Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Brian Leddin

85. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams available under his Department to assist with migrant integration; how much has been allocated under these funding streams this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19219/24]

Disability Services

Darren O'Rourke

86. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of the CDNTs in County Meath in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19187/24]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

87. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the work carried out to date on the establishment of the childcare development agency; and if he will set out the milestones remaining to its full establishment. [19054/24]

Childcare Services

Richard Bruton

88. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the unmet need for childcare places, the uptake of the new capital scheme which he has published and his future plans for the sector. [19053/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

89. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to announce further details of the proposed equal participation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19261/24]

Parental Leave

Cathal Crowe

90. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he has taken since the Government came to office to ensure family leave entitlements have been expanded, to ensure new parents have been supported and to build new entitlements to work-life balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19136/24]

Childcare Services

Bríd Smith

91. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline his plans to increase childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19265/24]

Childcare Services

Bríd Smith

92. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a publicly owned childcare service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19266/24]

Health Services

Claire Kerrane

93. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the Minister for Health on the provision of additional medical supports for communities where Ukrainians and international protection persons have arrived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18966/24]

Parental Leave

Brian Leddin

114. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a plan to expand to all employees the entitlements to flexible working and remote working contained in the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19218/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

1. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection if, in light of her not proceeding further with the consultation on the Green Paper on disability payments, she intends to examine a cost-of-disability payment; and whether she intends to introduce different reforms to the disability payments. [18467/24]

Citizens Information Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

3. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she and her Department are taking to ensure workers in citizens information companies are provided with a pay increase, given the length of time since their last pay increase; and if she will provide the funding to ensure this happens [18468/24]

EU Directives

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

5. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify whether she intends to taper benefits received by beneficiaries of temporary protection in advance of the ending of the temporary protection directive in 2025. [18469/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Pauline Tully

6. Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is considering the consolidation of all disability payments together into one single payment system; if so, her plans to consult and co-design this scheme in conjunction with the disability community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18411/24]

Social Welfare Appeals

Peadar Tóibín

8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [17667/24]

School Meals Programme

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor

9. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has measured the progress and success of the school meals programme in the context of diet, attendance and educational attainment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18078/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Ciarán Cannon

11. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Social Protection when the extension of child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education will take effect; the number of students who will benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18169/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Ciarán Cannon

12. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Social Protection when people with epilepsy can apply for the free travel pass; if she will outline the process for applying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18168/24]

Social Welfare Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

14. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the activation and family support programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and education courses for people on social welfare in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18137/24]

School Meals Programme

Alan Farrell

15. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17836/24]

Departmental Programmes

Richard Bruton

16. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered the scope for promoting engaging activities and positive health measures as a part of the welfare programmes promoted by her Department to the pensioners whom she supports with regular financial payments and occasional urgent need payments as part of a more joined-up approach to positive ageing. [18076/24]

Social Welfare Offices

Ruairí Ó Murchú

17. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the creation of processing hubs for community welfare and other services; whether she is aware of any administrative difficulties caused by the creation of the hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18405/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Niamh Smyth

48. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of plans to extend child benefit for those continuing in secondary education but who have turned 18 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18135/24]

Agriculture Supports

Claire Kerrane

54. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will advise on measures to assist farmers with the difficulties they are facing as a result of weather conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18245/24]

Fodder Crisis

Peter Fitzpatrick

55. Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to reinstate the fodder scheme to help compensate farmers for the financial losses they are facing due to the particularly wet conditions this spring; if flexibility is being extended and consideration being given to farmers who are struggling to meet the stipulated three-cop rule due to very difficult weather and ground conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18665/24]

Forestry Sector

Claire Kerrane

56. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the awaited strategy to address ash dieback will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18246/24]

Departmental Staff

Michael Fitzmaurice

57. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of employees employed by his Department at the end of 2022 and at the end of 2023; the current numbers for 2024; if there is an embargo on recruitment in his Department at the moment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18678/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

58. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the proposal to bring forward a solution for the group known as the "forgotten farmers", given he has advised that his Department has been working on establishing systems for the roll-out of a scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18241/24]

Agriculture Industry

Peadar Tóibín

59. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms in Ireland in each of the past ten years. [17665/24]

Agriculture Industry

Richard Bruton

61. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the potential of a carbon farming initiative in the transformation of the sustainability profile of the farming sector. [18080/24]

Harbours and Piers

Pearse Doherty

62. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Government has considered the reclassification of Magheraroarty pier in County Donegal as a pier for landing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18300/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Claire Kerrane

63. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the women farmers' capital investment scheme under TAMS III; if there has been, or will be, a review of eligibility criteria for the scheme, given concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18242/24]

Common Agricultural Policy

Paul Murphy

64. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned about negative environmental impacts from the CAP simplification process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18332/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Ruairí Ó Murchú

65. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on the recent report completed by Teagasc and submitted to his Department about the impact on farmers following damage to their farmland as a result of recent flooding on the Cooley Peninsula in November 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18433/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Paul Murphy

66. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons for his decision to rule out introducing any compensation scheme for dairy farmers who wish to reduce the size of their herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18334/24]

Court Accommodation

Pa Daly

1. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the upgrading of Tralee courthouse. [17367/24]

EU Agreements

Gino Kenny

2. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware that over 160 civil society organisations from across the European Union have issued a statement against the EU migration pact stating it will have devastating implications for the right to international protection in the EU and greenlight abuses across Europe, including racial profiling, default de facto detention and pushbacks and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17849/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pa Daly

3. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the projected number of trainees who will begin training and will attest through Garda training for this calendar year and if any changes to the training are proposed. [17368/24]

EU Agreements

Mattie McGrath

4. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice if the Government intends to hold a referendum on whether the people agree to opt in or opt out of the EU pact on migration and asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17720/24]

Crime Prevention

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

5. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice if she has considered the establishment of a knife amnesty to help address the problem of knife crime. [17752/24]

Legislative Measures

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

6. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice to restate her intention to pursue the passing of hate crime legislation this year. [17753/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

7. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice what measures have been put in place to address the unprecedented number of members resigning from An Garda Síochána. [17751/24]

Closed-Circuit Television Systems

Alan Farrell

8. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice for an update on engagement with local authorities with regard to community CCTV schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17839/24]

Northern Ireland

Éamon Ó Cuív

9. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice the progress made in discussions with the British government in relation to implementing the recommendation of the Independent Reporting Commission regarding appointing an independent person to explore what a process of engagement and group transition might look like; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17766/24]

Family Law Cases

Aindrias Moynihan

10. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider providing dedicated family courts within the existing court structures to ensure families are placed at the centre of the family justice system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17787/24]

An Garda Síochána

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

11. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Justice the number of community gardaí in the Dublin region compared with in 2019. [17754/24]

International Protection

Mattie McGrath

12. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the latest departmental activities in the management of international protection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17721/24]

An Garda Síochána

Alan Farrell

21. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Justice to report on the number of gardaí being recruited, and attesting, in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17838/24]

National Development Plan

Rose Conway-Walsh

44. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the capital underspend based on the targets set in the 2021 review of the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17724/24]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

45. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is planning further updates to the national development plan in light of the growing consensus that Ireland’s housing demand will significantly exceed current projections and plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18088/24]

Public Private Partnerships

Rose Conway-Walsh

46. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the types of services that typically make up the costs, other than construction and financing, in public private partnership contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17725/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Catherine Connolly

48. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated cost of the revised Coirib go Cósta flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14382/24]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

49. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the Government has adequately considered the growing problem of labour and skills shortages in multiple sectors of the society and economy, including construction, healthcare, education, childcare and more, in the context of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17862/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Catherine Connolly

50. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 8 February 2024, the status of the review by the Coirib go Cósta steering group of the draft revised programme incorporating the additional scope for the Coirib go Cósta flood relief scheme; the timeline for the publication of the revised project programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14381/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

52. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if levels of public expenditure here are adequately proofed to ensure best outcome for the Exchequer and taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17650/24]

National Development Plan

Richard Boyd Barrett

54. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of the issues raised by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, in respect of the national development plan (details supplied), particularly in terms of capacity and resource constraints to deliver public housing, elder-care facilities and childcare and increase the number of hospital beds; his plans to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17863/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

55. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount of funding allocated for flood relief schemes; and the amount actually drawn down or spent in each of the past five years and to date in 2024. [17649/24]

Public Spending Code

Rose Conway-Walsh

57. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the infrastructure guidelines will lead to reform within individual Departments in the context of capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17727/24]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Rose Conway-Walsh

58. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the projected expenditure on capital projects for 2025 and 2026 in terms of GNI*; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17726/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

David Stanton

59. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline the progress made to date with respect to the Midleton flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15631/24]

National Development Plan

Bernard Durkan

60. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the extent to which issues are being considered which are most likely to have an impact on improving delivery on the national development plan, with particular reference to specific infrastructure which is now or is likely to become in the near future critical to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15401/24]

Fire Service

Ruairí Ó Murchú

61. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the necessary legislative amendments to facilitate an extension of the mandatory age of retirement for uniformed services up to the age of 62 years to include full-time and retained fire service personnel will be ready; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17788/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

1. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén fáth nár foilsíodh an reachtaíocht ag tús na míosa seo maidir le toghcháin Údarás na Gaeltachta a reáchtáil mar a gheall sí; agus an mbeidh na toghcháin ar siúl ar an lá céanna leis na toghcháin áitiúla agus Eorpacha. [17073/24]

Artists' Remuneration

Richard Boyd Barrett

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in light of the basic income for artists initial report, if she will commit now to including a full roll-out of this scheme for all artists in budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17256/24]

Culture Policy

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if her Department has studied the potential impact and benefits in terms of tourism and culture of developing a culture quarter in the Moore Street area as a living commemoration to the heroes of 1916. [17074/24]

Media Sector

Matt Shanahan

4. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the scope for increasing the funding for recommendations made within the Report of the Future of Media Commission; and when funding from these proposals will be rolled out to media organisations nationwide, given that the local and European elections and the first directly-elected mayor election in Limerick will take place at the start of June 2024.. [17014/24]

Sports Funding

Bernard Durkan

7. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when an announcement in respect of financial assistance for sporting organisations is anticipated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16936/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

9. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cathain a líonfaidh sí na folúntais ar Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta, lena n-áirítear ról an Chathaoirligh; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [17070/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Catherine Connolly

10. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán i dtaca le Ceist Uimh. 7 den 15 Feabhra 2024, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an bplean a d’eascair as an obair athbhreithnithe a rinne Údarás na Gaeltachta faoin bpunann iomlán maoine atá aige agus faoi na féidearthachtaí forbartha atá ann; soiléiriú a thabhairt ar na hacmhainní airgeadais a bheidh ag teastáil chun an plean a chur i gcrích; an dtabharfaidh sí an t-eolas is déanaí ar aon teagmháil idir a Roinn agus Údarás na Gaeltachta maidir le tithíocht a chur ar fáil ar thalamh agus réadmhaoin atá faoi úinéireacht an údaráis; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [16854/24]

Tourism Schemes

Peadar Tóibín

11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the steps being taken by her Department to increase the tourism potential of County Meath. [16807/24]

Sports Funding

Brendan Smith

13. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress to date in rolling out the most recently announced sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16979/24]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Aindrias Moynihan

16. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aindrias Moynihan den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán cén caiteachas atá déanta ar scoil áirithe (sonraí tugtha) i gContae Chorcaí le cúig bliana anuas; cad iad foinsí an mhaoinithe sin; cad iad na chéad chéimeanna eile chun an togra a chur i gcrích; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [17029/24]

