Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Work Permits

Niall Collins

154. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a person working in Ireland under the work permit programme can transfer to another employer in the same specific sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28143/20]

Health and Safety Authority

Bríd Smith

155. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspectors in the employ of the HSA; the estimated full year cost of their employment; and the number of businesses inspected by them in 2019 and to date in 2020. [28192/20]

Workplace Relations Commission

Bríd Smith

156. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of workplace inspectors employed by the Workplace Relations Commission; the estimated full-year cost of their employment; and the number of businesses inspected by them in 2019 and to date in 2020. [28195/20]

Sick Pay Scheme

Holly Cairns

157. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports that an organisation (details supplied) is refusing to engage unions on issues relating to sick pay for workers in meat plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28252/20]

Job Losses

Holly Cairns

158. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will intervene in situations in which employees of meat processing plants are laid off due to the fact they live in direct provision. [28253/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

159. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will authorise Enterprise Ireland to release some funds granted under the disruptive technologies programme to companies such as a company (details supplied) without the venture private capital being in place first in view of the impact of Covid-19 on the venture capital markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28572/20]

EU Directives

Catherine Connolly

160. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost to his Department to date of all fines paid by Ireland for non-transposition of EU directives into Irish law; the breakdown, by directive of the lump sum cost and the daily cost of each fine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28609/20]

Industrial Development

Brendan Griffin

161. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28698/20]

Action Plan for Jobs

Louise O'Reilly

162. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will be producing an action plan for jobs in 2020 or 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28715/20]

Credit Guarantee Scheme

Francis Noel Duffy

163. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the basic eligibility criteria for businesses to avail of the credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28724/20]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Francis Noel Duffy

164. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures being considered to support SMEs facing difficulties with commercial rents and arrears due to significantly reduced turnovers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28725/20]

Company Liquidations

Patricia Ryan

165. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take in respect of the liquidation of a company (details supplied) to ensure there is a fair settlement for the workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28861/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

166. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a county-specific list is to be published of all establishments that will participate in the spend and save scheme; if this list is to be made available and easily accessible for persons who wish to support their local businesses while also benefitting from the scheme; if the information will be provided by the Government or Fáilte Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28870/20]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

167. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020 to conduct online and or social media monitoring and-or provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and if the name of the social media platforms being monitored will be provided. [28914/20]

Departmental Staff

Catherine Murphy

168. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on sick leave for an extended period of time; the number of sick days accounted for by his Department over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28932/20]

Enterprise Ireland

Brendan Griffin

70. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding the case of a person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27831/20]

Youth Unemployment

Louise O'Reilly

71. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has reviewed the detailed report written by a person (details supplied) regarding the threat to 114,000 jobs, many among younger workers in the 15-to-24-years age group, in the drinks and hospitality industry; the way in which he plans to provide meaningful support to the sector and protect these jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27942/20]

Trade Agreements

Matt Carthy

26. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a report by researchers from the University of Oxford pertaining to the EU-Mercosur trade deal that concluded that mechanisms within the trade agreement to include and protect local communities, track goods and enforce sustainability standards are lacking throughout the proposed terms of the deal; if this report will shape his position on the trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27538/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

27. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the restart plus grant is not being made available to persons on the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27490/20]

Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme

Louise O'Reilly

28. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 17 September 2020, the number of Microfinance Ireland loans given repayment holidays until October 2020; and the number of these loans that are now falling due in each week in October 2020. [27491/20]