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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: At the moment, our advice from the CCPC, which we are talking to actively on this, and to which we will continue to talk in the next few weeks, is that the conditions for a state of emergency are not there. Effectively, what the Government has chosen to do is to have a direct discussion with retailers, and to try to effectively ensure that competition should work as it is meant to with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: No, but anybody who thinks IDA Ireland has not delivered in east Cork just needs to take a look at the numbers. It is one of the big success stories nationally. That said, what is referred to by most people locally is the Amgen site. It is a large site and it is very well catered for with utilities. Road infrastructure needs to be built adjacent to the site and more generally in the area....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy would expect, I am quite familiar with the food supply chain issues. I am certainly familiar with fuel, feed and fertiliser costs that farmers have had to endure in the past 12 months and even before that. As those input prices have fallen, we have also seen prices of agricultural products fall. With bonuses and so on, many farmers were getting more than 60 cent per litre for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Information and Communications Technology (9 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: An advice note recently issued to all staff in my Department concerning the use of the application in question. Staff members were advised to use caution when using this and similar services, and were instructed that they should not input any sensitive corporate data into such applications. These technologies have significant implications for many aspects of my Department's remit. It...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Reviews (9 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is currently being compiled by my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (9 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: Please see below details of the current vacancies in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission: - Role Title Grade Equivalent Annual Salary (Mid Point) Estimated Timeline to Fill 1 Senior Legal Advisor AP €84,108 Sept 2023 2 Head of Mergers FTC AP ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (9 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland reported record annual results for 2022, with a substantial increase in growth in foreign direct investment (FDI) employment on 2021. The numbers directly employed in IDA multinational clients in Ireland reach 301,475, the highest FDI employment level ever and a 9% increase on 2021. IDA client companies recorded 32,426 gross new job gains in 2022, with a 24,019 net jobs increase....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (9 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: Following consultation with the company, IDA Ireland have informed my Department that, at present, there are no indications of any potential job losses at the company's Athlone site. KCI Ireland is 3M’s sole manufacturing site for vacuum assisted wound healing therapy units for global markets. The site also manages the V.A.C. global supply chain to oversee manufacturing for third...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: I have given the Deputy the context, which is that the CCPC has recommended to me that we should not go down the route of price caps and so on. There are other things we can do, which the State could and should potentially look at in the future, if competition in this market is not working for consumers. Let us see how the retail sector responds today. Again, I want to be very clear that...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department operates an Early Warning Report system, known as EWRs, through which the enterprise agencies - including IDA Ireland - notify the Department when they become aware of any significant issue arising for client companies that could impact their business in Ireland. While there is no obligation on companies to provide EWRs to the enterprise agencies, employers are legally obliged...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Vacant Properties (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Government is committed to providing supports that will assist the key stakeholders in towns and villages to make their centres vibrant and vital centres of the community. Many Government Department are working to deliver on this commitment including the Department of Rural and Community Development, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage along with my own Department. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Site Acquisitions (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: As set out in the Government's White Paper on Enterprise, IDA’s strategy, “Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth 2021-2024” includes ambitious employment targets for 50,000 new jobs and 800 new investments over its 4-year lifecycle to 2024, with half of these new investments to be in regional locations. As part of its Strategy, the IDA will acquire additional...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has invested in the development of enterprise hubs through the various regional enterprise funds which drive implementation of the nine Regional Enterprise Plans. Approximately 40 Enterprise Centres and Hubs have been funded under these schemes and are at various stages of development. Enterprise Centres are primarily focused on providing spaces for start-ups, providing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: Balanced regional enterprise development continues to be a key policy of mine and this Government, and is reaffirmed in the 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. The Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan which covers Laois, Offaly, Longford and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: In December 2022, changes to the employment permits system were announced to help address skills shortages in Ireland’s Dairy, Transport and Home Care sectors. Since the changes were introduced, there have been 65 permits issued for the role of bus and coach driver, 68 permits issued for the role of farm worker, and 61 permits issued for the role of care worker/home carer....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland’s property investment programme is aimed at supporting economic development and job creation across the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and LEO client base. IDA continues to work with regional stakeholders and the private sector on opportunities to add to the supply of competitive property solutions in regional locations. The Regional Property Programme is an important driver of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: Firstly, let me say I fully appreciate that this is a very difficult situation for all the workers who are impacted by redundancies at this company. Government will assist the employees as needed in relation to income, employment and training supports. Ireland has a robust suite of employment rights legislation to protect and support workers in collective redundancy situations. I will...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: 2022 was a record-breaking year for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) employment, with total employment in IDA client companies now standing at 301,475 up over 26,000 on 2021. Growth in the regions was particularly buoyant, with 52% or 127 projects of the 242 investments won by IDA going to regional locations. Employment growth was recorded in every region of the country. The FDI...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department is responsible for the development of consecutive two-year Implementation Plans of cross-government activity to implement the policy direction set out in the White Paper. The Implementation Plans will focus on delivery of key initiatives or projects under each of the seven priority objectives identified in the White Paper. These priorities are: -Integrating decarbonisation and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Site Acquisitions (11 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy is aware, IDA Ireland’s property investment programme is aimed at supporting economic development and job creation across the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Local Enterprise offices client base. The provision of property solutions is a key element in IDA’s marketing of Mayo and the West Region. In that regard, IDA keeps its landholdings under constant review,...