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

Simon Coveney: InterTradeIreland (ITI) is one of six North-South implementation bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement. It operates under the oversight of the NSMC and of its sponsor Departments, the Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment and the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy. ITI works to promote trade and business on an all-island and cross-border basis. One of...

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

Simon Coveney: The Workplace Relations Commission is funded under the Workplace Relations programme of my Department's Vote. The Commission does not receive any capital funding but it does receive current funding to support its operations. A total of €21.447m has been provided to support the Commission in 2023. The table below outlines the estimated cost of increasing this allocation by 10%, 20% and...

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

Simon Coveney: The table below sets out the list of underspends incurred by the Agencies under the auspices of my Department at the end of 2022 Agency name REV Allocation 2022 Underspend 2022 €,000 €,000 InterTrade Ireland 11,586 1 IDA Ireland 229,538 3,128 ...

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

Simon Coveney: The table below sets out the list of Subheads within my Department's Vote for which there was an underspend in 2022. Subhead REV Allocation 2022 Underspend 2022 €,000 €,000 A.3 Agency Legacy Pension 40,292 9 A.4 InterTrade Ireland 11,586 1 A.5...

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

Simon Coveney: Foreign Direct Investment - or FDI - plays a significant role in Ireland's growth model and economic strategy. Despite the challenges of the last few years, the performance of our FDI sector has been exceptional with record corporation tax figures for 2022 announced last month. The numbers directly employed in IDA multinational clients in Ireland in 2022 reached 301,475, the highest FDI...

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

Simon Coveney: One of my Department’s priorities is to create employment and facilitate economic development across Ireland. A balanced flow of investment into the country is key in achieving this aim, and our performance is strong. At the end of last year, numbers directly employed in the multinational sector in Ireland reached 301,475, the highest FDI employment level ever, with employment growth...

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

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173 and 174 together. Promoting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and supporting our Irish-owned firms are central elements of the White Paper on Enterprise which was launched last December. In particular, the White Paper includes a regional target of unemployment not exceeding one percentage point of the national unemployment rate in any region. The...

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

Simon Coveney: The growth and development of the all-island economy is one of the lasting effects of the Peace Process. The 25 years of peace that the Good Friday Agreement has brought has provided stability to the people and businesses on our island. This stability has led to a certainty that has allowed businesses on both sides of the border to grow and prosper. The United Kingdom’s decision...

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

Simon Coveney: Good morning, members. I am grateful for the opportunity to brief the committee today. I look forward to updating members on the work of my Department in the first quarter of this year. At the outset, it is worth noting that more people are employed in Ireland today than ever before. Central Statistics Office, CSO, data published last week show the unemployment rate for April 2023 was...

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

Simon Coveney: This is easier said than done.

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

Simon Coveney: That is one of the reasons Revenue has not implemented a kerosene support scheme. We will do it. Our team has been working on it for the past few weeks. We are close to finalising a scheme that I hope to bring to the Government in the next few weeks.

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

Simon Coveney: Yes.

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

Simon Coveney: I cannot brief the committee on the detail of that until I brief the Government on it.

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

Simon Coveney: To give some reassurance, this has been quite tricky to get right. We do not want to have a significant bureaucratic burden on businesses in order to get support. We want it to be as simple as possible. Filling a tank of kerosene is not the same as paying monthly electricity bills that can be easily calculated. We have looked to significantly simplify the approach to have a scheme to...