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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: 209. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine the help-to-buy scheme with a view to lowering the 70% mortgage requirement to access the scheme; if he will acknowledge that his threshold excludes thousands of both purchasers and properties from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28749/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Sector Staff (4 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: As at 28 June 2024, all seven sanctioned Forensic Accountants (Professional Accountant Grade 1) posts were filled. The current staffing sanction of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA) is in line with the agency's own assessment of its staffing needs. Therefore it is not intended to increase the number of WTE forensic accountants working in the CEA before the end of the year.

Seanad: Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanad as an díospóireacht seo a thógáil. I thank the Cathaoirleach for his good wishes. I am pleased to bring this Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024 to the House, which amends the Broadcasting Act 2009, as amended by the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022 to extend Coimisiún na Meán's power to raise the levy in section...

Seanad: Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Second Stage (2 Jul 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank all Senators for their support for the Bill. I thank Senator Higgins for the thought she has given to the digital empowerment fund. This Bill is limited to and strictly focused on funding activities at Coimisiún na Meán for enforcing the Digital Services Act and the terrorist content online regulation, which will remove a burden on the Exchequer to fund the regulatory...

Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: No. The Minister, Deputy O'Gorman, is not too far away I am sure.

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy O'Reilly for her amendments. The Deputy is the only party to engage with amendments on the Bill. I oppose the amendments. I understand the intention behind them. However, the reference to "person" as a legal term is defined in the Interpretation Act 2005, which provides certain general rules of the interpretation of a particular word. In Part 4 of that Act, entitled...

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: Yes.

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: That is the legislation, as read. I think the Deputy is trying to make sure that ISPs do not use an individual to avoid-----

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy's amendment could allow them to do that inadvertently.

Digital Services (Levy) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy O'Reilly. In opposing amendment No. 3, I want to give the Deputy some background. The levy is designed to be cost-recovery in nature and is not revenue generating. It is to recover the costs incurred for the activities undertaken by Coimisiún na Meán and the CCPC in their work in forcing the digital services regulation or the terrorist content online regulation. ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I agree with the Deputy that it has to be a multiagency approach. There is a new approach to community safety policy via the local community safety partnerships, which are being piloted in three locations, including in the north inner city of Dublin. They bring together the local communities and local service providers under an independent chair to develop a specific community safety plan...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Antisocial Behaviour (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank Deputy Gannon for raising this issue and I will bring his description directly to the attention of the Minister, Deputy McEntee. It is important, as we all agree, that people feel safe and are safe in their local communities, and Dublin 7 is no exception. Community safety is not solely the responsibility of the Department of Justice or An Garda Síochána. Rather, it is a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy. I am happy to provide clarification. The Department has stated that the new national children's hospital has been designed and constructed in consultation with CHI and, most important, in accordance with disabled access certification. There are 5,000 rooms in the new hospital and the development board is advised that all rooms and areas are fully compliant and, as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I would encourage the Deputy to provide the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, with the specific details of the case so that it can be followed through. The Minister is looking at reviewing and updating the legislation in the context of the wider implementation of the new national oral health policy, which envisages a fundamental reform of oral health services. Any new legislation will be informed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Children's Hospital (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: On behalf of the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, I thank Deputy Tully for raising this matter and giving me the opportunity to address the speculation about the lack of accessibility for wheelchair users at the new children’s hospital. The hospital is the largest health capital project in the history of the State and will transform the delivery of paediatric healthcare in Ireland. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (26 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly. As the Deputy outlined, under section 38 of the Dentists Act 1985, the Dental Council or any person may apply to the fitness to practise committee of the Dental Council for an inquiry into the fitness of a registered dentist to practise dentistry on the grounds of alleged...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: The Deputy is absolutely right that data centres are an important part of the solution for increasing the supply of sustainable energy. They can transform energy usage through the use of corporate purchase power agreements, through on-site renewables, demand flexibility, battery storage and many other sustainable options and solutions that will reduce the burden on the grid. Our offshore...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Éamon Ó Cuív as ucht na díospóireachta seo a thabhairt os ár gcomhair anocht. I do not disagree with anything the Deputy said but I will give him the formal response. As the Deputy knows, and as he has acknowledged, Ireland wants to continue to be a European and digital global leader. Ireland is strongly committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158 and 159 together. At the outset, I should clarify that the information available to my Department relates to companies registered with the Companies Registration Office (CRO). This does not include businesses operating as sole traders or unincorporated entities. Businesses can close for a variety of reasons and the information available to the CRO...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Ticket Booking Fees (25 Jun 2024)

Dara Calleary: Consumer rights are protected for purchasing tickets for concerts or sporting events under the Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) Act 2021. The Act 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, by...