Parliamentary questions

417. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what business grants supports for small business ratepayers will be introduced in 2025, and what the deadlines will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17251/25]

418. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are plans to reopen the increased cost of business and Power Up portal for those businesses that were unsuccessful in applying, as promised in late 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17319/25]

419. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has any plans to amend the Casual Trading Act 1995 to include the provision of services; if so, the timeline for amendment of the 1995 Act to enable local authorities to make casual trading bye-laws for the provision of services in addition to goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17331/25]

420. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Corporate Enforcement Agency (CEA) staff, that is Garda and civilian, that have resigned and or retired from their roles in the past three years to date; and the duration of time each had worked with the CEA before their departure. [17353/25]

421. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he and or his officials are seeking details of the reason staff have left the Corporate Enforcement Agency; and if the Agency conducts exit interviews in respect of civilian and Garda staff that leave the agency. [17354/25]

422. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention, or that of his officials, has been drawn to the action of the CEO of the Corporate Enforcement Agency (CEA) of putting on hold Garda recruitment to the CEA for a period of four months until the then Director of Criminal Enforcement resigned from their role. [17355/25]

423. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of the gaps in resourcing of the Corporate Enforcement Agency that can only be filled by way of sworn Garda resources. [17356/25]

424. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of rescindments of the secondments of Gardaí from the Corporate Enforcement Agency in each of the past three years to date. [17357/25]

425. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the duration of the remaining contract for the Corporate Enforcement Agency’s CEO; and if he and or his officials are reviewing the structure of the leadership team at the Corporate Enforcement Agency. [17358/25]

426. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department spent in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form on advertisement on a website (details supplied). [17391/25]

427. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and his plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17475/25]

428. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Socia…

429. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the process by which his Department plans to assess the European Commission’s new legal proposal under the REACH regulation to restrict lead in ammunition, including plans for engagement with other Government Departments and state agencies; the plans for public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matte…

210. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with Meta about the reported use of pirated creative works to train its AI models, including thousands of books produced by Irish creators and publishers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16359/25]

211. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the status of a case (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16376/25]

212. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department or Enterprise Ireland have policies that prohibit or restrict investment in specific types of enterprises; if so, if he will define such prohibitions or restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16436/25]

106. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the implementation and transposing of The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, as currently enacted; the commitments under the business and human rights strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15856/25]

107. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location and size of available IDA lands in Cork, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15864/25]

108. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for the take up of the new energy efficiency grant from the local enterprise offices across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15865/25]

109. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made on the appeals process for the Power Up grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15866/25]

110. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [16199/25]

111. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if payments will issue at an early date in respect of the increased cost of business and Power Up grant schemes, which have been delayed due to classification issues, taking into account that many small enterprises factored in this grant payment in their overall income stream to meet costs; and if he will make a stat…

112. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on progressing employment regulation orders to attract and retain early years educators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16273/25]

352. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of copyright infringements (details supplied); the steps his Department are taking to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material from tech companies using pirated material to train their AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15420/25]

353. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the top ten countries of foreign direct investment from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15051/25]