Parliamentary questions

473. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has undertaken or commissioned any assessment of the estimated cost to the Exchequer arising from cartel activity or bid-rigging in public procurement; whether any modelling exists estimating price inflation attributable to such practices; and if he will outline any findings available to his De…

474. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the legislative or policy measures are currently under consideration to strengthen the detection and deterrence of cartel behaviour in public procurement, including any proposals to enhance the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s access to procurement data held by public bodies; and the expected timeline…

475. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether there is a formal interdepartmental framework in place between his Department, the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to address cartel behaviour in public procurement; when such arrangements were e…

476. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Cahersiveen and Iveragh region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9358/26]

477. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Killarney/East Kerry region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9359/26]

478. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Cahersiveen and Iveragh region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9360/26]

479. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Killorglin/Mid-Kerry region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9361/26]

480. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Cahersiveen and Iveragh region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9362/26]

481. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Castleisland region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9363/26]

482. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Listowel region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9364/26]

483. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Tarbert/Ballylongford region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9365/26]

484. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps the IDA is taking to attract pharmaceutical companies and multinational companies to the south; the plans in place to bring companies to the Tralee region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9366/26]

485. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of staff directly responsible for cybersecurity, as distinct from IT, within his Department; if a threat analyst, vulnerability manager and a cyber infrastructure engineer are employed; if not in-house, if this work is outsourced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9429/26]

486. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the extent to which his Department examines third party supply chain vulnerability when it comes to cybersecurity. [9447/26]

487. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware data centres located here are being used to run an AI tool (details supplied). [9521/26]

488. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No’s 149 of 7 May 2025 and 156 of 7 October 2025, and having regard to confirmation (details supplied), whether his Department continues to receive, for Q2 2025, Q3 2025 and future quarters , the full completed reporting templates from each Government Department including the value …

489. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of regulations his Department plans to reduce, streamline or repeal in order to improve competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/26]

490. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether, in light of the EU–India free trade agreement and associated EU mobility signalling, his Department has assessed the projected impact on employment permit application volumes by sector and nationality in 2026–2027; whether any expansion or adjustment of Critical Skills or General Employment Permit eligibilit…

491. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title and gender, working in each Enterprise Ireland offices outside of the State, by location, as of 3 February 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9836/26]

492. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title and gender, working in each IDA offices outside of the State by location, as of 3 February 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9837/26]

493. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if funding can be sourced to support the not-for-profit organisation (details supplied) to construct a new build extension to their present location, which will cost €2.5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10017/26]

494. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department supports the creation of a new EU-wide legal statute, the "Innovative European Company" (as per the Draghi report on EU Competitiveness) to allow Irish start-ups to operate across the single market under harmonised corporate and insolvency rules; and if so, when he plans to introduce this.; and if …

495. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his position on the creation of a Vice-President for simplification at the EU level; if he plans to commit to a single methodology to quantify the cumulative cost of new regulation on Irish businesses, as per the Draghi report on EU Competitiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10065/26]

496. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10153/26]

497. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether concerns regarding contradictions or omissions in a parent company 2024 audited accounts (details supplied) have been brought to the attention of the Corporate Enforcement Authority, and whether these matters are being examined. [10228/26]