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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Broadband Infrastructure (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: My colleague Patrick O’Donovan, Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport is better suited to provide a response. Responsibility for the Digital Connectivity Strategy, including the National Broadband Plan, which oversees the rollout of fibre broadband across the country is under the remit of Minister O'Donovan's Department. For the information of the Deputy, Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Act 2024 was signed into law on 12th November 2024, with 64 of the 90 sections of the Act being commenced on 3rd December 2024. Section 22 of the Act 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...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: A key part of the 2024 Refresh of the National AI Strategy is a commitment to ensuring people better understand the benefits, risks, safeguards, rights, and responsibilities in relation to the use of AI systems. This focus on AI literacy is central to ensuring that our society is empowered to engage with AI technologies in an informed and confident manner. Under the EU Artificial...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Process (8 Jul 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: Artificial Intelligence (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I would like to thank the Deputy for the question. The AI Act sets out a phased enforcement timeline. The next key milestone for implementation is 2 August 2025, by which time member states must have designated market surveillance authorities and notifying authorities, collectively known as national competent authorities, and the Single Point of Contact for the Act. From 2 August 2026...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will communicate with a person (details supplied) in order that their passport be issued as soon as possible, as the family has submitted all documents needed over the past few months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37745/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 772. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37197/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 800. To ask the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied) and expedite an appointment for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37363/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 806. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be offered to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37399/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 814. To ask the Minister for Health if a case will be reviewed and hip surgery expedited for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37431/25]

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

Niamh Smyth: 311. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review a referral for an autism assessment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (10 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 391. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider the availability of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system available under the drugs payment scheme for people with type 2 diabetes who use insulin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38638/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I thank my colleagues for being here today for the first session of the week. I appreciate them all being here. I compliment the Chair on the state-of-the-nation hearings he has done so far. I have listened to bits and pieces of some of them, but I admire the approach the committee has taken on the three modular pieces regarding AI. It is really critical because it goes to the heart of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Digital Services Act is one of those opportunities for Ireland in terms of the protection of our citizens online. The Senator is specifically asking about the business piece. I will come back to her on that. I might get one of my officials to answer her specifically on that, if that is all right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: As we have seen in recent days, the Central Bank has had an interesting couple of weeks with its own sandbox and how it is extrapolating fintech in terms of its development as a piece of technology that helps our online banking and protects our citizens along the way. Our own sandbox is intended to provide certainty for start-up companies. The sandbox will be devised as an entity to give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The EU Presidency will provide a wonderful platform to every Department, but particularly to this one, to demonstrate that Ireland takes a rules-based approach and that it is not the wild west when it comes to AI any more than it was for the social media companies. The Senator raised competitiveness. The Minister, Deputy Burke, and I are working on including AI and the sandbox in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Niamh Smyth: There is a great opportunity. We saw President Macron did exactly that during the AI summit. I think all member states looked at that and thought it would be wonderful to do. I think that as well. It is really important that we work in collaboration with tech companies. They want to work with us in a collaborative way to ensure they are working within the rules-based and risk-based...