Parliamentary questions

235. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4089/25]

236. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any consideration has been given to the establishment of a sovereign large language model for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4119/25]

237. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a breakdown, by county, of IDA site visits for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4120/25]

238. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of companies or organisations to date that have availed of the Enterprise Ireland cyber security review grant; the total expenditure; and if he will make a statement more generally on cyber security for SMEs. [4121/25]

239. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance, requirements, regulations, directives or laws. [4215/25]

240. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotin…

241. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his intentions regarding the reform of co-ops; and if he will bring the Cooperative Societies Bill 2022 before the Oireachtas in the near future. [4264/25]

242. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to account for the reason new businesses established in 2024 are not eligible for the power up grant; the reason the grant is linked to previous entitlement to the increased cost of business scheme; the steps, if any, that will be made to correct this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4301/25]

243. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason a business (details supplied) has been excluded from eligibility to the power up grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4303/25]

244. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4315/25]

245. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland plans to have a trade mission to Australia during 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4459/25]

246. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and amount expended with them, in tabular form. [4470/25]

247. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will take action to resolve a situation involving the IDA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4555/25]

248. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a decision on a visa application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [4579/25]

249. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions; the timeframe for when such delegated functions will be formally notified to the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4605/25]

250. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a timeline for the publication of an action plan for collective bargaining, in line with commitments under the EU Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4625/25]

251. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value and nature of all State-sponsored grants provided to a company (details supplied) in 2022, 2023 and 2024, by the relevant State employment agency of which the company is a client; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4640/25]

252. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the power-up grant will be examined to allow previously non-eligible businesses to apply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4678/25]

253. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI.; and i…

254. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of complaints lodged with the WRC regarding remote and flexible working in the past 12 months, broken down by month, in tabular form. [4816/25]

76. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade between Hong Kong and Ireland in 2023 and for the first half of 2024. [3763/25]

77. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programmes or Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if he will make a…

78. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year costs to double the number of Workplace Relation Commission inspectors. [3766/25]

79. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value, and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are classified unde…

361. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of requests to his Department that were granted for various matters (details supplied); the number of such requests that have been refused; and the grounds on which they have were refused. [2499/25]