51. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his Department's efforts to promote tourism in east County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11993/26]
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52. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures in place to ensure that materials from labour camps in Xinjiang in China are restricted for entry to Ireland and the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8208/26]
53. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of permits for dairy farm assistants that have been processed in counties Cavan and Monaghan since the start of 2026; if the process can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13175/26]
54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is planning to amend employment legislation to improve employment rights and job security of film workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13125/26]
55. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland in Galway in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12895/26]
56. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to encourage much-needed private investment into the serviced tourism accommodation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12773/26]
57. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way in which the funding for local enterprise and regional development in his Department’s Sectoral Capital Plan 2026-2030 will support businesses in Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13132/26]
58. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if specific additional financial supports will be introduced in 2026 to assist in the development of enterprise centres in view of their importance in providing workspace for start-up businesses and SMEs, and the contribution from same to the overall economy particularly in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…
59. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of people employed in State-supported companies (companies that are client firms of state agencies such as Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta) at the beginning of 2026; whether this represents an increase since the beginning of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13144/26]
60. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department is taking to ensure that social media artificial intelligence tools cannot be used by sexual predators to generate naked images of people, including child abuse imagery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3863/26]
61. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the maximum quota for general employment permits for workers in farming and the food industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12954/26]
62. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will be recommending that the State explore publicly owned AI resources and technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12957/26]
63. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs the IDA supported in Kerry last year; the plans for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13374/26]
64. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when a new south-east regional enterprise plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12894/26]
65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reasons the proposed Oifig Intleachta Shaorga na hÉireann, or the AI Office of Ireland, has been placed under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13312/26]
66. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the progress of the emergency humanitarian flooding scheme for impacted businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13361/26]
67. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the funding allocated in his Department’s NDP to support home-grown enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13079/26]
68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the legislative measures he is planning to implement to ensure that artificial intelligence adaptation does not lead to job loses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13129/26]
69. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his strategy to address the rising cost of doing business, in particular for the SME sector; his plans for 2026 that will aim at improving cost competitiveness in areas such as energy, insurance, labour and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13247/26]
70. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on progress in the development of a new national life sciences strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13198/26]
71. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will ensure the national AI office has a dedicated role for, or a board with members from, disabled people’s organisations and disability organisations, to ensure that the benefits and risks posed by AI for people with disabilities are at the forefront of any policy decisions, particularly the development of AI ethical regulations…
72. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on providing the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission with new powers as set out in the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13288/26]
73. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if there are plans to update the list of critical skills work visas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13325/26]
74. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of bed nights available in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12536/26]
75. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will ensure that the national AI office will have the necessary levels of independence, technical experts and resourcing to ensure that there are no conflicts between the State’s supports for industry to harness AI, the State’s own deployment of AI, and the design, implementation and enforcement of regulations to govern AI, and to…