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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta O'Sullivan as an issue seo a ardú. I am taking this matter on behalf the of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, who has a speaking engagement in Longford this evening. As the Deputy is aware, ash dieback disease has been more devastating in Ireland than Dutch elm disease. It is a relatively new airborne...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Forestry Sector (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: On behalf of the Minister, I thank Deputy O'Sullivan for raising the matter. The Minister and his officials are aware that it is very important not just to the Deputy but to forest owners across the island. As I said, the Minister is very familiar with ash dieback disease having visited many sites across the country, and indeed the disease is an issue in his own area. A new forest strategy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Veterinary Services (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue. He is speaking at an event in the midlands this evening. I have a more than passing interest in this area as the brother of a vet. We shared a house with him when he was in UCD. Late last year, the Higher Education Authority, HEA, issued a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Veterinary Services (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy. I agree absolutely with the need for the provision of vets for large-animal practices as well. This was acknowledged in the speech. Our agricultural industry is still absolutely crucial to our entire island. It is important we have the vets to service it, as well as the companion animal aspect as well. Equally, from the perspective of my Department, the research side...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regional Development (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I have to admit I feel slightly cheeky taking this matter this evening, given Deputy Ring's contribution to the development of the airport during his time in government. It was a serious contribution and he put in place a lot of supports. It was through his efforts that the strategic development zone was created. It is a matter of enormous frustration that it has not moved on. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Regional Development (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Ring and his intervention is timely. When the Taoiseach was Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, we secured up to €145 million in funding from the European Regional Development Fund to support projects coming from the regional enterprise plans that I previously mentioned. The officials are working with Enterprise Ireland on developing the scheme, with the aim...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Online Safety (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: EU Regulation 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services, the "Digital Services Act", provides that recipients of an intermediary service shall have the right to seek, in accordance with Union and national law, compensation from the provider of that service. This right is tied to the circumstances where the damage or loss suffered is due to an infringement of the obligations under...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ticket Booking Fees (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021 regulates the secondary ticket market where tickets are resold after their original purchase from the primary ticket market and where tickets are more likely to be sold above their original sale price. In this case, secondary ticket sellers, who have no connection to the cultural, entertainment or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant will be reinstated this year to allow schools to apply for much-needed works. [8341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Equality Issues (22 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I understand that the Deputy has submitted the same question to my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who has policy responsibility for disability and equality matters. I understand that the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, age,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy for his question. I take the opportunity to wish him well, given that he has announced he is moving to a new phase in his life.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Hopefully not for another few years, but Deputy Naughten will be a loss to politics and the House. He and I share a commitment to balanced regional enterprise growth, which is a key objective of the Government and a key component of the recently published White Paper on Enterprise, to which the Minister referred. Recognising the significant challenge that businesses continue to face, and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I cannot comment on the Taoiseach’s plans for Ballinasloe. I know the town well. I am certainly happy to work with the Deputy to secure issues. However, I point out that there are facilities and opportunities through the regional enterprise plans programme. It is a bottom-up approach and I would certainly like to work with the Deputy on how we can input not just for Ballinasloe but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I accept that but equally I could point to the success of Castlerea, which is also in the Deputy’s constituency and where there has been the fantastic story of Harmac Medical Products along with the fantastic work under way in the food innovation hub and in the demesne, led by our colleague, Paschal Fitzmaurice. I want to work with towns and try to engender that kind of spirit. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: As referred to earlier, the regional enterprise plans have identified from within our Department significant opportunities for workers within hubs and in terms of support from home. Support through the national broadband plan, with which the Deputy will be familiar, in terms of strengthening the capacity of the plan to assist workers to work from home throughout the country, is a priority....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Absolutely. I agree with the Deputy on the hubs structure. As he will know, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, is leading out a connected hubs network to ensure the digital hubs are developing around the country, have a connection to one another and can be used in exactly the manner the Deputy has outlined. It is important that we cannot dictate to employers how they arrange employment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Regional Enterprise Development continues to be a key policy of mine and this Government, and which is reaffirmed in the recently published White Paper on Enterprise. My Department contributes to this agenda in a number of ways, including through oversight of development and implementation of nine Regional Enterprise Plans. A key feature and strength of the Regional Enterprise Plans to 2024,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I fully recognise the need to move away from our pervasive linear 'take-make-discard' model to a more circular one. My Department, and indeed Government as a whole, is working on a number of fronts to effect this transformation for businesses, consumers and our economy. At EU level, negotiations are continuing on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation which will build...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Regional development is at the heart of this Government's Enterprise White Paper and of IDA Ireland's current strategy “Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021-2024”. Under this Strategy, the IDA is targeting half of all investments to regional locations which aligns with the objectives of the Programme for Government. Specifically, IDA Ireland is targeting 25...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Under the National Digital Strategy, Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework, Government has committed to driving a step change in the digitalisation of enterprise right across Ireland. Growing the use of digital technologies by businesses will help us to build the resilience of our enterprise base, particularly as we look to future-proof our economy for the years ahead....