Results 40,441-40,460 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: The Ministers of State, Deputies Richmond and Calleary, and I met all of the business representative bodies yesterday and Dublin City Council for about an hour. We have been in contact over the past few days with all the representative bodies, listening to their experiences, looking for a way to collectively respond to rebuilding the reputation of the city centre and to get more activity...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: The money we reallocated for this year is about spend that has already happened. There was a big emphasis on the new project the IDA did with Bloomberg this year, at which I spoke, as did the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and the Taoiseach. I think the Tánaiste was there as well. It was a great success. It put Ireland on the map with a target invite list of senior decision-makers in...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: Just for the record, the plan was that it would be launched today but I think it has been put off for a few days because of the weather. My understanding is that it is not happening today.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: It will happen in the next few days.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: There were lots of questions there and I will try to answer them before the Deputy has to leave. Starting with the European Space Agency, we have many fascinating projects under way in this area. I will record some of the companies benefiting from the ESA because I think many people do not realise that Ireland is becoming a much more significant player in the space technology area....
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: Lots of questions from someone who understands pretty well how this Department works. The loan schemes have been a response to market failure at different times. We have looked at the State de-risking lending in targeted areas, whether that is linked to business supply chains that have been impacted by the war in Ukraine or whether it was rebuilding businesses post Covid and so on....
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: I accept that. What we are doing this year is a very general measure. It is a bit like what we are doing for households on energy costs. Everyone is getting something. We are effectively acknowledging the concerns within business around the cost of doing business going up, and we are giving a quarter of a billion euro back to about 140,000 small businesses. That is effectively what we...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: I thank Deputy O'Connor. I know Youghal pretty well. I was there a few weeks ago for the launch of the SIRO network. I was standing outside Deputy O'Connor's office from what I can remember. Youghal needs to be a target for us in terms of enterprise development and opportunity growth. It is a super place to live but we need more employment opportunities there. Many people living in...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: I have heard the calls and they are not only from Midleton. There is a business in Galway too that has had significant damage that goes way beyond €100,000. I would have to go back to Cabinet to change those thresholds. For now, we are going to stick with a scheme that I think is working well. Getting €100,000 to businesses quickly is what we are trying to do here. We need...
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: I am told that systems have been delayed. We look at upgrading our IT systems all the time.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: Upgrading IT systems is often expensive. I suspect the tender has been delayed or it will be done next year rather than this year. I will come back to the Cathaoirleach in writing to give him detail of that.
- Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023) Simon Coveney: This is an exciting project. It is effectively Ireland's first satellite going into space. It has been built by a whole series of contributors to the project. I understand it is being led by UCD. Certainly, it is very proud of its contribution to the project. I got a briefing about it when I was in UCD about a month ago. This is about testing a whole series of technologies and materials...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)
Simon Coveney: My Department and its Offices paid a total of €66,672in prompt payment interest and compensation to suppliers for the years 2016 up to 24 November 2023 ( see attached table ). The table does not include payments by the Department's Agencies. The table includes details of the top five suppliers who received the largest total in prompt payment interest and compensation in each year...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (29 Nov 2023)
Simon Coveney: Further to my response to Parliamentary Question No.44 of 2023, I noted that the specific steps required for triggering human rights clauses have to be considered with regard to the specific terms of each agreement concerned. Therefore, there is no formal mechanism to direct the Commission, who acts on behalf of Member States, to review or trigger human rights clauses in Free Trade...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (29 Nov 2023)
Simon Coveney: I understand that Plean Fáis, Conradh na Gaeilge's Irish Language and Gaeltacht Investment Plan, was published on the 29th September. I note that the actions in the Plan that relate to entrepreneurship supports and employment creation are proposed for delivery by Údarás na Gaeltachta, which is the statutory agency for the economic, linguistic and cultural development of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)
Simon Coveney: My colleague, Minister Eamon Ryan T.D., Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications has responsibility for the NDRC accelerator and NDRC pre-accelerator and has provided the information below. NDRC is one of the State’s supports for early-stage enterprises operating in the pre-seed investment funding gap between entrepreneurs/researchers and the commercial investment sector...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: White Papers (30 Nov 2023)
Simon Coveney: My Department has published one White Paper from 2008 to date, the title of which is the White Paper on Enterprise 2022 -2030. The link to the White Paper is included below. enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/white-paper-on-enterprise- 2022-2030.html.
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (30 Nov 2023)
Simon Coveney: My Department considers hiring external consultants to produce reports in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver the project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a project must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a...
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)
Simon Coveney: My Department has advertised on X (formally Twitter) in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. A breakdown of that advertising spend to 27 November 2023 is set out in the table below. Year Spend 2021 €19,831.77 2022 €34,330.02 2023 €8,709.72
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)
Simon Coveney: My Department advertised on Facebook and Instagram in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. A breakdown of that advertising spend to 27 November 2023 is set out in the table below. Year Facebook and Instagram 2021 €9,837.40 2022 €79,659.62 2023 €4,212.46