973. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has received a collective redundancy notification in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in 2026; the number of employees notified as being at risk of redundancy and the number of redundancies proposed; the engagement his Department and its agencies have had with the company since the notification was recei…
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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,342 | 145 | 27,197 |
| Education | 13,896 | 145 | 13,751 |
| Transport | 11,008 | 139 | 10,869 |
| Justice | 9,783 | 135 | 9,648 |
| Housing | 9,020 | 160 | 8,860 |
| Children | 8,676 | 129 | 8,547 |
| Finance | 5,833 | 153 | 5,680 |
| Social | 5,830 | 135 | 5,695 |
| Agriculture | 4,888 | 136 | 4,752 |
| Enterprise | 3,878 | 139 | 3,739 |
| Foreign | 3,856 | 190 | 3,666 |
| Climate | 3,825 | 114 | 3,711 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,685 | 167 | 3,518 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,394 | 127 | 3,267 |
| Taoiseach | 2,628 | 1,479 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,516 | 179 | 2,337 |
| Culture | 2,376 | 147 | 2,229 |
| Rural | 2,331 | 140 | 2,191 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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974. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures in place to ensure that employers undertaking collective redundancies comply with their obligations under the Protection of Employment Act 1977, as amended, to consult employee representatives in good time and with a view to reaching agreement; the enforcement mechanisms and penalties that apply where those obligations ar…
975. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the status of the action plan to promote collective bargaining required under Directive (EU) 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages; the timeline for its publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55510/26]
976. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Depar…
977. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the most up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [55579/26]
978. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the breakdown of funding provided to local enterprise offices within Fingal County Council over the past three years; the number of grants awarded, and jobs supported or created, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55592/26]
979. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs in IDA-backed companies within the Fingal County Council area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55593/26]
980. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs in IDA-backed companies within the Dublin 15 area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55594/26]
981. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs in Dublin west, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55595/26]
982. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs within the Fingal County Council area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55596/26]
983. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs which have been created in Dublin west by Enterprise Ireland during each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55597/26]
984. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of jobs which have been created in Dublin west by IDA-backed companies during each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55598/26]
985. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE forensic accountants and enforcement lawyer posts that have been filled at Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 15 July 2026, in tabular form. [55628/26]
986. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the mechanisms in place in an Irish context to prevent against targeted redundancy measures against certain cohorts of employees with the support of AI (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55661/26]
987. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the mechanisms in place to ensure that any redundancy process is carried out fairly and within legal frameworks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55664/26]
988. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he or officials in his Department have engaged, or intend to engage, with a company's (details supplied) management regarding the company proposed redundancies in Ireland; the steps being taken to encourage the company to reduce compulsory job losses and disruption to employees; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
989. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps being taken by his Department to ensure that genuine whistleblowers (details supplied) are not boycotted or deprived of employment opportunities in their chosen area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55755/26]
990. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if consideration has been given to producing guidance or minimum standards to employers regarding these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55804/26]
991. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will consider introducing a statutory minimum implementation period between the signing of an Employment Regulation Order and its commencement date; whether he has assessed the impact on employers operating under fixed-price contracts of significant labour cost increases arising from Employment Regulation Orders, including incr…
992. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the current average processing times for employment permit applications, renewals, and appeals; the actions being taken to reduce the current backlog of applications; the further measures being considered by his Department to reduce processing times for these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55861/26]
993. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number and proportion of staff who have completed AI-related training programmes since January 2024; the levels of training, introductory or advanced use; to confirm the associated expenditure on each level of training provided, by his Department and public body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55872/26]
994. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will address a matter regarding redundancies in an organisation (details supplied). [55911/26]
995. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the status of the NSAI root cause analysis under the Housing Implementation Fund to identify constraints on the agrément certification process in 2026; when it will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55960/26]
996. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will request the National Standards Authority of Ireland to provide details of the number of companies that have applied for modern methods of construction agreement certifications; the country of origin of those companies who have applied; the status of each application; the average time it takes from the point of application to…
997. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to open an office in Abu Dhabi; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56069/26]