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Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Paul Murphy
45. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure, as per the Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021, that the ‘right to clean air’ is provided to hospital and healthcare staff by imposing minimum ventilation standards in workplaces based around CO2 levels, ensuring all improvements needed are made urgently (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18356/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Employment Schemes
David Stanton
46. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is considering removing the role of mechanics from the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits; if so, when he expects such a decision to be made; the engagement his Department has had to date with the Department of Transport on the subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18452/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Employment Rights
James Lawless
475. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the exemptions from TUPE in circumstances (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16080/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Business Supports
Paul Murphy
476. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether any conditions related to environmental sustainability and meeting the goals outlined in the Climate Action Plan are placed on companies in order to receive financial support from the IDA. [16374/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Staff
Denis Naughten
477. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff within his Department who are based and working with the European Union in Brussels; their present roles and responsibilities; the posts and responsibilities presently vacant; the corresponding figures on 23 June 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16557/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Qualifications Recognition
Róisín Shortall
478. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if non-Irish healthcare assistants with level 7 or level 8 relevant equivalent qualifications will only be permitted to renew their employment permits if they complete the NFQ level 5 apprenticeship for the occupation of healthcare assistant, once this has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16592/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
479. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he met the Australian Prime Minister during his recent visit to Australia for the St. Patricks day events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16694/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Employment Rights
Bríd Smith
480. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to transfer of undertakings protection offered to workers who are changing employer as a result of such transfers, if current legislation guarantees that such workers being transferred to a new employer shall suffer no diminution of their pay or conditions in the first year after such a transfer takes place; if he can further clarify if TUPE legislation has any implications in situations where a company has won a State tender/contract and is now transferring its work to a new company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16719/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Employment Rights
Bríd Smith
481. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a worker who has opted out of a company pension and receives an increase in salary instead is entitled to retain the same salary with a new employer under TUPE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16908/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Business Supports
Paul Murphy
482. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether Citibank has received financial support from the Industrial Development Agency or other semi-State bodies over the past 20 years; and to outline, in tabular form, any support given on an annual basis. [16372/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Projects
Louise O'Reilly
483. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the working group on trustworthy AI principles and guidelines, as outlined in a response to this office in December 2022; and when this body is to report. [16422/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Redundancy Payments
Paul Murphy
484. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that a company (details supplied) announced record profits; his views on whether a company that registered billions of euros in profit should not be able to cut employees without compensating them; if he will introduce legislation to safeguard workers facing such circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16940/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Private Security Authority
Bríd Smith
485. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the regulations issued by the PSA have been altered to remove the previous clause in relation to adherence to EROs; if he will clarify his Departments legal strategy in relation to the current court case and legal action that has blocked the ERO in the security sector; if the State will, and is actively contesting the case by certain security companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17197/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Company Law
Michael Healy-Rae
486. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment where signed copies of negotiated company and-or union agreements are lodged (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17343/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Policies
Emer Higgins
487. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the availability of fragrance-free options for detergents and cleaning products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17354/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
488. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if individual farmers, fishermen and aquaculturists will be excluded from availing of the post-Brexit market growth and diversification grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17741/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Staff
Peadar Tóibín
489. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Departmental staff currently on sick or stress leave; and the number who took stress or sick leave in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17776/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Staff
Peadar Tóibín
490. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of allegations of bullying made by departmental staff against departmental staff in each of the past five years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will detail what actions are being taken by his Department to investigate the allegations, or if they are being investigated. [17794/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Staff
Peadar Tóibín
491. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Departmental staff dismissed in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [17812/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Employment Rights
Michael Lowry
492. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will honour the terms of the employment regulation order for the security industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18036/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Trade Missions
Catherine Murphy
493. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations of trade missions in Quarters 2 and 3 of 2023 where he will participate, in tabular form. [18046/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Family Reunification
Róisín Shortall
494. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration is being given to reducing the minimum salary for family re-unification concerning non-EEA healthcare assistants, under the general employment permit, in view of changes to the scheme in 2021 which set the annual minimum salary at €27,000 for such healthcare assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18225/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Services Staff
Róisín Shortall
495. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of healthcare assistants who have been granted a general employment permit since changes to the scheme in 2021, which set the minimum salary at €27,000; the number of these workers who have the relevant level 5 qualifications required under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18226/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Trade Missions
Darren O'Rourke
496. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment If Enterprise Ireland plans to have a trade mission to Germany in Quarter 2 of this year. [18258/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Business Supports
