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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (24 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45, 46, 47 and 48 together. Ireland has consistently been supportive of the objectives of the proposed Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD). I have been seeking to ensure that the proposal has ambition while striking the right balance of providing effective protections for stakeholders and ensuring that the measures to be implemented by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (24 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 49, 50, 51 and 52 together. Ireland has consistently been supportive of the objectives of the proposed Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence (CSDD). I have been seeking to ensure that the proposal has ambition while striking the right balance of providing effective protections for stakeholders and ensuring that the measures to be implemented by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (23 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: The functions of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) include investigating suspected breaches of the Companies Act 2014 (the Act) and, where necessary, to enforcing the Act arising from non-compliance with it. Owner Management Companies (OMCs) incorporated under the Companies Act 2014, come within the remit of the CEA. The CEA investigates all complaints received regarding alleged...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (23 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Injuries Resolution Board (formerly PIAB) is an independent statutory body. Section 53(3) of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 sets down that the Board shall ‘be independent in the performance of its functions’. As such it is not appropriate for me to interfere in individual claims or in the day-to-day operations and functions of the agency. The Board are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: We see that. The Department commissioned that report so we could get a full understanding of the impact and that is why we are bringing forward a number of measures. The Ministers, Deputies Burke and Humphreys, are finalising an option paper on employer's PRSI. As I said, we are in the process of paying out €250 million of supports to the smallest of businesses. We are looking at a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputies. An enterprise hub will be launched in the coming weeks. It will be a one-stop shop so people can identify which specific support is relevant to them without having to go through a myriad of different forms. I keep coming back to this, but we have made the increased cost of business grant as easy to access as possible. I have given Deputy Moynihan the figures for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Minister has asked me to thank his colleague, Deputy Troy, for the good wishes. We will bring forward further supports in addition to the €250 million. We are looking at the PRSI issue for action in the coming weeks. Other issues are budgetary matters and will be considered in the context of budget discussions. I refer to our track record as a Government and the incredible...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas don Teachta as an ceist. Our Department is the national competent authority with responsibility for export controls, including controls on defence-related exports and exports of dual-use goods. Controls on the export of dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: I absolutely share the Deputy's views on this space and can assure him that applications for dual-use licences in respect of exports to Israel are assessed pretty rigorously on a case-by-case basis in line with the assessment criteria I outlined. There are eight criteria, but the two specific criteria to which I referred are important in this context. We also seek real-time geopolitical...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: If there is any issue in terms of a licence not being followed through and the conditions of a licence being breached, we will bring those to the attention of the authorities within the export licensing section of the Department. If there is any question of the conditions of a licence being breached, that will be investigated.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta. The Government recognises those challenges referred to that are being faced by SMEs. That is why we have, since our inception as a government, put a range of supports in place to deal with Covid-19, supply change disruption, rising energy costs and Brexit. The Government's White Paper on Enterprise, which we published in 2022, outlines how we...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Priorities (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: I am aware of that report. We also need to acknowledge that there has been progress. We have not seen the level of progress we want. One of the benefits of the stakeholder forum is that we can engage all those parties around a table to directly reflect on that level of progress. There are many businesses that are utilising the United Nations guiding principles and OECD guidelines on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Priorities (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: I have given the Deputy reasons. It is because we are engaging with stakeholders to try to get proper terms of reference that can be delivered on and measured. It is important that we have that engagement. On the specific instances the Deputy referred to, that is why it is so important that we have the Department of Foreign Affairs, which has a global outlook and reach, working with us....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Priorities (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: Déanaim comhghairdeas le mo chomhghleacaí nua freisin. Cuirim fáilte roimhe chuig an Roinn. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as an gceist agus as suim a léiriú san issue seo. We recognise the importance of businesses having due regard to issues of human rights. There is a strong expectation in Irish society that our values are reflected in the way we do...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: Regional development is a key element of the Government's enterprise policy and is fully reflected in the Strategies of our Enterprise Development Agencies. IDA Ireland is targeting that at least half of all investments - that is 400 of 800 - from 2021 to 2024 to regional locations. The IDA Mid-West Region, including County Clare, has 159 IDA client companies in the region, employing over...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: Balanced regional enterprise development is a key focus for me and this Government, as reaffirmed in the White Paper on Enterprise. My Department contributes to this agenda in several ways, including through the development, implementation and oversight of nine Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs). The West REP is implemented at a regional level by a Steering Committee made up of stakeholders...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: As identified in the Government’s White Paper on Enterprise 2022-2030, a well-functioning regulatory environment is an essential condition, underpinning a competitive and productive economy. Ireland has long been considered a conducive environment for enterprise to develop and grow and we continue to perform well across a range of indicators for the business and regulatory environment....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: My Department is the National Competent Authority with responsibility for Export Controls, including Controls on defence-related exports and exports of Dual-Use goods. Controls on the export of Dual-use items are administered by my Department, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union regime for the control of exports,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Insurance Industry (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: The reform and enhancement of the Injuries Resolution Board, with the overarching aim to have more claims settled through the Board, has been a priority for me since taking office. We are now seeing the strengthening of the Board through the Personal Injuries Resolution Board Act 2022, bringing new functions for the agency and significantly the introduction of a mediation service for...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: I very much welcome the recent approval of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act by the European Parliament, and I look forward to its formal adoption by the EU in the coming weeks. This is a pioneering regulation, the most comprehensive AI regulation anywhere in the world. I am very pleased that the EU is leading on one of the most important regulatory challenges of our time, and that...