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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I would encourage the Deputy to provide the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, with the specific details of the case so that it can be followed through. The Minister is looking at reviewing and updating the legislation in the context of the wider implementation of the new national oral health policy, which envisages a fundamental reform of oral health services. Any new legislation will be informed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, I thank Deputy Tully for raising this matter and giving me the opportunity to address the speculation about the lack of accessibility for wheelchair users at the new children’s hospital. The hospital is the largest health capital project in the history of the State and will transform the delivery of paediatric healthcare in Ireland. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly. As the Deputy outlined, under section 38 of the Dentists Act 1985, the Dental Council or any person may apply to the fitness to practise committee of the Dental Council for an inquiry into the fitness of a registered dentist to practise dentistry on the grounds of alleged...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy is absolutely right that data centres are an important part of the solution for increasing the supply of sustainable energy. They can transform energy usage through the use of corporate purchase power agreements, through on-site renewables, demand flexibility, battery storage and many other sustainable options and solutions that will reduce the burden on the grid. Our offshore...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Éamon Ó Cuív as ucht na díospóireachta seo a thabhairt os ár gcomhair anocht. I do not disagree with anything the Deputy said but I will give him the formal response. As the Deputy knows, and as he has acknowledged, Ireland wants to continue to be a European and digital global leader. Ireland is strongly committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. At the outset, I should clarify that the information available to my Department relates to companies registered with the Companies Registration Office (CRO). This does not include businesses operating as sole traders or unincorporated entities. Businesses can close for a variety of reasons and the information available to the CRO...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ticket Booking Fees (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: Consumer rights are protected for purchasing tickets for concerts or sporting events under the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021. The Act regulates the secondary ticket market where tickets are resold after their original purchase from the primary ticket market and where tickets are more likely to be sold above their original sale price, by...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: MrBeast. The European Commission provided guidance for VLOPs on this in May 2024. It sets out processes for those providers to follow to enable them to achieve the risk mitigation measures in this space. It sets out actions that can be taken before, during and after the election period. Coimisiún na Meán and the Electoral Commission have been engaging closely on this. However,...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for her clarification and all Deputies for their contributions, which were constructive and, at times, eclectic. I acknowledge the contributions of Deputies Fitzpatrick, Nash and Ó Murchú on PayPal. Our thoughts are with the PayPal workers. I hear their concerns. The Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, shares those concerns and we will reflect them to the...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (19 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time". I am very pleased to bring this Bill before the House today. The Bill amends the Broadcasting Act 2009, as amended by the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022, to extend Coimisiún na Meán’s power to raise a levy in section 21 of that Act to cover its new functions under the digital services regulation and the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (19 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) was established as an independent statutory agency on 7th July 2022. The CEA is equipped with significant resources and enforcement powers required to carry out its statutory functions which include, to enforce and encourage compliance with company law, to investigate suspected offences under the Companies Acts, to prosecute detected breaches of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 250 together. It has not been possible to compile the requested information in the time available. However, I expect to be in a position to provide this information to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (30 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: 238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans are in place to allow women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or postpartum to defer their maternity leave while they are going through treatment (details supplied). [24486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Budget Targets (28 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: Ireland’s National AI Strategy, AI – Here for Good, was published in July 2021 and a progress report was published in August 2023. The overall aim of the Strategy is to drive the development and adoption of trustworthy, person-centred AI for economic and societal good. It sets out actions for a range of government Departments and agencies, across seven strands: AI and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment Report on Offshore Renewable Energy is comprehensive and forward-thinking. I thank the Chair, the members and the secretariat for their work on it. We had a very good and comprehensive debate on it some weeks ago in the Chamber. I will briefly respond to the recommendations set out in the report. On recommendation 1, the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: Regarding the first part of the question, we are engaging with Foras on that at the moment. On the issue of the ports, the Department of Transport, as the Deputy is probably aware, is currently awaiting the results of the 2003 connecting Europe facility funding call. We expect to have those results by July of this year. The Department of Transport, along with the Irish Maritime Development...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: We are very aware of the need for physical infrastructure. We have outlined in the strategy that will be a demonstrator site as well as an offshore wind centre of excellence. There are three marine test centres currently in Ireland, namely the Lir National Ocean Test Facility in Cork, the SmartBay Test Site for marine and renewable energy in Galway and the Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: I absolutely agree with the Deputy that we need an all-of-government approach. The Minister of State, Deputy Burke, has made that very clear since he came to the Department. If a request is made by the Port of Cork to IDA Ireland, I would ask it to engage with the latter directly. Anything we can do to support the development of offshore wind energy, not just in Cork - I am conscious that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as an gceist. Our Department is the national competent authority with responsibility for export controls, including those relating to defence-related exports and the export of dual-use goods. Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department in accordance with Regulation No. 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Export Controls (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: I agree with the Deputy. We are crystal clear that nothing we do will support the war that is under way. That is why we have such rigorous criteria. If the Deputy believes that those criteria have let things slip through, he should let me know and I will absolutely follow up on the matter. Applications for dual-use licences in respect of exports to Israel are assessed rigorously on a...