Brendan Griffin
106. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any grants or funding assistance for a small landscaping business (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15807/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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State Bodies
Brian Stanley
50. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the largest investment amount in a company that Enterprise Ireland has written off in the past ten years. [15532/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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State Bodies
Brian Stanley
51. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Enterprise Ireland officials held any meetings with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in relation to its investment in AI firm, Altada. [15533/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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State Bodies
Brian Stanley
52. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland appoints nominees to boards of companies in which it holds equity; the average number of boards that an Enterprise Ireland nominee sits on; and the largest number of boards upon which any one Enterprise Ireland nominee sits (details supplied). [15534/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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State Bodies
Brian Stanley
53. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of private rented sector housing cuckoo funds, and the total value of same, that Enterprise Ireland has directly or indirectly invested in through its venture capital scheme in the past ten years. [15535/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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State Bodies
Brian Stanley
54. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average seven-year survival rate of companies that Enterprise Ireland has invested in through its start up investment fund. [15536/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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State Bodies
Brian Stanley
55. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total investment value that Enterprise Ireland has made in renewable energy companies in the past ten years; and to outline what percentage of Enterprise Ireland’s current total investment portfolio is in renewable energy. [15537/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Business Supports
Marian Harkin
56. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what steps his Department is taking to assist Irish companies to avail of opportunities in the US by collaborating for projects under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. [15566/23]
Wed, 29 Mar 2023
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Business Supports
Marian Harkin
57. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what steps his Department is taking, in conjunction with the European Commission, to assist Irish companies to avail of opportunities in the US by collaborating for projects under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. [15567/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Personal Injuries Assessment Board
Peter Burke
160. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what mechanism is in place in the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to inform applicants of progress on their case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15368/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Public Procurement Contracts
Peadar Tóibín
161. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14721/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Official Travel
Peadar Tóibín
162. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses, associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular form. [14739/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Redundancy Payments
Michael McNamara
163. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in light of the UK government's decision to increase the maximum amount of weekly pay for the purpose of calculating a redundancy payment from £594 to £699, with effect from 6 April 2023, he intends to increase the maximum amount of €600 which was set back in 2004. [14785/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Louise O'Reilly
164. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that have applied for assistance under stream 1 of the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme to date, by county; the number of applications that have been successful, by county; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14904/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Louise O'Reilly
165. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that have applied for assistance under stream 2 of the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme to date, by county; the number of applications that have been successful, by county; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14905/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Oireachtas Committees
Paul Murphy
166. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to correct the statement he made to the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence, on 8 February 2022 (details supplied). [14943/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Programmes
Louise O'Reilly
167. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of funding current and capital allocated to the regional enterprise development programmes in Budget 2023, including the regional enterprise development fund, Border enterprise development fund, the regional enterprise transition scheme, the regional enterprise innovation scheme and the regional enterprise plans projects; if a breakdown could be provided for each scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15021/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Work Permits
Michael Healy-Rae
168. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15028/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
James Lawless
169. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15047/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Labour Court
Mark Ward
170. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new rate of pay of €12.90 per hour for security guards proposed by the Labour Court has taken effect; when this took effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15351/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Skills Shortages
Michael Lowry
155. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last reviewed the critical skills list; his plans to expand the list to address the national skills shortages in healthcare, including the delivery of oral healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14416/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Work Permits
Michael Lowry
156. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he last reviewed the ineligible list of occupations for employment permits; and his plans to reduce the list to address skills shortages of dental nurses and dental hygienists in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14417/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Enterprise Policy
Louise O'Reilly
157. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland investments that have been made over the past five years; and the number of these that had Enterprise Ireland board oversight, including board seats or a supervisory role. [14492/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Enterprise Policy
Matt Carthy
158. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland investments that have been made over the past five years; the number that had Enterprise Ireland board oversight, including board seats or a supervisory role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14498/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Social Media
Catherine Murphy
159. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the protocols and or guidelines he has issued in respect of the use of personal social media accounts by officials in his Department; the number of sanctions imposed by his Department on its own officials in the past ten years to date in respect of social media output by its officials, verbal, written or otherwise; if social media platforms are restricted on his Department’s network; if an application (details supplied) is available to use and or download onto Departmental-issued mobile phones; and if not, if it is barred from use. [14510/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Industrial Development
Robert Troy
160. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects to appoint a new CEO of the IDA. [14565/23]