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Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh, and thank you for your good graces in allowing me to join this session. As the Cathaoirleach said, I am not a member of this committee but I hope to be here fairly regularly to make contributions to the discussions. I am a fairly new TD - new to this Dáil term, at least - but I was in the private sector for 15 years previous to this. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (22 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: As this is my first time speaking in the House, I want to start by thanking the Minister of State and the many Members of the House from all parties and none who have been so welcoming to me since the start of the Dáil term. While friendships may be tested through the course of political life, I hope I can earn and keep the respect of my colleagues, as I promise respect for them and for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Tax Code (22 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: The Minister of State referenced a lot about substance and substantive positions and I am quite disappointed with that reply. I am not talking about BEPS agreements or Pillar Two or the OECD agreements. I am talking about intellectual property and the legal architecture that underpins it. As far as I can tell, on the record of this House, this is the first time this report and the risks...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I am not a formal member of this committee, I am a visiting one. With the gracious support of the Cathaoirleach I have decided to jump in and, I hope, contribute where I can. I am a new TD and I am also a graduate of London Business School from over a decade ago now. There was a professor I studied under who was an adviser to the President of France who spoke a lot about fiscal unions,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Programme (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for a status update on the Civil Service Regulation and Public Service Management (Amendment) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27707/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Communications (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the representations made by businesses and business groups to his Department on the housing crisis in Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27706/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 354. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans there are for improving national social media regulation in the context of the dismantling of policy teams within technology companies and the rise of foreign interference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27705/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Media Sector (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 355. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a status update on his policy decision needed (details supplied) for Coimisiún na Meán to implement the Audiovisual Media Services (AVMS) Levy, as provided for under Article 13(2) of the AVMSD (Directive (EU) 2018/1808); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government of any current plans to change the legislation governing commercial rates from local authorities on businesses, in particular providing relief to local small businesses, or the possibility of differentiation of the rate so that larger multinationals pay a higher rate in a progressive manner. [27708/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to supply any international comparative analysis of commercial rates, in terms of cost per square foot, levies on revenues, and/or as a percentage of costs to businesses. [27709/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Bodies (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a status update on the Local Democracy Taskforce, in particular the timeline for its establishment, and the names and/or roles of the people who will sit on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures his Department is putting in place to ensure Ireland's compliance with the recent European Court of Justice ruling in the case of Deldits (C-247/23); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a status update on the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 and its timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27713/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to supply the annual number of US citizens who have sought international protection in Ireland every year from 2010 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27711/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (29 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that have been taken to review fiscal rules and the Government's approach to fiscal policy in light of Germany’s policy change with regard to compliance with EU economic governance framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (29 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 135. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he and the Government are taking to improve the delivery of, and value for money in, infrastructure in the State. [27450/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (29 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the policies being adopted by the Government to support the people of Syria and engage with their new government, including the lifting of trade sanctions at an EU level announced last week, as well as how the Kurdish population will be protected and assisted in their fight for self-determination; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (29 May 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to formally pressure the United Arab Emirates, Chad, and others to stop aiding the paramilitary group RSF, which is actively engaged in ethnic cleansing; the steps he is taking to alleviate the suffering of the people of Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27439/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: At a recent residents' association meeting in my constituency in Sandymount, it was reported to me that only one flood insurance provider is left providing coverage in the community. This week research from the University of Galway was reported in The Irish Times showing that storm surges during Storm Éowyn were the "highest ever recorded" and would have been twice as high had the storm...

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

Eoin Hayes: 637. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the introduction of an annual schedule of guaranteed school grants can be provided to all primary schools in advance of the academic year going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29997/25]