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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: Thank you very much, Mr. Cummins. I appreciate that. We now go to Ms Tara Buckley, director general of RGDATA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: I thank Ms Buckley. I now invite Ms Geraldine Magnier, chairperson of the Small Firms Association, SFA, and director and co-founder of Idiro Analytics, to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: I thank Mr. Cummins, Ms Buckley and Ms Magnier for their contributions. At the outset, I will say that this is an important topic for the new members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. It is an issue we wanted to highlight as quickly as possible. We are conscious that we could have many organisations in the room today. I feel we have a good flavour of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: I hate to cut across Mr Broderick, but we have gone four minutes over our allotted time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: It was a very interesting line of information and I think another committee member will pick up on that. We will proceed. Deputy Gogarty is our third speaker.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: I thank Mr. McDade. We have a very full attendance today and I am conscious of time, so I ask members to try to keep an eye on the clock. I have been quite generous so far but I will have to amend that. Next on the speaker list is Senator Aubrey McCarthy. Deputy Lawlor has returned, so we will proceed to him after Senator McCarthy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: What is your restaurant called, Senator?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: We will all be down. I thank Senator McCarthy. I call Deputy Lawlor and then Deputy McCormack.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: Ms Harrison has her hand up as well. Apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: I apologise for cutting across Ms Harrison. We will definitely come back to her. I am just conscious of the clock. We have gone five minutes over and we are on a rota. I thank her for her contribution. We will go now to Deputy Tony McCormack. I am conscious that Mr. Broderick is indicating to speak. I will come back to him in a moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: Unfortunately, time is restricted but I appreciate that. I remind members that we have 25 minutes more of allocated time. The next slot is Sinn Féin, which is available to Deputy Donnelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: As we are running out of time, we will have to cut speaking times down per member to five minutes. I do not believe we will reach the last speaker or two but we will keep going as quickly as we can. Deputy Clendennen from Fine Gael is next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: I thank Deputy Clendennen for his brevity. I call Deputy Eoin Hayes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: I wish to express my sincere appreciation to the witnesses from the organisations for their contributions. I am aware it takes a long time to prepare for these meetings. The members of the committee appreciate the witnesses' time. We had a strong participation in the meeting, so much so that some members were not able to make their first contribution as we have constraints on the room....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Competitiveness and the Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: I am sorry to cut across the Deputy, but I am conscious of the time. He has less than a minute for the witnesses to answer his questions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (15 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: 145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is examining options to enhance the research and development tax credit, to reward innovation and digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39275/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: 156. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his Department's engagement with the Business Tax Stakeholder Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (15 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: 360. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give detailed consideration to correspondence received from a publican and business person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an additional special classroom for a school (details supplied); if a timeline could be confirmed on when this approval will be given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39398/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: EU Directives (10 Jul 2025)

James O'Connor: 303. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the timeline and process for the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive; to outline how "employee representatives", as set out in the Directive, will be defined in Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38390/25]