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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The timely provision of appropriate, cost-effective property and infrastructure solutions to meet the needs of Multi-National Corporations, or MNCs, remains essential to winning Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Recognising that a robust property and infrastructure ecosystem can be the key differentiator in winning FDI projects, IDA’s regional property programme, supported by my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Delivering balanced regional growth and job creation is a core objective of this Government and is a key component in the recently published White Paper on Enterprise. My Department contributes to this agenda in a number of ways, including through oversight of development and implementation of nine Regional Enterprise Plans. A key feature and strength of the Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs)...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Earlier this month I met with 14 of the leading technology companies with a presence in Ireland on the US West Coast. This provided a valuable opportunity for me to hear directly from enterprise leaders and to highlight Ireland’s strong Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) value proposition. I also met with a broad spectrum of over 60 business leaders on a wide range of topics, including...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: As noted, I have been invited to attend a conference on the cross-border economy organised by the Dundalk and Newry Chambers on 8 March. I look forward to having the opportunity to address the conference and highlight the work of my Department, both on a cross-border basis and in the North-East specifically. In the context of growing and developing cross-border trade and business, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The technology sector plays an important role in our economy and the sector has been building for over 40 years and will continue to strengthen its presence in Ireland despite present challenges. Growth of the tech sector in recent years has been driven by increased digitalisation due to the uptake of new technologies as well as companies rapidly digitalising to increase their online...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Low Pay Commission (LPC) previously undertook a review of the sub-minima or ‘youth rates’ as part of its work programme and recommended, in 2017, abolishing the training rates and simplifying the youth rates by moving to age-related as opposed to experience-based rates. The LPC's recommendations were accepted by Government and were introduced as part of the Employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: White Papers (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The White Paper recognises the important impact domestically trading companies have on our economy. Indeed, enabling locally trading sectors to thrive is one of the seven key enterprise objectives which will be prioritised by Government in the period to 2030. Locally trading sectors account for a significant number of the total number of firms in Ireland and, notably, for a high...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Rights (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, Ireland's first National Plan on Business and Human Rights was launched by the Department of Foreign Affairs towards the end of 2017. The implementation of this whole-of-Government plan was overseen by a multi-stakeholder implementation group comprised of representatives of Government, civil society and business, including from my own Department. Both the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy will be aware that my Department has secured up to €145m to 2027 from the European Regional Development Fund to support projects coming from the Regional Enterprise Plans. My officials are working with Enterprise Ireland, who will administer the Scheme on behalf of my Department, on developing the scheme and eligibility criteria and securing the required approvals from the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: In February I met with several IDA Ireland companies, including clients in the technology sector, based on the US West Coast. The visit was an opportunity to meet with enterprise leaders and highlight Ireland’s value as a location for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The discussions covered a range of topics, including Ireland’s commitment to FDI and discussion of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The requested details in respect of live studies, reviews and research projects currently underway in the Department are set out in the table below: Name of Study/Review/research Expected completion date Joint DETE-ESRI Research Programme: The Productivity Challenge and Its Interaction with Climate, Digitalisation and Human Capital End 2023 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Ireland continues to be a location of choice for new investors and long-established companies who choose to reinvest in substantial expansions of their operations here. IDA Ireland’s record annual results for 2022 demonstrate a strong flow of FDI into Ireland, with 242 investments won last year. Of the new investments, 52% went to regional locations and employment growth was gained in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Prices (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Price movements are primarily measured through the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) published by Ireland’s national statistical office, the Central Statistics Office (CSO). My Department actively monitors price developments through these price indices and regularly engages with the CSO. A combination of issues was responsible for the initial rise in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Irish manufacturing and services sectors have performed strongly and have successfully weathered a number of shocks in recent years including Brexit, COVID-19, and the disruption caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. According to the latest Central Statistics Office’s data, employment levels reached 2.55 million in Q3 2022. We now have more people employed in our country...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: To be fair, the task force is trying to do that and all of the key Departments are involved. Obviously that is the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, which has responsibility for housing and planning, the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, which has responsibility for climate and energy, my Department and other Departments in terms of funding and so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy has asked a very good question. A lot of this is through SEAI-funded schemes, grants and supports at the moment. Some of it is through Enterprise Ireland working with its client companies, particularly in terms of the high-energy use manufacturing companies with which it works. Let us consider the SEAI schemes. There is a community energy grant scheme, which is €68...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: It is not an easy thing to resolve, by the way, because the billing systems and so on are much less structured and formalised for an oil tank. We are looking to see what is possible there.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (28 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Each year, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland prepare a programme of trade missions and events which support the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment, and showcasing opportunities for foreign direct investment in support of high-quality jobs and regional development throughout...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (28 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Details of the social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by my Department and its Offices from 2021 to date in 2023, are set out in the table attached. The information provided includes: the fees expended; name of personality; campaign they were engaged on; and the key performance indicators in respect of their engagement. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 132 and 133 together. My Department operates a devolved procurement function whereby each business unit and Office of the Department is responsible for the procurement of their own goods, services and related contracts, with corporate oversight via a Procurement Co-ordination Unit, headed at Principal Officer level. The Offices of the Department...