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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Water Conservation (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The enterprise agencies, Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, support client companies to conserve water and to sustainably use and protect water resources. Water conservation is included under the National Development Plan (NDP) and is funded through Irish Water. As per the NDP, over the period from 2021-2025 almost €6bn in investment will be undertaken by Irish Water, of which over...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Green Skills programmes are a matter for my colleague, the Minister of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and it would be appropriate for his Department to respond on the funding allocated to these programmes. The Deputy might be interested to note that in 2021 The Expert Group on Future Skills Needs (EGFSN), the Secretariat for which is based in my...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department, though Enterprise Ireland, funds the Innovation Voucher programme.  The Innovation Voucher Programme is designed to build links between Ireland's public knowledge providers and small businesses and help to create a cultural shift in the small business community's approach to innovation. This action is about ensuring that the opportunities that the collaborative project...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174, 182 and 186 together. There is a 2023 Budget Capital allocation of one thousand euro for the Microenterprise Loan Fund in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Vote, as set out in the following table: Microenterprise loan Fund 2023 Capital €1,000 Current Nil...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Agile Innovation Fund is funded by my Department, through Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland supports companies across Ireland to start, innovate and remain competitive in international markets, now and into the future. They provide grant support for companies to carry out in-house research and development, and also to harness the knowledge and expertise of the Higher Education...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take PQs 5375/23, 5376/23 and 5377/23 together. 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 (EERIF) (€30m) and the Climate Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Environmental Schemes (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take PQs 5375/23, 5376/23 and 5377/23 together. 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 (EERIF) (€30m) and the Climate Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Conservation (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take PQs 5375/23, 5376/23 and 5377/23 together. 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 (EERIF) (€30m) and the Climate Planning...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: There is no 2023 Budget allocation for the Brexit Impact loan Scheme (BILS) in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Vote, as set out in the following table: Brexit Impact Loan Scheme 2023 Capital Nil Current Nil Total Nil In October 2021, the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: There is no 2023 Budget allocation for the Future Growth Loan Scheme (FGLS) in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Vote, as set out in the following table:  Future Growth Loan Scheme 2023 Capital Nil Current Nil Total Nil The FGLS was launched in June 2019 to provide an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (2 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Budget Allocation for Skills for Better Business (Online Tool) Current Capital Total 2023 €62,000 Nil €62,000 Skills for Better Business was launched on 30thNovember 2022.  It is a two-part initiative aimed at assisting SME owners and managers across Ireland. It comprises an Online Tool...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The €500 million Growth and Sustainability Loan Scheme (GSLS) will make competitively priced loans of between €25,000 and €3 million available to SMEs, including farmers and fishers and small mid-caps, for terms of up to ten years, with loans of up to €500,000 available unsecured. The scheme will target a minimum of 30% of the lending volume towards Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department did not spend on online advertising until 2018. Details of spend from 2018 to date is set out in tabular form below. Year Spend on Online Advertising € 2018 7,127 2019 6,224 2020 10,832 2021 64,618 2022 160,372 ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: Both press office and public relations duties fall under the remit of the Corporate Communications Unit in my Department. The Unit has not undertaken to create social media accounts under false names.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: 33,000 new jobs were created in FDI companies in 2022, bringing the total number of people employed in the FDI sector in Ireland to over 300,000, which represents the highest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) employment level ever. The results illustrate the continued substantial growth in FDI in 2022 despite a difficult global economic environment. Growth in regions also continued with...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The table below details the current and capital budget allocations provided to the Jobs and Enterprise Development Programme of my Department as set out in the 2022 Revised Estimates published in December 2021 and in the 2023 Revised Estimate published in December 2022.  The Department had a Supplementary Estimate in 2022 which was approved by the Dáil last December.  The table...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The table below details the current and capital budget allocations provided to the Enterprise, Innovation and Commercialisation Programme of my Department as set out in the 2022 Revised Estimates published in December 2021 and in the 2023 Revised Estimate published in December 2022.  The Department had a Supplementary Estimate in 2022 which was approved by the Dáil last...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: There are no capital programmes funded under the Regulation Programme, Programme C, of my Department’s Vote.  The table below details the current allocations provided to the Regulation Programme of my Department as set out in the 2022 Revised Estimates published in December 2021 and in the 2023 Revised Estimate published in December 2022.  The Department had a Supplementary...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The table below details the current and capital budget allocations provided to IDA Ireland of my Department as set out in the 2022 Revised Estimates published in December 2021 and in the 2023 Revised Estimate published in December 2022.  The Department had a Supplementary Estimate in 2022 which was approved by the Dáil last December.  The table does not reflect any changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Simon Coveney: The table below outlines a breakdown of the capital and current budget allocations for each programme under subhead A.5 IDA Ireland of the revised Estimate for 2023. € ‘000 A.5 - IDA IRELAND €238,001 1. IDA - Grant for Admin and General Expenses €60,701 ...