Parliamentary questions

Departmental Schemes

Colm Burke

87. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of support provided under the trading online voucher scheme in County Cork; the number of recipients since the scheme transferred to his Department 12 months ago; if the scheme will be run in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60674/21]

Employment Data

Alan Farrell

93. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the employment figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60678/21]

Industrial Development

Dara Calleary

94. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the proposed industrial park for Ballina, County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60791/21]

Consumer Rights

Richard Bruton

95. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve consumer rights; and if he will consider initiatives that would foster better value for consumers at a time of rising prices through switching suppliers, greater transparency in charging structures or other initiatives. [60637/21]

Data Centres

Catherine Connolly

96. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 32 of 2 November 2021, the status of the review of the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy 2018; the timeline of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60795/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

97. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the eligibility criteria for the range of financial supports for businesses in response to the public health measures in place in response to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60676/21]

State Bodies

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

98. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding provided to the IDA in each of the past ten years; the number of industries supported; and the amount that was granted to each company in each of the years. [60755/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Willie O'Dea

99. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action he is taking to facilitate hybrid working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60815/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aindrias Moynihan

100. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the further and continuing supports that are being considered for SMEs to ensure the viability of these businesses when they reopen and continue trading given the financial difficulties experienced by Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60757/21]

Departmental Schemes

David Stanton

101. Deputy David Stanton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of support and number of recipients of the trading online voucher scheme in the past year by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60748/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

102. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support provided under the online retail scheme; if the scheme will run in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60496/21]

Job Creation

Denis Naughten

103. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support job creation in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60289/21]

Employment Rights

Emer Higgins

104. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the statutory sick leave scheme will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60493/21]

Industrial Development

Claire Kerrane

105. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that a site with full planning permission in an IDA Ballinasloe Business and Technology Park, County Galway is marketed globally by the IDA for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60441/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Pauline Tully

106. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider introducing supports specifically for entrepreneurs with disabilities who want to establish their own business that acknowledges the additional cost of setting up and maintaining a business that disabled persons face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60817/21]

Enterprise Policy

Catherine Connolly

107. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 2 November 2021, the status of the new west regional enterprise plan to 2024; if the plan has been finalised to date; when the plan will be published; the analysis that has been carried out in the preparation of the plan with regard to supporting sustainable, community-based, indigenous industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60799/21]

Brexit Supports

Cormac Devlin

108. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Brexit impact loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60810/21]

EU Directives

Richard Bruton

109. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the recently transposed EU Copyright Directive can assist businesses and workers in the media sector. [60636/21]

Renewable Energy Generation

Darren O'Rourke

110. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he and his Department are taking to ensure Ireland is prepared to harness the opportunity of the renewable energy transformation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60855/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

111. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the advice from the Expert Group on the Role of Ventilation in Reducing Transmission of Covid-19; his views on whether there is a role for this advice in assisting businesses in hospitality, tourism and the experience economy; if guidance has been produced for business owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60804/21]

Legislative Measures

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

112. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the attention of his Department has been drawn to the proposals for corporate accountability legislation set out by an organisation (details supplied) in a report; and if his Department will set out a roadmap for introducing a requirement for Irish companies to undertake mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence in line with these proposals. [60576/21]

Employment Rights

Neasa Hourigan

113. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to ensure employers in the digital gaming sector are adhering to employment legislation following the introduction of the new tax credit for the digital gaming sector announced in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60353/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Bernard Durkan

114. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he and his Department have already assisted the manufacturing and services sectors throughout the economy with particular reference to areas affected by Covid-19 restrictions; the extent to which it is recognised that further assistance in various guises may be appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60780/21]

Regional Development

Sorca Clarke

115. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether his Department can be central to helping reimagine and redevelop town and city centres. [60859/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

116. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Level Project Toolkit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60812/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cathal Crowe

117. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way he plans to allocate the €100 million his Department has available for discrete Covid-19 measures in 2022. [60818/21]

Employment Rights

Colm Burke

118. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the statutory sick leave scheme will commence; the way it compares to other such schemes in operation in Northern Ireland and Britain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60673/21]

Enterprise Policy

Éamon Ó Cuív

119. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the policy instruments that are in place and available to Enterprise Ireland to stimulate industry in remote rural areas; if he plans to introduce other instruments in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60445/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marian Harkin

120. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extra supports being put in place to deal with the crisis being faced by the hospitality industry. [60749/21]

Insurance Industry

James Lawless

121. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to bring forward legislation in 2022 to address insurance costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60847/21]

Employment Rights

Thomas Gould

122. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the Duffy Cahill Report. [60787/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Christopher O'Sullivan

123. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports his Department is providing for businesses and organisations within the experience economy that are continuing to struggle in the face of ongoing Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60835/21]

Industrial Development

Claire Kerrane

124. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a site with full planning permission in the IDA Ballinasloe Business and Technology Park, County Galway that is ready for construction and to be marketed globally by the IDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60440/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Fergus O'Dowd

125. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional supports that will be put in place which will be targeted for the hospitality sector considering the widely reported and significant impact the new wave of Covid-19 and the subsequent recommendations have had on their businesses in the run up to Christmas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60668/21]

Industrial Relations

Brian Stanley

126. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans in relation to the sectoral employment order for the electrical contracting sector. [60395/21]

State Bodies

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

127. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding for Enterprise Ireland in each of the past ten years; the number of industries supported; and amount that was granted to each company in each of the years. [60754/21]

Departmental Schemes

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill

128. Deputy Jennifer Carroll MacNeill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of support provided under the trading online voucher scheme; the number of recipients over the past year in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown, County Dublin and by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60495/21]

Trade Missions

Alan Farrell

129. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his recent trade mission to the Gulf region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60677/21]

Industrial Development

Pauline Tully

130. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the lack of IDA investment in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60816/21]

Insurance Industry

James Lawless

132. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of insurance reform measures under the remit of his Department for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60846/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Michael Moynihan

133. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the remote working strategy. [60661/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Aindrias Moynihan

134. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional supports that will be provided for local enterprise offices in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60800/21]

Living Wage

Louise O'Reilly

135. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given by his Department to a State-wide move to a living wage, as based on the minimum essential standard of living formula used by the Living Wage Technical Group given the rising rate of inflation. [60803/21]

Corporate Governance

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

136. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has drafted documentation or communication to influence the European Union due diligence proposal currently being developed by the European Commission; his views on whether his Department and Ireland will work to ensure a high common standard is set for the European Union supply chains with the objective that the comparable standards of human rights and environmental protection to those expected within the European Union are extended to global suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60577/21]

Job Creation

Bernard Durkan

137. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which efforts continue to be made to ensure the availability of adequately qualified staffing levels to meet the requirements of the workplace as the country recovers or copes with Covid-19; his plans for specific initiatives to eliminate possible backlogs in the system when processing work permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60779/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Connolly

138. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the analysis his Department has carried out into the uptake and effectiveness of Government supports for Covid-19 impacted businesses; the uptake to date of each of the Covid-19 business supports provided by his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60797/21]

National Development Plan

Cormac Devlin

139. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s allocation under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60811/21]

Enterprise Policy

Joe Flaherty

140. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan. [60671/21]

Employment Rights

John Lahart

141. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for legislation to give new rights to employees and prohibit the use of tips and gratuities to make up contractual rates of pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60822/21]

Commissions of Investigation

Peadar Tóibín

142. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing under the remit of his Department; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the actual and projected cost of each commission of investigation. [54098/21]