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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (13 Dec 2023)

Dara Calleary: Ireland has always been a strong supporter of robust State Aid control at EU level to protect a level playing field for Irish businesses to compete in the EU. In order to maintain a level playing field, any flexibility in State Aid rules must be limited to what is strictly necessary and be provided in a way that benefits all Member States equally. It is important that we avoid a damaging...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (13 Dec 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Review of Structures and Strategies to Prevent, Investigate and Penalise Economic Crime and Corruption, often referred to as ‘the Hamilton Report’ was published in December 2020. It contained a number of recommendations focusing primarily on legislative, structural, and resourcing measures to enhance the capacity of agency and multi-agency enforcement and the prevention of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (13 Dec 2023)

Dara Calleary: Section 9 (5) of the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 provides that the CCPC is independent in the performance of its functions. Cartels are a serious form of anti-competitive behaviour which occur when competitors agree to fix prices, share markets, restrict output or share commercially sensitive information with each other. In Ireland, engaging in prohibited cartel activity is a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Bodies (14 Dec 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission CCPC was established on 31 October 2014 after the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority were amalgamated. The Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014 provided for the establishment of the CCPC. Please see below CCPC’s total funding and the number of people employed by the CCPC since 2014: Year ...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: Guím gach rath ar an gcoiste tábhachtach seo don bhliain nua agus gabhaim buíochas leis as ucht a bheith ag obair linn. I wish members a happy new year. I thank the committee for facilitating us this morning and I thank everybody who took part in what was generally a constructive engagement on Second Stage. Members will be aware that 13 of the very large online platforms...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy and her team for their engagement, and that engagement is still open as we proceed in the next week. Unfortunately, I cannot accept her opposition to section 3. Section 3 provides for the ability to prescribe regulations in respect of the functioning of the Bill. Section 3 is necessary to ensure that where issues arise in terms of the effectiveness or efficiency of the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: I understand the intent behind the amendment but I cannot accept the wording because I am cognisant of the possibility of unintended consequences arising. My concern is the amendment could be used by parties to obstruct or delay Coimisiún na Meán or the CCPC in their making of a decision as to whether a suspected contravention with respect to the digital services regulation had...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: Absolutely. It is standard language used in respect of the serving of documents, but we will definitely look at it because I absolutely see where the Deputy is coming from.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: Even though we are dealing with digital matters, we are still dealing with the language of more traditional means of communication. Nevertheless, I absolutely see where the Deputy is coming from, so we will have a look at it before Report Stage. There will be some technical amendments on Report Stage, given we are trying to tighten up the language insofar as we can. One challenge with this...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 2: In page 10, to delete line 3. This grouping of amendments relates to the disclosure of personal data. The substantive amendments in the grouping are amendments Nos. 6 and 41 to 44, inclusive. Further to a review of the Bill as part of the consultation process mandated under Article 36.4 of the general data protection regulation, the Data Protection Commission...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: We will work up some cases for Deputy O'Reilly and share them with her. Unfortunately I will not be able to do so at the meeting.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: I absolutely accept the spirit in which Deputy O'Reilly is coming to this. I assure her we will do everything to protect personal data. There may be circumstances in which it is necessary. We will engage with Deputy O'Reilly's team on some scenarios.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 3: In page 10, line 13, to delete "section 199" and substitute "section 201". The substantive amendment in this grouping is amendment No. 36, which seeks to insert two new sections into the Bill. These sections provide that, as set out in Articles 9 and 10 of the Digital Services Act, when an authority issues an order to act against illegal content, or an order to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 4: In page 10, line 18, to delete "section 199" and substitute "section 201".