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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Small Companies Administrative Rescue Process, known as SCARP, has been designed to allow viable small and micro companies experiencing temporary financial problems to restructure with the agreement of creditors. The Process has limited court involvement where creditors are engaged and are positively disposed to a rescue plan. It mirrors elements of examinership but in a simplified...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The effective implementation of the EU AI Act in Ireland is critical to ensure that the guardrails are in place to ensure the transparent and ethically adoption of AI and also to drive innovation, competitiveness and productivity in delivering products and services for our economy and society. As the Deputy is aware a distributed model for implementation building on Ireland’s strong...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) produces guidance for consumers on a wide range of consumer matters. This guidance includes information on buying from businesses outside of the EU and buying online, including informing consumers how to check where a business is based, and advising consumers to check the policies of businesses outside of the EU. The information is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Rights (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: My Department’s work in relation to the broader Circular Economy can be seen in the transposition and embedding of the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulations, which are the cornerstone of the EU Commission’s approach to more environmentally sustainable and circular products. My Department is also working on the transposition of the both the Green Transition and the Right...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review a case (details supplied); if he will take into account that the school in question is the only girls-only school available to them in the area; if, in view of these exceptional circumstances, he will allow tickets to be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will issue a school transport ticket; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52046/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will expedite a decision in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51866/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Correspondence (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 688. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will outline options available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 779. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review correspondence regarding foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51597/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Family Resource Centres (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 781. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review an application under the family resource centre programme (details supplied); if she will outline the reasons this application was unsuccessful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 840. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full time care allocated which has been allocated, with no care provided at weekends; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51174/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 888. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still awaiting ultrasound treatment in Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51596/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 902. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review correspondence (details supplied); if she will expedite the appointment in question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51870/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (30 Sep 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 960. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that a further review is carried out in relation to a SUSI grant assessment (details supplied); if he will confirm that all documentation provided by the applicant, including employer forms and school confirmation, was fully taken into account; if he will clarify the reason that after additional evidence has been submitted,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (2 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The recently published Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity – a commitment in the Programme for Government – is a whole-of-government strategic response to the challenges that Ireland is facing. A key focus of the Action Plan is improving Ireland’s regulatory environment under the theme ‘Regulating for Growth and Controlling Costs.’ Measures...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (2 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Current staffing numbers for the CEA are set out in the following table. - C.S. - Permanent C.S. - Temporary AGS Total No. of Sanctioned Positions 72 1 16 89 *Number of persons in situ 64 1 8 73 Number of vacancies 9 0 8 ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Hear, hear.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Budget 2026 will safeguard and expand our economic growth and enhance Ireland’s competitiveness into the future. It is future-focused and, critically, it reflects the importance of Ireland’s digital and enterprise economy. With regard to the measures in budget 2026 that fall under my remit, I will mention two particular areas. First, we have ring-fenced €1.4 million to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review and address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The title “accountant” is not currently restricted under Irish or European law. This means that individuals may use the title without being members of a recognised professional accountancy body or holding formal qualifications in accountancy. This position reflects the longstanding approach taken in Irish company law and competition policy. There are certain...