Parliamentary questions

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Cian O'Callaghan

383. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the grants and financial supports available for taxi drivers and other self-employed service providers whose businesses have been negatively impacted by Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12336/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Pauline Tully

384. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the refusal of Enterprise Ireland to consider hemp-based businesses for online supports; and her views on whether Enterprise Ireland is acting in a discriminatory manner against a legitimate business which is contrary to European law. [12384/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Smith

385. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide restart grant assistance to marts in view of additional costs that have arisen for such enterprises and the need to have a vibrant mart sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12471/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Imelda Munster

386. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she plans to take to ensure that businesses can continue to meet their rent obligations, in particular those that will not be able to reopen in the long-term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12562/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

387. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if it will be ensured that all grants and supports are accessible by businesses which operate on offshore islands (details supplied). [12655/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Patricia Ryan

402. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of farm safety inspectors employed; the level of farm safety inspections in the past three months versus the same period in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10608/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Patricia Ryan

403. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of HSA inspectors recruited to date in 2020; the number expected to be recruited in 2020; the number of inspectors at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10609/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Micheál Martin

404. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has concerns regarding the uptake by businesses of recently announced schemes. [10639/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Róisín Shortall

405. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the HSA will proactively monitor and enforce social distancing measures in restaurants, cafes and pubs when they reopen; if the HSA will assign a number of officers to monitoring these sites specifically; if so, the number; and if additional guidance will be issued to pubs which back onto residential streets in order to prevent groups gathering near homes. [11276/20]

Employment Rights

Bernard Durkan

406. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position in terms of employee rights in the case of a construction worker (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11501/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

407. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the systems in place to ensure supermarkets and other retail spaces are adhering to Covid-19 guidelines. [11541/20]

Foreign Direct Investment

Ged Nash

408. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent foreign direct investment jobs by county for the year ending December 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10496/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

409. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if business support policies will be reviewed to provide greater help to microbusinesses that contribute to the national economy on a smaller scale but to the local community on a bigger scale than many other businesses; if she will give further consideration to offering more direct grants for businesses to stay afloat until the end of the Covid-19 emergency as opposed to grants for hiring business consultants; if she will give consideration to offering restart grants to cover the additional costs for trading during the Covid-19 emergency, such as PPE, sanitiser and screens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10589/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McGrath

410. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a trade credit support scheme is being considered; if so, the estimated cost of implementing such a scheme; if primary legislation is required to implement the proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10672/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Peter Burke

411. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if applicants will be accepted to the GradStart programme by a business (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10676/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mattie McGrath

412. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 27 May 2020, the way in which mobile businesses and tradespersons have been better placed to continue to trade as having done so would have been in direct contravention of the restrictions imposed due to Covid-19; her views on whether they should have continued to trade despite the restrictions; if not, the supports that will be made available for such business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10682/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Robert Troy

413. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if each application to the businesses continuity voucher scheme for businesses impacted by Covid-19 will be fully honoured; the amount of funds granted under the scheme to date against the original allocation; the number of applications to date; the number approved and not approved, respectively; the value of approved applications; the number of successful applicants that have and have not, respectively, received funding to date; and if additional funding will be required to meet the current demand for the scheme. [10686/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Robert Troy

414. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if each application to the online retail scheme for businesses impacted by Covid-19 will be fully honoured; the amount of funding granted under the scheme to date against the original allocation; the number of applications to date; the number approved and not approved, respectively; the value of approved applications; the number of successful applicants that have and have not, respectively, received funding to date; if additional funding will be required to meet the current demand for the scheme; and if there will be another call for applications under the scheme. [10687/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Robert Troy

415. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and the supports available to this sector from her Department. [10758/20]

Print Media

Robert Troy

416. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports her Department is working on to assist the provincial newspaper sector; and if her attention has been drawn to the extreme financial strain which many publications are currently experiencing. [10760/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Robert Troy

417. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will amend the restart grant to allow golf and sport clubs that operate on a commercial basis and pay commercial rates to avail of the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10770/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Steven Matthews

418. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans regarding post Covid-19 supports for the bed and breakfast sector (details supplied). [10786/20]

Tourism Policy

Steven Matthews

419. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans with regard to the tourism sector (details supplied). [10789/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jack Chambers

420. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available and the steps a business owner (details supplied) can take in respect of a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10808/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Niall Collins

421. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a business (details supplied) will receive assistance. [10816/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

422. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to the self-employed restarting work post Covid-19; the supports for sole traders that do not pay rates to a local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10822/20]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Claire Kerrane

423. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to new businesses starting out; if there are specific supports for those setting up in rural towns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10823/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Fergus O'Dowd

424. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) relating to SME supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10855/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Steven Matthews

425. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to cases of yoga studios that are currently categorised similarly to gyms in the final phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business (details supplied); and her views on businesses in this situation. [10932/20]

Job Losses

Sean Fleming

426. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contact she is having with companies that have employed both outside and inside Ireland in circumstances in which there are major job cuts being planned; the arrangements or agreements that can be put in place to ensure that there is not an undue number of redundancies here at the expense of saving jobs in other countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11006/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Joan Collins

427. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has access to an up-to-date register of workplace health and safety representatives in those businesses which have recently reopened; and the method by which her officials are communicating with workplace health and safety representatives. [11008/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

428. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of Covid-19 related grants paid out for each county up to 8 June 2020, in tabular form. [11079/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

429. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if sports clubs and community centres will be allowed apply for the restart grant when the reopening phase for same occurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11110/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Catherine Murphy

430. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the Health and Safety Authority has inspected and reported on an incident (details supplied) that occurred in a Dublin Airport detention room in November 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11162/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

James Browne

431. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to support seasonal food businesses that need support to start takeaway services; her plans to support seasonal businesses that were closed in January and February 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11204/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jackie Cahill

432. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider introducing additional financial supports for hospitality businesses in rural areas which have been closed during the Covid-19 pandemic in order to help them reopen in view of the fact they will not have the benefit of increased footfall due to location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11210/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Thomas Byrne

433. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when local authorities can expect to receive funding for the purposes of the business restart grants as announced in May 2020. [11213/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Ged Nash

434. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional HSA inspectors her Department has hired and redeployed, respectively, to regulate and enforce the Return to Work Safely Protocol; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11223/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ged Nash

435. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of her plans to develop guidance on remote working particularly relating to the health and safety obligations of employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11239/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Éamon Ó Cuív

436. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason State guaranteed loans for working capital during the Covid-19 pandemic are being charged at over 4% interest when funding can be borrowed by the banks and the State at nominal interest rates; if consideration has been given to reducing these rates in the interest of stimulating and assisting business through this difficult time; the reason for the high rates of interest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11245/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Ged Nash

437. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to follow other EU member states that are refusing to grant public aid to businesses registered in tax havens and are making use of aid conditionality as an incentive for the enforcement of their fiscal rules; if her attention has been drawn to companies or their subsidiaries currently receiving State aid that are registered in tax havens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11256/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Imelda Munster

438. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to reinstate the continuity vouchers scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11279/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Imelda Munster

439. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when funding will be made available to local authorities to issue restart grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11280/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Matt Carthy

440. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the exclusion of commercially rated businesses within community and sports centres from the business restart grant scheme; her plans to provide supports to assist these businesses to reopen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11320/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Matt Carthy

441. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide details of the total number of applications received to date in the Covid-19 business loan scheme administered by Microfinance Ireland; the number of applications which have been made by businesses in the agrifood sector; the number of same that have been approved and refused, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11321/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Matt Carthy

442. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Health and Safety Authority inspections that have been carried out at meat processing plants in each month of 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11322/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Matt Carthy

443. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints received by the Health and Safety Authority regarding meat processing plants and the issue of compliance with Covid-19 safety measures in the workplace; the number of inspections which have been carried out following these complaints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11323/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Matt Carthy

444. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the additional resources that will be provided to the HSA to assist the agency to carry out its functions, including workplace inspections, in order to ensure business compliance with public health and safety guidelines as workplaces set to reopen following the Covid-19 pandemic; if she has received a formal request from the HSA for additional resourcing to coincide with the Covid-19 reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11324/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Matt Carthy

445. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to her contribution in Dáil Éireann on 21 May 2020 regarding the number of HSA inspections that had taken place at meat plants, the reason this information was subsequently released to the media when it was considered confidential; if she considers this to be a breach of confidentiality; the actions that she plans to take in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11325/20]

