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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I hope most examples will not be just in Ireland and the reaction to those types of fast practices. If advertising standards are to be complied with, the minimum or maximum price have to be advertised clearly. Very simply, we need to put in law what is the maximum price so that somebody purchasing a bedroom for a weekend or a concert ticket knows exactly what the price can go to. That is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I raised the issue of dynamic pricing with the Minister in February. At that stage, he said he did not have a concern on the basis that the CCPC had reported that the incidents were few. Even a few incidents would be a few too many. I am glad there is a realisation that there is in fact an issue. It is a pity that came off the back of complaints from people. As the Minister said, over a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: I want to go back to the remarks of Deputy Ó Snodaigh. Dynamic pricing is used in many sectors and we have to make sure that in dealing with the consequences of one model we do not damage the other sectors that use it responsibly and in the best interests of the consumer. That is why the CCPC process will be of use to us. There is also work underway at European Commission level, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Question No. 67 answered with Written Answers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Enterprise Support Services

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: 68. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to develop the structure under which local enterprise offices operate so that centres of excellence could be developed for specialist sectoral support to be available on a regional basis, and inter-enterprise structures developed to evolve responses to collective problems that enterprises face; and if he will make...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: The Minister has extended the remit of the remit of local enterprise offices, LEOs. I come across a lot of enterprises which do not feel they have access to the specialist advice in each of the 31 LEOs. There needs to be regional centres of excellence. There is scope, in particular in areas like adaptation to green demands, for collaborative approaches in sectors.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank the Deputy. I acknowledge and recognise the role he played in setting up so many LEOs for success up and down the country. As he will be aware, there are 31 LEOs and they play an important role at local level as part of a supportive ecosystem that provides services directly to small businesses and promotes entrepreneurship in towns and communities across the country. They are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. One of the concerns I have is that there has been an extraordinarily low level of take-up of initiatives to promote a move to sustainable processes through the supply chain, in particular among LEO and Enterprise Ireland clients. Group initiatives are the way to go. I am sceptical that drawing in a contractor essentially to move...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Emer Higgins: To reiterate, it is our intention to make sure that decarbonisation grants and initiatives are easy to access and draw down. We have a €300 million decarbonisation fund, through Enterprise Ireland. Over the first two years, there has been a good and strong take-up of that. At a more local level, over the past three weeks we have made a big effort to reduce the complexity around...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I agree simplification is a help, but we need people to act in concert. We have seen the success of group schemes in all sorts of different walks of life, such as group water schemes, sustainable energy communities and so on. We need to have a similar momentum within the enterprise sector. That is not happening at the moment. There are huge opportunities in the food sector for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Enterprise Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister of State, in her contribution, referred to social enterprises as being part of the broader enterprise community. I believe they are but often the perception is that they are somehow outside of this. I echo what my colleague Deputy Conway-Walsh said regarding an awareness campaign. That would be incredibly important. We also need to look at how supports can be given to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Enterprise Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Richard Bruton: I add my voice to Deputy O'Reilly's point. In my experience, there are many trip points for social enterprises in getting access, such as the definition of whether an enterprise is commercial. If an organisation has a charitable status, it can be excluded from Office of Public Procurement contracts because of this status. Much like Deputy O'Reilly, I believe there will be a lot of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Enterprise Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Emer Higgins: I thank everybody for their contributions and for all the support they give to social enterprises, both within their communities and throughout the country. I acknowledge the huge role SERI plays in doing exactly that and driving this important element of our community. The suggestion of awareness campaigns is really positive and is something we can look at. That said, I point to what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Services Sector

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to address the issue of dynamic pricing in both the hotel and live performance ticketing industries; and to provide a list of dates and times for meetings he has held with other Ministers or with stakeholders in the sector to address these issues since he assumed office. [37063/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: This question relates to the furore surrounding dynamic pricing. What plans has the Minister to address this issue in the hotel and live performance ticketing industries, and will he provide the dates and times of meetings with other Ministers and stakeholders in the sector to move towards addressing this rip-off culture that is appearing?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta as ucht an cheist thábhachtach seo a ardú. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, is the independent statutory body that enforces competition and consumer protection law under the remit of our Department. It continues to promote and monitor compliance with competition and consumer protection laws across all sectors of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: I agree with the independence of the CCPC review and I wish it well in the investigation. The question, however, is what the Minister is going to do, first, to ensure dynamic pricing is defined in law, which it is not, and second, what he is going to do, not about the specific events at the end of August but about the general trend where the more demand there is, the more people are ripped...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Services Sector (24 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: I absolutely agree with the Deputy's concerns regarding unfair pricing. This Government has already introduced legislation in this space, such as the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021, which prohibits the sale and advertising of tickets or ticket packages for prices exceeding the original sale price of those tickets for events taking place...