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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) sets out harmonised rules for the development, placement on the market and use of AI systems in the Union. This Regulation follows a proportionate, risk-based approach where certain particularly harmful AI practices are prohibited, while specific restrictions and safeguards are proposed in relation to certain high-risk areas. The Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (29 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Covid-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme (CCGS) which was launched in September 2020 provided loans to SMEs and small Mid-Caps until 30 June 2022. No further loans were approved after that date. The scheme closed due to the expiry of the State Aid Temporary Framework. The State aid Temporary Framework was adopted on 19 March 2020 to enable Member States to use the full flexibility foreseen...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Regulation (29 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: My Department has no role in the registering of Irish domain addresses. The Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg) is the statutory body responsible for the regulation of the electronic communications sector in the State. The Electronic Commerce Act 2000 (as amended by the Communication Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007), provides that ComReg is responsible for the regulation of the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus le rúnaíocht an choiste as ucht an chruinnithe seo.. I thank the Chair and secretariat for facilitating our meeting today. I am delighted to be joined by my colleagues: Dr. Eamonn Cahill, principal officer; Ms Carol Toolan, assistant principal officer; and Mr. Matthew Geoghegan, administrative officer. They put all the work into...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 1: In page 10, line 1, to delete “Export” and substitute “Exports”. These are primarily technical amendments and clarifications to language.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 2: In page 12, line 17, to delete “military items,” and substitute “military items, and”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: As always.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy. We are all together on the need for transparency. We all agree that transparency ensures accountability and public trust. We try to strike a balance here. The team has carried out extensive consultations with the Office of the Attorney General in developing the Bill to get the balance correct between transparency and fairness, and the need to protect sensitive...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: Some of these applications or export licences would affect the security of the State. There could instruments or State security related to those. In the broader sense, obviously there are State agencies with views on some of these licences that need to be able to give those views frankly, particularly in a commercial area, where we need to be able to protect their right to give frank views...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: -----as opposed to what you might think of the State.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: That is really relevant. I will ask the Deputy's team to engage with the officials here. I am more than happy to do that to give a sense of what we are doing.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: I think we are both on the same page regarding the balance; it is just a question of measuring the balance.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: We will absolutely get the officials to engage with the Deputy and her team.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: The whole basis of this Bill is to control, and put controls in place, around dual-use items. Nobody is ever hiding from the dual-use industry and this Bill is about updating legislation that has been there since 2008 to reflect modern day trends in terms of technology and geopolitics. This is about controls. As for the Deputy's query about Israel, there are no military exports to Israel...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy is right. The artificial intelligence, AI, side of things is developing very strongly and by the time we get to this time next year the committee will have dealt with a lot of AI-related legislation. We are working with our EU colleagues. As the Deputy knows, the AI Bill has gone into the trilogue process. That will govern the use of AI on a common basis across the EU. The...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: We may not have to insert amendments because the new AI Act will control all of these matters. The AI Act will have an impact on the equipment cited in this Bill. We want to work together in the EU on AI and have robust AI legislation across the EU.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: I am satisfied that the AI Act within the EU is moving at pace. The Spanish Presidency will prioritise it. At this phase in the EU calendar, things get challenging but every country has agreed on the importance of legislating on AI and everybody accepts the points the Deputy and Deputy Stanton have made. It is moving so quickly and we need to have guard rails in place but, on a broader...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 4: In page 19, line 14, to delete “Treaty of the” and substitute “Treaty on the”.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: I move amendment No. 5: In page 25, to delete lines 17 and 18 and substitute the following: “(4) An applicant shall, in relation to an application, give notice to the Minister as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than 30 days from the date the matter comes to the knowledge of the applicant, of any material matter.”. This amendment seeks to provide...