381. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the actions taken under the Consumer Protection Act 2007 to address misleading commercial practices relating to the description, presentation or marketing of meat products supplied to food service businesses and retail outlets; the coordination mechanisms in place between his Department, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commissio…
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382. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if an independent external evaluation framework has been established to assess the value-for-money and productivity impact of the Built to Innovate programme, including the €6.8 million in approved grants; if not, when such an evaluation will be commissioned; and the indicators that will be used to measure demonstrable productivity gain…
383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the work undertaken with the Central Statistics Office and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage since 2022 to enable the publication of residential-specific productivity statistics, including GVA, hours worked and modern methods of construction output; if his Department has sought a Eurostat derogation to permit disa…
384. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures his Department has in place to support main street/bricks and mortar retail stores and to enhance main streets as retail destinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71094/25]
385. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reason data centres are a critical part of Ireland's digital infrastructure; the measures in place to support the development of environmentally sustainable data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71095/25]
386. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department holds any analysis of the impact of complex interest rate hedging products on the viability of Irish SMEs during the financial crisis; and if any examination has been undertaken of contingent liabilities embedded in swap-linked lending by banks operating in the State. [71168/25]
387. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the policy instruments available to support SMEs that may have been affected by non-transparent or complex hedging structures in the 2007 to 2012 period; and his intentions to initiate a review of SME credit fairness and contract transparency in light of recent international allegations. [71169/25]
388. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if any elements of the Credit Guarantee Scheme, SME Lending Code, or statutory protections for small businesses have been evaluated to determine if they would have captured or prevented the use of hidden contingent credit exposures within SME loan products. [71170/25]
389. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the dates on which his Department sent correspondence to or met with Commissioner McGrath or the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers since March 2025 and the subject of any such correspondence and/or meeting, in tabular form. [71198/25]
390. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the dates on which his Department received correspondence or met with a company (details supplied) or its representatives since March 2025; and the subject of any such correspondence and/or meeting, in tabular form. [71201/25]
391. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the dates on which his Department received correspondence from, or met with, a company (details supplied) or its representatives since March 2025; and the subject of any such correspondence and/or meeting, in tabular form. [71204/25]
172. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with his Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70436/25]
173. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70522/25]
174. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 2 December 2025, if he will provide the key performance indicators and metrics related to the responses already provided by the tourism bodies [70548/25]
175. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a schedule of payments made to sports journalists in respect of paid partnership arrangements for social media content by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in 2024 and to date in 2025; the breakdown, by amount; the name of online account and or platform and or medium the sports journalist promoted content on; the …
176. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 21 February 2024, if he will review the eligibility for the insolvency payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70635/25]
177. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if there is development funding for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70642/25]
178. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the volume and sectoral profile of commercial property acquisitions by overseas investment groups in the past five years; the assessment his Department has carried out of the impact of such acquisitions on local enterprise, competition, and community ownership; and whether policy measures are being examined to safeguard Irish business c…
179. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if an application for a general employment permit for a dairy farm assistant has been refused on the basis that the quota has been filled, if the application be treated as an existing application when the quota system has been reviewed and a new quota limit set, in view of the lengthy nature of the application process; and if he will mak…
180. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a tourism marketing initiative will be expanded (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70821/25]
353. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given recent reports that the Australian Government has identified the possible use of asbestos materials in certain wind turbines brake systems, if he will confirm whether asbestos-containing components are used in any wind turbines operating in the State; if any assessment or investigation has been undertaken to determine this; and i…
354. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to set out, in respect of Coimisiún na Meán in its role as Digital Services Coordinator under Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 (the Digital Services Act), the total number of formal orders issued since 17 February 2024 to providers of intermediary services requiring the removal or disabling of access to specific content, and the downranking…
355. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to state whether Coimisiún na Meán, in its capacity as Digital Services Coordinator under Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, has issued any orders, binding instructions, formal notices, or informal requests to intermediary service providers established in the State which resulted in the removal, restriction, downranking, or other limitation …
356. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Coimisiún na Meán, in its role as Digital Services Coordinator under Regulation (EU) 2022/2065, received or acted upon any requests, alerts, or cooperation mechanisms from other Digital Services Coordinators or the European Commission in connection with the recent elections in Romania, the Czech Republic, or the Netherlands; the n…
357. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current applicants for the trusted flagger system, and those already with the designation; to set out the steps Coimisiún na Meán takes to assess the funding sources, foreign ties, advocacy positions, or potential conflicts of interest of organisations applying for trusted flagger status; if any applicants have been rejected, sus…