998. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if IDA Ireland plans to open an office in Madrid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56070/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
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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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
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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999. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding any incentives or obligations under review within his Department that would support data centres in the use of renewable energy systems to minimise their reliance on the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56125/26]
1000. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding any initiative that seeks to reduce the environmental impact of data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56127/26]
1001. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding any report or research into the environmental and societal impact of data centres including their energy usage, water usage and impact on the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56129/26]
1002. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA-supported jobs in County Clare in each of the past five years. [56176/26]
1003. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of new businesses registered in County Clare in each of the past five years. [56177/26]
1004. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total value of tourism capital funding allocated to attractions in County Clare during each of the past ten years. [56178/26]
1005. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of businesses in County Clare exporting goods and services with support from Enterprise Ireland. [56179/26]
1006. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures his Department is taking to create jobs in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56180/26]
1007. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacant industrial units in County Clare currently owned by State agencies. [56181/26]
1008. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of IDA Ireland visits to Clare, Galway, North Tipperary and Limerick in 2025 and to date in 2026 by county, in tabular form. [56291/26]
1009. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the funding allocated to tourism development projects in Donegal in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56472/26]
1010. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the name of external security companies contracted by IDA Ireland to provide security personnel at its business parks; and the amount that IDA paid each company for such services in the years of 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [56490/26]
1011. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if there is funding available for a local authority to develop a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56629/26]
1012. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will review the current 50:50 employment permits rule as it applies to the nursing home sector; if he will consider introducing the necessary legislative amendments to provide greater workforce flexibility for nursing homes experiencing recruitment difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56722/26]
1013. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to respond to a person (details supplied); if will consider legislation that would enforce such considerations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56765/26]
1014. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding Department led initiatives in relation to future proof employment legislation in the ever-changing jobs market due to AI technology changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56788/26]
1015. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on the adequacy of existing employment legislation in the context of mass layoffs due to developments in AI technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56789/26]
1016. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the protests of former employees of a company (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure persons made redundant are treated fairly and in accordance with employment law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56790/26]
1017. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of publicly owned buildings that were vacant on the latest date available, broken down by purpose and/or last previous use; the length of time each property has been vacant; the reason for vacancy in each case; the amount spent to maintain the property since it was first left vacant in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular …
1018. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of IDA Ireland site visits to each county: the number of jobs in IDA client companies in each county, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, including per head of population, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56905/26]
1019. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the names of external companies that are contracted to provide cleaning and security personnel to his Department in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026; when the contracts will be next scheduled for renewal [56919/26]
1020. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to list each occasion on which the Department has stated that its examination of alumina exports to Russia was nearing finalisation or would conclude within a number of weeks, including the date of each such statement; the date on which the examination commenced; the date on which information was requested from Ukraine and from each me…
1021. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 14 July 2026, the data his Department relied in identifying the discrepancy between the reported figure of 83% and the revised figure of approximately 45%; whether his Department accepts the corrected figure for the purposes of its examination; the way in which his Department can rely on tha…
1022. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the sectors targeted with the €300 million Irish state aid scheme for temporary electricity price relief for energy-intensive companies approved by the European Commission on 16 July 2026 (details supplied). [56994/26]