Questions

239. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on applications for coastal protection works in Kerry (details supplied). [72393/26]

240. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total number of persons at each grade employed across the Civil Service at the end of 2025; and at the current date. [72444/26]

241. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will provide an update on an application for a work permit (details supplied). [71378/26]

242. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is examining whether consumers should have a statutory right to speak with a human customer service representative, rather than being required to deal exclusively with artificial intelligence or automated systems, when engaging with telecommunications, utility and other essential service providers. [71343/26]

243. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis), in tabular form. [71402/26]

244. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware that the founder and chairman of an organisation (details supplied), whose subsidiary carried out his Departments report on Green Energy Parks, ran another company at a time it pleaded guilty to bribery; the due diligence that was carried out on the organisation prior to commissioning the report from their subsidiary; th…

245. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied). [71480/26]

246. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the full range of documentation, certificates, proofs of compliance and personal or business information that will be required to register a short-term letting property on the new Fáilte Ireland Short-Term Letting Register from 1 December 2026; the documentation that will be required from individual hosts and company owners respective…

247. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the opening of the portal for Fáilte Ireland short-term let registration; and when the registration Process will be able to advise of properties that are compliant having successfully completed the registration process. [71647/26]

248. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the date on which his Department was consulted by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on the proposal in the general scheme of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 to increase the standard naturalisation residence requirement from five years to eight; the observations his Department made; and w…

249. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reason the employment permits online system may reject a passport photograph with a “no DPI found” error where the photograph meets the published requirements; the exact photograph and file requirements for a successful upload; and the alternative available where a compliant photograph continues to be rejected. [71749/26]

250. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on whether the right-to-request model is sufficient in the context where an employee's request to work remotely is refused but the WRC cannot examine whether the refusal itself was reasonable. [71802/26]

251. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied). [72162/26]

252. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he is considering measures to ban a product associated with ineradicable and significant occupational safety risks (details supplied) with regard to his responsibility for workplace safety legislation and in line with a proposal under consideration in California. [72178/26]

253. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding support mechanisms being considered for pubs that are geographically deemed ineligible for the €15 million support scheme for rural pubs that was announced in budget 2027. [72172/26]

254. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the external review of LEO supports will be published; and the changes planned on foot of the review, particularly to the grow digital voucher. [72168/26]

255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if additional funding will be provided to local enterprise offices in 2027; and if enhancements are planned to LEO supports, particularly the grow digital voucher. [72167/26]

256. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the mechanisms in place in relation to the €15 million announced in budget 2027 for rural pubs (details supplied); and if there is a timeline for the full details of this scheme to be announced. [72166/26]

257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to name the Convention Bureau to which the conference bid was transferred in May 2025; the amount of State funding provided to that bureau in 2025 and 2026; whether any support for the conference has been provided or committed through it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72328/26]

258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the grade or position of the Fáilte Ireland official who approved site inspection funding of €3,024.99 for the 12th International Conference on Degrowth; the written delegated authority and business events programme criteria relied upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72326/26]

259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to identify Cork stakeholders that selected a conference as a case study for the Impact and Legacy Training Programme; the staff time and resources Fáilte Ireland committed to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72333/26]

260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether Fáilte Ireland or his Department will consider a subvention application for a conference before August 2027; the criteria that would apply; whether his Department was consulted at any stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72331/26]

261. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Government employment or job-creation projections and targets for 2026 to 2030 have been disaggregated by region; to provide by region and year; and to provide the equivalent regional projections or targets underpinning the national planning framework for comparison, in tabular form. [72358/26]

262. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to his Department's press release, to confirm the timeframe for the publication of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill. [72402/26]

263. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to the note recorded at the meeting of the Road Safety Leadership Group of 15 April 2026 (details supplied), if the meetings referred to took place; the date of each; the bodies represented at each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72416/26]