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Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Sep 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: I have received correspondence from the Irish Dental Association (IDA) on matters concerning PPE and the Dental Treatment Services Scheme (DTSS). My Department, in conjunction with the HSE, is examining the issue of the provision of PPE across all parts of the health service, including health service contractors. In relation to the DTSS, there is an acceptance that it will need to be...

Vote 38 - Health (Revised) (30 Jun 2020)

Stephen Donnelly: ...on 22 October. A key focus throughout the pandemic has been in the area of infection, prevention and control. In a time of global shortages and intense competition for personal protective equipment, PPE, the HSE, with the support of my Department, IDA Ireland, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Defence and others, managed to rapidly develop global and domestic supply of PPE. PPE...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Staff (29 Nov 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 82. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated cost of hiring additional Brexit staff for Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and the local enterprise offices; the cost by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50915/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Relations (29 Nov 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of doubling the footprint of Enterprise Ireland, the IDA, Bord Bia, Irish embassies and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the EU 26, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50926/17]

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...than Enterprise Ireland clients. What is a company meant to do with a €5,000 Brexit preparation grant? With the threat facing the agrifood sector, Bord Bia was allowed to hire three people this year. IDA Ireland was given permission to hire ten people. At the start of 2017, it had hired one person and the Taoiseach has confirmed to me in the House that this figure has gone up to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Brexit Issues (20 Jun 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...has been a lot of diplomatic activity, but when it comes to work at home, with the business and farming communities, there has been considerable inertia on the part of the Government. For instance, IDA Ireland has hired one of the ten people it has been enabled to take on, while Bord Bia and the Health and Safety Authority have hired none. Enterprise Ireland has hired less than one third...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...It turns out that when we look at the number of officials who have been hired, we can see that we have hired less than one quarter of the allocation. The allocation was not enough to begin with. IDA Ireland was allocated ten Brexit staff but it turns out that it has hired one. Enterprise Ireland was allocated 39 Brexit staff but has hired just 12. Science Foundation Ireland was...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 635. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings she has had with officials from Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and Science Foundation Ireland on Brexit-related matters in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25416/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 638. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies for Brexit-related posts within the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25419/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...of a supplementary budget before budget 2018, specifically in the context of what we spoke about earlier, namely, funding for Brexit. In the last budget, the combined funding that went to the IDA, Enterprise Ireland, and Bord Bia was €4.6 million. The Minister and I may disagree on the level of activity but I would hope we would agree that with respect to the total budget for...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to Irish-owned SMEs worried about whether they will be able to sell their products into the UK. The 2017 Action Plan for Jobs explicitly lays out how much money the Government has provided to the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Bord Bia combined for Brexit and it is less than €5 million. The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has yet to meet the Irish Aviation Authority or the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...that while Irish businesses are the most exposed to Brexit of the EU 27, they are certainly not ahead of the curve in preparing for it. We have two of the best State agencies in the world in the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, yet we are not seeing a response on the ground. I know that Enterprise Ireland is engaging with its clients. Based on conversations I have had, it would seem that...

Ireland and the Negotiations on the UK's Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (Resumed) (10 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...Jobs tells us that in order to mitigate against the impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU we have allocated additional resources in a number of areas, including an additional €3 million to Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Bord Bia got €1.6 million. That is €4.6 million for three of the most important State agencies helping react and respond to Brexit....

Brexit: Statements (Resumed) (5 Apr 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ..., retail and 40,000 Irish jobs? The Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has a dedicated Brexit unit, which is one principal officer and three additional staff. In the Brexit budget last year, IDA Ireland received total funding for Brexit of less than €1 million and is allowed to hire nine staff. To put this into context, The Guardianhas a Brexit unit of nine staff....

Priority Questions: Financial Services Sector (4 Apr 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: ...presence here. More and more, the big firms are deciding not to come here. We see announcement after announcement that they are deciding to locate elsewhere in the EU. This is partly because IDA Ireland has not been given sufficient resources. It has been given nine extra people. To put that into perspective, The Guardiannewspaper has a Brexit team of nine people. It is partly because...

Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: .... There are plenty of words and good sentiments but not much is actually being done. Why is Ireland not actively reaching out to our expatriate community in areas like financial services in London, as IDA Ireland has done successfully in the United States for decades? Why are business leaders in London saying they are yet to hear from Ireland when it comes to Brexit?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (2 Nov 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: 473. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits per county in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32974/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the delegates for their presentations. My first question is on funding. Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and InterTradeIreland do a phenomenal job and as such, I was disappointed to see that only €3 million had been allocated in the budget. The figures speak for themselves in terms of the trade risk to various sectors. The sum of €3 million allocated in the budget...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (18 Oct 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: Yes. I thank Ms Buckley for her answer to the question on the talks, but it was less on IDA Ireland and its clients than on whether officials are talking. Are there officials from Dublin, London and Belfast beginning to sit down and identify exactly the sort of micro-opportunities and threats that Mr. Gough was talking about?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Stephen Donnelly: ...to discover where they are doing well, where they need more support, the ones that are working and where there is good practice that might be able to be shared? My third question is on funding for IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the LEOs. I read in the report that the claim is that two in every five jobs in the country are now in some way related to IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland...