298. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on efforts to secure alternative employment at a manufacturing plant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11906/26]
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55. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reason the Health and Safety Authority does not provide a clear breakdown, by gender, of workplace fatalities and injuries in the reports it publishes periodically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13152/26]
56. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the funding allocated to NGOs by his Department in 2025; the funding allocated to NGOs by agencies and bodies under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13084/26]
57. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to set out his Department’s work on the programme for Government commitment to “support Irish SMEs to access the supply chains of large multinational companies that are based in Ireland”. [13297/26]
553. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the SBCI loan scheme is scheduled to proceed in March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12534/26]
554. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of contracts with his Department in the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the nature of services this company (details supplied) provided to his Department in the years in question; the amount his Department paid this company for such services in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [11605/26]
555. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the steps his Department has taken specifically to provide relief to entities currently reporting under Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) ‘wave 1’ reporters, based on the ‘quick fix’ delegated act signed on 11 July 2025 by the European Commission, that extended certain phase-in provisions that were pr…
556. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to reform current health and safety legislation to better reflect the capacity of the general public, and to introduce clearer mechanisms for discretion, exemptions, or alternative pathways where risk is present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11731/26]
557. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to give an update on Action 3.3 of Delivering Homes, Building Communities 2025-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11759/26]
558. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by his Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11796/26]
559. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent on funding NGOs by his Department, in each of the years since 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11814/26]
560. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the assessments that are carried out to determine the level of Exchequer funding that any NGO receives from his Department on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11832/26]
561. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding any direct lobbying he has received from any NGO in relation to his annual funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11855/26]
562. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the person or body that carries out the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11957/26]
563. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a list maintained by IDA of Nevada Headquartered companies with operations in Ireland. [12066/26]
564. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department is considering measures to compel watermarking on AI-generated images and videos;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12088/26]
565. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on the national life sciences strategy consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12194/26]
566. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 243 of 23 September 2025, 149 of 7 May 2025 and 156 of 7 October 2025, and noting that his Department published consolidated “Government Departments Prompt Payment Returns” for over a decade up to Q1 2025 which included both the number and value in euro of payments made within prescribed timefram…
567. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems were used at any stage in the drafting, analysis, consultation, or preparation of the general scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 (details supplied); if so, the nature of those tools, the purposes for which they were used and the safeguards in place to ensur…
568. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the specific recruitment initiatives that are being used to increase the employment of people with disabilities in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12332/26]
569. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if individual public sector bodies are required to publish annual reports on their disability employment numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12334/26]
570. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way the Government plans to ensure transparency and accountability for meeting targets on disability employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12335/26]
571. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the evaluation mechanisms in place to assess the impact of increased public sector employment of people with disabilities on social inclusion and economic participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12337/26]
572. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if it will be a requirement of the proposed Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 that all units that qualify to be let under the legislation will require planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12535/26]
573. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the supports available to employers and employees to promote remote and flexible working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12591/26]