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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (9 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pensions (9 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot receive requested information about her HSE pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54280/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Budget 2026 will safeguard and expand our economic growth and enhance Ireland’s competitiveness into the future. It is future-focused and, critically, it reflects the importance of Ireland’s digital and enterprise economy. With regard to the measures in budget 2026 that fall under my remit, I will mention two particular areas. First, we have ring-fenced €1.4 million to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the operation of the recently introduced Local Link route 862 between Cavan and Longford, which replaced the NTA route 975; if he will clarify why this service is restricted to designated stops-only, whereas previous services on the route operated on a hail-and-ride basis; if he will consider reinstating...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: My Department is undertaking a review of the Irish Furniture Fire Regulations to ensure that Ireland's regulatory framework remains robust, effective, aligned with modern consumer safety practices and the EU Single Market. As part of this review, the Department ran a public consultation with two potential options to be considered: 1. To maintain the current Irish Furniture Fire...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190, 191 and 192 together. The Government is committed to ensuring that Ireland is a leader in the digital economy and responsible artificial intelligence. As the Deputy is aware the Government has adopted a distributed model for the implementation of the AI Act in Ireland building on the sectoral capacity and capability within our regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The establishment of the AI Office of Ireland is a strategic initiative for my Department to act as the central co-ordinating body for the AI Act and provide a focal point for the promotion and adoption of transparent and safe AI in Ireland, to ensure that we fully capture the strategic opportunity that AI presents. Detailed workplans are being developed to ensure the AI Office is in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a case (details supplied) where a Health and Safety Authority inspection highlighted risks arising from the lack of storage facilities for PE and other equipment; the reason this matter has been processed under the additional school accommodation scheme, where it does not relate to ASD provision or classroom needs but to the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) who has applied for housing support under the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; if he will provide an update on the status of this application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54078/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54233/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting on knee surgery in Cappagh Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53964/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review and address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: The title “accountant” is not currently restricted under Irish or European law. This means that individuals may use the title without being members of a recognised professional accountancy body or holding formal qualifications in accountancy. This position reflects the longstanding approach taken in Irish company law and competition policy. There are certain...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Registration (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together. I refer to Minister Burke's recent response (PQ 46366/25) on 8th September 2025 to the Deputy on this matter. As advised, there were 19,038 companies limited by guarantee on the Register of Companies at the end of 2024. The Companies Registration Office does not collect data on the number of persons employed in a company.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Online Safety (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: Although the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport is the parent department of Coimisiún na Meán, I will respond to this particular question, as the Digital Services Act falls under the policy remit of the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. Article 22 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) mandates that providers of online platforms shall take the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: I have met with the Sole Member and Chairperson of the Corporate Enforcement Authority (CEA), Ian Drennan, on multiple occasions since assuming the role of Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment with special responsibility for Trade Promotion, AI and Digital Transformation. I have visited the offices of the Corporate Enforcement Authority on two...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review and address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53024/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Niamh Smyth: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) is still without school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53118/25]