76. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures his Department has put in place to assist SMEs with rising energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13384/26]
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77. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the impact of the proposed Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 on rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13376/26]
78. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the justification for the continued roll-out of the built to innovate initiative, with €6.8 million in public grants approved to date, in the absence of an independent external evaluation and in circumstances where productivity impacts are currently measured only at firm level rather than across the residential construction sector as a w…
79. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he plans to introduce any measures or supports to increase the viability of construction of hotels in rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13327/26]
80. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures being put in place to help businesses, particularly SMEs, identify their supervisory authority under the distributed regulatory model in the general scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13253/26]
81. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment , to provide a detailed update on his Department’s strategy to reverse the identified €1 billion year-on-year decline in tourism revenue; the timeline for the implementation of the 'A New Era for Irish Tourism' policy, specifically detailing how the €200 million allocated for product development will be prioritised to support regi…
82. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans for short-term lets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13373/26]
83. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he would support the establishment of a citizens’ assembly on artificial intelligence digitalisation and technology to facilitate inclusive public dialogue and democratic input on AI policy and ethics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12897/26]
84. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will report on the work of his Department’s small business unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13382/26]
85. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of SMEs that have closed in County Meath in each of the past ten years. [12168/26]
86. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department’s emphasis on promoting AI will influence how the proposed Oifig Intleachta Shaorga na hÉireann, or the AI Office of Ireland, approaches its co-ordinating role under the EU AI Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13311/26]
87. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide for the development of a national AI risk register within the national AI office to identify and monitor systemic risks across sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12950/26]
88. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the immediate measures his Department is taking to mitigate the severe financial pressure on the small and medium enterprise sector following the cumulative impact of the national minimum wage increase to €14.15 and the commencement of the pension auto-enrolment scheme on 1 January 2026; if he will specifically address concerns fr…
89. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when a new west regional enterprise plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12896/26]
90. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department is taking to increase the tourism potential of County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12162/26]
91. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned at reports of early years services and childminders receiving bills for commercial rates; if she will act to ensure rates are not applied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13520/26]
92. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding provided to each provider of special emergency arrangements in 2025; the amount of funding provided to each provider of mainstream residential care in 2025; the total amount of funding in State-owned provision of mainstream residential care in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1326…
93. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason she will determine legal representation for guardians ad litem in childcare court proceedings; the rationale for this change under the new service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13521/26]
94. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on her engagements with Tusla regarding well-being checks of closed cases; if she has received a progress report or interim report from the agency and-or the independent steering group; if she has requested a broadening of the scope of these checks; and the workforce planning conducted in respect of ensuri…
95. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the critical staffing collapse within the Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) in Clonmel; if she accepts that this severe staffing shortage constitutes an emergency situation for the hundreds of children with complex needs who rely on this service, including the 114 children awaiting assessment 59 of whom are a…
96. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider whether Laois will be given one of the first directly State-led, publicly-owned childcare facilities she announced on 21 January 2026 as Laois is one of the fastest growing counties in terms of population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13846/26]
97. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to ensure that disability supports adequately meet the needs of people with disabilities, including access to services and timely assessments, and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3476/26]
98. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to phase out her Department's current and increasing reliance on private for-profit companies for the provision of disability services; if she will commit to multi-annual funding of State, not-for-profit providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12931/26]
99. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection on providing a State pension for foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13216/26]
100. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on staffing levels and vacancy rates across the children’s disability network teams; how these are affecting service access for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13292/26]