444. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the speeches given by the Ministers in his Department for the International AI Summit were written by civil servants or private consultants working within his Department. [74378/26]
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445. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of employment permits issued to the HSE as employer in respect of medical practitioners in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by permit type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74357/26]
446. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on implementation of the action in the 2025 Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity to “publish guidance and support for innovative companies on compliance with the EU AI Act and other sectoral regulations, with a particular focus on SMEs and startups. [74382/26]
447. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the plans for enhanced AI and digital vouchers proposed as part of the Intelligence:Applied Programme; and the way in which this initiative relates to the review of the grow digital voucher scheme and any proposals for enhancements to that scheme. [74381/26]
448. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the terms of reference and membership of the new National AI Literacy Taskforce established under the Intelligence:Applied Programme. [74380/26]
449. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will consider the introduction of a statutory framework and protection for collective bargaining, noting that an IHREC report (details supplied) found that there are no conflicting rights in the Irish Constitution that would prevent the Government from introducing such a framework. [73850/26]
450. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement his Department has had with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding competition, transparency and consumer protection within the private health insurance market. [74234/26]
451. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide the number of full-time equivalent staff within the climate action unit or division of his Department from 2020 to 2026 to date, broken down by year, in tabular form. [73978/26]
452. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when his Department last reviewed its policies, operations and handling of protected disclosures under all relevant protected disclosures legislation. [74433/26]
453. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has made any recommendations to his Department in relation to improving transparency in the pricing and benefits of private health insurance policies; and if so, if he will provide details of any such recommendations. [74238/26]
454. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details on the €15 million package for rural pubs; and the way in which the package will work. [74202/26]
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]