Results 2,401-2,420 of 12,667 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I know.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Will it be backdated?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is genuinely all I needed. It seemed it had disappeared from sight a little bit.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Fair enough.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That is welcome. It is good to know that it is on its way.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Excellent. I thank the Minister. In his opening statement, he mentioned the diverse nature of the Irish economy. A central plank of his White Paper is focused on diluting the concentration risks in the multinational sector by growing our domestic and SME sector. Obviously, growing the indigenous SME sector will help with economic diversification and protect our economy from external...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That was my question. It was about diversification rather than regional balance. I understand regional balance is important but the question is slightly different.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: That brings me quite neatly to my next question. I thank the Minister. I want to ask about two matters. The first is the expansion of SMEs and microenterprises and ensuring that they have strong exports. Second, once this is achieved, there is the issue of the failure to scale SMEs into mid-caps and then to global corporations. This year alone, we have heard from organisations that have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Exactly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: It is not happening organically. By the way, this is very long-standing Sinn Féin policy in terms of growing these companies. Is it the intention of the State to intervene to ensure these companies can make this leap? As the Minister said, and rightly so, there is pressure there which will require some form of support. The Minister listed what those supports could be, but given the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: -----business angels would be grand, but what is the Government prepared to do?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Yes. It is the second quarter now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: In fairness, we are well into it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: We are halfway through it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Excellent.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: No. The targets should not be small. They should be ambitious.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: I wish to ask a very brief question on the proposed corporate sustainability due diligence directive, CSDDD. As the Minister knows, on 1 June 2023 the European Parliament will vote to decide the negotiating position in this regard. The general approach agreed in December 2022 has made access to justice and remedies for victims, which should be at the heart of this law, fairly inaccessible...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: No, I am sorry. We have considered this matter and we have had hearings on it. We have not issued a report and nor have we come to a position on it. I am asking what the Government's position is on this issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Okay. If the Minister could-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (10 May 2023)
Louise O'Reilly: Excellent.