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Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: The ministerial amendment is clear that "the Minister shall consult with the Board and such other persons as the Minister considers appropriate". It is deliberately not prescriptive because in a couple of years' time, there could be relevant persons who do not exist now, but it puts a requirement on the Minister to consult people in this space. If there is one certainty it is that the...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 4: In page 18, to delete lines 8 to 11 and substitute the following: “(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for— (a) different purposes or different provisions, and (b)...

Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (9 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: I feel rather like the rugby player who got the ball just before the try line and threw it over the line. I acknowledge the huge work Deputy Troy put into this legislation. He engaged in a lot of consultation previous to this. I thank Deputies O'Reilly and Shanahan, who have been especially engaged with this. I also thank the committee and Senator Mullen as we proceed to the Seanad. I...

Seanad: Data Protection Act 2018: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: I thank Senators for the invitation to discuss the motion on the draft regulations. I also wish to acknowledge and thank the members of the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment for their consideration of the draft measures two weeks ago. I understand that my opening statement is being circulated with a briefing note on the background to the draft regulations. In summary, the...

Seanad: Data Protection Act 2018: Motion (9 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: I thank all Senators for their inputs into the debate. I thank Senator Gavan for his good wishes. It was a privilege to serve alongside him, and Senator Fiona O'Loughlin, on the Council of Europe. It is important that this House understands the respect in which Senators Gavan and O'Loughlin are held for their work at plenary sessions and at various committees. I am pleased the key...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (8 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: Policy responsibility for building works rests with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. I understand from his Department that under the Building Control Acts 1990 to 2014, primary responsibility for compliance of works with the requirements of the Building Regulations rests with the owners, designers and builders of buildings. Enforcement of the Building Regulations is a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (8 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Registration of Business Names Act 1963 requires any individual, partnership or body corporate which trades under a name other than their own true names to register their business name with the Registrar of Companies. The Act aims to provide transparency for those doing business by making the legal identity behind a business name public. Section 12(1) of the Act requires any person,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Sector Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Act 2021, providing for the establishment of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) was commenced on 6th of July and the CEA was established on 7th of July 2022. In preparation for the establishment of the CEA my Department approved an additional 14 civil servants to be assigned to the CEA. In addition, the CEA’s full-time Garda...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: 427. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth passport (details supplied). [54168/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: 428. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied). [54169/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (8 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: 996. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to add a medication (details supplied) to the GMS scheme. [54524/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: Buíochas leis an Teachta Browne as an ábhar seo a ardú. I thank Deputy Browne for raising this issue. I absolutely understand, and am aware of, the concerns the Deputy has expressed on behalf of his constituent in Tipperary. Businesses all over the island are worried about energy costs heading into the winter. As the Deputy has said, businesses need help with their energy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Business Supports (10 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: I am not discounting what the Deputy says. That is why we have put in place €1.2 billion in funding under TBESS. It is explained very well on the Revenue Commissioners' website. There is also SCARP, which will give small companies time to restructure the kind of finances and loans the Deputy spoke about. The Government put in place extraordinary supports for businesses,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: My Department has not incurred EU fines in the years 2020 to 2022.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: Tá áthas orm an Bille fán mBord um Réiteach Díobhálacha Pearsanta 2022 a thabhairt os comhair an Tí seo. Is Bille tábhachtach é seo a sheachadann an gealltanas sa chlár don Rialtas an Bord Measúnaithe Díobhálacha Pearsanta a fheabhsú agus a athchóiriú. I acknowledge the co-operative support of Teachtaí...

Seanad: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: It is 18 months.

Seanad: Personal Injuries Resolution Board Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: I thank all the Senators for their positive remarks about the Bill and the work of the PIAB. I join them in acknowledging the work of PIAB since its inception in 2004. In this regard, I acknowledge the role of Senator McDowell and former Tánaiste Mary Harney, but also, particularly in the year the relevant legislation was passed, former Minister of State Noel Treacy, who was an...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (15 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: Each year, Enterprise Ireland offers a programme of trade missions and events which support the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment. In recent years the majority of Ministerial-led Trade Missions have taken place to the Eurozone, North America and Asia Pacific, which...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: 630. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans in place to increase individual payments to Pobal participants on CSP schemes, particularly given the forthcoming increase in the minimum wage and the announced increases in the CE top-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56167/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Dara Calleary: 631. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an extra payment will be made to CSP sponsors to fund an increase in the amount paid to CSP participants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56168/22]