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Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: They are still large in nature.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Please.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Say I own a small company with maybe 100 employees in County Galway that supplies a larger company. The latter will set down for me requirements that will have a ripple effect.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Realistically, supporting the indirectly affected people will be more important than supporting the directly affected people because the directly affected people, as we can all say here, will have the capacity, the capability and the right advisers and consultants to resolve these problems for them. However, I am just thinking of a company in a town that employs maybe 50 to 100 people but...

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Was Ms Clarke trying to get in there as well?

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Yes.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: I have a final question. Will that company have to report in the thousand data points?

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: Thank you, Chair. I appreciate it.

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (11 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: I am nearly out of time, but for, say, the really large companies, the ones we want to hold to the highest standards because they have capacity in this regard, will there be a lot of workarounds for them? Will they be able to avoid this? Are the audit firms and accountancy firms ready to give assurances as to whether companies are complying with this or not?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 274. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm that qualified members of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service can enter promotion competitions for chief of staff and both deputy chief of staff positions. [29447/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 275. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm that qualified members of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service were previously able to serve as assistant chief of staff but that this is no longer the case. [29448/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 276. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when Defence Forces regulations were amended prohibiting suitably qualified members of the Air Corps and Naval Service from filling the role of assistant chief of staff; the rationale for this decision; and if, in view of the emphasis of the Commission on the Defence Forces on the need for truly joint high-level leadership and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 394. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons recent interest rate reductions by the European Central Bank have not been passed onto customers by Ireland's retail banks, particularly in relation to variable mortgage rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the current criteria and period a teacher must meet in order to be offered a permanent contract; if there are any plans to review or revise this process to ensure fair and timely access to permanency for qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29446/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 1167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the Government's plans to further reduce the cost of childcare for families under the national childcare scheme; the timelines in place for the implementation of any additional cost-reduction measures; and the specific steps being taken to prevent the closure of early years and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 1352. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for excluding evorel 100mcg patches from the new hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme, given its widespread use as a substitute for estradot, which has been in long-term short supply; the measures being taken to ensure continuity of HRT care for those impacted by the supply shortages of estradot, including the potential inclusion of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 1609. To ask the Minister for Health if pelvic osteotomy hip dysplasia operations carried out in Galway by consultants from Children’s Health Ireland will be included in the scope of the current review into paediatric orthopaedic surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30518/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (10 Jun 2025)

Albert Dolan: 1648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered to provide greater financial supports for PAYE families who are just above the threshold for SUSI grants and are bearing significant higher education costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29294/25]

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Albert Dolan: I thank everyone for their attendance. I know it is not an easy task but we greatly appreciate it. We all have a role to play here. Our role is to ensure the public are getting value for money and that anybody who is in a position to expend public moneys is held to the highest standards. That is what we expect across this House. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for the...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025)

Albert Dolan: The Arts Council has gone from a budget of €75 million in 2019 to €140 million in 2025 and from 50 full-time staff up to a staff complement of 120. It is a huge expansion. Will Ms Kennelly explain why the headcount at the Arts Council has grown so much?