Parliamentary questions

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Patricia Ryan

1. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the small business assistance scheme for Covid can be extended to non-rateable businesses whose turnover is below 25% of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23360/21]

Company Law

Neale Richmond

2. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the non-financial reporting directive which requires that companies with over 500 employees in size need to report on their carbon emissions in their annual reports will be enforced in Ireland; if a similar initiative will be put in place for companies and organisations with less than 500 employees; if a specific standard will be specified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23587/21]

Legislative Measures

Cormac Devlin

3. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when new legislation to introduce a more streamlined insolvency process for persons and businesses will be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23299/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

4. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason there is a backlog in the payment of the trading online voucher grants especially from the Dublin City Enterprise Board; if he will intervene to speed up this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23413/21]

Grocery Industry

Seán Canney

5. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will financially support a brand (details supplied) in launching an aggressive campaign to support Irish goods and encourage Irish persons to buy Irish as the economy reopens. [23457/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

6. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of negotiations by Ireland to join the World Health Organization C-TAP initiative; the practical engagement to date by his Department in this initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23598/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gary Gannon

7. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of negotiations by Ireland to support the World Trade Organisation TRIPS waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23599/21]

Brexit Supports

Neale Richmond

8. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has considered providing training to businesses on becoming an authorized consignee to aid with post-Brexit trading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23605/21]

Film Industry

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

121. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that have been taken to protect workers against being blackballed or blacklisted for joining trade unions, engaging in collective bargaining and agitating for workers’ rights in the film industry. [22723/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cian O'Callaghan

122. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the waiving of intellectual property rights of Covid-19 vaccines in view of the current situation in many countries in the global south that are struggling with combating the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23202/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Crowe

123. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of the Government in relation to the Covid-19 vaccine patent waiver proposal put forward by South Africa and India. [22588/21]

North-South Ministerial Council

Neale Richmond

124. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a full report on the recent North-South Ministerial Council that focused on trade matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22605/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

125. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports being provided to businesses and workers in the funfair sector and if he will meet with representatives of the sector such as a group (details supplied) to discuss their needs under restrictions. [22708/21]

Departmental Investigations

Catherine Murphy

126. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or preceding or following a disciplinary process from 1 January 2018 to date in 2021. [22772/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

127. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged at European Union level regarding the waiving of intellectual property rights on Covid-19 vaccines in order to speed up vaccination production and distribution across Europe and the wider world. [22791/21]

Flexible Work Practices

Niall Collins

128. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of plans to provide for remote working post-Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22950/21]

Vaccination Programme

Holly Cairns

129. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to ensure that employers provide reasonable accommodations for employees due to receive vaccinations during working hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23039/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Holly Cairns

130. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if small businesses whose annual turnover is under €50,000 will be allowed to qualify for the small business assist scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23040/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

131. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it will be ensured that the guidelines for the safe reopening of the hospitality sector are connected with the indoor and outdoor space available to a business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23041/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

132. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports a business (details supplied) can avail of in order to support and assist it through Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23090/21]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Catherine Murphy

133. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of instances in which the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has directed companies to amend or change its adverts to truly reflect the content of the product or the effectiveness of the product in the past five years to date. [23130/21]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Catherine Murphy

134. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of instances in which the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has directed companies or persons to amend advertisements of products online here in order to comply with the Consumer Protection Act 2007 since 2016 to date in 2021; and the number of sanctions issued as a result of same. [23131/21]

Agriculture Industry

Matt Carthy

135. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to address the labour shortage in the mushroom industry; if he plans to reintroduce the pilot labour permit scheme; if he further plans to implement other supports in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23133/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Niall Collins

136. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the advice he can provide in relation to correspondence concerning restart grants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23141/21]

Work Permits

Seán Sherlock

137. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on adding healthcare assistants to the critical occupations list for work permit applicants. [23217/21]

Work Permits

Paul Kehoe

1. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to reopen applications for work permits for dairy farm assistants in early 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22385/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marian Harkin

2. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider a once-off grant payment to the hair and beauty sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22416/21]

Community Employment Schemes

Emer Higgins

3. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if financial supports or incentives are available to employees who temporarily employ a person through the community employment scheme and then wish to employ that person on a part-time basis during or after their placement. [22454/21]

IDA Ireland

Catherine Connolly

4. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 21 April 2021, concerning the announcement by the IDA that it plans to appoint a consultant in Israel, the systems and processes in place to ensure that enterprises which break international law and operate in the illegal Israeli settlements are excluded from consideration by the IDA; the way in which the Irish public can be reassured that a State agency funded by taxpayers and for which he has responsibility is fully compliant with Ireland’s international legal and moral obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22485/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Lahart

5. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that can be taken to provide low to zero interest loans to SMEs that will struggle to reopen after lockdown and are responsible for 80% local employment in some areas. [22558/21]

IDA Ireland

Brendan Griffin

139. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits in 2020 and to date in 2021 in counties Clare, Limerick, Cork and Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21243/21]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Denis Naughten

140. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the CCPC investigation into alleged mis-selling of mortgages in a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21257/21]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Denis Naughten

141. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the investigations that are taking place into the allegations of the mis-selling of mortgages by an unlicensed mortgage provider in a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21258/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cathal Crowe

142. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the rules in relation to appointment-based shopping for furniture and home furnishing retailers in the current set of restrictions. [21291/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

143. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if flexibility will be shown when it comes to the requirement for turnover to be over €50,000 in order to qualify for the small business assistance scheme for Covid to ensure that smaller businesses can avail of these supports. [21533/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

144. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will prioritise the reopening of click and collect services for small businesses on a one-to-one appointment basis for sole traders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21631/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

145. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of domestic cleaning and services under Covid-19 restrictions; if he will prioritise the reopening of the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21632/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

146. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans for a second phase of funding under the small business assistance scheme for Covid-19 for businesses that missed the deadline for phase 1 having not been aware of the scheme; if there are other supports or grants available to business such as hairdressers that remain closed as they plan to prepare to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21881/21]

Irish Language

Holly Cairns

147. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit facilitate persons wishing to engage with their services through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21900/21]

Irish Language

Holly Cairns

148. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if all forms issued by his Department and agencies under his remit are available in both the Irish and English languages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21918/21]

Departmental Contracts

Seán Sherlock

149. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of each contract entered into by his Department and the agencies under his remit to deal with the reaction and management of Covid-19; and the name of the contractor in each case. [22136/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

150. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the small business assistance scheme for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22193/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

151. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the sustaining enterprise fund; the number of jobs it has protected during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22194/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

152. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the COVID-19 credit guarantee scheme; the number of businesses that have availed of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22195/21]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Jim O'Callaghan

153. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the trading online voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22197/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jim O'Callaghan

154. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the business continuity voucher scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22198/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

155. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for this advice in tabular form. [22271/21]

Departmental Expenditure

Catherine Murphy

156. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent by his Department on advertising and public messaging in print, broadcast and online since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged to assist with placing the advertisements and the companies advertised with in tabular form. [22289/21]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Healy-Rae

157. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the timeframe for a scheme (details supplied) will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22322/21]

Departmental Transport

Darren O'Rourke

158. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of replacing State vehicles which are owned by his Department or agencies under his remit with hybrid or electric models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22563/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Denis Naughten

1. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if low interest loans will be made available through SBCI and Microfinance Ireland directly to the tourism and hospitality sector to assist them with reinvestment as part of a Covid-19 recovery strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21034/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

2. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the return of click and collect options/for non-essential retail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20867/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Holly Cairns

3. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on classifying shops that exclusively sell underwear as essential retail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20868/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Brendan Griffin

4. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the establishment of a taskforce for the Shannon estuary including north County Kerry as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jennifer Whitmore

5. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a service (details supplied) is considered an essential service under level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20928/21]

Consumer Protection

Catherine Connolly

6. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 24 March 2021, the supports provided by his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department to Irish persons who purchased property as part of the French leaseback property scandal, particularly in view of the fact that these persons have been waiting for several years for the outcome of the French Directorate General for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control investigation and many of them are facing serious financial difficulties and home repossessions as a result of the alleged fraud; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21006/21]

Legislative Measures

John Lahart

7. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review redundancy legislation in relation to correspondence (details supplied). [21025/21]

Transport Policy

Holly Cairns

8. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which his Department and agencies under his remit encourage and facilitate employees to use active travel to commute to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21049/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Canney

142. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the immediate reintroduction of click and collect services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18174/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Seán Canney

143. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for a defined plan for reopening retail business; his views on whether there is a need for a reopening plan as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18175/21]

Rent Increases

Seán Canney

144. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the need for an urgent arbitration plan to address the looming rent crisis for businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18176/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Seán Canney

145. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the financial supports available to businesses will be extended to enable those businesses that were viable prior to the pandemic to trade effectively once restrictions are lifted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18177/21]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Kelly

146. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to any Minister or Minister of State or adviser to a Minister or Minister of State who requested or suggested to the HSE or any Department that a hospital (details supplied) in Dublin be used as a vaccination site for Covid-19. [18272/21]

Foreign Direct Investment

Catherine Connolly

147. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the IDA that it plans to appoint a consultant in Israel to present Ireland as an investment location; if his views were sought in advance of this announcement; the systems that will be in place to ensure that businesses connected to illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory including but not limited to those listed in the UN database will not be engaged by the IDA or benefit in any way from the proposed new arrangement; if he is in agreement with this decision of the IDA in view of UN CERD January 2020 recommendations which demand Israel ceases its policies of racial discrimination and apartheid and the 2017 Report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia accusing Israel of imposing an apartheid regime of racial discrimination on the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18277/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Catherine Murphy

148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will explore the merits and the way in which it can be permitted to allow some retail outlets to provide a limited call-in service for the fitting of essential clothing items and-or services such as bra fitting and foot measuring for children’s shoes in view of the fact that without access to these services a person's physical health is being put at risk. [18316/21]

Industrial Relations

Seán Sherlock

149. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to approve pay rises for an industry (details supplied). [18326/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Seán Canney

150. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many businesses that do not have rateable business premises and do not qualify for supports; if a support scheme for such businesses will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18370/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Sean Fleming

151. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding requests for appeals in respect of the restart grant scheme that was introduced for Covid-19 when the closing date was brought in abruptly without giving proper notice to potential applicants; the funding that has been provided by his Department to local authorities in respect of appeals; the amount paid by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18410/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Claire Kerrane

152. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to enabling click and collect services to support customers and businesses during current public health guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18432/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

153. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available for small businesses if rent arrears are demanded to be paid by landlords post Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18435/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

154. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to provide support under the Covid-19 business aid scheme for those without commercial rates contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18444/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig O'Sullivan

155. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered classifying children's clothing and shoes as essential goods that can be purchased in-store during level 5 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18446/21]

Trade Agreements

Neale Richmond

156. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the engagement he has had with his European counterparts on the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18458/21]

Foreign Direct Investment

Mairéad Farrell

157. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to ensure a series of criteria (details supplied) are met with regard to the recent announcement by the IDA Ireland to appoint a business development consultant to establish a presence in Israel and present Ireland as an investment location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18463/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Joe Carey

158. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to introduce a new round of business restart grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18484/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Niall Collins

159. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if assistance will be provided to a business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18506/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Ruairí Ó Murchú

160. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available and the supports he is considering for businesses that are ineligible to apply for existing Government schemes due to operating from a building that is not a fixed physical structure on which business rates are payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18510/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

161. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if plans will be put in place to reinstate click and collect facilities for businesses in a safe and secure manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18558/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Johnny Mythen

162. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a plan or timeframe for a safe return to click and collect retail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18580/21]

Employment Data

Louise O'Reilly

163. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount in unpaid wages that has been returned to workers following workplace investigations by the Workplace Relations Commission by sector, year and value of wages returned in each of the years 2011 to 2020, inclusive, and in tabular form. [18581/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Colm Burke

164. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will give consideration to granting bookshops permission to offer click and collect services to their communities once public health guidelines allow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18616/21]

Trade Agreements

Neale Richmond

165. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an updated report on the implementation of the EU-UK trade agreement, and the impact that it has had on Ireland and our trading patterns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18647/21]

IDA Ireland

Alan Dillon

166. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a skills audit for County Mayo by IDA Ireland; the results of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18654/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mark Ward

167. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if further clarification will be provided on when small window cleaning businesses, that is external cleaning on domestic properties, can reopen under the latest restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18701/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

168. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some large department stores (details supplied) are selling non-essential items in breach of current public health restrictions; the steps he will take in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18774/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Cormac Devlin

169. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the practice of an employer requiring employees, who cannot attend their work premises due to Covid-19 restrictions, to reimburse the employer for the cost of couriering work materials such as files to the employee is prohibited under the Payment of Wages Act 1991; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Gino Kenny

170. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when outdoor work such as window cleaning outdoors is expected to return; if he will provide details of guidelines on the definition of outdoor work and the plans for outdoor work under current health guidelines. [18847/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Griffin

171. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the €50,000 turnover threshold for the small business support scheme will be reduced; if an alternative financial support will be provided to small businesses with lower turnovers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18993/21]

Enterprise Data

Eoin Ó Broin

172. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Irish SMEs that have a subsidiary in Canada. [19064/21]

IDA Ireland

Alan Dillon

173. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of IDA grant supports provided to vaccine drug product manufacturing fill finish facilities and vaccine drug substance manufacturing facilities supported by the State in each of the years 2011 to 2021; the cost to establish NIBRT and grants provided from 2010 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19118/21]

Vaccination Programme

Alan Dillon

174. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the challenges that were identified against Covid-19 vaccine drug product manufacturing in existing facilities here: the cost and timeline associated with these challenges; if a report was commissioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19119/21]

IDA Ireland

Alan Dillon

175. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the overall level and composition of IDA Ireland grant supports by purpose, sector and region in each of the years 2011 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19121/21]

State Examinations

Chris Andrews

176. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if employers will be entitled to ask job applicants if their leaving certificate was predicted grades or exam based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19243/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Eoin Ó Broin

177. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if businesses providing window cleaning for residential properties are allowed to resume their services on 12 April 2021 in line with the restart of residential construction. [19292/21]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Brendan Griffin

178. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of 25 March 2021. if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the remaining lenders of the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland future growth loan scheme will not lend to the hospitality industry; if the hospitality industry is excluded from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19331/21]

English Language Training Organisations

Holly Cairns

179. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on providing sector specific grants administered by Enterprise Ireland and local enterprise offices for English language teaching organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19389/21]

Brexit Supports

Marian Harkin

180. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount drawn down by Irish businesses from the Brexit loan scheme to date; the sectors in which the loan has been accessed; and the geographical distribution of loan recipients per NUTS III region, cross referenced with loan values. [19406/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Willie O'Dea

181. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will allow small businesses to transfer from the Covid restrictions support scheme to small business assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19436/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Sorca Clarke

182. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to easing restrictions on the purchasing of children's clothes given that there continues to be no click and collect service. [19441/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Éamon Ó Cuív

183. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is planned to open shops selling children's clothes in view of the fact that these shops have been closed since early January (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19442/21]