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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My department has not placed advertising with Google in the years 2021, 2022 or up to 27 November 2023.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: That is not what I said.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: They can.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: You should.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: You have not.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: You are some hypocrite.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: You sat behind cars, did you not?

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: You did.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: Deputy, it is the country's police force.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: Your only solution is protesting.

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: I categorically state my full support for my friend and colleague the Minister, Deputy Helen McEntee, and for the Garda Commissioner. There are moments in politics when raw hypocrisy needs to be called out. The idea that Sinn Féin now presents itself as the defender of law and order and the Garda Síochána is difficult for this party to stomach. Sinn Féin is the only...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: Following the riots and the scenes we saw the week before last in Dublin, my Department met with representatives of Dublin City Council and a number of business representative groups. We have agreed to provide funding to the council to immediately invest, which has already started, in the public realm in the inner city. Dublin City Council is leading on this, but it has multiple partners...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland did not issue a tender for a full-time Mexico-based business development consultant in the years specified and has no plans to do so at this time. Potential FDI investments originating from Mexico are managed by the IDA’s West Coast USA offices.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Council (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) met on 27th November where EU Trade Ministers discussed preparations for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference meeting in February, 2024 as well as the conclusion of the modernisation of the EU-Chile Association Agreement and EU-US trade relations. The Council is set to hold an informal meeting of Ministers in Brussels, under the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Communications (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has social media accounts on the platforms: X, LinkedIn and YouTube. It also subscribed to X Premium earlier this year, primarily to retain two-factor authentication protection on the account. These social media accounts are managed by staff of the Department’s Corporate Communications Unit, and reviewed by a senior manager. As outlined in the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has run advertising campaigns to promote supports to business, events and information campaigns on X (formally Twitter) in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Please find details of this spend in the table below. The Department has been running a targeted advertising campaign across several social media platforms which will conclude on 5 December. There are no other plans to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Chair and members for the invitation here to speak. I am accompanied by Mr. Joseph Cummins and Mr. Alan Dempsey from the climate action and energy policy unit in my Department. I am looking forward to engaging with the members and discussing the role of my Department in accelerating the sustainable transition of our economy and, ultimately, our society. As the committee will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: If I need some more detailed notes on it, I will read them out in a second. My understanding is that we are close to finalising both these roadmaps. Some of them are linked to work other Departments are doing, including the Minister, Deputy Ryan's. The essence of our industrial heat roadmap is to break it up into three different areas. One is to deal with low-temperature heat to try to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: It will be both. To confirm, the note I have states that the publication will be in the next few weeks, probably in the first few weeks of January. We are planning to translate the climate action plan to being a useful guide for businesses in the relevant sectors where we are looking for change. We want to set out a clear trajectory for meeting targets in a way that is practical, and that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of the Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (7 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: I will try to be briefer in my answers.