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Intellectual Property

6 questions from 3 TDs, between 25 June 2025 and 28 July 2026.

6
questions
6 written, 0 oral
3
TDs have asked
3
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Fianna Fáil1 from 1 TD · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael1 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Sinn Féin4 from 1 TD · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Aengus Ó Snodaigh
    4
  2. Barry Ward
    1
  3. John Connolly
    1

Asked of

The questions

Barry Ward Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Enterprise
961. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures being taken to protect the copyright, intellectual property rights and economic livelihoods of Irish artists in the context of generative artificial intelligence, particularly following the progression of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54967/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Enterprise
578. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will confirm whether the State has formally designated the Intellectual Property Office of Ireland as the national competent authority for the purposes of implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2411 on geographical indication protection for craft and industrial products; the measures that have been taken to inform and support produce…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
58. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any stakeholder within the music sector lobbied the Government for the transfer of functions relating to dispute resolution of sound recording copyright from the Controller of Intellectual Property to the Circuit Courts in advance of the publishing of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025; and to provide de…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
59. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any stakeholder within the music sector lobbied the Government for erasing the role of licensing bodies from dispute resolution of sound recording copyright in advance of the publishing of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025; and to provide details of times, dates and participants in correspondence or mee…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
60. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of applications made each year to the Controller of Intellectual Property in relation to sound recording copyright. [34566/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
61. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the judicial competence that the Controller of Intellectual Property lacks regarding sound recording copyright that requires this function to be transferred to the Circuit Courts under his proposed Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025; and to clarify the reason the Controller's competence in other areas of intellectua…