Parliamentary questions

319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will develop specific productivity metrics for the residential construction sector, including output per labour hour and output per euro of State-supported programmes such as Built to Innovate, Construct Innovate and the MMC Demonstration Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65725/2…

320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council’s Competitiveness Bulletin on public-sector performance will be published (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65728/25]

321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide Ireland’s scores and rankings under the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration for each year since the index was first produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65729/25]

322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will publish a time series of public-sector productivity indicators for the past ten years, broken down by major areas of public administration where possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65730/25]

323. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will commission, in partnership with Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices, a survey of construction SMEs in Cork city and county to identify barriers to starter-home delivery including material costs, labour shortages, access to finance and regulatory burdens; and if he will make a st…

324. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will publish regional breakdowns of construction SME challenges, including specific data for Cork city and county, as part of its annual reporting from 2026 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65732/25]

325. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the timeline to transpose the EU Platform Workers Directive into Irish law; the legislative pathway his Department envisages for the transposition; if he favours pre-legislative scrutiny of the heads of a Bill in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65771/25]

326. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the means by which his Department intends to take account of the 2023 Supreme Court “Karshan ruling” when transposing the EU Platform Workers Directive into law; whether the five step framework in that ruling will be applied to the determination of the employment status of platform workers and those working in the gig e…

327. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment following on from the recent guidance from the Revenue Commissioners which provides employers an opportunity to correct any payroll tax issues arising from the Supreme Court Karshan ruling of 2023, the means by which his Department and the industrial relations institutions under its aegis will ensure that all employers …

328. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the 2025 and 2026 capital budget allocation for his Department, in tabular form. [65885/25]

329. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will consider adding the early learning and childcare sector to the list of occupations that need a minimum salary of €30,000 per annum to qualify for a general employment permit, to allow the childcare sector fill the gap in qualified Irish childcare sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the mat…

330. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of former secretary general’s, retired civil servants, directors of service, retired city/county managers or those of a similar grade in his Department that have subsequently served on State boards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66003/25]

331. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66077/25]

332. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount his Department and any body under his aegis have spent on the services of a company (details supplied), by year and organisation in the years 2020 to 1 November 2025, in tabular form. [66095/25]

333. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide the Department’s annual expenditure on State Claims Agency costs for the years 2020–2025. [66350/25]

408. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total number of applicants in each local authority for the power-up grant in 2025; the number of successful applicants; the total amount awarded per local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65019/25]

128. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will give detailed and urgent consideration to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) in respect of recent additional costs on a sector that provides very significant employment throughout the country and is a critical component of the overall national economy; and if he will make a statement …

129. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide details of the number of companies who received an Enterprise Ireland digital marketing capability grant in 2024; the total amount of grant funding provided; and the number of companies who received other non-financial digital marketing capability support in 2024. [64052/25]

130. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for a full update on the IDA business building, Dublin Road, Carlow; the number of site visits that have taken place in the past 12 months; and the efforts made by the IDA to secure a permanent tenant at the site. [64125/25]

131. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland and Local Enterprise Office grants awarded to businesses in Kildare north in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64191/25]

132. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of positions created and retained in Kildare north through IDA-supported companies in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64192/25]

133. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the supports that will be made available to the one hundred employees who are due to lose their jobs in 2028 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64243/25]

393. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reasons all permit applications, both new and renewal, are currently on hold, as indicated by Departmental correspondence; to outline what those circumstances are, when normal processing of applications are expected to resume; the interim measures in place to support affected applicants; and if he will make a …

394. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the residential construction productivity levels recorded in 2023 and 2024; how these compare to EU averages; and the measures planned to increase productivity to meet the housing targets. [63924/25]

395. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the assessment that has been carried out on the potential impact of the Short-Term Letting and Tourism Bill 2025 on small-scale rural tourism enterprises, particularly those operating as part of farm diversification strategies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62726/25]