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Roderic O'Gorman Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
314. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13572/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
315. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans in place for the implementation of the Shannon Foynes Task Force Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13643/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
316. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the issues surrounding the liquidation of a company (details supplied); if he will consider a review to legislation to better protect smaller and non-professional creditors is such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13806/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
317. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he will take in collaboration with the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland to support new businesses and jobs in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13830/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
318. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to confirm the foreign direct investment employment recorded in County Louth from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [13831/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
319. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of the current IDA business and technology parks available lands in County Louth; and the specific plans for available lands in the Drogheda and Dundalk areas. [13832/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
320. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-backed industries and Enterprise Ireland-supported companies currently operating in County Louth. [13833/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
321. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed by IDA-backed industries in Drogheda and Dundalk from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [13834/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
322. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of persons employed in Enterprise Ireland-supported companies in Drogheda and Dundalk from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [13835/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
323. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is considering establishing a dedicated jobs task force for Drogheda to provide fundamental opportunities for job growth in Drogheda, as part of the programme for Government commitment to delivering continued growth and success; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13836/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
324. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title, based in IDA offices located in northern California and in New York as of 18 March 2025, and as of 31 March 2022, in tabular form. [13837/25]
Niall Collins Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
325. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his officials can make contact with a company (details supplied) that has written to him seeking his assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13896/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
326. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant WTE posts, by job title currently at the Workplace Relations Commission; and the estimated timeframe in which each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [13929/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
327. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider reopening the trading online voucher grant scheme to assist SMEs with the creation of an online presence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14006/25]
Gary Gannon Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
328. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translations, between 1 Janua…
Peter Roche Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
329. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which he intends to support the MedTech sector, given that the Programme for Government highlights it as a sector where Ireland has a competitive advantage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14119/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
330. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his contribution to the decisions by the EU to retaliate to the threatened US tariffs; his contribution to the selection of targets for this retaliation with the selection of US bourbon manufacturers putting the Irish whiskey sector in danger of further retaliatory tariffs from the US; and the manner in which he has fed into, contribute…
Barry Heneghan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
331. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has examined the issue of file padding in the workplace, where employers fabricate or exaggerate disciplinary records to justify dismissal, demotion, or other adverse actions; whether such practices will be recognised as a form of workplace harassment; whether legislative measures are being considered to prevent …
Paul Murphy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
332. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of a dispute between workers and an employer (details supplied); if he will instruct his Department to investigate the matter and ensure workers know their rights and are receiving a fair wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14229/25]
Paul Murphy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
333. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that a business is facing the prospect of making over one thousand security officers redundant by going through the liquidation process (details supplied); if he will ensure that workers are protected in the case if redundancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14230/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
334. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education the budgetary amount allocated to the provision of a range of free, adequate, safe and suitable period products in all educational publicly funded settings, including schools, for 2025; if the service will be continue to be funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14044/25]
Brian Brennan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
335. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education if she intends to rollout an ICT grant for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13293/25]
Seán Crowe Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
336. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the severe financial difficulties at a school (details supplied) due to the inadequacy of its capitation grant; the measures she will take to ensure funding is guaranteed to the end of the school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13305/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
337. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 5 February 2025, if she will provide an update regarding the transfer of a site (details supplied) in County Sligo; the reason for ongoing delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13307/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
338. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13316/25]