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Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: They do not want to hear it.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (1 Oct 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 5 July 2024 and entered into force on 26 July 2024. In order to provide Member States with sufficient time to implement the proposals, Member States have twenty-four months to transpose the Directive into national laws with a deadline of 26 July 2026. I can advise the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Funding (24 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) aims to contribute to a sustainable, equitable, green and digital recovery effort, in a manner that complements and supports the Government’s broader recovery effort. It is in this context that €85 million in funding is being made available to my Department to support the “Digital Transformation of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Legislative Measures (24 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: The question relates to two separate, albeit related, pieces of legislation. The implementation of the Casual Trading Act, 1995 lies with Local Authorities. The Act empowers Local Authorities to grant casual trading licences and make bye-laws as they see fit, on the control, regulation and administration of casual trading in its own functional area. Neither I as Minister nor my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (24 Sep 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: Consumer Rights (18 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the statutory body responsible for promoting compliance with, and enforcing, competition law in Ireland. The CCPC is independent in the performance of its statutory functions. Investigations and enforcement matters are part of the day-to-day operational work of the CCPC and I, as Minister, have no direct function in these matters. ...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: My officials have advised me that they are not aware of any specific issues that the Deputy may be referring to. If the Deputy has specific concerns or information, I would encourage him to bring these to the attention of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) which is the statutory body responsible for promoting compliance with, and enforcing, competition law in Ireland....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Rights (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: My Department has no direct role in relation to the provision of medical services, and my colleague, the Minister for Health, would be best placed to offer further information on this matter. In general terms the Consumer Rights Act 2022 provides strong and clear consumer rights and remedies when buying goods and services. If a business has not met its legal obligations in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Prices (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: Ireland has a strong track record when it comes to protecting consumers in the area of ticket sales. This government introduced legislation on ticket pricing in 2021 (the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021) which prohibits the sale or advertising for sale of tickets or ticket packages for a price exceeding their original sale price for events...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: Data Centres are necessary infrastructure for many of the services which we now take for granted, including technological advances such as cloud computing, quantum computing and AI, and the rapid growth of the use of Internet services by both enterprise and consumers alike. Data Centres are a key part of Ireland’s value proposition for FDI investment and central to Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Prices (9 Sep 2024)

Dara Calleary: Ireland has a strong track record when it comes to protecting consumers in the area of ticket sales. This government introduced legislation on ticket pricing in 2021 (the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021) which prohibits the sale or advertising for sale of tickets or ticket packages for a price exceeding their original sale price for events...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Functions (23 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: In terms of the co-operative sector, the focus of my Department is on completing work on the Co-operative Societies Bill. Drafting of the Bill, by the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, is nearing completion and it is expected that the finalised Bill will be brought to Government in Q4 2024. The Bill provides for the most far-reaching reform of the legislation governing co-operatives in the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (23 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: As Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment I, along with Minister Calleary, Minister Higgins and officials across the Department, engage on a regular basis with the European Commission and its officials on important policy areas such as the Single Market, Competitiveness, State Aid, Trade, Industry and Digital. This is particularly important in relation to the current EU Commission's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Corporate Governance (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: We engage regularly with the CO. The resourcing of the CEA is kept under constant review and the Department is involved in regular engagement to ensure resourcing is adequate for the job we have given it. Filling specialist posts tends to be a challenge for many agencies but we engage closely with the agency on that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: We have had a lot of discussion on Powering Prosperity to date and I welcome the Dáil’s interest in it. I acknowledge the Deputy’s work in this space through the joint Oireachtas committee. In terms of infrastructure, that is obviously a matter for the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, but we will continue to work closely with it to ensure that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: I endorse everything the Deputy has said with regard to the Port of Cork. It has applied for funding under the 2023 call on the EU's Connecting Europe Facility fund. The Department of Transport worked closely with it on that application. That would give it up to 30% of the cost of infrastructure investment works in this space. A decision on that will be announced this month. We will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: I am more than happy to pursue this. The shared island fund has invested significantly in infrastructure. Indeed, I took part in an event with the Cork, Dublin and Belfast chambers of commerce a few weeks ago on the potential to develop all-island projects now that the institutions are up and running. That is definitely one I will pursue. I would also point out that the Port of Cork has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Corporate Governance (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: In the relatively short time since its establishment, the CEA has quickly established its presence and is integral to maintaining Ireland’s reputation as a safe and well-regulated economy in which to invest and create employment. The CEA has produced its first statutory annual report covering the period from 7 July 2022, the date of its establishment, to 31 December 2023. During the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 18 and 23 together. In June, the European Commission announced 151 regions, including Ireland’s three NUTS 2 regions, as designated regional innovation valleys, RIVs. I commend the regions and the respective assemblies on the hard work that was put in to successfully attaining this designation. The RIVs commit to enhance the co-ordination and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (11 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: The midlands is ideally placed, through its regional enterprise plan, to maximise the opportunities. There is already a funding call through the European innovation ecosystems work programme, for which €116 million has been budgeted. There will be further competitive calls. I once again commend the regional assemblies involved on submitting the application and providing the...