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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Council (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: The Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) met on 27th November where EU Trade Ministers discussed preparations for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference meeting in February, 2024 as well as the conclusion of the modernisation of the EU-Chile Association Agreement and EU-US trade relations. The Council is set to hold an informal meeting of Ministers in Brussels, under the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Communications (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has social media accounts on the platforms: X, LinkedIn and YouTube. It also subscribed to X Premium earlier this year, primarily to retain two-factor authentication protection on the account. These social media accounts are managed by staff of the Department’s Corporate Communications Unit, and reviewed by a senior manager. As outlined in the Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (5 Dec 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has run advertising campaigns to promote supports to business, events and information campaigns on X (formally Twitter) in the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Please find details of this spend in the table below. The Department has been running a targeted advertising campaign across several social media platforms which will conclude on 5 December. There are no other plans to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: White Papers (30 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has published one White Paper from 2008 to date, the title of which is the White Paper on Enterprise 2022 -2030. The link to the White Paper is included below. enterprise.gov.ie/en/publications/white-paper-on-enterprise- 2022-2030.html.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Consultations (30 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department considers hiring external consultants to produce reports in cases where there is not the necessary expertise to deliver the project in-house, in cases where an external assessment is deemed essential, or in cases where a project must be completed within a short time scale, and although the expertise or experience may be available in-house, performing the task would involve a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has advertised on X (formally Twitter) in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. A breakdown of that advertising spend to 27 November 2023 is set out in the table below. Year Spend 2021 €19,831.77 2022 €34,330.02 2023 €8,709.72

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department advertised on Facebook and Instagram in the years 2021, 2022 and 2023. A breakdown of that advertising spend to 27 November 2023 is set out in the table below. Year Facebook and Instagram 2021 €9,837.40 2022 €79,659.62 2023 €4,212.46

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (30 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My department has not placed advertising with Google in the years 2021, 2022 or up to 27 November 2023.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department and its Offices paid a total of €66,672in prompt payment interest and compensation to suppliers for the years 2016 up to 24 November 2023 ( see attached table ). The table does not include payments by the Department's Agencies. The table includes details of the top five suppliers who received the largest total in prompt payment interest and compensation in each year...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Agreements (29 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: Further to my response to Parliamentary Question No.44 of 2023, I noted that the specific steps required for triggering human rights clauses have to be considered with regard to the specific terms of each agreement concerned. Therefore, there is no formal mechanism to direct the Commission, who acts on behalf of Member States, to review or trigger human rights clauses in Free Trade...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Caiteachas Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta (29 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: I understand that Plean Fáis, Conradh na Gaeilge's Irish Language and Gaeltacht Investment Plan, was published on the 29th September. I note that the actions in the Plan that relate to entrepreneurship supports and employment creation are proposed for delivery by Údarás na Gaeltachta, which is the statutory agency for the economic, linguistic and cultural development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Expenditure (29 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My colleague, Minister Eamon Ryan T.D., Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications has responsibility for the NDRC accelerator and NDRC pre-accelerator and has provided the information below. NDRC is one of the State’s supports for early-stage enterprises operating in the pre-seed investment funding gap between entrepreneurs/researchers and the commercial investment sector...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no direct remit dedicated to dealing with integration policy. However, The table below sets out the details of staff of my Department, by grade, who are assigned on a full-time basis to provide support to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in dealing with integration. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Freedom of Information (28 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: In 2022, my Department received a total of 313 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests of which 37 were refused. To date in 2023 the Department has received 258 FOI requests of which 31 have been refused. My Department is committed to being transparent and providing ease of access to information and records where possible. Where practicable, my officials will endeavour to redact a version...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Rights (28 Nov 2023)

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. The Department operates Export Controls to the highest standards, in accordance with EU law and international best practice. My Department administers Controls on the export of Dual-use items in accordance with Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Advertising (28 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: Between the years 2016 and 2023 my Department advertised with RTE once. This was in 2021 at a cost of €63,250 as part of a wider multi-platform campaign to promote the National Remote Work Strategy: Making Remote Work.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Communications (28 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: My Department and its Offices have not facilitated in-person or remote briefings on any issues by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) and the Hope and Courage Collective from 2020 to date. In respect of the Agencies that come within my remit, they are statutorily independent in their functions, and this is an operational matter for them. However, I have asked the Agencies to respond to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (23 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: Ireland’s trade relations with Israel are governed by a Free Trade Agreement as part of an overarching EU-Israel Association Agreement, which came into force in June 2000. The Association Agreement aims to provide an appropriate legal and institutional framework for political dialogue and economic cooperation between the EU and Israel. It is important to note that the Free Trade...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 66 together. The Increased Cost of Business Grant (ICOB) was announced as part of Budget 2024 and will be targeted at Small and Medium sized businesses who operate from a rateable premises. Firms who do not have a rateable premises are not within the scope of this scheme. The total allocation for this scheme is €250m. It is important that I be...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Simon Coveney: Under the emergency business flooding schemes the Government has made provision to provide up to €100,000 for small businesses, community, voluntary and sporting bodies directly affected by the weather events in Counties Cork, Galway, Waterford, Limerick, Louth, Wexford, and Kilkenny. These schemes provide urgent assistance to businesses that were unable, through no fault of their...