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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: I do not know if I can publish it because it may be advice specifically for the Department but I will find out if I can. We can share it with the committee. It is essentially the CCPC giving us preliminary views on price controls in the retail grocery sector. We asked for some advice on that. It has effectively looked at what is happening in other countries and how that compares to...

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

Simon Coveney: The Deputy asked me to go through the CCPC response. It goes on to look at price controls, and gives its preliminary views on that: The CCPC recognises that recent price increases have had a significant impact on consumers, and many governments have decided to respond with targeted income supports for those hardest hit [which clearly we have done here]. However, the CCPC has not seen any...

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

Simon Coveney: I do not want to read the whole thing to the Deputy. I will have to enlarge it, because my eyesight is not great.

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

Simon Coveney: The clear advice here is that the State intervening in the market by setting a maximum price can have serious and negative impacts, including reputational damage, impact on supply and supply chains, potentially reducing competition, and impacting on jobs. In other words, there are, or may be, significant unintended consequences of intervening in the market which operates on the basis of...

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...

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 Policy (10 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: Trade policy plays an important role in promoting and protecting Ireland’s values and standards. Ireland’s Trade and Investment Strategy 2022 – 2026 “Value for Ireland, Values for the World”, sets out our approach to trade policy based on our values and principles as a free and democratic country. The overarching goal of our trade and investment strategy...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (10 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland issued a request for tender for a part-time Israel-based Business Development Consultant in January 2022.  IDA Ireland regularly engages Pathfinders/Consultants globally and this is a model used across many geographies.  The Consultant finished the assignment at the end of January 2023 and I am informed that IDA Ireland is likely to go to tender for a replacement...

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...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: Ah, Richard, come off it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: They do not like the truth.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (3 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: The 2023 St Patrick's Day programme saw the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Government Ministers take part in an extensive international programme to promote Ireland and Irish interests around the world. These visits provided an opportunity for Ministers to promote Irish trade and meet business leaders, to engage with political counterparts and to meet the Irish diaspora in different locations....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Reports (3 May 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. The information requested is currently being compiled by my Department and will be forwarded directly to the Deputy as soon as it is finalised.