679. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he agrees with the Commissioner of Public Works at OPW insistence on a local development group in County Leitrim (details supplied) that prior to entering the leased property, Community Group members will need to be covered for public liability insurance of €6.5 million employer’s liability insuranc…
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680. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to report on any instructions given or planned, on the appointment criteria for State boards part of the Public Appointments Service, to ensure that board appointments include candidates that can enable each agency adapt to the changing global economic environment and its local impacts. [20815/25]
681. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the Mountmellick flood relief scheme design will be complete; when it will be submitted to An Coimisiún Pleanála for planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21284/25]
682. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the finalised “additional report” regarding the Derrycloney part of the Mountmellick flood relief scheme will be made available to the local residents’ group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21285/25]
683. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he or the Secretary General have visited Explorium to ensure they are fully informed of its facilities and offerings, in the context of OPW plans to build a second science centre 10km away; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21286/25]
684. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details on the timeline and terms of reference for the OPW’s value-for-money analysis of the National Children’s Science Centre project; the specific criteria being used to assess value for money, including comparative analysis with existing facilities; whether this review will consider operat…
685. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the value-for-money review on the proposed National Children’s Science Centre will evaluate the risk of duplicating services already provided by Explorium, given its proximity (10km) and existing capacity for 300,000 annual visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21288/25]
686. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of reports of copyright infringements highlighted by a publication (details supplied); the steps his Department is taking to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material from tech companies using pirated material to train their AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18519/25]
687. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will comment on the commercial vacancy rate in County Roscommon, which stands at 17.9%; and to outline what measures are being considered to support business development and reduce this rate. [18550/25]
688. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a timeline for the publication of an action plan for collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18584/25]
689. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment affairs the number of trade missions that have taken place since 2015, by country and city. [18589/25]
690. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of trade missions conducted in 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, outlining the location, number of businesses and state agencies engaged with. [18590/25]
691. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated value of imports from the so-called “occupied territories” within Israel in each year from 2020 to 2024, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18713/25]
692. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he aware of the recent roll-out of the AI feature on all apps on a platform (details supplied) without permission of the users; his views on the fact that these features cannot be removed; if he intends to take action regarding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18805/25]
693. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade between Indonesia and Ireland in each of the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [18843/25]
694. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline all capital investment made by the IDA in County Longford since 2022. [18844/25]
695. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department have been made aware of books written by Irish authors and protected by copyright being used to train generative AI models by companies operating in Ireland without any agreement or compensation to copyright owners; whether he or his Department will be taking any steps to address this issue; and if he will make a…
696. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he or his Department have been made aware of books written by Irish authors and protected by copyright being used to train generative AI models by companies operating in Ireland without any agreement or compensation to copyright owners; whether he or his Department will be taking any steps to address this issue; and if he will make a…
697. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how his Department plans to address the use of copyrighted material being used to train generative AI models by companies operating in Ireland without any agreement or compensation to copyright owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18886/25]
698. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he or his department have engaged with social media companies who train generative AI models operating in Ireland on the use of copyrighted material being used to train generative AI models without any agreement or compensation to copyright owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18887/25]
699. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the length of time it should take the HSA to carry out a mandatory investigation in the case of a fatal workplace accident, such as the one that occurred at a facility (details supplied) on 18 April 2023 as the delay in these investigations are preventing coroners inquests from being concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
700. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland intends to open an office in Auckland, New Zealand. [18967/25]
701. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA intends to open an office in Dubai. [18968/25]
702. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of proposed redundancies in a company (details supplied); if he can make any intervention to seek to avoid this; to detail any other communication he has had with the company, and any assistance he can provide to both the company and the workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18983/25]
703. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline all supports that are available to Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection, or refugees or asylum seekers, to set up businesses in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19023/25]