Written answers

Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment

Departmental Strategies

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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81. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the innovations he plans for the upcoming statement of strategy of his Department. [34554/20]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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My Department is currently in the process of developing a new Statement of Strategy for the period 2020 - 2023. This new Strategy will set out the key goals and objectives that the Department will work to achieve in the coming years. It will take account of the many Programme for Government commitments that fall within the Department's remit and will reflect the changes in responsibility that have come about following the restructuring of Government departments. As the Deputy will be aware, the Department is now officially renamed Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

The Statement of Strategy will outline priority measures to facilitate remote working, reduce the cost of insurance, introduce a living wage, help fight white collar crime, strengthen employment rights and ensure balanced regional development.

Of critical importance in the Statement of Strategy will be economic recovery and job creation – assisting indigenous businesses to sustain and adapt their business models, support them to keep their employees during this difficult period of time through measures such as increased access to finance, wage subsidies and grants. Complementing this will be a determination to maintain and grow our FDI base. It was critical to our economic recovery previously and will be again.

I hope that by setting out the Department’s priorities for the period to 2023, along with timelines in which to achieve them, it will provide confidence to businesses and workers that the Department has their interests to the fore.

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