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Businesses get less than €4m from €200m support scheme

Applications from manufacturers were held up by delay in Department of Public Expenditure approval which was finally agreed last week

Enterprise Ireland writes off €47m in investments over last five years

State agency has written off investments in nearly 260 companies since 2018

Department questioned decision to stop using households to subsidise big businesses

The Department of Enterprise admonished the state’s energy regulator after it scrapped a policy which overcharged consumers for 12 years

Simon Coveney: tech crunch has not hit Ireland as hard as other countries

The enterprise minister says Ireland has a strong tech sector and strong economy

‘Time for businesses to see benefits of insurance reform’ -Dara Calleary

Further reforms of the insurance system are due to come into effect this month which the government believes will lower premiums

Analysis: Damien English’s swift resignation saves Fine Gael from a protracted controversy

Once the revelations were published by The Ditch website, the junior minister had to resign given the damage done by previous politicians clinging on in the face of controversy

Damien English resigns as junior minister after failing to declare property ownership

The Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise informed Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of his decision last night

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Editorial: Coveney will have plenty to do in new portfolio as issues mount

The energy crisis and over-reliance on foreign direct investment present significant immediate challenges to the Minister for Enterprise

Leo Varadkar: Our prosperity is precious – and here’s how we are protecting it

An Tánaiste Leo Varadkar outlines the government’s new white paper on enterprise, which aims to support Ireland’s current strong economic position

Fit for purpose? The new plan to future-proof Ireland’s enterprise strategy

Against a shifting global economic backdrop of rocketing inflation, rising interest rates and a downturn in key industries such as tech, how will the government’s new enterprise plan address Ireland’s issues – now and into the future?

Varadkar: next trade minister will face a ‘rockier’ period

The outgoing Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, speaking on a trade mission to Denmark, predicts a harder job for whoever his successor is

Department opposed regulator's plan to put tariff on big energy companies

Department of Enterprise was against now-scrapped plans proposed by Commission for Regulation of Utilities to reduce energy consumption this winter

Limted Partnerships

Officials warned Taoiseach on danger of limited partnerships being ‘exploited’

Similar tax structure in Scotland found to be facilitating multibillion Russian and Azerbaijani money-laundering operations

Government to provide grants to businesses hit by rising energy costs during winter months

The grants will be aimed at the export manufacturing sector and capped at a maximum of €2 million for small businesses, and up to €25 million for large, energy-intensive firms

Leo Varadkar: Before you distribute wealth you have to work to create it

As we prepare to put together our white paper on enterprise, we want to hear from the public on how to catch the next wave of job creation

€180,000 in Covid-19 business support grants repaid to Department of Enterprise

Enterprise Ireland received €2.5 million in early repayments under the sustaining enterprise fund

€9.3m in grants awarded to Irish small businesses for online trading

Damien English, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, said the scheme ‘will continue to be a key component in the suite of interventions to assist micro-enterprises’