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Conor Sheehan Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
194. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the action his Department will take to protect consumers in terms of price gouging arising from dynamic pricing used by airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67861/25]
Johnny Mythen Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
195. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total amount of money spent on promoting County Wexford as a tourist destination to date in 2025; the nature and extent of this promotion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67871/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
196. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment which applicants were successful in receiving funding under the strategic tourism festival investment scheme 2026-2028; the amounts granted to each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67937/25]
Barry Ward Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
197. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement he has had with an association (details supplied) that seeks to encourage businesses to pass on the planned VAT rate reduction to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67969/25]
Barry Ward Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
198. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement he has had with an association (details supplied) that seeks to encourage businesses to pass on the planned VAT rate reduction to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67970/25]
Barry Ward Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
199. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the engagement he has had with an association (details supplied) that seeks to encourage businesses to pass on the planned VAT rate reduction to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67971/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
200. 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 theme; and to outline which underlying domains contributed most to Ireland's overall ranking. [68043/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
201. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way in which public bodies that are commencing design for new buildings for projects in receipt of exchequer funding in excess of €10 million in the case of non-residential buildings, or in excess of €60 million in the case of residential buildings, should produce or procure a validated Whole Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions…
Sinéad Gibney Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
202. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the basis for his response to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 19 June 2025 that the EU Omnibus proposal is “better regulation and not deregulation” in circumstances (details supplied) where the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has stated that the Omnibus package is intended to deliver deregulation; if his …
Sinéad Gibney Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
203. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has conducted any regulatory impact assessment of the Omnibus proposals; and if so, if the Government will publish them; the concerns he has identified for workers and communities in company value chains, as well as impacts on the environment and climate action arising from deregulatory changes at EU level; and if he…
Sinéad Gibney Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
204. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in reference to the response to a parliamentary question, the reason he and his Department did not meet with business or civil society as key stakeholders regarding the Omnibus on the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68138/25]
Barry Ward Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
276. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if any initiatives are being considered to promote hybrid work practices in private businesses in the context of worsening traffic congestion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66787/25]
Emer Currie Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
277. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to list all funding schemes, grant programmes and any other financial supports that are currently administered by his Department and its agencies; the expected launch and closing dates for applications for each scheme in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66927/25]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
278. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the plans which are in place to protect 25 jobs in County Kerry, given the recent announcement that a company (details supplied) is under threat and could be wound up; if all routes to find replacement owners or investors have been investigated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66967/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
279. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025 will become law. [67027/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
280. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the progress in emission reduction targets in areas that are the responsibility of his Department; which measures are particularly successful and which measures are underperforming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67047/25]
Michael Murphy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
281. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has examined the impact of poor local and regional road conditions on investment, tourism and job creation in rural towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67130/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
282. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a list of the civil society organisations and civil society groups which the Minister or Ministers of State within his Department met regarding the Omnibus Package on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. [67225/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
283. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to list the businesses and business groups which he, or Ministers of State within his Department met regarding the omnibus package on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive. [67226/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
284. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the second National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, under development since 2023, will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67227/25]
Emer Currie Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
285. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the actions his Department is taking to support Irish small and medium enterprises seeking to enter new export markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66662/25]
William Aird Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
155. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the contingency measures her Department has put in place to protect Irish exporters and jobs in the event of new tariffs being imposed by the United States on EU goods, including pharmaceuticals, agrifood, and technology sectors; the assessment that has been made of the potential economic impact on these sectors; and if he will make a …
Shane Moynihan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
156. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given the requirement to transpose Directive (EU) 2024/2831 on improving working conditions in platform work by December 2026, to outline the plans for implementation; and set out the expected impacts of this Directive on the food-delivery and courier sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66395/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
157. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to address the increase in the unemployment rate to 5.3% in the third quarter of 2025, the highest rate recorded since the third quarter of 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66465/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
158. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline progress on establishing regional technology and innovation hubs across Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66494/25]