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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (13 Nov 2025)

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Nov 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to review the work visa arrangements for individuals in high demand roles, such as in the STEM area, in particular, the rule that an employer must employ at least 50 percent of non-national workers from the EEA.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62148/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Minimum Wage (13 Nov 2025)

Paul Murphy: 15. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to include apprentices in its remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (13 Nov 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of Microfinance Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62046/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (13 Nov 2025)

Seán Fleming: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish a new national tourism policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62076/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (13 Nov 2025)

Thomas Gould: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the actions he has taken to support the employees, couriers and route owners of a company (details supplied). [62050/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (13 Nov 2025)

Grace Boland: 19. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has collaborated with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality to align childcare policy with labour market needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (13 Nov 2025)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional new actions his Department are taking to stop the decline in overall visitor numbers and tourism spending in Ireland in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62268/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (13 Nov 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the work of the new small business unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (13 Nov 2025)

Michael Cahill: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will publish legislation on short term letting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62045/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: heading (13 Nov 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 23. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the specific engagement his Department has had in County Louth with local SMEs, the Local Enterprise Office Louth, and other regional stakeholders, to identify gaps in enterprise supports; if he will set out any planned additional targeted supports for SMEs in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (13 Nov 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 24. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the seasonal supports available to small businesses in the food, catering, and hairdressing sectors during the 2025 Christmas period, in advance of the VAT reduction scheduled for July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62146/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (13 Nov 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are efforts underway in his Department to streamline the process of work permits and visas for non-EEA nationals into a single integrated process so that a work permit will not expire before a visa is granted; if his Department has had any engagement with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (13 Nov 2025)

Maeve O'Connell: 26. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has had any engagement with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding the changes to the national training fund, and how it may affect businesses. [61623/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (13 Nov 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 27. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s efforts to promote tourism in east County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61449/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (13 Nov 2025)

Shay Brennan: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how Budget 2026 will support the SME sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62048/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Policy (13 Nov 2025)

Seán Fleming: 29. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to invest in tourism marketing and tourism product development, including investment in regenerative tourism projects in the midlands with the help of the EU just transition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62077/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (13 Nov 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for the artificial intelligence adoption accelerator available through Enterprise Ireland digital discovery grant to be expanded from the current specific criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (13 Nov 2025)

Pearse Doherty: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on supports for remote working and remote working hubs in Donegal as a measure to address regional imbalance; whether additional supports will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Industry (13 Nov 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the lack of access to hotels for those with mobility issues; and specifically the availability of hoists. [58315/25]