Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

White Paper on Enterprise Policy: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Mr. David Hegarty:

I shall mention something that we are doing right now. In fact, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Simon Coveney, has arranged a series of nine regional conferences or workshops to build on the White Paper. My Department and other Departments will be represented at these events. We will focus on the first two key priorities of the White Paper, which are decarbonisation and digitalisation. These events will showcase examples of firms that have successfully started, at least, on this journey to decarbonisation or successfully are using digital technologies. The trick is not so much about giving grants but demonstrating to firms that this is what their competitors or peers have done. Obviously, as part of that, we will showcase the climate toolkit, which I mentioned earlier. Some of this is about soft supports to help firms get on their journey.

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