Parliamentary questions

370. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on the merits of providing grants for public facing businesses, including restaurants & cafés, to provide baby changing facilities in both men’s and women’s bathrooms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32663/25]

371. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will ma…

310. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to ap…

311. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the land available to the IDA for new enterprises in County Wexford, by location and the extent of each location, in tabular form; whether it is intended to acquire additional land particularly to supplement the IDA land at Drinagh in Wexford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31404/25]

312. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 95 of the 14 May 2025, to provide a full list of all houses and gardens that are available for public view as a condition for an exemption from capital acquisitions tax on a heritage basis; including the address; the days and times each is open to the public; any price payable…

313. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of se…

314. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will open an appeals process for the increased cost of business scheme and the Power Up grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31543/25]

315. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will open an appeals process to allow businesses in the hospitality, retail or beauty sectors that registered for the increased cost of business (ICOB) scheme, but classified themselves in the incorrect sector, to appeal that classification in order to qualify for both a second payment under the ICOB grant a…

316. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will open an appeals process for all those that for various reasons did not apply in time and for those that lost out on the increased cost of business scheme grant and the power up grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31545/25]

317. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current and capital expenditure base for his Department for the years 2024 to 2028, or as far as is projected, broken down for the expenditure base for the programme expenditure under 'jobs and enterprise development', 'enterprise innovation and commercialisation', 'regulation', listing all subheads within …

99. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30923/25]

100. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline his Department’s activities and plans to support the development of Ireland’s cybersecurity industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30873/25]

101. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to review the current statutory redundancy guidelines, with a view to reducing the time required to claim a payment and to increase payments, given the rise in cost of living. [30901/25]

102. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on whether tourism funding should be ringfenced by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31069/25]

103. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on a tourist tax for Irish cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31070/25]

104. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount a tourist tax of €5-a-bed would generate for the city of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31071/25]

105. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA visits to each of counties Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Roscommon, Galway, Tipperary and Kildare in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the dates and locations of those visits, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31153/25]

106. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA jobs in each of counties Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath, Roscommon, Galway, Tipperary and Kildare in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31154/25]

107. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on IDA’s plans and progress to replace job losses at a facility (details supplied); the engagement he and the IDA has had with the company since the announcement of its phased closure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31155/25]

108. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current status of a proposed development (details supplied), originally announced in 2022 with an estimated investment of €300 million and the potential to create approximately 1,500 jobs; if he is aware of the reasons for the apparent delay or stalling of the project; whether any departmental engagement ha…

109. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilis…

110. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will ensure that the maximum possible support is provided by his Department, and the industrial promotion agencies under the remit of his Department, to a company (details supplied) to ensure the maximum possible employment level retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31298/25]

111. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of cases brought to the District Court by workers seeking enforcement of a Workplace Relations Commission's awards, under Section 43 of the Workplace Relations Act 2015, in the past five years; and whether he has considered granting enforcement powers to the WRC in order to spare workers from having to tak…

112. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on th…

113. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide, the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form [31328/25]