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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: I will try to reassure the Deputy but I am not sure I will be able to in this instance. Anyway, here goes. The amendment is similar to the Deputy's previous one. Section 944AF, which is proposed for deletion, is not new law. It is in keeping with the principle of proportionality. The EU audit directive requires the level of administrative sanctions imposed to take into account...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: These are administrative sanctions, not court sanctions. There is a difference. No sanctions have been imposed under the provision to date, I am informed.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: There have been no sanctions.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: I understand that no financial sanctions have been sought. By virtue of the fact that none have been sought, nobody would have been able to have benefited from leniency owing to the risk of bankruptcy. No sanctions have been sought to date. This provision would not have been exercised.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: It is not that somebody who has committed an offence would not be subject to a financial sanction; it is a matter of the size of the financial sanction imposed, based on the ability to pay. To use a simple and old saying, you cannot take blood from a turnip. There is no point in sanctioning somebody who is unable to pay but, at the same time, the legislation gives the capacity to take on...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: I thank Deputy O'Reilly. I undertake to explore the matter further also. It is certainly not my intention to give company directors additional protections. We want to ensure the law is robust and not open to challenge. That is why the principle of proportionality, as requested under the EU directive, is being inserted. That is our only rationale for including it. The courts take account...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: I thank Deputy Bruton for giving me the opportunity to clarify the membership of the new body. The new authority structure is similar to a commission, with a chairperson assisted by other members who have delegated responsibilities for other specific functions. Section 944F stipulating the membership of the authority provides for up to three full-time members and it is designed to give...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: Right through the establishment of this body, we have been engaged with the existing entity. We have sought the views of the director and his office in respect of policy and on this legislation, including on its implementation and operation. That will certainly continue. Based on Deputy Bruton’s own experience of serving as a Minister, has this aspect previously been enshrined in...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: We will explore that aspect further.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: I do not think there was a specific question, but I thank the Deputy for his contribution.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: I totally get where the Deputy is coming from, but I asked the officials and drafting experts to consider the effect of this change and I am told that it is a universal approach in drafting legislation to put "and" or "or" only before the last item in a list. Therefore, repetition throughout the section is unnecessary on the basis that the effect of the "or" is already present in the section....

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Message to Dáil (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: May I say a few words?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Message to Dáil (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: I would like to take the opportunity to thank the Chair and all members of the committee who have contributed to the debate today. I am glad to see that the committee continues to support the need to get this legislation enacted so that the new Corporate Enforcement Authority can be established. As I said on the floor of the Dáil last month, the delivery of this new authority is a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) can expect to have their Teaching Council number issued. [50396/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: 834. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to be called for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50999/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: 866. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment. [51185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (19 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: 943. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will suggest funding possibilities for a school (details supplied) that falls outside the CLÁR area outlined on the map. [50652/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 23 September 2021, if all restrictions on school transport numbers will be lifted after 22 October 2021 in line with the lifting of all other restrictions; and if those students who have been unable to secure a seat on school transport up to this point will have their cases re-examined following the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (14 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: 223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the findings of the working group established by his Department to look into the peat supply issue to the horticultural sector in the wake of the peat harvesting cessation on Bord na Móna bogs; and the way in which he plans to deal with this issue in the short-term to protect those involved in the horticultural...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Robert Troy: The past 18 months have been extraordinarily difficult both for people personally and for businesses. Fortunately, we are now in a much better space due to the sacrifices made by many and prudent Government policies, difficult as they were. That collective effort has enabled Ireland to rebound and achieve significant progress, allowing us to look ahead to a return to near-normal economic...