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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 71 together. The Programme for Government is clear in setting out the importance of SMEs to our economy. Developing Ireland's enterprise base remains a key priority, and we will strive to reduce costs, administrative burdens and bureaucracy for businesses. Ireland is internationally well-regarded in terms of regulatory burden. The 2025 Annual...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Functions (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: In terms of the co-operative sector, the focus of my Department is on completing work on the Co-operative Societies Bill. Drafting of the Bill, by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, is nearing completion and it is expected that the finalised Bill will be brought to Government during Q4 2025. The Bill provides for the most far-reaching reform of the legislation governing co-operatives...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61 and 74 together. Ireland supports the simplification and burden reduction agenda at EU level. Specifically in relation to the Omnibus on sustainability, the proposals are intended to address disproportionate burdens on businesses, in particular on SMEs, whilst retaining key aspects in relation to corporate responsibility. What we wish to see is better...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: In the context of optimising the competitiveness of EU companies in the evolving global trading environment and ensuring proportionality, I am supportive in principle of initiatives to simplify the reporting requirements and reduce costs on companies and most especially for SMEs. The Deputy is aware that the Omnibus on sustainability proposes a number of legislative changes to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy will be aware that the first omnibus dealing with sustainability matters was published on 26 February 2025. Since the publication of the Omnibus proposal, officials from my Department, both in Dublin and Brussels, have engaged with a range of stakeholders and received numerous submissions concerning the content and implications of the proposals. These include representatives from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if there are plans to revise the rule in cases involving self-builds with limited mortgage borrowing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33228/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Deputy will be aware that the European Commission’s omnibus on sustainability proposes a number of legislative amendments to the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). Proposals include postponing the transposition deadline for the Directive by one year to July 2027, the risk-based approach to due diligence applying, in general, to tier 1 suppliers,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Section 22 of the Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 provides for a change to the current audit exemption regime, whereby small and micro sized companies will not, in future, automatically lose the privilege of audit exemption on a first occasion, in a five year period, of late filing of an annual return with the Companies Registration Office...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: There is a responsibility on company directors to ensure that they adhere to the requirements of company law. In this regard, section 142 of the Companies Act 2014 (the 2014 Act) limits the number of directorships that an individual can hold at a particular time to 25. Public limited companies and companies with a certificate that a company has a real and continuous link with one or more...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I am informed that a large number of the Companies Registration Office (CRO) forms may be authenticated using ROS (Revenue Online Signature) without the need for a wet signature. This includes the most common activities such as the filing of annual returns and the changing of directors and their details. Information on ROS is available on the CRO’s website...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 396. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) requiring surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33291/25]

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: It is a real pleasure to be in here with the Senators today and I thank them most sincerely. I could not agree more with everything said by all who have spoken and with the sentiments that have been expressed here today. My background is that I grew up through an SME. My mam happens to be in the Gallery and she has a very small business in Slane in County Meath. I grew up packing...

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: There is also IDA Ireland. We often feel that rural constituencies are forgotten compared with the more urban centres, and this can be true, but in my role I will certainly do everything I can to ensure we support and provide access and, more importantly, that we listen, as I am doing here today, to what the concerns are. I can tell Senators quite honestly that in the few short months...

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I will finish this point, if Senator O'Loughlin stops me in time.

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: My intention is to ensure the AI tools and digitalisation supports we will provide through the Department of enterprise will support businesses and give them the backup they need. I would argue that businesses always go through uncertain times. We are going through a different uncertainty now.

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Yes, absolutely. That is no problem.

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I thank everybody for their patience and for waiting to hear the response. We are all of the same view that everything has to be done. The Minister, Deputy Burke, has been incredibly proactive in putting together teams of people around the table with the officials – I am ably assisted here today by some of the officials – to hear what the burdens are and how we can simplify...

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Yes, indeed.

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Okay. I will be back. I thank the Acting Chairperson for her forbearance.

Seanad: Enterprise Matters and Business Supports for SMEs: Motion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I wonder how far I will get. I thank everybody for their patience because this is a most important debate. I thank everyone for their forbearance and for waiting to hear my concluding remarks. I have lots of say but I cannot say it all in a minute and a half, so I will conclude on a more human level in reassuring the House about any of the ideas that have been suggested. My officials are...