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- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Absolutely, but it is up to members how they want to use their time.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I am sorry Senator Higgins, but-----
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Senator, this is Deputy Callaghan's time.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: This is Deputy Callaghan's time.
- Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025 : Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: We will conclude with that. On behalf of the committee, I thank our witnesses for their time this morning and for the written materials circulated to the committee in advance of today's meeting. We will suspend briefly and then go into private session.
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on encouraging diversification, research and development in the business sector. [33192/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 50. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an overview of funding available to businesses for climate and energy efficiency measures. [33193/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Functions (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 53. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the establishment of a workers' co-operative development unit within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33194/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 82. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason previous commitments made by the Government on worker's rights issues have not been delivered. [33190/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his engagements with the Central Statistics Office, Fáilte Ireland and other stakeholders, regarding data collection on the number of overnight foreign resident visitors to Ireland. [33191/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason previous commitments made by the Government on workers right's issues have not been delivered. [33473/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (19 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: 267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of imports of all goods and services to Ireland from Israel in the past year; the value of all goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory included in the above figure; the value of goods and services exported from Ireland to Israel in the same year; if the IDA employs, or has...
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: My first question relates to the European Commission and what it stated in its promotion of legislation, namely: Reports [from companies] often omit information that investors and other stakeholders think is important. Reported information can be hard to compare from company to company, and users of the information are often unsure [of what] they can trust [in] it. [...] High quality and...
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I have a question on that. If the changes were not being brought in, we would not have the stop-the-clock directive. Have we any information on how many companies have already complied with all the obligations?
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: What I am trying to get at in my limited time is if we have companies that are already adhering to all the criteria, it seems to be unfair to sweep the boards with all of what is proposed. I do not believe I ever met anybody who would be in any way not supportive of the streamlining of reporting, but let us be absolutely clear: some of the reporting required of companies, whether small or...
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: Does the Department have any powers of enforcement over those who do not adhere to the voluntary standards?
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It does-----
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: It really is important because I do not feel we have teased out in the way we need to the burden that will be on the State if the companies do not adhere to what they need to adhere to or fail to implement what is required.
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: I would like to go back to the climate change point. The proposed weakening of the CSDDD in the omnibus package will remove the obligation on companies to put into effect climate transition plans. Does the Department have a view on the potential litigation and fines that will arise if Ireland fails to meet greenhouse gas reduction targets? In the event of fines will the State carry the can...
- Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)
Rose Conway-Walsh: If we do not meet-----