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

Simon Coveney: EU Regulation 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services, the "Digital Services Act", provides that recipients of an intermediary service shall have the right to seek, in accordance with Union and national law, compensation from the provider of that service. This right is only in respect of circumstances where the damage or loss suffered is due to an infringement of the obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (1 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: In Budget 2022, Government announced that €55 million would be made available under the National Recovery & Resilience Plan to assist enterprises through the Green Transition Fund. This budget is split into two streams, the Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund (€30m) and the Climate Planning Fund for Business (€25m) which will both run from 2022 and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (1 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: On 3 August 2022, the former Minister of State for Employment Affairs, Business and Retail announced an intention to issue an Order to give effect to a statutory recommendation of the Labour Court concerning minimum rates of remuneration and other terms and conditions in the Security Sector. The Order was to apply from 29 August 2022. On 24 August 2022, my Department was informed that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Capital Expenditure Programme (1 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: In line with its current strategy "Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth 2021-2024", the IDA has continued the roll-out of the property investment programme to further invest and build out the existing asset base (incl. land and buildings) with associated infrastructure to meet future client needs and support balanced regional development. IDA has recently completed significant...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: There are currently 30 vacancies in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. These range from Executive Officer grade equivalent up to Deputy Secretary grade equivalent. Recruitment processes are currently underway with a number of posts advertised, and some at interview stage to be filled shortly. The table below sets details of each vacancy below. Role Title ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (7 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: Under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014, as a public body my Department has a duty to eliminate discrimination, promote equality and protect the human rights of staff and the people availing of its services. In February my Department published its first Equality, Diversity and Inclusion statement, which sets out the principles we work by, and the actions we...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (7 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Controller of Intellectual Property is responsible for the administration and maintenance of the Trade Marks Register in Ireland. There were 72,470 registered trade marks on the Trade Marks Register of the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland in 2020. Section 48 of the Trade Marks Act 1996 provides proprietors of trade marks with the opportunity to renew the registration of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (7 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 155 and 157 together. This Parliamentary Question is more appropriate to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (DFHERIS) as his Department is now responsible for publishing the R&D Budget Survey, following a Government decision to transfer certain research and innovation functions from the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (8 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: On 6 February last, I travelled to the US West Coast for a series of high-level meetings with a range of existing IDA Ireland client companies. I was accompanied on the visit by the IDA Ireland Interim CEO. The senior officials of the tech companies which I met were all at C-suite level in those companies. We had discussions about the technology sector in the first instance and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (8 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: In the past, the Low Pay Commission (LPC) was asked to examine the issues around subminimum rates under the National Minimum Wage Acts and reported on the matter in December 2017. The LPC, having examined all available evidence and submissions, and having considered a range of options, made recommendations in its report to simplify youth rates based on age and to abolish training rates...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (8 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: I and my officials engage regularly with our national enterprise development agencies, including IDA Ireland, and directly with business stakeholders on the issues that impact on them. I am extremely conscious that current high energy prices are placing a strain on many businesses. As the Deputy alludes to, the cost of electricity for businesses is a concern from a competitiveness and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 48 and 49 together. As the Deputy is aware, IDA Ireland offers a wide range of financial assistance to companies wishing to locate and/or expand their existing operation in Ireland including but not restricted to: - Capital; - Employment; - Training; - R&D and environmental supports. The table attached set outs grant payments to the top 20 Technology...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland monitors and reports on employment trends in its client portfolio through the Annual Employment Survey (AES) conducted by my Department. In the AES we distinguish between full-time jobs in agency-assisted firms and part-time, temporary or short-term contract employees. The 2022 AES was published by my Department on 1 March 2023. For the purpose of the survey, full-time employees...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: Following the announcement in February that Dell would seek a 5% reduction to its global headcount, my Department received an early warning report from IDA Ireland on February 7th. However, to date, my Department has not received a collective redundancy notification from Dell Technologies Ireland and as such the impact on Irish jobs is not yet known. The company is a key employer in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Trafficking (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body which was established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. It assumed the roles and functions previously carried out by the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), Equality Tribunal (ET), Labour Relations Commission (LRC), Rights Commissioners Service (RCS), and the first instance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Civil Service (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: OneLearning, the Civil Service Learning and Development Centre provides a facility for staff to record and log their continuous personal and professional development, previous training and educational qualifications. Currently, my Department does not collect data from staff on their qualifications or the level of qualifications that they have obtained prior to their recruitment or which they...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: Prior to 2021, my Department did not keep a record of training days broken down by grade. For information purposes, the total number of training days across all grades for 2019 is 931.75 and 1261.75 for 2020. A breakdown of the training days per grade for 2021 and 2022 is provided in the table below: Training Days by Grade Services Grades Clerical Officer ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, virement is the process whereby savings on one or more subheads on a Department’s Vote can be used to meet excess expenditure on another subhead or subheads within that Vote. The virement process is essentially governed by the provisions of the Public Financial Procedures as published by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: Capital projects in my Department are delivered mainly through our enterprise agencies. Currently there are no capital projects on hold due to funding pressures. My Department, working through Enterprise Ireland, currently has 79 approved projects supported under the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) and the Border Enterprise Development Fund (BEDF). Enterprise Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a significant and ambitious framework. A whole-of-Government approach to its implementation has been taken in Ireland. Ireland’s Second National Implementation Plan for the Sustainable Development Goals, 2022 – 2024 was published in October 2022. The Plan was developed by the...