if matters raised correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to supports for the tourism sector during the Covid-19 pandemic will be addressed.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16427/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Bernard Durkan
45. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which alternatives can be put in place to prevent or control the most negative aspects now emerging in terms of investment, foreign direct investment and small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16446/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Richard Bruton
46. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans as part of the recovery fund to create space for new initiatives within the regional enterprise strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16360/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Richard Bruton
47. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the options under consideration for viable businesses to achieve a work out of debts or rents that might overwhelm them during the slow restart phase. [16361/20]