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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Programmes (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...eligibility for the trading online voucher to all sectors of up to 50 employees. We also expanded the eligible expenditure to €50,000. I draw particular attention to CeADAR, Ireland's Centre for Applied AI, which was established by Government to act as the bridge between the worlds of applied research in AI and data and commercial deployment by business. CeADAR is playing a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injury Claims (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ..., Ireland and the Attorney General, upholding the Personal Injuries Guidelines and affirming their constitutionality, and also confirming that the approach taken by the Injuries Resolution Board in applying the Personal Injury Guidelines is correct. The implementation of the Guidelines alongside the strengthening of the Injuries Resolution Board formed a key part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injury Claims (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...on 9 April 2024 in Delaney v PIAB & others confirms that the Personal Injury Guidelines are constitutional and legally binding and that the approach taken by the Injuries Resolution Board in applying the Personal Injury Guidelines when assessing personal injury claims is correct. This brings clarity in the personal injuries claims environment and provides for consistent awards....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injury Claims (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...Supreme Court judgement in Delaney v PIAB & others confirms that the Personal Injury Guidelines are constitutional and legally binding and that the approach taken by the Injuries Resolution Board in applying the Guidelines is correct. This ruling brings clarity to the personal claims environment and provides for consistent awards. This certainty makes the services offered by the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (23 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...was adopted at the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council (Telecoms Council) two days ago, Tuesday 21st May, and is expected to enter into force next month. Its various provisions will apply, in a phased manner, over the subsequent 36 months. This is a pioneering Act, the first comprehensive regulation addressing the risks that can arise from certain Artificial Intelligence...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (22 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...Voucher, by extending it to all sectors up to 50 employees, expanding the eligible expenditure, and doubling the grant to €5,000. I would like to draw particular attention to CeADAR, Ireland's Centre for Applied AI, which acts as the bridge between the worlds of applied research in AI and data analytics and their commercial deployment by business. CeADAR is playing a crucial...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the details of funding applications from Mayo County Council for voids refurbishments in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the funding applied for and funding received; if his Department directs funding towards specific properties or if Mayo County Council has that discretion; and if he is aware there are 16 vacant local...

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...that the effect of a transfer of assets has been to defraud creditors of the company or its members, a court can order the return of those assets that have been improperly transferred. This would apply in some of the circumstances to which the Senator alluded. In this provision, the term "creditor" includes employees of the company concerned. Consequently, workers are already entitled,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (30 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...Associate Professor of Law at University College Dublin. Ms. Bronagh Riordan is Head of Data & Analytics for Irish international retailer Primark, and Chair of the Industry Steering Board for CeADAR, Ireland's national centre for Applied Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and Irelands Digital Innovation Hub for Europe. She is also a UK and...

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

Dara Calleary: ...;chain of activities”. This encompasses both upstream and certain elements of downstream activity, i.e. distribution, transport and storage. I considered that it was appropriate that the proposal applied to all sectors of the economy, including the financial sector. Obtaining agreement regarding the treatment of the financial sector proved to be one of the more challenging...

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

Dara Calleary: ...;chain of activities”. This encompasses both upstream and certain elements of downstream activity, i.e. distribution, transport and storage. I considered that it was appropriate that the proposal applied to all sectors of the economy, including the financial sector. However, obtaining agreement regarding the treatment of the financial sector proved to be one of the more...

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

Dara Calleary: ...are constantly looking to ensure the supports in place are relevant and assistive. Coming back to the increased costs for business, we have reduced the application procedure and made it much easier to apply as a direct response to feedback from businesses about other support schemes.

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

Dara Calleary: ...as possible. I have given Deputy Moynihan the figures for Cork. In Cork county, 12,000 are eligible. In County Kildare, it is applicable to 4,980 businesses and as of now just over 1,400 have applied. In County Carlow, it is applicable to 1,579 businesses and 448 have applied. Going back to what the Minister said earlier, I ask every Deputy to encourage people to apply for this. We...

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

Dara Calleary: ...out the increased cost of business grant, which up to 129,000 businesses across the country can seek to benefit from. In the Deputy's county of Cork, more than 12,000 businesses are eligible to apply. As of this week, 2,500 of them can apply. I reiterate the Minister's call for businesses to engage with this and comment that this is an opportunity to assist with costs at present. In...

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

Dara Calleary: ..., and make the EU a leader in the uptake of trustworthy AI. The Act contains specific measures in support of innovation, with a particular focus on SMEs. The provisions in the Act will apply, on a phased basis, over a 36-month period after it enters into force in May of this year. The AI Act will establish a sophisticated governance and implementation structure at both national and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Co-operative Sector (18 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...irrespective of the corporate form of the business. As addressed previously, a modern legislative basis will provide an attractive option for those who are committed to the co-operative model. This applies in relation to business start-ups and situations regarding transition of existing businesses. Issues raised during pre-legislative scrutiny and bilaterally by stakeholders have been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Mar 2024)

Dara Calleary: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person born in the UK with no Irish decent but married to an Irish person and living in Ireland for almost 30 years can apply avail of an Irish passport without applying and paying for naturalisation. [11790/24]

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...reduced 9% VAT rate, many Members made proposals for time-limited responses and measures. The 9% VAT reduction was initially supposed to be a time-limited measure. The most recent reduction was applied from 1 November 2020 to 31 August 2023. The total estimated cost of the reduced hospitality and tourism VAT measure during that time was €1.2 billion. It was made clear at the...

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...VAT registration thresholds on goods and services on budget day, which will take many businesses away from administrative and cost burdens in the current period. The temporary excise reductions that apply to auto diesel, petrol and marked gas oil, which were due to expire on 31 October 2023, are being extended until the end of March 2024. A wide range of supports is available to smaller...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...a school requires consultation with the relevant stakeholders, including parents, teachers, students, local communities and patrons of other schools in the school planning area. Such proposals must then be applied for and agreed with the Department of Education, which undertakes a review of such proposals. It should be noted that each change of status within a school is dealt with on a...