Parliamentary questions

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Verona Murphy

34. Deputy Verona Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list the requests made under section 10(4) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; his plans to make a further request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15682/20]

Ministerial Priorities

Bernard Durkan

35. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects to combine enterprise and innovation in the context of maximising economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis; the degree to which he has identified precise job numbers to be realised in this context on an annual basis over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15688/20]

Regional Enterprise Development Fund

Catherine Connolly

36. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland and his Department have conducted a review of the regional enterprise development fund to identify gaps in funding provision in support of regional enterprise development; if so, the findings of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15762/20]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Denis Naughten

37. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the detail of the requests made under section 10(4) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; his plans to make a further request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15635/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

38. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding that has been made available for each of the schemes offered to assist businesses due to Covid-19; the number of applications to each scheme; the number of unsuccessful and successful applications, respectively; the amount approved and sanctioned for successful applicants under each of the schemes; the amount actually released to successful applicants under each of the schemes to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15753/20]

Job Retention

Denis Naughten

39. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to secure employment in Ballinasloe, County Galway, following a review of operations announced by a company (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15676/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Paul McAuliffe

40. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding provided to businesses under the business restart grant; the number of companies that have received funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15804/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Martin Kenny

41. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports his Department will provide to outdoor active tourism businesses that are facing closure due to the restrictions of Covid-19 and high insurance costs with no access to credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15764/20]

IDA Ireland

Alan Dillon

42. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the establishment of a regional IDA science and technology park or equivalent for Castlebar, County Mayo, to enhance the competitiveness of the county globally for inward investment and ensure balanced and sustainable job creation in the county (details supplied). [15691/20]

Departmental Strategies

Cathal Berry

43. Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support remote working within his Department, its agencies and through the funding supports provided to business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15684/20]

Brexit Preparations

Peter Fitzpatrick

44. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to deal with a no-deal Brexit; if businesses along the Border will be supported by measures that will lessen the impact of a no-deal Brexit; and the measures he is considering to help businesses through a no-deal Brexit (details supplied). [15749/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pearse Doherty

45. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of grants disbursed under the restart grant scheme since its inception; the average grant disbursed under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15816/20]

Employment Rights

Richard Boyd Barrett

46. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to safeguard the pay and rights of construction, cleaning and security workers affected by a recent High Court judgment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15809/20]

Enterprise Support Services

James Browne

47. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives his Department is taking to support enterprises with significant reliance on seasonal business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15795/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Christopher O'Sullivan

48. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will consider extending the restart grant, which is administered by the local authorities, to include non-rate-paying businesses. [15763/20]

Departmental Strategies

Alan Dillon

49. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to incentivise behaviour that supports Covid-19 national public health priorities, in particular remote working; and when the strategy for remote working to facilitate employees in working from home or from co-working spaces in rural areas will be published to support the retention of skilled young persons in rural communities. [15690/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Mairéad Farrell

50. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if measures are being put in place to ensure that companies with sufficient cash reserves are not unnecessarily availing of Covid-19 financial support thus reducing the pool of funds available for those companies that need it. [15767/20]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Catherine Connolly

51. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a review of the policy with regard to data centres will be undertaken in view of the fact that data centre development is projected to add at least 1.5 million tonnes to carbon emissions here by 2020 and the obligations under climate change legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15975/20]

Farm Safety

Alan Kelly

63. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to improve farm safety nationally. [14909/20]

Horizon 2020 Strategy

Neale Richmond

64. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a report on Irish involvement in the Horizon 2020 programme has been commissioned; if so, when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15119/20]

Health and Safety Inspections

Seán Sherlock

65. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of establishments investigated by the HSA for breaches of guidelines on return to work since 29 June 2020 by county and business activity in tabular form. [15132/20]

Trade Agreements

Patricia Ryan

66. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the support for the Mercosur trade deal. [15566/20]

Departmental Functions

Denis Naughten

67. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he is taking to support remote working within his Department, its agencies and through the funding supports provided to business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15636/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Claire Kerrane

68. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the restart grant will be extended to sole traders who do not pay local authority rates in view of the fact that they could not and did not trade due to the effect of the Covid-19 crisis on their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14736/20]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Alan Kelly

69. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a copy of the departmental briefings received by him and each Minister of State in his Department upon taking up the role of Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14796/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Eoin Ó Broin

70. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the financial supports available for self-employed persons, including taxi drivers, to assist them getting back to work post Covid-19. [14834/20]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Seán Sherlock

71. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the delegated functions assigned to the Minister of State with responsibility for trade promotion; and the date those delegated functions come into effect. [15052/20]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Seán Sherlock

72. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the delegated functions assigned to the Minister of State with responsibility for employment affairs and retail businesses; and the date those delegated functions come into effect. [15053/20]

Departmental Correspondence

Fergus O'Dowd

73. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to proposals set out by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15073/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Smith

74. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he will give consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15081/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Mary Lou McDonald

75. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when live music in venues will recommence; the guidelines that will apply to musicians and venues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15240/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Neasa Hourigan

76. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the sanctions for employers that do not follow the published return to work safely protocol, for example, failure to provide masks or to facilitate social distancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15372/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Howlin

77. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if specific supports are available for travel management companies and travel agencies as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15429/20]

Scientific Research

Colm Burke

78. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the application by Ireland to become a full member of CERN will be progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15526/20]

Enterprise Support Services

Catherine Murphy

79. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if business support policies can 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 he will give consideration to reviewing wage subsidies for casual staff in view of the fact that longer operating hours are now required and wage subsidies should be proportionate to new working hours as opposed to looking at pre-Covid-19 payments; if he will give consideration to offering more direct grants for businesses stay afloat until the end of the Covid-19 emergency as opposed to grants for hiring business consultants; if he 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [15646/20]

Departmental Records

Éamon Ó Cuív

80. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a social insurance record will be provided to a person (details supplied) that worked in the Department of Industry and Commerce from June 1972 to September 1978 for which the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has indicated it has no records; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15656/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Emer Higgins

81. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to sole traders over 66 years of age that are impacted by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15696/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Emer Higgins

82. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to a self-employed taxi driver impacted by Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15827/20]

Health and Safety Regulations

Cian O'Callaghan

83. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 872 of 30 June 2020, if he is satisfied that window restrictors on sale as separate items of hardware that can be fitted to a window after manufacture and are not covered by harmonised European standards are safe to use and adequately regulated and monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15843/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Brendan Smith

84. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures he will implement to ensure that small businesses have access to loan schemes that were established due to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15845/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Jennifer Whitmore

85. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when pubs can organise and host live gigs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15914/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

John Lahart

86. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in the July stimulus package for taxi drivers and the taxi industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15953/20]

Foreign Direct Investment

Bernard Durkan

87. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he expects to encourage foreign direct investment in the future in view of Brexit and the international political scene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16003/20]

Job Creation

Bernard Durkan

88. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to set specific targets for job creation with a view to a major positive impact on the creation of employment in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16004/20]

Job Creation

Bernard Durkan

89. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which he can liaise with his colleagues throughout the European Union with a view to maximisation of efforts in a co-ordinated fashion to support job creation in the aftermath of the Covid-19 crisis and Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16005/20]

Departmental Priorities

Bernard Durkan

90. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the mission statement of his Department in the context of the recovery of Ireland and the European Union following the Covid-19 crisis and the added complication of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16006/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Bernard Durkan

91. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps to be taken to bring about economic recovery following the economic impact of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16007/20]

Trade Relations

Bernard Durkan

92. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which alternative markets continue to be found for Irish products in view of the impact of Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16008/20]

Microenterprise Loan Fund

Bernard Durkan

93. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which he is of the view that the available funding under the microenterprise loan scheme can be made available to a vastly increased number of applicants thereby increasing their chances of recovery and progress in the aftermath of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16009/20]

Industrial Development

Bernard Durkan

94. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which efforts continue to be made to invest in modern industry throughout the island of Ireland with a view to ensuring the maximum positive impact on international markets for products originating throughout the island ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16010/20]