Results 2,141-2,160 of 12,667 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is it.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fantastic. I thank the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I will withdraw both of these amendments on the basis of the commitment given by the Minister of State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Stanton for raising this matter. Is it the Minister of State's position that this legislation will most likely have to be amended when the AI development-----

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The one difficulty with that, which the committee heard about last week, is that to get things right sometimes the slowest movements move as fast. I understand that there are a lot of moving parts in this but I also understand that the area of AI has potential for negative consequences. It is not all positive and there is a substantial risk involved. AI moves much faster than we thought...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 6: In page 33, to delete lines 28 to 33.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 7: In page 36, lines 25 and 26, to delete “to the appellant subject to such redactions”. This amendment is on transparency. I thank Deputy Barry for his support and remind him that it is entirely possible for him to submit his own amendments rather than to be disappointed in me deciding to withdraw mine but we can talk about that another day. Amendments...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Nobody wants to do that. We are all at one on that issue. The Minister of State has just said the Minister will be bound by the decision of the adjudicator. If the Minister is to be bound by something about which he or she does not have full information because some of it will be redacted, that is problematic. I welcome the offer of a briefing on this and we will take the Minister of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I have one specific question. The Minister of State said that this reflects his thinking and that of the Department. I should have started by thanking the Minister of State's officials for all their work on this. I appreciate them coming in. Nobody is picking holes in this except to try to be helpful. That is all. I understand the amount of work that goes into it and I thank the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: For the ones that were not about State security, did they relate to commercial sensitivity? I cannot think of another reason. What would the other reason be?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fair enough. I am not trying to trick anyone; I am just trying to understand that.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: It would generally be State security.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I am hearing that is it nearly always State security, but not quite.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: That is fair enough. I have a bit more to engage the Minister on in relation to this. I am content to withdraw my amendments. I may submit them again on Report Stage, pending that interaction if we can get some of the points clarified. I take the Minister of State's assurance in relation to State security.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I move amendment No. 8: In page 40, lines 17 and 18, to delete “to the appellant subject to such redactions”.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding set aside for the post Brexit: market growth and diversification grant in 2023. [31519/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 62. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increased funding for technical assistance for micro exporters (TAME) by 10%, 20% and 50%, in tabular form. [31521/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 32246/17, if he plans to update the building standards and building classifications, as he called for in 2017, to allow for the introduction of a green certificate for homes where there is negligible pyrite and no physical damage, in order that houses can be sold. [31582/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (27 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 659. To ask the Minister for Health when a comprehensive response will issue to a person (details supplied) regarding communications which were sent to them. [30791/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (22 Jun 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I have written to the Corporate Enforcement Authority to ask that it investigate if there are any potential breaches of company law in this case. Serious questions are arising as to what fitness and probity checks were carried out in respect of the directors. Who is really behind some of these companies? There are names, there are new companies, there is another company, there is Metron,...