Parliamentary questions

IDA Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

128. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs sponsored by the IDA in each county in each of the past five years in counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42950/20]

IDA Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

129. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount the IDA has invested in job creation in each county in each of the past five years in counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/20]

IDA Ireland

Peadar Tóibín

130. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of meetings the IDA has held with elected members of Dáil Éireann in each county in each of the past five years from counties Laois, Offaly and Westmeath in tabular form. [42952/20]

Work Permits

David Stanton

131. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of intra-company transfer employment permits issued in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43122/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

132. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if changes have been made to eligibility criteria for the Covid restrictions support scheme to ensure workers in the music and entertainment sectors and dance teachers can avail of the scaffolding funding they were promised before budget 2021 if they do not have a business premises; if not, the steps he will take to provide necessary support for workers and businesses in these sectors; and if he has spoken with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in relation to funding supports. [43133/20]

Work Permits

Bernard Durkan

133. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedure to be followed to obtain an up to date work permit by a person (details supplied) who previously held the holder of a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43396/20]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Catherine Murphy

134. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of data access requests the CCPC has made to telecommunications and social media companies in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies that the data was requested from; and the reason the data was sought. [43436/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

135. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current financial supports available to a business (details supplied) that operates in this jurisdiction but whose headquarters are in Northern Ireland. [43451/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Haughey

136. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will permit Santa grottos to operate in indoor shopping centres in cases in which they adhere to level 3 safety guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43461/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

137. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the concerns such as those of a person (details supplied) regarding the lack of capital available to start-up companies due to additional restrictions in the banking sector linked to Covid-19; the measures he has taken to ensure a continuing pipeline of viable start-up companies necessary for economic growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43566/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Howlin

199. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grant assistance or supports that are being made available to places of worship to enable Covid-19 protocols to be put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42549/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Howlin

200. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are additional Covid-19 supports available for companies in the position of a company (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42564/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Bríd Smith

201. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if professional fees are paid by his Department on behalf of employees; if so, the total number involved; and the amount of each fee. [42698/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

202. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive the restart grant plus scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42756/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

203. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 will be amended to allow workers to carry over annual leave in cases in which they could not take leave due to Covid-19, as has been done in the UK and Northern Ireland; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42800/20]

Departmental Bodies Data

Mairéad Farrell

31. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the bodies under the aegis of his Department; and the composition of their respective board memberships, disaggregated by appointments through the Public Appointments Service or ministerial appointments in tabular form. [42476/20]

Regional Development

Niall Collins

82. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a commitment in the Programme for Government in relation to the Shannon Estuary (details supplied); when the strategy will be developed; and the person or body that will develop it. [41932/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Connolly

83. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Covid-19 will be recognised as an occupational illness in view of the fact that healthcare workers make up almost one fifth of Covid-19 cases in Ireland; the analysis his Department has carried out into the impact of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41936/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neale Richmond

84. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in relation to cross-Border shopping trips in view of the respective Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41147/20]

Departmental Advertising

Eoghan Murphy

85. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider increasing the awareness campaign for persons to buy Irish goods in advance of Christmas given the challenges businesses are facing. [41223/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mattie McGrath

86. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will permit local authorities to accept late applications for the restart grant and restart plus grant scheme for some who have missed out on same. [41330/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Malcolm Noonan

87. Deputy Malcolm Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the policy of Enterprise Ireland that companies producing hemp-based products cannot be supported by grants; if he will request Enterprise Ireland to review this policy given the Programme for Government commitment to fully explore the potential for growing fibre crops such as hemp, considering whether these crops have a viable market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41332/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Malcolm Noonan

88. Deputy Malcolm Noonan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a company (details supplied) did not receive a grant from Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41333/20]

Employment Rights

Joe Carey

89. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in relation to updating national remote working policy following the recent public consultation with employees and employers on remote working guidelines; the type of incentives that will be required; when these incentives will be in place to underpin blended work in a post-Covid Ireland (details supplied); the role planned for large companies and public bodies to facilitate remote working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41381/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

