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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (7 Mar 2023)

Dara Calleary: 583. To ask the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be added to GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (28 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Delivering balanced regional growth and job creation is a core objective for me and this Government, and is a key component in the recently published White Paper on Enterprise. My Department contributes to this agenda in a number of ways, including through oversight of development and implementation of nine Regional Enterprise Plans. A key feature and strength of the Regional Enterprise Plans...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of moneys awarded to Mayo County Council for regional roads funding in each of the years 2021 and 2022; and the status of each project submitted for funding at the end of each year, in tabular form. [9606/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (28 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the full list of projects submitted by Mayo County Council for funding via the regional roads funding to date in 2023. [9607/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (28 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all funding applications received by TII from Mayo County Council in relation to greenway funding for 2023; if he will provide details regarding the decision on each application; if he will outline the rationale for each decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9697/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Regional Enterprise Development continues to be a key policy of mine and this Government, and which is reaffirmed in the recently published White Paper on Enterprise. My Department contributes to this agenda in a number of ways, including through oversight of development and implementation of nine Regional Enterprise Plans. A key feature and strength of the Regional Enterprise Plans to 2024,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I fully recognise the need to move away from our pervasive linear 'take-make-discard' model to a more circular one. My Department, and indeed Government as a whole, is working on a number of fronts to effect this transformation for businesses, consumers and our economy. At EU level, negotiations are continuing on the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation which will build...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Regional development is at the heart of this Government's Enterprise White Paper and of IDA Ireland's current strategy “Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021-2024”. Under this Strategy, the IDA is targeting half of all investments to regional locations which aligns with the objectives of the Programme for Government. Specifically, IDA Ireland is targeting 25...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Under the National Digital Strategy, Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework, Government has committed to driving a step change in the digitalisation of enterprise right across Ireland. Growing the use of digital technologies by businesses will help us to build the resilience of our enterprise base, particularly as we look to future-proof our economy for the years ahead....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: The general scheme of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022 introduces a modern legal framework which will place the co-operative model on a more favourable and clear legal basis. This will encourage the consideration of the co-operative model as an attractive formation option for entrepreneurs and also for social and community activities. A modern legislative basis, including strong corporate...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: On 9 November 2022, the Government approved the drafting of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022. The General Scheme represents the most far-reaching reform of the legislation regarding Co-operative Societies in almost 130 years. The proposals will consolidate, modernise and strengthen the legislative basis for the sector and enshrine the co-operative model in legislation for the first time....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Companies (Rescue Process for Small and Micro Companies) Act 2021, which provides for the Small Company Administrative Rescue Process, came into effect on 7 December 2021. The legislation was developed in close collaboration with stakeholders, via the Company Law Review Group, to ensure that the Process reflects a fair balance of interests of parties affected by corporate rescue. I...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Meetings (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I attended the recent Informal Competitiveness (Internal Market and Industry) Council in Stockholm which took place on 7 February. The main topic for discussion at the Council meeting was Competitiveness in the context of the green transition and a strong Single Market. Ministers discussed how short term measures, such as those taken in response to the energy crisis, can strengthen EU...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: Balanced regional enterprise development continues to be a key policy priority of mine and this Government. In pursuit of this, the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) launched nine new Regional Enterprise Plans in 2022. A key feature and strength of the Regional Enterprise Plans is that they are developed using a ‘bottom-up’ approach, developed by regional...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: On 9 November 2022, the Government approved the drafting of the Co-operative Societies Bill 2022. This represents the most far-reaching reform of the legislation regarding co-operative societies in almost 130 years. The general scheme which has been prepared provides for a specific legislative framework for co-operative societies for the first time, with societies registering under the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Relations (23 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156, 159 and 161 together. Ireland’s markets for exports of goods and services continue to develop in a positive and sustainable manner despite challenges in the trading environment due to Brexit, the global pandemic and the war in Ukraine. According to the latest Goods Exports and Imports release from the CSO, the value of goods exports from...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Equality Issues (22 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: I understand that the Deputy has submitted the same question to my colleague, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who has policy responsibility for disability and equality matters. I understand that the Equal Status Acts 2000-2018 prohibit discrimination in the provision of goods and services on the basis of gender, marital status, family status, age,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Online Safety (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: EU Regulation 2022/2065 on a Single Market for Digital Services, the "Digital Services Act", provides that recipients of an intermediary service shall have the right to seek, in accordance with Union and national law, compensation from the provider of that service. This right is tied to the circumstances where the damage or loss suffered is due to an infringement of the obligations under...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ticket Booking Fees (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021 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. In this case, secondary ticket sellers, who have no connection to the cultural, entertainment or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2023)

Dara Calleary: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant will be reinstated this year to allow schools to apply for much-needed works. [8341/23]