Questions

307. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the process concerning the transposition of Directive (EU) 2025/2450 of 26 November 2025 amending Directive 2009/38/EC as regards the establishment and operation of European Works Councils and the effective enforcement of transnational information and consultation rights; whether the transposition will require amending …

681. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to report on his Department’s consultation on transposing the Platform Work Directive; whether his Department expects to transpose it by primary or secondary legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41755/26]

702. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has assessed the operational, commercial and consumer impacts arising from the revised liability framework under Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability for defective products, including the extension of liability to online platforms acting beyond an intermediary role, the recognition of psychological harm as recove…

705. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 17 February 2026, on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, if he will give an update on the matter including the timeframe for a consolidated Statutory Instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42937/26]

555. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the steps his Department has taken specifically to provide relief to entities currently reporting under Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) ‘wave 1’ reporters, based on the ‘quick fix’ delegated act signed on 11 July 2025 by the European Commission, that extended certain phase-in provisions that were pr…

435. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the progress towards transposing the green transition directive; and whether he proposes to meet the deadline of 27 March 2026. [6339/26]

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 …

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…

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]

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]

315. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps he and his Department took to protect the four pillars of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which are due diligence duty, EU wide civil liability regime, climate transition plan implementation, and stakeholder engagement, prior to the passing of the Omnibus Package at EU level; and if he will make a state…

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 economy; and if he wi…

3. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment how he is taking account of the views expressed by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in its scrutiny of the proposed omnibus directive, in particular the committee's concerns that the proposals extend far beyond the simplification of burdensome regulations for small and medium enterprises and could…

427. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Ireland was supportive or critical of the ultimate position taken by the EU Council on the Omnibus package at the recent EU Council meeting regarding the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39698/25]

428. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Ireland raised the issue of harmonised civil liability, the need for enforcement of climate action plans, the deviation from a risk based approach, and provisions for stakeholder and trade union engagement during the adoption of the Council’s General Approach on the CSDDD as part of the EU simplification package; if not, the ration…

13. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his Department’s position on the provisions currently contained in the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive which may be subject to alteration or removal as part of the EU Omnibus package relating to the risk-based approach to due diligence, harmonised civil liability regime, the requirement to put into effect climate t…

60. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department have had any engagement at EU level on the ongoing case on the Adequate Minimum Wages Directive currently before the Court of Justice of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33160/25]

253. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the aspects of the proposed Omnibus his Department is supporting and opposing at EU Level, with particular regard for the potential watering down of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; how he is ensuring better regulation and not deregulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33470/25]

63. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the efforts of the Government to highlight the potential economic impacts of ongoing revisions to the EU's general pharmaceutical legislation; whether concerns around the proposed reduction in the regulatory data protection baseline have been specifically highlighted; and if he will make a statement on the matt…

64. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline Ireland’s position in the ongoing Council negotiations on the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and related Omnibus proposals (COM 80 and COM 81); the specific steps the Government is taking at Council level to ensure that a risk-based approach to supply chain due diligence is retained …

441. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 345 of 4 March 2025 and 77 of 1 May 2025, the Government’s position on the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal on sustainability; if he will reconcile the conflicting responses given in wherein the Government both expresses support for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD…

442. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 4 March 2025 and No. 77 of 1 May 2025, if he will clarify the Government’s position on the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal on sustainability, given the conflicting responses; and if any human rights assessment of the Omnibus has been undertaken. [28936/25]

453. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on the timeline of the transposition process of the Platform Work Directive in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29499/25]

454. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on the proposed scope of the Platform Work Directive (PWD) during the transposition process, including the definition of a ‘digital labour platform’; the engagements to date by his Department with the Working Group on PWD transposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29500/25]