James Lawless

90. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a business (details supplied) usually categorised the same as cinemas which has three parts, two of which satisfy guidelines, can reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41462/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mary Lou McDonald

91. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the guidelines and measures in place for the operation of outdoor markets under the level 3 guidelines of the Living with Covid Plan [41478/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jackie Cahill

92. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the holiday pay liabilities currently faced by businesses that were closed due to Covid-19 considering that businesses that could not open and operate during Covid restrictions had their staff in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment and did not have revenues coming in given that small and medium enterprises in particular are already facing enough financial challenges this year without being unfairly forced to face large holiday and bank holiday pay liabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41564/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mary Lou McDonald

93. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale for the decision taken regarding the operation of bowling alleys under level 3 of the Living with Covid Plan. [41581/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mary Lou McDonald

94. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rationale for the decision taken regarding the operating of children’s indoor play areas under level 3 of the Living with Covid Plan. [41582/20]

IDA Ireland

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

95. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits organised in County Donegal in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [41584/20]

IDA Ireland

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

96. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of new companies that have located in County Donegal with IDA assistance in each of the years 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [41585/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Christopher O'Sullivan

97. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of manufacturing start-ups compared to IT companies which have been issued Enterprise Ireland grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41726/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Noel Grealish

98. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports including financial grants available to small and medium sized Irish businesses to help them grow their business online including assistance to purchase equipment and training assistance to upskill staff; the supports that could be availed of by local media outlets such as newspapers and radio stations to boost their online sales and support employment in the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41840/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Noel Grealish

99. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if media organisations that have listenership abroad and readers who consume Irish media abroad qualify for Enterprise Ireland grants on the basis that they are exporting a service, journalism that is consumed abroad and to help them grow that business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41843/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Fergus O'Dowd

100. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the restart grant plus scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41890/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Pauline Tully

101. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will direct Enterprise Ireland to support companies active in the area of hemp based products in view of the recent judgement by the European Court of Justice (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42017/20]

Departmental Staff

Gary Gannon

102. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage or number of staff working with a disability within his Department and the agencies under his aegis in 2018, 2019 and 2020; and the actions being undertaken by his Department to actively recruit and retain persons with disabilities. [42141/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Richard Boyd Barrett

103. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it will be ensured that all the requirements of the Work Safely Protocol issued on 20 November 2020 are implemented with particular reference to the contents of section D3 (details supplied) in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42600/20]

Data Protection

Alan Kelly

142. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has been the subject of an investigation by the Data Protection Commission from 2016 to date; the number of specific investigations underway or completed; the dates on which his Department was first notified of the investigation; the details of the investigation; the nature of the complaints; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40808/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul Kehoe

143. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 25 of 25 November 2020, if he will clarify a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40822/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

144. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he was informed that the then Attorney General would apply to the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for a recommendation for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40856/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

145. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he was told by the then Attorney General that, although they would apply to the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for a recommendation for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) their preference was to stay on in that office under the new Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40857/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

146. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he was told that the then Attorney General had been recommended by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40858/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

147. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, having learned that the then Attorney General had been recommended by the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) he sought or received clarification as to whether the Attorney General was at that stage willing to be nominated for appointment by that Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40859/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

148. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a recommendation from the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board having been made for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) no such nomination was made by his Government during the remainder of its term in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40860/20]

Office of the Attorney General

Alan Kelly

149. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date on which he informed a person (details supplied) that they would not be reappointed to that office by the incoming Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40861/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

150. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and the number of times he discussed or communicated with a person (details supplied) or with them subsequent to their leaving office as Attorney General their future career in the context of them not being reappointed as Attorney General; if in particular the status of their recommendation from the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board for appointment to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) was mentioned in any such discussion or communication; if the possibility of the incoming Government nominating them for appointment to the Supreme Court was mentioned; the nature of any such discussions and communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40862/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

151. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and the number of times he discussed or communicated with the previous Minister for Justice matters in relation to the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied); if the interest of the then Attorney General in being nominated for appointment to that position was mentioned; if the former Attorney General's preference to stay on in office under the new Government was mentioned; if a postponement of the Government’s decision on the nomination was mentioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40863/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

152. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and the number of times he discussed or communicated with the current Minister for Justice in relation to filling the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied); if the interest of the former Attorney General in being nominated for appointment to that position was mentioned; if the former Attorney General’s preferences in relation to a nomination being made by the previous Government was mentioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40864/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

153. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he was motivated by any sense of loyalty, commitment or obligation, whether personal or related to party or to service together in Government in canvassing support for the nomination of a person (details supplied) for appointment to the Supreme Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40865/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

154. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if and the number of times he discussed or communicated with the current Taoiseach, before or after his appointment to that office, the filling of the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) and the interest of the former Attorney General in appointment to that position; if he indicated his own preference in relation to the matter; if so, if he sought and secured the current Taoiseach’s agreement; the nature of any such discussions or communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40866/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to communications, either in the course of interparty talks on Government formation or subsequently, and if between public representatives, party officials or special advisers, in relation to the filling by the incoming Government of the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) and the interest of the former Attorney General in being nominated for appointment to that position; the nature, according to his knowledge and belief, of any such communications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40867/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bernard Durkan

156. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the business related supports and other assistance available from his Department and agencies under his aegis to a person (details supplied) in relation to a business that has suffered due to a lack of uptake of accommodation in the 2020-2021 academic year due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40948/20]

Departmental Correspondence

Patrick Costello

157. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he received the correspondence mail from a person (details supplied) on 20 November 2020; and if he can or has replied to the correspondence. [41022/20]

Meat Processing Plants

Holly Cairns

158. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace accidents that occurred in meat processing plants in each county between 1 December 2019 and 30 November 2020; the type of accident and injury involved in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41062/20]

Meat Processing Plants

Holly Cairns

159. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanism in place to ensure that Irish, EU and non-EU employees are employed under the same conditions for comparable roles in meat plants here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41063/20]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Catherine Murphy

20. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of cases the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has investigated since the office was established under the Company Law Enforcement Act 2001; the number of cases it has closed without prosecution; the number of cases closed with a successful prosecution; and the number of cases that remain active and open, by year, in tabular form. [40524/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

21. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications to date under the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme by month; the number of successful applications to date; the reason for applications not being successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40573/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

22. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of successful applications under the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme by month; the average loan value; the largest size of loans; if a list of successful applicants will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40574/20]

Brexit Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

23. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications to date under the Brexit loan scheme by month; the number of successful applications to date; the reason for applications not being successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40575/20]

Brexit Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

24. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of successful applicationsunder the Brexit loan scheme by month; the average loan value; the largest size of loans; if a list of successful applicants will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40576/20]

Brexit Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

25. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the projected number of applicants for the MFI Brexit business loan; the value of loans expected to be issued by the end of 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40577/20]

Employment Support Services

Neasa Hourigan

26. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the face-to-face employment support services available to the Roma community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40581/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

27. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the direct business financial aid available to companies involved directly and indirectly in tourism transport and whose businesses are closed due to international flight travel restrictions introduced to fight Covid-19. [40587/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

28. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that have had their restart grants plus recalled following the report from the Restart Grant Working Group (details supplied); the number of grants called by local authority; and the total value of the grants recalled by local authority. [40593/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

29. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will respond to an organisation (details supplied) that have contacted his office regarding the recalling of the restart grants plus for its members; and his views on whether the recalling of the of this grant aid was unfair and if it constitutes a breach of rights based on legitimate expectation. [40594/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

30. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the types of businesses that have been categorised as non-rateable due to their being located in shared spaces which are themselves subject to rates; and the total value of grants to be refunded due to this distinction. [40606/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Farrell

31. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details on the take up of the restart grant and restart grant plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40663/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Farrell

32. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of outstanding applications that remain for the now closed restart grant plus scheme; the way in which his Department will address these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40664/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Farrell

33. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the take-up of the credit guarantee scheme; his Department’s plans for this scheme in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40665/20]

Employment Rights

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

34. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he plans to sign the employment regulation order for the contract cleaning sector that is due to come into effect on 1 December 2020. [40710/20]

