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

Dara Calleary: ...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. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Financial Irregularities (17 Apr 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...of KBC fixed rate mortgages for the remainder of the fixed term, honouring the 0.2% discount in mortgage rate of every KBC customer eligible for that discount at the date of mortgage transfer to BOI, for as long as their transferred mortgage is held with BOI, without being required to hold a BOI current account, and, offering the variable rate equivalent to that of KBC migrated variable...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...broadcasting debate , even if the proposal being discussed this evening does not particularly hold water. I would like to address a number of areas. There is no doubt that we are a very critical juncture in relation to RTÉ. There is a critical, long-standing need to reform the funding model to ensure certainty and sustainability. There is also a critical need to consider the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (13 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank Senator O'Loughlin for raising this matter and acknowledge her long-time work in this space. I stress at the outset that enabling students with additional needs to receive an education appropriate to those needs is an ongoing priority for this Government. The SET allocations provide additional teaching support for students with special educational needs enrolled in mainstream...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...are getting substantial resources to do the detailed work that is carried out in this Bill and there will be no need for them to set excessive fees for people accessing it. I can assure the Senator as long as I occupy the Ministry I will be watching it. It will be set through regulations which will be laid before the House. There will be a further chance, if the Senator feels they are...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (8 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...matters, including the role of data protection and privacy statements for transparency purposes. The design of the complaints form is important. I am sure the Senator will agree that good design can go a long way towards limiting the data submitted to the type of data required. Only time will tell when it is necessary for Coimisiún na Meán or the CCPC to process special...

Seanad: Digital Services Bill 2023: Motion for Earlier Signature (8 Feb 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...Government is seeking this early signature motion to ensure the Bill can be enacted. I genuinely want to thank Senators for taking this motion and the Bill in the way that they did at the end of a long day. I pay tribute to the officials in my Department who are here with us today and have worked extraordinarily hard to ensure that we got this. I wish our Digital Services Commissioner,...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...personal data processed by the Commission is required for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of a criminal offence, the data— (a) may be processed for as long as it is required for such prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution, and (b) shall be permanently deleted after it is no longer required for such prevention, investigation,...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: Sensitivity was knocked out of me a long time ago.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Dara Calleary: ...) Where personal data processed by the Commission is required for the purposes of the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of a criminal offence, the data— (a) may be processed for as long as it is required for such prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution, and (b) shall be permanently deleted after it is no longer required for such prevention,...

Digital Services Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Dec 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...promote EU standardisation in order to strengthen effective age verification methods. The Commission has, in particular, committed to facilitating a comprehensive code of conduct on age-appropriate design by 2024, and has indicated that the code could provide for age verification for accessing certain online content. The suite of regulations and initiatives will go a long way to reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (12 Dec 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Act 2021, which provides for SCARP, came into effect on 7 December 2021. The Companies Act 2014 provides for the State’s main corporate recovery process, the long-standing and internationally recognised examinership framework, and also provides for the liquidation process which is an orderly and well-established mechanism for winding...

Seanad: Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...; páirteach inti. I thank Senators for this useful debate. The national Al strategy, Al - Here for Good, has been in place for two years. I acknowledge the work that was put into the strategy by my predecessor, Deputy Troy, who was working on it long before there was a lot of attention on the issue. I published a progress report on 9 August this year that highlighted some of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...Cathaoirleach about the very strong bond between Ireland and Canada, a bond formed through the creation of many partnerships across the Atlantic Ocean over many years. Bilateral relations between Canada and Ireland are close, with, as I have referred to, a long-standing combination, reaching back over generations, of family ties, cultural affinities and shared democratic traditions. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...to reflect on their investments. Some of them have increased employment in the context of Brexit and the expanded opportunities, and others are planning to. Current global conditions are making long-term investment decisions a little more difficult, but they are very much attracted to Ireland's offer. Going back to Deputy O'Reilly's question, they are very much attracted to the enhanced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland-Canada Trade Relations: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...bring as many people home as we can, and for them to bring back their experience of Canada. I also make the point that the Irish in Canada go back generations. This has been a consistent thing, long before there were issues with J1 visas. There has been consistent travel in both interactions. Indeed, one of the Canadian companies we met in the context of foreign direct investment, FDI,...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Heritage Sites (15 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: I want to express my sympathies to the Senator, his Fine Gael colleagues and the Belton family on the passing of the former Deputy and Senator from Longford, Louis J. Belton. It was always a pleasure to meet him, and it is quite ironic that we are speaking about a Longford issue here this morning. My thoughts are with you all. As the Senator knows, the OPW is responsible for the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (15 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...directly with the authorities in Beijing and in Hong Kong itself. On 7 November, the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs met with foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Beijing and set out lreland's long-standing position on human rights. This included our specific concerns around fundamental freedoms in Hong Kong as well as other broader human rights issues including in relation to...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Human Rights (15 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: ...in a transparent, open, and frank manner. This was the Tánaiste's approach during his meeting last week with China's foreign minister. At that meeting, the Tánaiste also re-emphasised Ireland's long-held view that all human rights issues of concern should be comprehensively discussed and examined at the UN Human Rights Council, and within the wider UN human rights...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Legislative Process (15 Nov 2023)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Senator. We normally get handed folders for these replies, but it is a pleasure to acknowledge the Senator's extraordinary work on this issue, her leadership and her courage over a long, long time. She has nearly given the response. I will go through it, but I will absolutely convey back the urgency of this and the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, gets the urgency. The Senator knows...