1003. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will abolish the exemption of apprentices from the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67678/25]
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1004. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way in which his Department plans to target Irish tourism overseas in its capital investment strategy under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1888/26]
1005. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department plans to continue to support Irish SMEs with the introduction of improved AI and other cutting edge digital technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1889/26]
1006. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he could provide a breakdown of his Department’s €4.7 billion capital investment strategy, ‘Start Up Ireland’, for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1905/26]
1007. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current average waiting time for a WRC adjudication hearing to be heard from the time the complaints are submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1912/26]
1008. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the average waiting time for a WRC adjudication hearing to be heard from the time the complaints are submitted for each month in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1913/26]
1009. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the supports and measures available to small businesses impacted by retail crime and break-ins; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1966/26]
1010. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department plans to increase the supports and measures available to small businesses impacted by retail crime and break-ins during the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1968/26]
1011. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1979/26]
1012. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department, or any body under its aegis, has funded, or is funding, other than where legal costs were awarded against the employer by a court or tribunal, the legal costs of any current or concluded litigation taken by an employee or former employee against that Department or body, in each of the past five years; if so, to…
1013. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the basis on which his Department, or a body under its aegis, may fund the legal costs of an employee or former employee in litigation where that employee is in dispute with, or taking proceedings against, the same body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2037/26]
1014. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether the funding of employee legal costs in disputes against his Department, or a body under its aegis, is standard practice; if not, the circumstances in which such funding may be permitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2055/26]
1015. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline the guidance, codes, circulars or directions that govern the payment of legal costs by his Department, and bodies under its aegis, in employment-related disputes, including any requirements under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies or Departmental sanction arrangements; and if he will make a statement on…
1016. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether the funding of employee legal costs in litigation against the employing body could give rise to governance, accountability, or value for money concerns; whether his Department has issued any guidance in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2091/26]
1017. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has reviewed, or intends to review, the practice of Departments, and bodies under their aegis, funding legal costs in employment disputes involving those same bodies; and if so, the outcome or timeline for such a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2109/26]
1018. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether arrangements to fund legal costs in employment disputes involving his Department, or bodies under its aegis, require the prior approval of his Department or the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2127/26]
1019. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment how enterprise supports are being aligned with tourism development to maximise economic spill-over for local suppliers, service providers and community-based businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2145/26]
1020. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and, if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2245/26]
1021. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and, if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2263/26]
1022. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if it can be ensured that an employment permit refusal appeal (details supplied) is granted, and that the individual in question is granted a permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2290/26]
1023. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he is aware of instances of companies using payment in lieu of notice to avoid employees attaining two years’ service needed to be entitled to statutory redundancy; whether his Department has any plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2416/26]
1024. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a list of the top ten capital or programme projects delivered by his Department or its agencies over the past three years which were completed on time and within the originally approved budget; the project name, location, delivery timeframe, original approved budget, final outturn cost, and delivery body, for each projec…
1025. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to detail the annual spend on external consultants by his Department and its agencies in each of the past three years; the number of consultancy contracts, the largest individual consultancy engagements by value, and whether internal capacity-building or cost-benefit assessments were undertaken prior to engaging external consultant…
1026. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a list, for each of the past three years of the top ten projects per annum delivered by his Department or its agencies which were completed late and over the originally approved budget; the project name, location, original approved completion date, actual completion date, original approved budget, final outturn cost, cos…
1027. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when a referendum will be held to ratify the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, the International Agreement for which was signed by Ireland in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2477/26]