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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Simon Coveney: I suspect it will relate to funding.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Simon Coveney: I welcome and thank those present for coming in for an extended session. I have just a few questions because a lot have been answered. Clearly, this has now developed as international best practice. We are looking to apply it here, particularly having run a pilot project in Galway for four years. I would like to understand something about the Galway Barnahus pilot, which is now going to...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Simon Coveney: I hear what Ms Shortt is saying but it is important that it is the experience of the child that comes through this structure, which is designed to be supportive. However we might design how staff are moved around in terms of co-location in order that we can get specialists quickly into the right rooms they need to be in, it is important that the experience of the child needs to be very much...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Simon Coveney: Sorry Chair, on the numbers, what are we talking about here in terms of budget? For those of us who want to be helpful in terms of trying to push the thing along, it would be good to know what we are talking about.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Simon Coveney: I will not come in again Chair but from the political system's perspective, if it is hoped to have a centre open in Cork and to have a footprint in Dublin by the end of the year, clarity around budgets is really important. What makes it difficult, of course, is that there are three different Departments and multiple agencies all pulling out of different Estimates and different pots. There...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Review of Barnahus Model for Young People who have Experienced Child Sexual Abuse: Discussion (21 May 2024)

Simon Coveney: I presume it is not just whatever Galway costs multiplied by three, because there will be some duplication in terms of referral processes and the Garda and so on. However, in terms of therapists, consultants, support staff, nurses and so on, what does it cost for this vision to be delivered? What does it cost for three centres, south, east and west, in terms of staffing complement and so on?...

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.