Work Permits

Richard O'Donoghue

114. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a critical skills employment permit for a person (details supplied) which, due to Covid-19, no longer meets the original criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39620/20]

Redundancy Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if State redundancies will be available from 1 December 2020 when the bar on redundancies expires for workers particularly in the bar trade who do not have the prospect of returning to their previous jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39657/20]

A Vision for Change

Mick Barry

116. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on measures to implement the Duffy-Cahill report on collective redundancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29993/20]

A Vision for Change

Catherine Connolly

117. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the recommendations contained in the Duffy-Cahill report will be implemented; the reason the recommendations have not been implemented to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25979/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

118. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of the €2 billion Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme that has been approved and drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40393/20]

Job Losses

Gary Gannon

119. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of redundancies registered in each month between October 2019 and October 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40509/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Fergus O'Dowd

120. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding Covid-19 restrictions will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39539/20]

Company Liquidations

Cian O'Callaghan

121. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a State body is investigating the issues related to the liquidation of a company (details supplied) such as the treatment of workers, the structures of the group of companies, the intragroup transactions and related accounting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39572/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul McAuliffe

122. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the packages of support available to taxi drivers to assist and support them during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39594/20]

IDA Ireland

Johnny Guirke

123. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of new investment arising from IDA-sponsored enterprises in County Westmeath in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39635/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

124. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that the Covid-19-related supports provided are adequately addressing the negative effects of Covid-19 on the economy and its ability to recover in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39654/20]

Work Permits

Denis Naughten

125. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the work permit process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39672/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

126. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applicants for the restart grant plus who pay commercial rates in shared commercial spaces and who had their application approved but who were later informed by their local authority that there had been a misinterpretation of qualifying criteria and who had their offer rescinded; the number of applicants who had their application approved, received payment and were then informed the grant had to be paid back afterwards due to the same circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39687/20]

Trade Agreements

Neale Richmond

127. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the EU and Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39729/20]

Job Creation

Neale Richmond

128. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full sectoral breakdown of new jobs announcements supported by Enterprise Ireland in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39730/20]

Job Creation

Neale Richmond

129. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full sectoral breakdown of new jobs announcements supported by IDA Ireland in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39731/20]

Brexit Preparations

Joe McHugh

130. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider appointing a liaison person in the north west to act as a single contact for potential inward investment post Brexit in assisting with information and guidance on business support services with specific agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39765/20]

Ministerial Correspondence

Denise Mitchell

131. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his office received correspondence (details supplied); and when a reply will issue. [39838/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

132. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average interest rates across lenders providing loans to qualifying borrowers through the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39868/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Fitzmaurice

133. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason wet pubs are one of the last remaining industries to be allowed to reopen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39912/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

134. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to sole traders who are also PAYE employees and who have not lost employment due to Covid-19 but who find themselves still covering the costs related to their self-employment and have lost all income related to that self-employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39953/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

135. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports in place to support second line supply businesses such as fish suppliers, florists and other food producers whose businesses have been decimated by level 5 closures and do not qualify for the CRSS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40174/20]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

136. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and IT firms his Department has engaged to carry out work on its behalf in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will summarise the work they were engaged to do and the full costs of the engagements; if disputes over costs ensued; if they were resolved with or without sanctions, financial penalties and-or withholding of funds; and if contracts are subject to legal challenge or mediation. [40208/20]

Ministerial Correspondence

Willie O'Dea

137. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he personally received the registered post sent to him directly by persons (details supplied); if he plans to respond; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40230/20]

Ministerial Correspondence

Niall Collins

138. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) with the Companies Registration Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40245/20]

Ministerial Correspondence

Louise O'Reilly

139. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received correspondence from persons (details supplied) dated 13 November 2020; and if so, when his Department will be replying to same. [40274/20]

Redundancy Payments

Alan Kelly

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the provisions of SI 349 of 2020 on redundancy payments. [28349/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering reopening the restart grants to new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40340/20]

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

154. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if copies of all correspondence to or from him, his advisers or his Department relating to the filling of the Supreme Court vacancy occasioned by the retirement of a person (details supplied) will be provided. [39261/20]