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Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am happy to bring the Bill before the House. It will empower the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to assess, investigate, authorise, condition or prohibit third-country investments based on a range of security or public order criteria. As well as equipping the State with the means to protect itself against threats arising...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (20 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Government’s Trade and Investment Strategy, "Value for Ireland, Values for the World", identifies Ireland’s participation in Global Value Chains (GVCs) as critical to ensuring that our businesses – both SMEs and multinational companies – are sufficiently resilient and agile to take advantage of opportunities as they arise in the modern international market...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: My Department has reviewed the limited, real-time detailed data publicly available on merger and acquisition (M&A) activity, and individual foreign direct investment (FDI) transactions. Officials in the Department are currently looking at a range of specialised private firms that specialise in collecting and collating such data. The Department expects to go to the market later in the year...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (20 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: Information available to my Department relates to entities registered with the Companies Registration Office (CRO). This does not include businesses operating as sole traders. Companies can go out of business for a variety of reasons, not all of which relate to a company being unable to pay its debts. Where solvency issues do not arise, companies can as appropriate seek to be voluntarily...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 25 and 150 together. Sections 61 and 62 of the Consumer Protection Act 2007 provide powers for the Government to declare a state of emergency in relation to the supply of a product and to set a maximum price for the sale of that product. The provisions only apply in relation to sales of products to consumers. The 2007 Act repealed the Prices Act 1958 and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (15 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the proposal for a EU Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and how it might help support communities, particularly in areas of deprivation. The proposal sets out obligations for companies regarding adverse human rights and environmental impacts arising from their operations, their subsidiaries and their value chains. The proposal is at...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Insurance Industry (15 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Cabinet Committee Sub-Group on Insurance Reform of which I am a member and which the Tánaiste chairs published the Action Plan for Insurance Reform in December 2020. The Plan sets out 66 actions to bring down costs for consumers and business; introduce more competition into the market; prevent fraud and reduce the burden on business, community, and voluntary organisations. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cost of Living Issues (15 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: In relation to the remit of my Department which includes responsibility for competition and consumer rights law, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the independent statutory body responsible for promoting compliance with, and enforcing, competition and consumer protection law in Ireland. In relation to the CCPC’s mandate in this area, their role is to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (15 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: Our export-led sector has demonstrated dexterity and resilience when faced with ongoing challenges in the global trading environment coupled with the aftermath of Brexit. The Central Statistics Office compiles statistical data in relation to Goods Exports and Imports. According to the CSO, in 2020, our total Goods Exports were valued at €162bn. Goods Exports to the UK were valued at...

Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Commission of Investigation Report: Statements (14 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. I thank you for your good wishes. The findings of the commission of inquiry shine a light on very unacceptable practices by certain parties during the course of the Siteserv transaction. The commission’s report reminds us we must be ever vigilant in ensuring our laws are upheld. One purpose of company law is to facilitate entrepreneurial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Sep 2022)

Dara Calleary: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if stone built or stone fronted houses qualify for remediation via the warmer homes scheme; if not, the reason; if he will outline any other kinds of materials that are excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44396/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the work that is being carried out by her Department to match jobseekers with employment opportunities in sectors such as hospitality and construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34925/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34926/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Sector Pensions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 179. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38949/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38950/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38961/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38951/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 320. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of staff who are abated under his Department in accordance with the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38957/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 321. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of exemptions from pension abatement applied for and issued across all Departments under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012; the number of appeals to decisions made regarding pension abatement per Department and their outcome; and the annual full year revenue collected under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (14 Jul 2022)

Dara Calleary: 322. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of legal challenges to date per Department to pension abatement under the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012, in tabular form. [38963/22]