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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (23 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has assessed the opportunities, constraints and challenges for Ireland to take a leadership position in the development of artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23312/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (23 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: 119. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of business start-ups and business closures, both companies and unincorporated businesses; if he has considered a review of policy tools in the area of start-up, and early-stage resilience and survival of enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23313/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I understand his frustration. I hear the Opposition continually looking for higher targets but then opposing the measures proposed, whether a carbon tax or planning reform, to allow us to deliver more quickly. There is a political dilemma to upping our ambition. The EU has set targets for renewables, efficiency and effort sharing. On which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: If I dump my ten-year-old Mini Minor and buy an electric SUV, I add approximately 20 million tonnes to emissions in Korea - I do not know what the figure is - but-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: -----I actually reduce the Irish emissions. We need some way to ensure that developed countries are not simply achieving their targets by offshoring manufacturing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: With the development plan, there is consultation, then it is adopted and we go ahead. We seem to have another consultation on EV charging even though that has been in every plan you have published and those that were published before you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: All the momentum dissipated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: Just on that, I think we have to be realistic about this sector as well. The data centre sector is committed to being net zero by 2040. There is a huge effort to innovate in the sector. Deputy Whitmore's suggestion would risk the development of the data centres, which is key to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: -----our cloud ecosystem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: Does Deputy Whitmore want to shout me down? I am entitled to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: The Leas-Chathaoirleach needs to protect the right of people-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy will have an opportunity to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Finalisation of Draft National Energy and Climate Plan and the National Long-Term Strategy: Discussion (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: This is an important issue because as the Minister said, we will have a huge surplus of offshore renewable energy. At the moment, the other technologies, like hydrogen, are unproven. We cannot risk the longer-term development of the ICT sector, which has been central to our economic strategy for a very long period. We have to manage this sensitively, as the Minister is outlining, because...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Curriculum (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: 9. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has information on the number of post-primary schools which do not deliver the civil, social and political curriculum; if she has assessed whether disadvantaged schools in particular lose out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23891/24]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the establishment of the task force to rejuvenate Dublin city centre to make it thriving, attractive and safe. David McRedmond will come up with innovative ideas and will integrate across agencies, including, local authorities, the NTA and the HSE. The key to success will be the provision of a budget to fund cross-sector and cross-silo initiatives. I would be keen that, in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: 21. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment which has been made from excellence funds to promote creative collaboration among clusters of schools; and if she has plans to expand investment of this sort. [23892/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (28 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received a submission to extend a VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23935/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: I have a question on that. The risk-based assessment model is essentially an iterative one with a to-and-fro. Eventually standards, codes and approaches will evolve but given the speed at which the technology is evolving, does the model have much chance of keeping pace? I worry about what might be called the democratic deliberative process. The horse has largely already bolted in terms of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: Briefly, everybody recognises the great importance of the responsibility with which companies like Mr. Rollison's conducts its business. I would be interested to know how the company manages that internally. At Government level, we have got used to things like whistleblowing legislation, risk-proofing of every new Act for certain features, and board and Cabinet-level reports, or whatever....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

Richard Bruton: It is published in our RIA, as we would call it, which is the regulatory impact assessment-----