Results 181-200 of 40,856 for speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The below table details the expenditure base for IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, Local Enterprise Development, InterTrade Ireland, Science and Technology Development Programme, Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund, Workplace Relations Programme and the Health and Safety Authority for 2024 as published in the Revised Estimate Volume 2024. Subhead Subhead Description...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is currently being collated 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: Labour Court (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: Through the Housing for All strategy, and specifically the strategy’s Industry Capability Working Group, my Department is working with a range of partners across Government to ensure that the skills needs across all construction activities – housing new builds, infrastructural development, and retrofit – are fully addressed and we deliver on the targets set out in Housing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Employment Permits Section of my Department informs me that as of 2nd February, the number of applications awaiting processing is 3,991. Applications for employment permits are dealt with in date order. The current processing dates as of 2nd February 2024 in respect of each permit type are as follows:Standard New Applications - 27 December 2023Trusted Partner Applications – 16...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department is working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and its Embassy network, as well as other Departments, to implement the Government’s Diaspora Strategy, Global Ireland – Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025, which was launched in late 2020. The effective coordination of the implementation of this strategy across Government is carried out through...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: According to the most recent employment figures from the CSO’s Labour Force Survey, total employment in Ireland stood at 2.66 million people in the third quarter of 2023. This represents an increase of 14%, or an additional 329,000 jobs, compared to the same period in 2019, when total employment stood at 2.33 million. The employment rate in Ireland was 74% in the third quarter of 2023,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Government published Making Remote Work, the National Remote Work Strategy, in January 2021. The Strategy identified 15 actions to be undertaken to ensure that remote work from homes and hubs is a permanent feature of the Irish workplace in a way which maximises its economic, social and environmental benefits for employers, employees and the taxpayer. My Department led the development and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles statistical data in relation to Goods Exports and Imports. According to the CSO, the value of our goods exports to EU27 was €81 billion in 2022, €62 billion in 2021 and €64 billion in 2020. The value of our goods imports from EU27 was €43 billion in 2022, €35 billion in 2021 and €30 billion in 2020....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: Ireland’s skills development policy is framed by Ireland’s National Skills Strategy 2025, which was published in 2016. This ushered in significant reforms in the education and training sector, resulting in a responsive National Skills Architecture, which aims to ensure that education and training provision is optimally aligned with identified skills needs within the enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Programme for Government committed to promoting higher female labour market participation, as well as less commuting and greater regional balance, through increased remote, flexible and hub-working arrangements to support families in their parenting and childcare choices. According to the latest available data from the Central Statistics Office’s Labour Force Survey, female...

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: I join the Taoiseach and many others in the House in paying tribute to an extraordinary man and a deeply impactful politician who, sadly, has died at the age of 76 after a long illness which he carried with extraordinary grace. Like others, I express my condolences to the Bruton family, to Finola his wife, to his son Matthew, to his daughters Juliana, Emily and Mary-Elizabeth, to his...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Sustainable Development Goals (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 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 Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 and 154 together. The Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant was announced as part of the Budget 2024 package. It is intended to particularly benefit small and medium sized businesses who operate from a rateable premises. The grant is only available to businesses who operate from a rateable premises and will not be available to vacant premises. The grant...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Travel (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is currently being collated 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 Reports (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: Following consistent feedback from the market that scale ups are having difficulty accessing finance in Ireland, my Department established the Finance for Scale Ups (FSU) Working Group in 2022 This group consisted of representatives from my Department, the Department of Finance; Enterprise Ireland (EI); the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF); the Strategic Banking Corporation of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department did not start spending on online advertising until 2018. Details of advertising spend for both traditional and online advertising for the past ten years are set out in tabular form below. Year Traditional Advertising Costs € Online Advertising Costs € Total € 2014 80,287 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Contracts (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The public relations services providers engaged by my Department and Offices of my Department and the details of the services supplied and the expenditure on each from 2014 to 2018 are set out in the below table. My Department has not spent money or sought external assistance with Departmental / Ministerial public relations from 2019 to date. Year Name of Public...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Legal Services (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department and its Offices spent a total of €11,156,299 on legal costs or legal services in the past 10 years and to January 2024 (see attached table).

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: Office space for my Department and its Offices is provided by the Office of Public Works (OPW) in buildings which are either State owned or leased by the OPW on our behalf. Therefore, my Department does not own, purchase or rent office space. My Department works closely with OPW colleagues to ensure that the provision of such office space is appropriate, fit-for-purpose and every effort is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (7 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: It is understandable that businesses are concerned about the impact of rising costs, and this Government is continuing to monitor the situation regarding the costs of doing business. It is also important to acknowledge that SMEs, and in particular the retail and hospitality sectors, are key employment generators for Ireland, particularly in more rural areas. Significant support has been...