Written answers

Wednesday, 17 September 2025

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

 
  • Industrial Development
    397. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the work of the IDA in County Louth in the past 12 months, including the work carried out to try to...
  • Economic Data
    398. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an assessment of the state of the pharma, technology and med-tech sectors in the economy; and if he will make a...
  • Enterprise Policy
    399. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the work being carried out by his Department, in conjunction with other Departments, on the development of an all-Ireland...
  • Tourism Promotion
    400. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work his Department has carried out to increase cross-Border tourism; if work is underway to market the Newry, Mourne, Gullion,...
  • Departmental Policies
    401. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work being carried out by his Department and any engagement with other Departments and Government agencies to address concerns in...
  • Artificial Intelligence
    402. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the work being carried out by his Department and any engagement with other Departments and Government agencies and companies to build...
  • Public Procurement Contracts
    403. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide the web links to his Department’s Q1 2025 and Q2 2025 published reports of procurement-related payments or purchase...
  • Business Supports
    405. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will open an appeals process for all those that for various reasons did not apply in time and for those that lost out on the...
  • Employment Data
    408. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has an estimate of total employment direct, indirect, and induced supported by the Irish fashion industry; and if...
  • Budget 2026
    409. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether dedicated enterprise supports will be introduced in budget 2026 for SMEs in the fashion and design sector for example, in...
  • Business Supports
    412. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review a decision on a grant application for a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Legislative Measures
    413. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48043/25]
  • Business Supports
    414. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to introduce initiatives to tackle the rising costs of doing business in Ireland, as a matter of priority and to save jobs; and if he...
  • Museum Projects
    415. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding supports that exist for individuals or communities with plans to build, develop or establish a museum; and if he will...
  • Legislative Measures
    416. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the implementation of the Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025; when the legislation will be enacted;...
  • Work Permits
    417. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if motor mechanic, plasterer and plumber trades can be added to the critical skills occupation list for employment permits to work in...
  • Tourist Accommodation
    418. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will provide figures for the approximate total number of hotel or tourism accommodation beds in the State, by type...
  • Enterprise Policy
    419. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if specific investment incentives are being built into the NDP to attract foreign direct investment and indigenous enterprise to...
  • Copyright Infringement
    420. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to a company (details supplied); the obligations Irish businesses, namely bars and restaurants, have...
  • State Bodies
    421. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, vacancies, by job title, at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the...
  • Work Permits
    422. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a decision will be made on an employment permit appeal for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Policies
    423. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the role international recruitment is expected to play in meeting the labour demands of Ireland’s housing programme; and if...
  • Heritage Sites
    424. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department, through Fáilte Ireland or other agencies, will provide support to Cork City Council and local stakeholders in...
  • State Bodies
    425. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the budget for the Health and Safety Authority in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [48653/25]
  • Statutory Instruments
    426. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all statutory instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Departmental Policies
    427. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the means by which the State ensures balanced representation on high-level advisory panels with foreign business leaders, including...
  • Energy Prices
    428. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment that has been made of the impact of Ireland’s high household electricity costs on competitiveness, given that...
  • Product Labelling
    430. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department or affiliated consumer protection bodies have received representations from retail associations, butcher...
  • Business Supports
    431. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports available to micro-breweries, small distilleries and other such enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the...

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