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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Would that go specifically to the company in terms of how it is acting? Would it go to specific individuals in terms of what they signed off on? I am just not sure where the term "offence" leads us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Perfect. I thank Ms Kilcullen. On the state aid rules and the general block exemption regulation, GBER, will the witnesses talk me through the nature of the GBER and its impact on the change to state aid rules as it might apply? What would the state aid rules look like in a world where there is no GBER and then in a world with the GBER? I am quite interested in the area of state aid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: That is very helpful. I thank Mr. Lee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I have two small questions and I will then raise a big area of investigation under heading 7. On the budget split between the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, I ask for a sense of the budget allocation at the highest level. We are getting into budget season and I am curious about that. What is typically the ratio in respect of some of these grant allocations? How does it fall between the IDA...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: The €180 million is for capital. Of that, €75 million is in property with the remainder being in grants to companies. Is that right? There is then €100 million for operating expenses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: That makes sense. Is there any chance the representatives of Enterprise Ireland might have the Enterprise Ireland figures off the top of their heads?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Excellent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: On infrastructure versus non-infrastructure, I know there are equity investments. Is that separate? How is that categorised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Okay, perfect. How does this grant allocation typically split between the IDA and Enterprise Ireland? Is there any philosophy for how these kinds of grants should be supporting these different types of sectors? Is that decided internally by the Department or by the Minister?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: What is a technology acquisition grant? How would Mr. Hughes define it? What is the purpose of that grant?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Is this a procurement idea? Is the company acquiring the technology for use versus ownership?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Perfect. Does Ms Murray have anything to else to add?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: That is helpful. I will look into that.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I am conscious there are only about five minutes left. I will focus on Mr. McGeady. If we think about the EU functions and what the purpose of the EU was for so long, it was initially a trade union. Certain regulations came into that. It has been a Union that upholds human rights to some degree and it has had responsibility for capital markets. We are also seeing movement towards defence...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: Would anybody else like to come in on that?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the costing and procurement analysis carried out in relation to the contract the Government has signed with a company (details supplied) to build the M28 motorway, and its compliance with Government procurement frameworks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: 919. To ask the Minister for Health the measures she is taking to uphold the commitment as outlined in the Programme for Government to ensure patients have timely access to new and innovative treatments, and in particular the drug named givinostat (brand name duvyzat), which is crucial for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34523/25]

Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (18 Jun 2025)

Eoin Hayes: I thank the witnesses for their contributions, expertise, time and engagement on this. I envy them their knowledge of this area and their depth of understanding of what is happening. I have some commentary more generally on the approach and what the Minister and the Department are saying. However, my time would probably better used asking questions. I will ask all the questions and the...