260. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in his Department on annual basis. [50491/25]
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213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment following recent Cork Chamber survey findings that 41% of businesses face significant challenges in international trade, the supports being provided specifically to SMEs in Cork city and county; the number of firms in Cork that have availed of Enterprise Ireland export assistance schemes in 2024-2025; and the additional measures are pla…
214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department monitors the prevalence of shrinkflation in the Irish market; if there is a mechanism to publish a list of products affected; and the protections in place to ensure transparency for consumers. [49457/25]
215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has been tasked with monitoring shrinkflation trends; if not, if he will mandate the CCPC to investigate and publish annual reporting on the impact of shrinkflation on household grocery bills; and if the Government will consider compulsory labelling to highlight reduced product sizes…
216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Ireland has raised the issue of shrinkflation at EU level; if the Commission is considering EU-wide labelling or transparency measures; and if Ireland will support the introduction of mandatory disclosure when product size, weight, or content is reduced without a corresponding price reduction. [49459/25]
217. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the development of cruise tourism in Dublin will form part of the forthcoming Marine Tourism Strategy; and if opportunities will be provided for interested parties to make submissions to this process. [49490/25]
218. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the specific plans being considered by his Department to support the development of cruise tourism in Dublin; and whether consultation with port authorities, local businesses and tourism stakeholders is being or will be facilitated. [49491/25]
219. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the way in which cruise tourism potential in Dublin will be evaluated within the new Tourism Policy Statement and associated Marine Tourism Strategy. [49492/25]
220. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the Marine Tourism Strategy, as committed to in the Programme for Government, will be published; and if he will commit to publishing same before the 2026 summer season to allow the sector to plan accordingly. [49493/25]
221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Denmark's estimate that pending EU regulations could impose €124.2billion in annual compliance costs EU-wide, to set out the Department's assessment of the projected annual regulatory compliance costs for Irish SMEs from files currently in the EU pipeline in 2025 to 2027; the methodology used; and the timeframe to publish sec…
222. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the specific steps in the Action Plan on Competitiveness & Productivity which will address planning delays, approval times and regulatory burdens for housing developers in Cork suburbs e.g. Glanmire, Blarney, Bishopstown; if he will publish target timelines for planning decisions in those areas; and if resources will be allocated to…
397. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on the work of the IDA in County Louth in the past 12 months, including the work carried out to try to prevent job losses at IDA companies in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47588/25]
398. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an assessment of the state of the pharma, technology and med-tech sectors in the economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47590/25]
399. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to outline the work being carried out by his Department, in conjunction with other Departments, on the development of an all-Ireland enterprise hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47591/25]
400. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the work his Department has carried out to increase cross-Border tourism; if work is underway to market the Newry, Mourne, Gullion, Cooley and Dundalk areas as a tourism destination within Ireland’s Ancient East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47592/25]
401. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the work being carried out by his Department and any engagement with other Departments and Government agencies to address concerns in relation to issues such as AI, social media algorithms, disinformation and cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47593/25]
402. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the work being carried out by his Department and any engagement with other Departments and Government agencies and companies to build a strategy for the utilisation of AI for enterprise innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47594/25]
403. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements); to confirm whether these reports have been published in full and are publicly accessible; and to state the planned publication d…
404. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will publish the procurement related payment reports (details supplied) in machine-readable formats such as CSV or Excel on a quarterly basis, in line with open data standards; if not, the legal, technical, or operational constraints that prevent compliance with the requirement under S.I. No. 376/2021 to provide such …
405. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will open an appeals process for all those that for various reasons did not apply in time and for those that lost out on the increased cost of business scheme grant and the power up grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47848/25]
406. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will open an appeals process to allow businesses in the hospitality, retail or beauty sectors that registered for the increased cost of business, ICOB, scheme, but classified themselves in the incorrect sector, to appeal that classification in order to qualify for both a second payment under the ICOB grant and the €4,000 power …
407. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will open an appeals process for the increased cost of business scheme and the power up grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47851/25]
408. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has an estimate of total employment direct, indirect, and induced supported by the Irish fashion industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47912/25]
409. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether dedicated enterprise supports will be introduced in budget 2026 for SMEs in the fashion and design sector for example, in areas such as research and development grants, innovation vouchers, or loan schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47913/25]
410. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is considering a targeted export promotion initiative in budget 2026 to support Irish fashion and design brands, particularly in key markets such as the EU, UK, and US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47914/25]