Questions

202. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the targeted actions that are being taken to address the shortage of tourist accommodation in North Fingal, including hotel capacity and bed and breakfast provision, particularly given the area's proximity to Dublin Airport and key visitor routes, and the potential economic benefits of increasing overnight stays in the area; and if he …

203. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given that a greater proportion of data jobs related to data centres are related to construction (9,356 construction jobs compared to 7,636 additional operational jobs from 2010 to 2024), if the demand for construction roles related to data centres is being considered in the context of constructions skills needed for other infrastr…

204. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the plans in place to support development along the M1 corridor and attract high-value jobs to mid-Louth and north Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45618/26]

205. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment in view of the importance of enterprise centres in providing workspace for start-up businesses and SMEs, the incentives and grant aid available for such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45590/26]

206. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the work his Department is doing in relation to cross-Border tourism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45431/26]

207. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will report on the work of the Small Business Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45351/26]

208. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is planning to abolish sub-minimum wages and increase the national minimum wage to a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45622/26]

209. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Taoiseach when the CSO will release the data centres metered electricity consumption statistics for 2025. [44977/26]

210. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach whether for procurement spend, a purchase order can be raised within his Department's financial management systems without reference to a contract, framework agreement, procurement process or other authorising arrangement; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur [45173/26]

211. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach whether an invoice can be paid by his Department without an associated purchase order having first been raised; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; the number and value of payments made during quarter one of 2026 which were not associated with a purchase order. [45191/26]

212. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he has an any way to identify which Parliamentary Questions are AI generated; and the amount it costs, on average, to answer a Parliamentary Question. [45379/26]

213. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline any difficulties her Department has encountered in progressing the Dublin/Belfast Economic Corridor since Brexit. [45449/26]

214. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is currently taking to support the humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44916/26]

215. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on the Paris protocol; her views on the changes that should be sought to the arrangements governing economic relations between Palestine and Isreal to further the economic sovereignty of the state of Palestine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45072/26]

216. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her position on the withholding of billions of clearing revenues/tax funds by the Israeli government from the Palestinian Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45073/26]

217. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to a recent construction project in Albania which seeks to disapply EU environmental law (details supplied); if she will raise this issue with the European Commission in relation to Albania's application for EU accession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45075/26]

218. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether for procurement spend, a purchase order can be raised within her Department's financial management systems without reference to a contract, framework agreement, procurement process or other authorising arrangement; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45165/26]

219. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether an invoice can be paid by her Department without an associated purchase order having first been raised; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; the number and value of payments made during quarter one of 2026 which were not associated with a purchase order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45183/26]

220. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has spoken formally with the US Secretary of State in the past three months. [45239/26]

221. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on the activities of the Irish Embassy based in Rabat including staffing levels. [45240/26]

222. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if each Irish embassy and consulate general has a phone number (details supplied) in additional to regular phone number to deal with emergencies during out-of-hours. [45241/26]

223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has an any way to identify which Parliamentary Questions are AI generated; and the amount it costs, on average, to answer a Parliamentary Question. [45371/26]

224. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost to date of the drafting of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026, including drafting fees, legal advice, consultancy fees, the costs of consultations of any kind and to itemise all costs by category. [45512/26]

225. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Irish Ambassador stationed in London is given the title of the "Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain", rather than the Ambassador of Ireland to the United Kingdom; and to outline the legal status which underpins the use of this alternative title. [45516/26]

226. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost of repatriating Irish citizens detained by Israel following the recent interception of the so-called "flotilla"; to give an itemised breakdown of the cost by category; and to state whether his Department intends to recoup the cost of this repatriation from the individuals involved or the organisations who arranged this so-call…