Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department’s Statement of Strategy was published in May 2023 and details my strategic priorities in 2024 and up to 2025. These include:

• Sustaining full employment and ensuring strong regional economic development;
• Advancing the green and digital transitions to ensure the competitiveness and sustainability of Irish-based enterprise;
• Promoting safety, better pay and conditions, good quality jobs, gender equality and inclusivity in the workplace;
• Enhancing our business regulatory environment and Ireland's attractiveness as a place to do business;
• Deepening and extending Ireland's global business and trade in a responsible, fair and sustainable manner supportive of high living stands and growing further the all island economy.

In 2024, my Department will also continue to implement Government’s White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030 which sets out the medium and long-term ambitions for my Department across the seven priority pillars set out in the White Paper which are:

1 Integrating Decarbonisation and Net Zero Commitments

2 Placing Digital Transformation at the Heart of Enterprise Policy

3 Advancing Ireland's FDI and Trade Value Proposition

4 Strengthening the Irish-Owned Exporting Sector

5 Enabling Locally Trading Sectors to Thrive

6 Stepping Up Enterprise Innovation

7 Building on Strengths and Opportunities.

My Department's legislative priorities for 2024 will be set out in the Governments Spring legislative programme which will be published early next year.