Tourism Policy

Bernard Durkan

19. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any further measures are anticipated to assist the tourism sector in advance of the summer season and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16935/24]

Sports Funding

Ruairí Ó Murchú

24. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on this year's sports capital grants and a timeline on when decisions will be made; if she will outline future funding plans for large-scale sports infrastructure funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16984/24]

Sports Funding

Niamh Smyth

26. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the sports capital grants for 2024 will be announced for clubs in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16701/24]

Sports Funding

Cathal Crowe

39. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the sports capital grants to be announced. [16691/24]

Sports Funding

Brian Leddin

43. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the latest round of the sports capital and equipment programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16693/24]

Sports Funding

Alan Dillon

44. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for an update on the sports capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16364/24]

Tourism Policy

Brendan Smith

47. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures that will be implemented to assist the tourism sector meet additional business costs through initiatives of her own Department or through the agencies under the remit of her Department and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16978/24]

Industrial Relations

Louise O'Reilly

57. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times the Labour Employer Economic Forum sub-group on collective bargaining has met in 2024; and if he can provisionally indicate when the action plan on collective bargaining coverage to be presented to the European Commission as part of its transposition of the EU directive on adequate minimum wages will be published. [16747/24]

Living Wage

Ged Nash

58. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he remains committed to the agreed pathway for the implementation of a living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17196/24]

Departmental Consultations

Louise O'Reilly

59. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with stakeholders regarding the employment (restriction of certain mandatory retirement ages) Bill 2024. [16748/24]

Departmental Priorities

Catherine Connolly

60. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 8 February 2024, for an update on his Department’s engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs with a view to developing a new business and human rights action plan and implementation body; the number of meetings held to date by the stakeholder forum; the dates of same; the terms of reference of the stakeholder forum; the expected timeline for the new national plan on business and human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16851/24]

Employment Rights

Paul Murphy

61. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is planning to pause the planned increase in statutory sick pay days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17044/24]

Tourist Accommodation

Brendan Griffin

63. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how he plans to support and compensate business owners in towns such as Killarney, County Kerry, where the displacement of tourism accommodation for use as emergency accommodation has resulted in significant reductions in footfall and consumer spending; the supports he is planning for the broader SME sector and businesses exposed to vastly increased overheads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17023/24]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Ruairí Ó Murchú

64. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the work that is being carried out by his Department to provide supports for micro, small and medium-sized businesses, particularly in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/24]

EU Directives

Ged Nash

65. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on his plans to transpose the EU directive on adequate minimum wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17054/24]

Export Controls

Ruairí Ó Murchú

66. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the process his Department uses to assess the granting of export licences for dual-use goods to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16986/24]

Enterprise Support Services

Aindrias Moynihan

67. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what action is being taken to strengthen the resilience, productivity and innovation of SMEs to ensure that they remain key drivers of employment nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17027/24]

Business Supports

Robert Troy

68. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to support those SMEs that are currently struggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16996/24]

Business Supports

Marian Harkin

85. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the additional business supports, apart from the increased cost of business scheme, he is considering putting in place, particularly for SMEs to meet the increased cost of doing business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17051/24]

Cabinet Committees

Christopher O'Sullivan

1. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [7944/24]

Cabinet Committees

Darren O'Rourke

2. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [8950/24]

Cabinet Committees

Mary Lou McDonald

3. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [9141/24]

Cabinet Committees

Mick Barry

4. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [12452/24]

Cabinet Committees

Ruairí Ó Murchú

5. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [13013/24]

Cabinet Committees

Richard Boyd Barrett

6. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [10625/24]

Cabinet Committees

Paul Murphy

7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [10628/24]

Cabinet Committees

Christopher O'Sullivan

8. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [14091/24]

Cabinet Committees

Bríd Smith

9. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will meet next. [15185/24]