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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department paid severance and redundancy to Ministerial Personal Staff and Ministerial Advisers on the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil under the terms laid out by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and statutory entitlements under the Redundancy payments Acts 1967-2014. Additionally, my Department paid severance and redundancy to Ministerial Personal Staff...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Environmental Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: It is not my intention to introduce additional penalties on businesses that fail to reduce carbon emissions. This Government's approach is to ensure that their are clear, medium-term incentives for businesses to decarbonise and support available from State agencies to do so, rather than a purely punitive approach. Businesses already face strong financial incentives to invest in their own...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Correspondence (5 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 246 and 256 together. I appreciate the concern from businesses regarding the rising costs they are seeing at the moment and as they deal with the rising cost of doing business. It is important to note that the impact of rising prices is not unique to Ireland, but an issue facing all major economies around the world. The Government has advanced a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: In October 2022, the Government approved the publication of the Review of the Atypical Working Scheme for non-EEA Crew in the Irish Fishing Fleet. The Review Group recommended that the employment of non-EEA crew in the Irish Fishing Fleet be provided for though Employment Permits issued by my Department, instead of the Atypical Working Scheme, which had catered for the occupation since 2015....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (5 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Credit Guarantee Scheme (CGS) which became operational in 2012 and was revised in 2017, provided a State guarantee to participating lenders of 80% on eligible loans to viable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The COVID-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme (CCGS) was launched in September 2020 to assist businesses that were negatively impacted by COVID-19. The Scheme was developed in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (5 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not received a collective redundancy notification from Glen Dimplex. The rules governing collective redundancies are set out in the Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended. Collective redundancies arise where, during any period of 30 consecutive days, the employees being made redundant are: 5 employees where 21-49 are employed, 10 employees where 50-99 are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Funding (29 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The information requested is currently being collated 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: Trade Relations (28 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) compiles statistical data on the value of Imports. CSO data indicates that the value of good imported from Israel to Ireland in 2020-2023 was as follows: Imports 2020 2021 2022 2023 €121 mn €2.4 bn €4.8 bn €3.6 bn The main...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Sick Leave Act 2022 provides for employer-paid sick leave, for medically certified absences, at the rate of 70% of an employee’s regular earnings, capped at €110 per day, for up to 5 days in 2024. As payment is considered a form of wages from the employer to the employee, it is subject to the same tax and PRSI treatment as all wages. Any proposed amendment to the tax...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: I am cognisant of the difficulties faced by small businesses across the country, including rural pubs, due to rising costs and changes in the cost of doing business. My Department, in collaboration with the Department of Social Protection, is assessing the cumulative impact of recent and forthcoming changes to working conditions. These measures include the move to a Living Wage, in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of Dual-Use goods. Controls on the export of Dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Sick Leave Act 2022 came into effect on 1 of January 2023 providing up to 3 days of employer-paid sick leave in that year, paid at 70% of gross salary up to a cap of €110 per day. The minimum number of days provided for under the Act increased to 5 days on 1 January 2024. Section 9(1) provides that the obligations under the Act do not apply to employers who offer, on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of Dual-Use goods. Controls on the export of Dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (27 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department hosts the majority of its ICT systems in two of the Department's own buildings in the central Dublin area. It also hosts a very small number of ICT systems in the Revenue Hosting Centre, Dublin 8, which is approximately 4km from my Departments head office in Kildare Street. This was largely chosen for cost and location reasons. With regard to the Agencies under the remit...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (22 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: I have not engaged on this particular topic with EU counterparts, as engagement on the EU's budget, and any revenue generated from mechanisms such as the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) are primarily a matter for the Minister for Finance. The CBAM is one of the key measures under the European Green Deal. It places a carbon price on imports of certain goods from outside the EU,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: The Increased Cost of Business (ICOB) grant, announced as part of the Budget 2024 package will be particularly targeted at Small and Medium sized businesses who operate from a rateable premises. It is important that I note that the ICOB is not a commercial rates waiver and firms should continue to pay their rates as normal. The administration of the ICOB grant will be carried out by Local...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. I am not sure how much time he will give me for all of them. Maybe it will be five minutes, which is excellent. First, with regard to Deputy Colm Burke's question, I know he had a good meeting with the Minister, Deputy Simon Harris, on these matters. The Minister's Department met the Department of Health, UCC and Trinity on increasing the number of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: I would say to Deputy Nash that I think it is a helpful suggestion and I hope it can be the basis for moving the issues forward. On antisocial behaviour and policing, I hear what Deputy Gannon is saying with regard to the pressures on Garda resources. The Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, and the Garda Commissioner have focused significantly on increasing Garda resources, presence...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: -----even if there are cases where more gardaí on the street is what is needed and there is a focus on doing that by recruiting more gardaí and making sure they are more visible and are given the equipment they need to do the job they need to do. With regard to the Children's Rights Alliance annual report and scorecard, we agreed earlier that we would, I hope, provide time to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: I hear what the Deputy is saying and I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, to respond briefly to her specific question.