Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Meat Processing Plants

Holly Cairns

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

Meat Processing Plants

Holly Cairns

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

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Catherine Murphy

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

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

Brexit Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

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

Brexit Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

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

Brexit Supports

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

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

Employment Support Services

Neasa Hourigan

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Catherine Murphy

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pa Daly

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Farrell

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Farrell

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Alan Farrell

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

Employment Rights

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

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

Work Permits

Richard O'Donoghue

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

Redundancy Payments

Richard Boyd Barrett

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

A Vision for Change

Mick Barry

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

A Vision for Change

Catherine Connolly

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

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

Job Losses

Gary Gannon

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

Covid-19 Pandemic

Fergus O'Dowd

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

Company Liquidations

Cian O'Callaghan

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul McAuliffe

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

IDA Ireland

Johnny Guirke

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

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

Work Permits

Denis Naughten

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Peadar Tóibín

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

Trade Agreements

Neale Richmond

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

Job Creation

Neale Richmond

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

Job Creation

Neale Richmond

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

Brexit Preparations

Joe McHugh

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

Ministerial Correspondence

Denise Mitchell

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

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

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Fitzmaurice

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Rose Conway-Walsh

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Verona Murphy

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

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

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

Ministerial Correspondence

Willie O'Dea

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

Ministerial Correspondence

Niall Collins

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

Ministerial Correspondence

Louise O'Reilly

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

Redundancy Payments

Alan Kelly

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

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

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

Judicial Appointments

Alan Kelly

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

Employment Rights

Danny Healy-Rae

155. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a matter regarding holiday pay in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39329/20]

State Bodies

Pearse Doherty

156. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to businesses encountering difficulties contacting State agencies when seeking support information due to Covid-19 business closures; if he is satisfied sufficient staffing levels are in place to process such queries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39408/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

157. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports in place for sole traders who are the only employees of their limited companies and have closed their business due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39409/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

158. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering reopening the restart grants to new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39411/20]