206. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the key measures taken in the area of enterprise innovation during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73149/25]
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207. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the key measures taken in the area of artificial intelligence during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73150/25]
208. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the key measures taken in the area of business regulation and simplifying administrative burdens during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73151/25]
209. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current status of a project (details supplied); when this project will proceed to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73207/25]
210. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for details of all Canadian companies engaged with, by his Department, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, or equivalent bodies and encouraged to make investments in Ireland since 2018, in tabular form. [73239/25]
400. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he has given consideration to the introduction of a collective litigation mechanism, in compliance with the EU Damages Directive, similar to that which is currently in place in the UK under the Competition Act 1998; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71309/25]
401. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the possibility that the legislation governing redundancy entitlements can disadvantage pregnant women (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71310/25]
402. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his attention has been drawn to employers taking advantage of the legislation governing redundancy entitlements to prevent people from reaching the thresholds for entitlement; and his plans to address this. [71339/25]
403. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the progress made over the past 12 months on each of his Department's Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71636/25]
404. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE accounts executive and senior accounts executive staff that are employed by Enterprise Ireland as of 8 December 2025, in tabular form. [71693/25]
405. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE accounts executive and senior accounts executive staff that are employed by IDA Ireland as of 8 December 2025, in tabular form. [71694/25]
406. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount his Department has spent on translation services from a company (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72066/25]
407. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a job (details supplied) is eligible for a critical skills employment permit under the categories of ICT software developers and engineers, or ICT professionals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72080/25]
408. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the work being carried out to promote market leading top of the line semiconductor manufacturing companies to begin manufacturing operations in Ireland; and the way in which the funding Ireland has or will receive under the EU Chips Act will be used to attract investment from these companies. [65954/25]
409. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE inspectors by grade working within the workplace relations commission in each of the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [72172/25]
410. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the progress made over the past 12 months on each of his Department’s Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72195/25]
411. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment he status of the current review of the critical skills occupation list and the ineligible occupations list; the extent to which submissions from the agri-food sector, including those relating to the role of dairy farm assistant, are being considered; and when the final recommendations from this review are expected to be published; and …
412. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding the quota of 1,100 general employment permits for dairy farm assistants which was exhausted in November 2025; if his Department intends to extend this quota or consider removing the role from the ineligible occupations list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72415/25]
374. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70863/25]
375. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to apply the enhanced SME test to the English language education sector in relation to the stamp 2 visa changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70910/25]
376. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a work permit application can be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71023/25]
377. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in light of the recent announcement that the quota for general employment permits for dairy farm assistants has been exhausted, with no new applications being accepted, the representations his Department has received from farming representative bodies regarding the urgent need to increase the quota for the upcoming spring season. [7…
378. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given the critical labour shortages being reported in the dairy-farming sector, particularly during the busy spring calving season, if he will commit to immediately reopening or extending the quota for dairy farm assistants, or otherwise fast-tracking additional permits to ensure farms have sufficient staff for the spring workload. […
379. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the timeframe for when the current review of the occupations lists for employment permits will conclude; and if the Department will publish interim arrangements or special allowances for agricultural employers facing urgent labour shortages while that review is ongoing. [71065/25]
380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide Ireland’s full indicator-level scores under the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration for 2024, disaggregated by each theme and sub-domain, given that this information was not included in his previous reply; to confirm whether the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council has furnished these data to his Department;…