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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: The EU Artificial Intelligence Act will enter into force on 1 August 2024. The various measures in the Act will start to apply, in a phased manner, over the subsequent 36 months. The Act will provide a high level of protection for people’s health and safety, and their fundamental rights, while simultaneously promoting the responsible development and adoption of trustworthy AI. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Rights (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: My Department recognises the importance of giving consumers more choice, information and protection. As such, my Department works to maintain an agile, efficient regulatory regime that promotes fair competition for both businesses and consumers and safeguards strong, transparent consumer rights to ensure value for money, quality customer care and protection from unsafe products. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: My officials have advised me that they are not aware of any specific issues that the Deputy may be referring to. If the Deputy has specific concerns or information, I would encourage him to bring these to the attention of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) which is the statutory body responsible for promoting compliance with, and enforcing, competition law in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Rights (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: My Department has no direct role in relation to the provision of medical services, and my colleague, the Minister for Health, would be best placed to offer further information on this matter. In general terms the Consumer Rights Act 2022 provides strong and clear consumer rights and remedies when buying goods and services. If a business has not met its legal obligations in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Prices (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: Ireland has a strong track record when it comes to protecting consumers in the area of ticket sales. This government introduced legislation on ticket pricing in 2021 (the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021) which prohibits the sale or advertising for sale of tickets or ticket packages for a price exceeding their original sale price for events...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: Data Centres are necessary infrastructure for many of the services which we now take for granted, including technological advances such as cloud computing, quantum computing and AI, and the rapid growth of the use of Internet services by both enterprise and consumers alike. Data Centres are a key part of Ireland’s value proposition for FDI investment and central to Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Prices (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: Ireland has a strong track record when it comes to protecting consumers in the area of ticket sales. This government introduced legislation on ticket pricing in 2021 (the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021) which prohibits the sale or advertising for sale of tickets or ticket packages for a price exceeding their original sale price for events...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Functions (23 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: In terms of the co-operative sector, the focus of my Department is on completing work on the Co-operative Societies Bill. Drafting of the Bill, by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, is nearing completion and it is expected that the finalised Bill will be brought to Government in Q4 2024. The Bill provides for the most far-reaching reform of the legislation governing co-operatives in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (23 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: As Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment I, along with Minister Calleary, Minister Higgins and officials across the Department, engage on a regular basis with the European Commission and its officials on important policy areas such as the Single Market, Competitiveness, State Aid, Trade, Industry and Digital. This is particularly important in relation to the current EU Commission's...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Rights (18 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory body responsible for promoting compliance with, and enforcing, competition law in Ireland. The CCPC is independent in the performance of its statutory functions. Investigations and enforcement matters are part of the day-to-day operational work of the CCPC and I, as Minister, have no direct function in these matters. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Funding (24 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) aims to contribute to a sustainable, equitable, green and digital recovery effort, in a manner that complements and supports the Government’s broader recovery effort. It is in this context that €85 million in funding is being made available to my Department to support the “Digital Transformation of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (24 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: The question relates to two separate, albeit related, pieces of legislation. The implementation of the Casual Trading Act, 1995 lies with Local Authorities. The Act empowers Local Authorities to grant casual trading licences and make bye-laws as they see fit, on the control, regulation and administration of casual trading in its own functional area. Neither I as Minister nor my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (24 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory body responsible for enforcing consumer protection and competition law in Ireland. The CCPC remit continues to expand with recent legislation agreed at EU level designed to further strengthen protections for consumers and fairness in the operation of online markets. This includes the Digital Services Act (DSA), the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (1 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 5 July 2024 and entered into force on 26 July 2024. In order to provide Member States with sufficient time to implement the proposals, Member States have twenty-four months to transpose the Directive into national laws with a deadline of 26 July 2026. I can advise the...

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: They do not want to hear it.

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: I welcome this year's budget provisions for enterprise and for our Department more widely. I commend the Minister, Deputy Burke, and the officials in our Department on the work they have engaged in with the Department of public expenditure in recent weeks to secure a package worth €1 billion plus for our Department next year. The Minister has reflected on how far we have come over...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (3 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) and the Garda Commissioner are statutorily independent in their functions and matters relating to Garda resourcing are an operational matter for the Garda Commissioner. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the CEA and An Garda Síochána was signed on the 3rd June 2022. This MoU formalised and detailed the arrangements to provide...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach, an gcléireach agus an gcoiste as an deis a thabhairt dúinn an Bille tábhachtach seo a phlé. I thank the Chair, committee and secretariat for making time this morning. I was not able to attend the Second Stage debate so I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Emer Higgins, for taking it and acknowledge her and Deputy O'Reilly's...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Governance, Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: I agree that for large companies, that element of public accountability is needed. We have had virtual and hybrid meetings in effect for almost four years, since the start of the pandemic. We have had very few significant issues in that space and we have been watching for them. There is regulation making power in section 176A (9) which will allow the Minister to make regulations around:...