Company Closures

Matt Carthy

446. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has examined reasons for the proposed closure of a business (details supplied) in County Monaghan; if her Department can assist in addressing the causes for closure in order to protect the jobs there; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11326/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Lahart

447. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have drawn down funds under schemes (details supplied); the steps she has taken to ensure companies here are aware of other schemes available from the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11345/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Lahart

448. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason Ireland has had business schemes approved that take the form of repayable advances and has not sought grant aided schemes to date from the EU in view of the fact businesses are struggling. [11346/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Lahart

449. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to ensure businesses can access the proposed European Recovery and Resilience Facility which offers opportunities to Ireland with supports available of over €300 billion in grants and up to €250 billion in loans; and the preparations she has made to ensure that businesses can access funds and loans. [11347/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Lahart

450. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts that have been made to draw down and enable businesses to access the Next Generation EU fund of €750 billion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11348/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Lahart

451. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for cinema opening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11352/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

James Browne

452. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when funds will be released for successful restart grant applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11357/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Steven Matthews

453. Deputy Steven Matthews asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will investigate a situation that has arisen with regard to microenterprises that are unable to access the restart grant in view of the fact they do not operate in a rateable premises; and if she is considering other liquidity grants for this type of business in order to assist them with reopening. [11437/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Christopher O'Sullivan

454. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered a grant for hotels and accommodation providers to purchase PPE equipment to make their premises safer for customers during the reopening phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11447/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Christopher O'Sullivan

455. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide supports for the hotel industry to pay towards the extra staffing costs required to maintain hygiene and social distancing standards during the reopening phase of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11448/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Dessie Ellis

456. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for reopening open air markets such as those held in Fairyhouse, Ratoath, County Dublin, and Liberty Market, Dublin 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11459/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Norma Foley

457. Deputy Norma Foley asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will amend the restart grant to include a cohort of businesses and groups that are currently excluded, for example, bed and breakfasts, small bus operators and community centres; and if not, if she will consider introducing a new grant to meet the restart needs of those excluded. [11507/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Martin Heydon

458. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports in place for businesses in the events industry which are facing an uncertain future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11511/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Martin Heydon

459. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the analysis carried out to determine the level of supports that will be needed in the coming months for small and medium businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11512/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Martin Heydon

460. Deputy Martin Heydon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for further supports for small and medium-sized businesses facing challenges in the months ahead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11514/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

461. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if supports or grants will be put in place for businesses that operate from privately-owned home premises in view of the fact the restart grant being issued by local authorities is inequitable as it only caters for businesses paying commercial rates. [11543/20]

Work Permits

Holly Cairns

462. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employment permits issued to boners of meat from August 2015 to April 2020, in tabular form. [11544/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael McGrath

463. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a scheme is being proposed to deal with the withdrawal of credit insurance for businesses similar to that announced in Germany and the UK; if so, the details of the scheme; the estimated annual cost of implementing such schemes here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11583/20]

Departmental Expenditure

Cian O'Callaghan

464. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount her Department spent on social media monitoring in 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11835/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

263. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of requests and the details that the Health Safety Authority has received regarding a safety site inspection and audit at the construction site at the national children’s hospital at St James’s Hospital campus; the status of actions and responses taken and planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9645/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Healy-Rae

264. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter regarding caravan parks (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9781/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

265. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the necessary health and safety inspections by the HSA of workplaces will commence; and if the HSA has been resourced with the requisite number of staff to meet these responsibilities. [9786/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Noel Grealish

266. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the restart grant for small businesses is open to golf clubs that are privately owned and operated through limited companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9801/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc MacSharry

267. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the phase of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business which ice cream trucks fall under; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9820/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Griffin

268. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding available for persons that operate businesses from their own homes further to the introduction of start-up grants for businesses following closure due to Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10110/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Dara Calleary

269. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if charity shops which paid rates to their local authority in 2019 are eligible for the business restart grant; and if not, the reason they are excluded. [9692/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Matt Carthy

270. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when guidance will be issued to hairdressers and barbers regarding the steps they will need to take in order to get their businesses ready for reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9695/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Matt Carthy

271. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when guidance will be issued to beauty salons regarding the steps they will need to take in order to get their business ready for reopening; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9696/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Dara Calleary

272. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the options available to businesses in non-rateable properties, for example, heritage buildings or those which were not in business in 2019 and did not have to pay rates in that year in the context of the business restart grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9715/20]

Work Permits

Peter Burke

273. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to release additional horticulture or similar employment permits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9771/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

274. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will encourage the employment agencies of the State to proactively engage with the private and community enterprises across County Donegal in textile and other sectors to develop their potential to continue to manufacture personal protective equipment, hospital scrubs and other health service garments and to sustain this supply chain into the future. [9784/20]

Workplace Relations Commission

Paul Murphy

275. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the WRC appears to be making no preparations to redeploy its workplace inspectors to work with the HSA to carry out Covid-19 workplace inspections. [9797/20]

Workplace Relations Commission

Paul Murphy

276. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has instructed her officials at the WRC not to redeploy their workplace inspectors to work with the HSA doing Covid-19 workplace inspections. [9798/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Paul Murphy

277. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the areas from which she plans to draw additional Covid-19 inspectors in view of the fact the HSE will need to deploy its own inspectors to carry out food safety and Covid-19 checks in restaurants and pubs when they reopen in June and July 2020 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9799/20]

Language Schools

Robert Troy

278. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason all English language schools are expected to gain ILEP listing yet Enterprise Ireland only promote schools that achieved an accreditation which closed to new members in 2012; her views on whether this is a clear anticompetitive practice; and her further views on whether Enterprise Ireland should promote all Irish-based English language schools in order to boost employment and the success of Irish business in a post-Covid-19 world. [9800/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Michael McGrath

279. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position in relation to the business continuity voucher scheme; if the scheme is still open for applications; the number of vouchers that have been issued to applicants; the overall value of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9824/20]

Brexit Preparations

Anne Rabbitte

280. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans and the plans of the agencies under her remit to minimise the impact of Brexit on the supply of medicines; the engagement she has had on the matter with the European Union; the details of discussions she is having on the matter with her counterparts in the UK Government; the measures she plans to put in place to help protect the medicines and pharmaceutical export sector in the event of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9829/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Brendan Griffin

281. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the Enterprise Ireland retail scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9885/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Robert Troy

282. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which clothing shops are to operate when they reopen with specific regard to trying on clothes and returns. [9912/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

James Browne

283. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when casinos may reopen in accordance with public health guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9928/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Sean Fleming

284. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports and grants available to small businesses, self-employed persons and tradespersons that conduct their business by way of a van and do not have rateable premises (details supplied); the supports available for these persons that suffered a serious fall-off in business due to the Covid-19 crisis and will have to make changes to their work practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9962/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

285. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when or if sector by sector guidelines which will be required to be put in place will be issued; and if each sector will be given notice to implement such requirements as they prepare to reopen their business (details supplied). [9968/20]

Cycle to Work Scheme

Catherine Murphy

286. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by her Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9976/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

James Browne

287. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if clothes shops may reopen their changing rooms as they reopen in line with public health guidance; if persons will be allowed to try on clothes; the length of time clothes must be set aside following their use; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10027/20]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Fergus O'Dowd

288. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter relating to the online trading voucher for businesses (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10033/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Seán Haughey

289. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she can take to encourage consumers to buy Irish products and services in shops and retail outlets and which are sourced here, rather than buying such products and services online and sourced outside the EU; if she will initiate a buy Irish campaign; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10063/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

James Browne

290. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that the number of persons entering a location (details supplied) are safe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10072/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

James Browne

291. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if gastropubs may reopen in line with phase 3 of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10098/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Anne Rabbitte

292. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason applications made by companies (supplied supplied) for business continuity vouchers were rejected; if the applications can be reassessed; if there is scope for the preferred option of vouchers over mentoring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10099/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Matt Carthy

293. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of HSA inspections that have taken place at meat factories up to and including 5 June 2020; if the inspections were unannounced;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10163/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Christopher O'Sullivan

294. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered making supports such as the business restart grant available for non-rate paying businesses such as bed and breakfasts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10250/20]