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Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: Rubbish.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: More Irish people came home than left last year. The Deputy should stick to the facts.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: I am happy to speak in support of the motion of confidence in the Government. I respect that Opposition parties have a job to do to hold the Government to account. In truth, however, the putting down of a motion of no confidence in the Government by the Labour Party seems to me to be far more out about competition and headlines among Opposition parties than anything else. It comes in the...

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: I think we hit a nerve there.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: More came home last year than left.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: More came home last year than left.

Confidence in Government: Motion (29 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: That is misrepresentative.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has not entered into any contracts with the companies specified from 2016 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: This year’s St Patrick’s Day 2023 programme saw the widest yet engagement by Ireland with Ministers reaching out to partner governments and Irish communities on every continent. In all, 36 representatives of the State brought Ireland’s message to 74 cities in 44 countries. St Patrick’s Day offers an unmatched opportunity to promote Ireland abroad. It is an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Oireachtas Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, like many public representatives I receive text messages and phone calls from phone numbers I do not know, this is often people reaching out to ask for assistance or simply make contact. On December 29th 2021 I was informed that a twitter account was publishing screen grabs of unsolicited text messages being sent to my phone along with commentary on the social...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Social Media (23 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has a social media policy.  It has two purposes.  Firstly, it is aimed at external stakeholders of my Department, to explain how the Department uses social media to convey its messages, and what those stakeholders can expect if they interact with the Department’s social media accounts.  Secondly, it is intended to provide guidance to Departmental staff to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland has today announced the appointment of Michael Lohan to the role of CEO. Mr Lohan is currently IDA Global Head of Life Sciences and Talent Transformation and Innovation and is a member of the organisation’s Executive Leadership team. He will take up his new role on 17th April 2023. In that regard, I look forward to working with the new CEO, and the IDA Board, as we work...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 48 and 49 together. As the Deputy is aware, IDA Ireland offers a wide range of financial assistance to companies wishing to locate and/or expand their existing operation in Ireland including but not restricted to: - Capital; - Employment; - Training; - R&D and environmental supports. The table attached set outs grant payments to the top 20 Technology...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland monitors and reports on employment trends in its client portfolio through the Annual Employment Survey (AES) conducted by my Department. In the AES we distinguish between full-time jobs in agency-assisted firms and part-time, temporary or short-term contract employees. The 2022 AES was published by my Department on 1 March 2023. For the purpose of the survey, full-time employees...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: Following the announcement in February that Dell would seek a 5% reduction to its global headcount, my Department received an early warning report from IDA Ireland on February 7th. However, to date, my Department has not received a collective redundancy notification from Dell Technologies Ireland and as such the impact on Irish jobs is not yet known. The company is a key employer in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Trafficking (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) is an independent, statutory body which was established on 1st October 2015 under the Workplace Relations Act 2015. It assumed the roles and functions previously carried out by the National Employment Rights Authority (NERA), Equality Tribunal (ET), Labour Relations Commission (LRC), Rights Commissioners Service (RCS), and the first instance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Civil Service (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: OneLearning, the Civil Service Learning and Development Centre provides a facility for staff to record and log their continuous personal and professional development, previous training and educational qualifications. Currently, my Department does not collect data from staff on their qualifications or the level of qualifications that they have obtained prior to their recruitment or which they...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (22 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: Prior to 2021, my Department did not keep a record of training days broken down by grade. For information purposes, the total number of training days across all grades for 2019 is 931.75 and 1261.75 for 2020. A breakdown of the training days per grade for 2021 and 2022 is provided in the table below: Training Days by Grade Services Grades Clerical Officer ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, virement is the process whereby savings on one or more subheads on a Department’s Vote can be used to meet excess expenditure on another subhead or subheads within that Vote. The virement process is essentially governed by the provisions of the Public Financial Procedures as published by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Capital Expenditure Programme (21 Mar 2023)

Simon Coveney: Capital projects in my Department are delivered mainly through our enterprise agencies. Currently there are no capital projects on hold due to funding pressures. My Department, working through Enterprise Ireland, currently has 79 approved projects supported under the Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) and the Border Enterprise Development Fund (BEDF). Enterprise Ireland...