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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wind Energy Generation (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: Establishing this Memorandum of Understanding is an action in Powering Prosperity – Ireland’s Offshore Wind Industrial Strategy, which was published by my Department in March. It is part of a suite of actions contained in the Strategy designed to increase the capacity and capability of companies in Ireland in the offshore wind supply chain. Consultations carried out as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Brexit Supports (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) aims to provide financial support to the most affected member states, regions and sectors to deal with the adverse consequences of Brexit. Businesses supported by Enterprise Ireland have access to a range of expert teams from Development and Market Advisors to Digital Marketers and Technologists, with in-depth industry knowledge and supports to start, scale...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: To ensure that FDI in Ireland continues to thrive, my Department works alongside IDA Ireland to strengthen Ireland’s business environment and FDI value proposition, and to identify and support strategic sectors. In the first six months of this year, the IDA supported 131 investments, 74 of which are planned for regional locations, enabling the future delivery of 8,900 jobs to the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Co-operative Sector (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: My Department is working on the Co-operative Societies Bill which will result in the most far-reaching reform of the legislation governing co-operatives in the history of the State. The Bill introduces a modern legal framework which will place the co-operative model on a more favourable and clear legal basis. It will create a level playing field with the situation applying to companies and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Waste Management (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: I have responsibility for consumer protection law. In recent years my Department has made significant improvements in consumer protection legislation. The Consumer Rights Act 2022 represents the most significant reform of consumer protection law in Ireland in the last 40 years. It updates and strengthens existing Irish consumer law relating to the sale of goods and supply of services, unfair...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: The EU Artificial Intelligence Act will enter into force on 1 August 2024. The various measures in the Act will start to apply, in a phased manner, over the subsequent 36 months. The Act will provide a high level of protection for people’s health and safety, and their fundamental rights, while simultaneously promoting the responsible development and adoption of trustworthy AI. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Rights (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: My Department recognises the importance of giving consumers more choice, information and protection. As such, my Department works to maintain an agile, efficient regulatory regime that promotes fair competition for both businesses and consumers and safeguards strong, transparent consumer rights to ensure value for money, quality customer care and protection from unsafe products. The...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Sector Staff (10 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory body responsible for enforcing consumer protection and competition law in Ireland. The CCPC remit continues to expand with recent legislation agreed at EU level designed to further strengthen protections for consumers and fairness in the operation of online markets. This includes the Digital Services Act (DSA), the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (10 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: On 30 March 2022, the EU Commission submitted a proposal for a Directive on empowering consumers for the green transition through better protection against unfair commercial practices and better information. This proposal was one of a package of initiatives set out in the New Consumer Agenda and the Circular Economy Action Plan and follows up on the European Green Deal. It aims to enhance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (9 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: The opportunities presented by Artificial Intelligence are unlike any from previous technological advances due to the pace of progress, and its potential for transformative impacts on our society and economy, for our collective good. AI presents opportunities for beneficial impacts across our society and economy, including in the delivery of public services, healthcare, scientific discovery,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (9 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: Under the Enterprise Dimension of National Digital Strategy, Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework, Government has set out our goals in relation to the digital transformation of enterprise, in particular among SMEs. The strategy sets out clear targets for the digitalisation of enterprise, including achieving 75% enterprise take-up of cloud, big data and AI by 2030; 90%...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Reviews (9 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: My Department is considering the potential implications of this case for the transparency provisions under company law.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the help-to-buy scheme with a view to lowering the 70% mortgage requirement to access the scheme; if he will acknowledge that his threshold excludes thousands of both purchasers and properties from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Sector Staff (4 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: As at 28 June 2024, all seven sanctioned Forensic Accountants (Professional Accountant Grade 1) posts were filled. The current staffing sanction of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) is in line with the agency's own assessment of its staffing needs. Therefore it is not intended to increase the number of WTE forensic accountants working in the CEA before the end of the year.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. At the outset, I should clarify that the information available to my Department relates to companies registered with the Companies Registration Office (CRO). This does not include businesses operating as sole traders or unincorporated entities. Businesses can close for a variety of reasons and the information available to the CRO...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ticket Booking Fees (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: Consumer rights are protected for purchasing tickets for concerts or sporting events under the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021. The Act regulates the secondary ticket market where tickets are resold after their original purchase from the primary ticket market and where tickets are more likely to be sold above their original sale price, by...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (19 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) was established as an independent statutory agency on 7th July 2022. The CEA is equipped with significant resources and enforcement powers required to carry out its statutory functions which include, to enforce and encourage compliance with company law, to investigate suspected offences under the Companies Acts, to prosecute detected breaches of the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 249 and 250 together. It has not been possible to compile the requested information in the time available. However, I expect to be in a position to provide this information to the Deputy in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Maternity Leave (30 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: 238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans are in place to allow women diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy or postpartum to defer their maternity leave while they are going through treatment (details supplied). [24486/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Budget Targets (28 May 2024)

Dara Calleary: Ireland’s National AI Strategy, AI – Here for Good, was published in July 2021 and a progress report was published in August 2023. The overall aim of the Strategy is to drive the development and adoption of trustworthy, person-centred AI for economic and societal good. It sets out actions for a range of government Departments and agencies, across seven strands: AI and...