Dee Ryan (Fianna Fail)

I congratulate the Minister of State on her appointment to this role. She will do critical work in the coming years for the business community and it is so relevant across all walks of life in Ireland. I offer her and her team my best for the work they will do in the coming years. I thank her for her very informative opening statement. I have questions on areas that may allow her to expand a little on some of the points she has made. I commend the Department and the section on the work done so far on digital transformation and assisting SMEs in particular in taking that journey and welcome the Minister of State’s focus on SMEs.

Will she outline how Ireland is progressing on implementing the EU Digital Services Act, particularly in comparison with other member states? Is she satisfied with where we are so far? Is she concerned about anything? Is she considering strategies to accelerate where needed?