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Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: He is working for the country.

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (10 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: You are grandstanding.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Government has advanced a range of measures to improve working conditions in Ireland, including the transition to a Living Wage, Auto-Enrolment Retirement Savings, Parent’s Leave and Benefit, Statutory Sick Pay, an Additional Public Holiday, the Living Wage, and Remote Working. These improvements will bring wider societal benefits and will serve to bring Ireland in line with other...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Travel (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: The table below provides a schedule of official flights and cost associated with same and details of hotels and costs while I was on official State business in 2024. It should be borne in mind that some travel is booked directly by my Department, whilst some travel is arranged and paid through my Departments Agencies and broken down in the below table. It should also be noted that certain...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: I can confirm that my Department does not own any property and therefore does not have any vacant properties. I can also confirm that any leasing agreements for buildings occupied by my Department are managed by the Office of Public Works and that no buildings under such lease agreements on my Department's behalf are vacant.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Sanctions (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: EU sanctions are instruments used by the EU to bring about a change in policy or behaviour by the target country, entity or individual. EU Member States are responsible for the implementation and enforcement of EU sanctions, as well as for identifying breaches and imposing penalties. However, decisions on the adoption, renewal, or lifting of sanctions regimes are taken by the Council of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Civil Service (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department does not hold this information; the Civil Service Mobility List is managed by the NSSO. Notwithstanding the above, my Department has no offices in Co. Westmeath and is therefore not in a position to provide information on any possible positions in that location. In relation to the individual query, it should be noted that all civil servants are subject to the Civil Service Code...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department engages the services of a third-party media agency for the purposes of advertisement placement and reaching audiences across a range of mediums. All campaigns are developed carefully in collaboration with our media buyer using the best mix of media formats to ensure that messages target members of the public effectively while ensuring the best value for money. I can confirm...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tax Reliefs (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: Pay Related Social Insurance (PRSI) is primarily a matter for the Minister for Social Protection. As per the PRSI Roadmap which has been agreed by Government, there will be incremental increases in all classes of PRSI (employer, employee and self-employed) over the coming years. These increases will support the retention of the State Pension Age at 66. They are as follows: 2024: 0.1...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: Under the Programme for Government, Ireland has committed to reducing emissions by 51% across all sectors of the economy by 2030 and to become net zero by 2050. These commitments are enshrined in law under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021. The Sectoral Emissions Ceiling (SECs) prescribe how the emissions reduction targets are divided among different...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (9 Apr 2024)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between the European Union and Canada (CETA) is a mixed agreement containing both EU and Member State competencies. Only those parts of the agreement for which the EU has exclusive competence, which are the trade elements, have been provisionally applied, pending the completion of each Member States' ratification...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Directive on Adequate Minimum Wages in the European Union was published on 19th October 2022 and must be transposed by 15th November 2024. The Directive aims to ensure that workers in the Union are protected by adequate minimum wages allowing for a decent living wherever they work. The Directive includes three sets of measures: 1. One of the goals of the Directive is to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: I understand the comments made by my colleague Minister Richmond during the Dáil debate on the Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024, were referring to a press announcement regarding the Q4 2023 Labour Force Survey and latest Monthly Unemployment Release, and the significant positive trend of employment, rebalance and overall growth...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department engaged with An Garda Síochána in 2022 in relation to a matter involving written allegations and threats to an individual staff member.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: WindEurope is one of the largest gathering of Europe’s wind industry with over 12,000 attendees and over 500 exhibitors expected to attend the event in Bilbao this March. I understand over 16,000 people attended the same event in Copenhagen last year. This event offers a huge opportunity for Ireland to announce our plans in relation to offshore wind, including the recently published...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: Regional development is at the centre of IDA’s strategy "Driving Recovery & Sustainability 2021-2024". In that regard, the IDA is committed to the pursuit of balanced, compact regional development which can deliver complementary efficiency and equity gains, with the overall impact of helping to advance national development. IDA’s property investment in the regions is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 328 and 329 together. I acknowledge the correspondence that has been shared by Fergus O’Dowd TD. In response to the details supplied, if a business owner operates multiple properties in separate local authorities, they must apply to each specific local authority to which they pay rates. Each property must separately meet the qualifying criteria to be...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has not paid exit, severance or redundancy payments of €100,000 and above, but less than, €200,000. Enterprise Ireland, an agency under the aegis of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, has confirmed that no exit, severance, or redundancy packages were paid in relation to their operations in Ireland. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: The 2024 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 Funding (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: While my Department does not generally provide direct funding to non-governmental organisations (NGOs), it does provide funding for ad hoc humanitarian flood relief schemes which are delivered by the NGO sector. The figures in the table below refer to payments made under the Emergency Humanitarian Flooding scheme which provides a contribution towards the costs of returning business premises...