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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Law (5 May 2022)

Robert Troy: The Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Act 2020 makes temporary amendments to the Companies Act 2014 and the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1893 to address issues arising as a result of Covid-19. I am pleased to confirm to the Deputy that the temporary provisions of the Act have been further extended to 31 December 2022 following Government approval on 26 April...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Health Services (5 May 2022)

Robert Troy: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) can claim tax back on two cataract procedures carried out in a private hospital. [22382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (5 May 2022)

Robert Troy: 253. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for surgery will be expedited for a person (detail supplied). [22547/22]

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: I was not sure if I could speak before or after that but I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: I will not be too long. When I introduced the Bill to the Dáil earlier in February, I spoke about the imperative for fair and open competition for our businesses, our economy and our society. We know that the vast majority of businesses do not engage in uncompetitive practices but there are some who do. These practices drive out competition, drive up costs for ordinary citizens, and...

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for giving an opportunity to address these amendments. I intend to address both amendments together, because there is considerable overlap between them. I agree wholeheartedly with Deputy O'Reilly that it is important that the regulatory body is adequately resourced to coincide with any necessary legislative provision that gives it additional powers. As I stated...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: I was in Lisbon on 28 and 29 April 2022 as part of an Enterprise Ireland-led trade mission to Portugal. While in Portugal, I spoke at a number of Enterprise Ireland trade events and met with participating Enterprise Ireland client companies to learn about their export objectives. I also met with Portuguese buyers and highlighted potential opportunities for trade and partnership between Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: 317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that 520 credits are required to qualify for the home caring periods scheme (details supplied). [22088/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: 520. To ask the Minister for Health if he will schedule a date for neck surgery for a person (details supplied). [22115/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: 528. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that is available to families of disabled children who require permanent equipment in their home such as a hoist; and if there is funding available to help families with extensions for level access bathrooms and extra space for such large equipment. [22220/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (4 May 2022)

Robert Troy: 532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (detail supplied). [22242/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (28 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: 275. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [21545/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: I apologise to the House. Strangely enough, I was not able to arrange a pair so I had to go to vote in the Dáil. I thank Senator Ahearn for raising this important issue and for giving us the opportunity to discuss it. A proposal for a directive on corporate sustainability due diligence was published by the European Commission on 23 February 2022. The proposal aims to address the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: I wish to reassure Senators that we, as a country and a Government, are very supportive of the objective of the proposed directive, which will promote responsible business conduct. I am aware that some stakeholders have expressed concerns about the perceived shortcomings of the proposal. I recently met representatives of the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights and I look...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Fuel Prices (26 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: The matter raised in the question is outside the remit of my Department.  I understand that the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications provides a weekly update on average consumer prices for a range of fuels in fulfilment of Ireland’s obligation to report such prices to the European Commission and they may be in a position to provide a response.  In many...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: A proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence was published by the European Commission on 23rd February 2022. The proposal aims to address the adverse environmental and human rights impacts arising from the operations of companies and those of their subsidiaries and value chains. There will be due diligence obligations on such companies and company directors, when...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Human Rights (26 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: A proposal for a Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD) was published by the European Commission on 23rd February 2022. The proposal aims to address the adverse environmental and human rights impacts arising from the operations of companies and those of their subsidiaries and value chains. There will be due diligence obligations on such companies and company directors,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: 441. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the planned upgrade works on the N4 route at Rathowen and Ballinalack, County Westmeath. [21081/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (26 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: 517. To ask the Minister for Finance if the delay that solicitors are having acquiring capital acquisitions certificates (details supplied) from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Capital Acquisitions Tax Unit, Dundalk, County Louth will be addressed. [20446/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Robert Troy: 590. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a club (details supplied) will be allowed to appeal it’s allocation of sports capital funding on the basis that it should have been assessed as a regional application rather than as a club. [19982/22]