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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the full list of projects submitted by Mayo County Council for funding via the regional roads funding to date in 2023. [9607/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (28 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all funding applications received by TII from Mayo County Council in relation to greenway funding for 2023; if he will provide details regarding the decision on each application; if he will outline the rationale for each decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9697/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: As referred to earlier, the regional enterprise plans have identified from within our Department significant opportunities for workers within hubs and in terms of support from home. Support through the national broadband plan, with which the Deputy will be familiar, in terms of strengthening the capacity of the plan to assist workers to work from home throughout the country, is a priority....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flexible Work Practices (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Absolutely. I agree with the Deputy on the hubs structure. As he will know, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, is leading out a connected hubs network to ensure the digital hubs are developing around the country, have a connection to one another and can be used in exactly the manner the Deputy has outlined. It is important that we cannot dictate to employers how they arrange employment...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I cannot comment on the Taoiseach’s plans for Ballinasloe. I know the town well. I am certainly happy to work with the Deputy to secure issues. However, I point out that there are facilities and opportunities through the regional enterprise plans programme. It is a bottom-up approach and I would certainly like to work with the Deputy on how we can input not just for Ballinasloe but...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I accept that but equally I could point to the success of Castlerea, which is also in the Deputy’s constituency and where there has been the fantastic story of Harmac Medical Products along with the fantastic work under way in the food innovation hub and in the demesne, led by our colleague, Paschal Fitzmaurice. I want to work with towns and try to engender that kind of spirit. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy for his question. I take the opportunity to wish him well, given that he has announced he is moving to a new phase in his life.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Hopefully not for another few years, but Deputy Naughten will be a loss to politics and the House. He and I share a commitment to balanced regional enterprise growth, which is a key objective of the Government and a key component of the recently published White Paper on Enterprise, to which the Minister referred. Recognising the significant challenge that businesses continue to face, and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Regional Enterprise Development continues to be a key policy of mine and this Government, and which is reaffirmed in the recently published White Paper on Enterprise. My Department contributes to this agenda in a number of ways, including through oversight of development and implementation of nine Regional Enterprise Plans. A key feature and strength of the Regional Enterprise Plans to 2024,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I fully recognise the need to move away from our pervasive linear 'take-make-discard' model to a more circular one. My Department, and indeed Government as a whole, is working on a number of fronts to effect this transformation for businesses, consumers and our economy. At EU level, negotiations are continuing on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation which will build...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Regional development is at the heart of this Government's Enterprise White Paper and of IDA Ireland's current strategy “Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021-2024”. Under this Strategy, the IDA is targeting half of all investments to regional locations which aligns with the objectives of the Programme for Government. Specifically, IDA Ireland is targeting 25...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Under the National Digital Strategy, Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework, Government has committed to driving a step change in the digitalisation of enterprise right across Ireland. Growing the use of digital technologies by businesses will help us to build the resilience of our enterprise base, particularly as we look to future-proof our economy for the years ahead....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: The general scheme of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022 introduces a modern legal framework which will place the co-operative model on a more favourable and clear legal basis. This will encourage the consideration of the co-operative model as an attractive formation option for entrepreneurs and also for social and community activities. A modern legislative basis, including strong corporate...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: On 9 November 2022, the Government approved the drafting of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022. The General Scheme represents the most far-reaching reform of the legislation regarding Co-operative Societies in almost 130 years. The proposals will consolidate, modernise and strengthen the legislative basis for the sector and enshrine the co-operative model in legislation for the first time....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Act 2021, which provides for the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process, came into effect on 7 December 2021. The legislation was developed in close collaboration with stakeholders, via the Company Law Review Group, to ensure that the Process reflects a fair balance of interests of parties affected by corporate rescue. I...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Meetings (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I attended the recent Informal Competitiveness (Internal Market and Industry) Council in Stockholm which took place on 7 February. The main topic for discussion at the Council meeting was Competitiveness in the context of the green transition and a strong Single Market. Ministers discussed how short term measures, such as those taken in response to the energy crisis, can strengthen EU...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Balanced regional enterprise development continues to be a key policy priority of mine and this Government. In pursuit of this, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) launched nine new Regional Enterprise Plans in 2022. A key feature and strength of the Regional Enterprise Plans is that they are developed using a ‘bottom-up’ approach, developed by regional...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: On 9 November 2022, the Government approved the drafting of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022. This represents the most far-reaching reform of the legislation regarding co-operative societies in almost 130 years. The general scheme which has been prepared provides for a specific legislative framework for co-operative societies for the first time, with societies registering under the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156, 159 and 161 together. Ireland’s markets for exports of goods and services continue to develop in a positive and sustainable manner despite challenges in the trading environment due to Brexit, the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine. According to the latest Goods Exports and Imports release from the CSO, the value of goods exports from...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Equality Issues (22 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I understand that the Deputy has submitted the same question to my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who has policy responsibility for disability and equality matters. I understand that the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, age,...