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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (13 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: The number of WTE vacancies in the Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 29 May 2023 was 17. These vacancies are set out by job title and when each is expected to be filled in the table below. No of vacancies Title Status 1 Senior Criminal Enforcement Manager Post due to be filled on 31st July 2023. 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Dara Calleary: 1378. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update with regard to the technological university development fund, the proposed successor to the technological university transformation (TUT) fund; if this fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the TUT fund on 31 August 2023; the level of funding that is going to be made available under the new...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (31 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: My Department initiated a comprehensive consultation process on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) when it entered into force on 5 January 2023. A public consultation launched on 30 January sought the views of stakeholders, in particular, on the discretionary options for Member States contained within the Directive, one of which is to accredit independent assurance...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Programme (30 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: I launched a public consultation for the Companies (Corporate Governance Enforcement and Regulatory Provisions) Bill 2023 on 8th May 2023. The deadline for receipt of submissions in response to this consultation is 5pm on the 9th of June. The legislative framework provided for by the Companies Act 2014 is regularly reviewed to ensure that the original objectives remain valid and are...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Insurance Coverage (24 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: Competition in the insurance market remains a key priority for the Government. We want to reduce the burden of insurance costs, through the ‘Action Plan for Insurance’, for all sectors of society including SMEs. Already, 90% of the actions under the Plan have been implemented. Two key reforms to date have been the adoption of the Personal Injuries Guidelines (by the Judicial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the solutions his Department can offer to businesses (details supplied) facing closure due to the lack of adequate fibre broadband services; if, in light of the serious nature of the situation outlined and the probable loss of 30 jobs in deep rural Ireland, he will expedite the national broadband scheme in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regulatory Bodies (23 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: Set out below are details of the fee income received by the Companies Registration Office in the period from 2020 to date. This fee income is made up of the submission fees, late filing fees and miscellaneous fees (comprising search fees, requests for certified copies of documents, bulk data sales). CRO Income 2020 2021 2022 2023 (Year to date) ...

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

Dara Calleary: Competition in the insurance market remains a key priority for the Government. We want to reduce the burden of insurance costs, through the ‘Action Plan for Insurance’, for all sectors of society including SMEs. Already, 90% of the actions under the Plan have been implemented. Two key reforms to date have been the adoption of the Personal Injuries Guidelines (by the Judicial...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Rights of People with Disabilities (18 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Medical Board of Appeal for Disabled Drivers will be appointed (details supplied). [23970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (18 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy requested details of the fines enforced by the CCPC since its establishment in 2014. It is important to note that the CCPC’s ability, as opposed to the Court’s power, to impose a fine directly on a trader for breaching consumer protection law, is limited to issuing a Fixed Payment Notice (FPN). Originally, this was a set fine of €300, but since the enactment of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (17 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requires large companies and SMEs listed on a main stock market in the EU to report annually in their directors’ report on environmental, social and governance (ESG) and human rights matters according to EU mandatory standards?entitled European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS). Ireland and other Member States have until mid-2024...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (17 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: The European Union (Disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 360 of 2017), require certain large companies with greater than 500 employees to report annually on non-financial and diversity information. A Bank, insurer, listed company on a main EU stock market or a public limited company that exceeds the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (16 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: AI is a powerful and fast evolving technology that is and will continue to have huge impacts on our economy and society. The Government has been preparing for the increased prevalence of AI for a significant period of time. That is why we developed the National AI Strategy “AI – Here for Good” which was published in July 2021, and my Department is leading on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (16 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: Thousands of consumers contact the CCPC on an annual basis. These contacts include requests for information on consumer rights, complaints against companies, and contacts that are both a complaint and an information request. It is not possible to isolate the number of complaints made to the CCPC. The below figures set out the number of contacts with the CCPC on an annual basis. CCPC...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (16 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: A breakdown of the number of individuals or companies related to contacts to the CCPC for each of the years 2018 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form: Number of Contacts 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 1000+ 1 1 1 0 0 0 500 - 1000 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: 684. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pandemic bonus payment for three agency workers (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22941/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (11 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: In recognition of the burdens on small business, company law was amended in 1999 to provide audit exemption for those companies who meet their filing obligations. These long-standing provisions have been, and continue to be, of significant benefit to compliant companies. There is a considerable incentive on companies and their advisers to ensure timely filing of annual returns, thereby...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (11 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: Embracing digital technologies is crucial for our continued economic progress as well as for meeting the demands of our people in a modern society. As the White Paper on Enterprise outlined, digital transformation is at the heart of our enterprise policy. The Enterprise Dimension of the National Digital Strategy sets out our goals in relation to the digitalisation of businesses. This...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (11 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: The National Digital Strategy was launched in February 2022 and restates the Government’s commitment to a well-resourced, modern and coherent regulatory framework for digital. Advances have been made right across Government on this front, as was confirmed in the Progress Report on this strategy published in December last year. Key to implementation has been the establishment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (11 May 2023)

Dara Calleary: AI is a powerful and fast evolving technology that is and will continue to have huge impacts on our economy and society. The Government has been attentive to the potential of AI for a significant period of time. That is why we developed the National AI Strategy “AI – Here for Good” which was published in July 2021 and my Department is leading on cross Government...