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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Apparently, we have done a research paper on that issue of environmental benefits of remote working. I might take a look at it first, but we will happily share it with the committee. We passed legislation in this area regarding the obligation on employers to take seriously the request for remote working. It is not passed yet but we are progressing legislation in that area. I am happy to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I am afraid it is not as easy as that. Even within the EU, you cannot work out of Lisbon without a residency and tax issue after a certain period. That is my understanding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: You can travel to any part of the Single Market to work but if you are working as an Irish resident paying Irish taxes but not living in Ireland, there is an issue. It is primarily an issue for the Department of Finance but it is-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Yes, there is a range of issues around working outside of the jurisdiction: workers’ rights issues, workplace relations issues, employment law. It is not as simple as just working out of an apartment in the south of Spain. That can work for short periods but the residency, tax and employment rights implications are not straightforward.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: We are looking at it. We have not drawn conclusions yet from the process, as far as I know. First of all, many people work a four-day week but they are just not paid for a five-day week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I did not mean to give a flippant answer. This is something we are taking seriously, both in terms of remote working and the four-day week. This will be very difficult for some sectors but it may well be possible for other sectors. I am conscious we have done a lot over recent years to improve working conditions, including employment rights for employees and so on, in respect of a range of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: One of the things we are facilitating research on is, effectively, off-site building and assembly of product-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: -----before it comes onto site. It is modular but it also impacts on how things are designed and the methods with which that is done and the materials used. Ultimately, this is about building more sustainable homes that are much more efficient in terms of energy and heat, and building them faster and at lower cost in a way that perhaps does not need as many people on site as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: On that, if the Department agrees to progress a new industrial enterprise strategy around offshore wind, for example, it would be very good to get a written submission from the committee to make sure we are not missing elements. That would be very useful from our perspective. I am sure there is now quite a lot of experience on the committee, given the number of people who have appeared...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Appointments to State Boards (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: In making appointments to State Boards under my remit as Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, my Department operates in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Guidelines on Appointments to State Boards, published in November 2014. The Public Appointments Service (PAS) has responsibility for managing an open, accessible and transparent system to support...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Lobbying Reform (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Staff of the Department and State bodies under the aegis of the Department must comply with the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 and 2001. Staff at Principal Officer level and above, other designated persons in the Department as well as staff of State Bodies must provide, on an annual basis, a disclosure of interests return for themselves, their spouse, civil partner, child or child of a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Income Inequality (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Last year the Low Pay Commission submitted its report on piloting a Universal Basic Income, and its accompanying research report, authored by ESRI under the terms of the Low Pay Commission / ESRI Research Partnership Agreement, titled ‘A universal basic income for Ireland: Lessons from the international literature’,. It should be noted that the ‘Basic Income for the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department provides joint funding, alongside the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy, for InterTradeIreland (ITI), the North-South implementation body responsible for the promotion of trade and business on an all-island and cross-border basis. My Department's budget allocation for ITI in 2023 was €11.586 million, of which €8.9 million is dedicated to capital funding...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland provides financial and non-financial supports to multinational companies within its portfolio in pursuit of the Agency’s overall mission to win and develop foreign direct investment into Ireland to provide jobs, economic impact and opportunity for the people of Ireland. IDA provides clients with financial support in the form of funding and incentives, and non-financial...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment provides joint funding, alongside the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy, for InterTradeIreland (ITI), the North-South implementation body responsible for the promotion of trade and business on an all-island and cross-border basis. My Department's budget allocation for ITI in 2023 was €11.586 million, of which €8.9...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment provides joint funding, alongside the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy, for InterTradeIreland (ITI), the North-South implementation body responsible for the promotion of trade and business on an all-island and cross-border basis. The Department's budget allocation for ITI in 2023 is €11.586 million, of which €8.9...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: In Budget 2022, Government announced that €55 million would be made available under the National Recovery & Resilience Plan to assist enterprises through the Green Transition Fund. This budget is split into two streams, the Enterprise Emissions Reduction Investment Fund (€30m) and the Climate Planning Fund for Business (€25m) which will both run from 2022 and...

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

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 47, 58 to 60, inclusive, 62 and 63 together. The Government’s Supplementary Estimates set out the net need for additional funds for a Vote above the level approved in the Revised Estimates for Public Services for that year. As the Supplementary Estimates process takes place later in 2023, I can only provide you with details on the funding allocated...

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

Simon Coveney: An estimated figure of €9m has been allocated for NIBRT from within the IDA's total estimates allocation in 2023.

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

Simon Coveney: IDA Ireland has a grants budget in 2023 of approximately €145m. IDA Ireland does not generally allocate specific funding amounts to individual grant programmes, rather the Agency will remit on grant claims for approved investments which are fully compliant with the terms of the programme in question. In 2022 the Agency paid grant claims totalling €70,275 under the Leading with...