Parliamentary questions

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1254. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 14 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; the way in which the critical skills list for employment permits has been altered since 2015; if this has changed since the Brexit result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33947/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1255. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 15 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; if a single website portal has been established to attract international information and communications technology talent; the number of visits this portal has received in each year since its creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33948/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1256. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 16 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; the outcomes achieved under this action point; her plans for the future under this action point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33949/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1257. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 17 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; the number of times Dublin City Council as the Strategic Development Zone development agency, the National Asset Management Agency, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland have met since 2015 in relation to this action point; the specific outcomes reached under this action point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33950/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1258. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 21 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; the number of companies that have engaged each year by technology centre, gateway and strategic research cluster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33954/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1259. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 22 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; the specific undertakings implemented to increase research, development and innovation within existing firms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33955/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1260. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 23 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; the specific undertakings implemented to enhance International Financial Services ICT sectoral collaboration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33956/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1261. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 24 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; the specific domestic or international sources of finance identified for fintech companies; the specific undertakings implemented in order to enhance funding mechanisms for fintech start-ups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33957/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1262. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 25 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; the specific outcomes that have come from this action point; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33958/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1263. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 26 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; if an indigenous funds services cluster has been set-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33959/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1264. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 27 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; if a payments forum has been established; the persons that sit on the forum; the number of times it has met since 2015; if a sectoral strategy paper has been developed; if that paper has been changed due to the Brexit result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33960/18]

Financial Services Sector

Michael McGrath

1265. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of action 28 of the International Financial Services 2020 strategy; when this high level group was set-up; the persons that sit on the group; the number of times the group has met each year since 2015; the specific outcomes from the group that have occurred which have enhanced the capabilities of the business process outsourcing cluster; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33961/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Michael McGrath

1266. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of insurance under headings (details supplied) for her Department and each body under its aegis; the cost of the premium for 2018 or the premium paid in 2018 if the policy year straddles two calendar years; the comparable premium amount paid in 2017; the number of outstanding insurance claims against her Department or bodies under its aegis; the estimated cost of those claims; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33992/18]

Job Retention

Niamh Smyth

1267. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she is taking to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Cavan in view of recent media reports. [34055/18]

Job Retention

Niamh Smyth

1268. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she is taking to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) in County Monaghan in view of recent media reports. [34056/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Niamh Smyth

1269. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past three years; and the number of these visits that were to locations in the two county towns and other areas of the counties, respectively, in tabular form. [34057/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Niamh Smyth

1270. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits of prospective clients to each county in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34058/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Niamh Smyth

1271. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs by county in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34059/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Niamh Smyth

1272. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs here; the number of jobs created and lost, respectively, to date in 2018 by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34060/18]

Brexit Issues

Niamh Smyth

1273. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the plans being put in place to protect businesses along the Border in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34062/18]

Programme for Government Implementation

Éamon Ó Cuív

1274. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of progress as provided under the programme for partnership Government for an extra €300 million in capital funding between Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta; the amount of expenditure allocated to this commitment in 2016, 2017 and 2018 between Enterprise Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta; the amount expended between both agencies in each year to date in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34074/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

1275. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's spending on travel and subsistence expenses in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34207/18]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Jack Chambers

1276. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's expenditure on photography and other promotional services including the creation of social media content in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34224/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

1277. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's expenditure on public relations in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34241/18]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Jack Chambers

1278. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's expenditure on external consultancy in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34258/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Jack Chambers

1279. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the detail of each non-Civil Service appointment that has been made in her Department; the pay grade of each appointment; and the relevant qualifications that each appointee has for their position. [34275/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Jack Chambers

1280. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's expenditure on the purchase of newspapers and other media content, such as print, digital and other forms, in 2017 and to date in 2018. [34292/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Jack Chambers

1281. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time equivalent press officers employed by her Department and her personally. [34309/18]

Departmental Contracts

Róisín Shortall

1282. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contracts awarded by her Department to a company (details supplied) in each of the past three years; the value of these contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34353/18]

Brexit Issues

Thomas P. Broughan

1283. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland have requested increased funding for Brexit-related matters for 2019; the amount of additional funding requested; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34536/18]

Brexit Supports

Aindrias Moynihan

1284. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the various schemes available to businesses to prepare for Brexit; the uptake for each scheme in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34617/18]

Brexit Staff

Barry Cowen

1285. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of extra employees to be hired in her Department between now and March 2019 to prepare for a hard Brexit; the specific roles these new employees will take up; the estimated cost of hiring these new employees; the impacts on her Department's expenditure ceilings for 2018 and 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34657/18]

Workplace Relations Services Staff

Jan O'Sullivan

1286. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of labour inspectors employed by the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years from 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34673/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

1287. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of unfilled vacancies in her Department; the time these vacancies have been open, from when the roles were first advertised to date, for each vacancy or group of vacancies; the number of unfilled vacancies in each agency under her remit; the time these vacancies have been open, from when the roles were first advertised to date, for each vacancy or group of vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34675/18]

EU Directives

Jim O'Callaghan

1288. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the EU directives that fall under her remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; and the estimated date for the transposition of those directives into law. [34703/18]

Labour Court

Jan O'Sullivan

1289. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases dealt with by the Labour Court under the terms of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 since the commencement of the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34901/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Billy Kelleher

1290. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide information relating to the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (details supplied) for 2018 to 30 June 2018. [35122/18]

Brexit Negotiations

Billy Kelleher

1291. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a request was formally submitted by her Department to the Brexit preparedness group, under the European Commission’s task force on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom, requesting that the state aid ceiling under EU Regulation No. 1407/2013 be temporally adapted as a policy response to protect companies and exporting businesses here exposed to a no-deal hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third country; and when such proposals were formally submitted. [35124/18]

Brexit Negotiations

Billy Kelleher

1292. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department completed or is considering sending a formal application to DG Competition requesting that the state aid ceiling under EU Regulation No. 1407/2013 be temporally adapted as a policy response to protect vulnerable businesses that are impacted by Brexit. [35125/18]

Brexit Negotiations

Billy Kelleher

1293. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meeting at which she or her predecessors made the case for the need for a revision of state aid rules of EU Regulation No 1407/2013 to protect Irish enterprises and related jobs during the UK’s two-year exit phase from the EU and the subsequent transition phase; the date of every such meeting at which this was raised, in tabular form; the status of progress being made at EU level to increase current state aid thresholds to support Irish enterprises in the event of a hard no deal Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35126/18]

Job Creation Targets

Billy Kelleher

1294. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the methodology used for job creation forecasts in Enterprise 2025 Renewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35127/18]

Job Creation Targets

Billy Kelleher

1295. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the jobs multiplier models used for employment forecasts by her Department in Enterprise 2025 Renewed; the exact statistical forecasting model used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35128/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

1296. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme. [35129/18]

Ticket Touting

Billy Kelleher

1297. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the protections and recourse available to consumers from excessive ticket prices for sporting and entertainment events. [35130/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Billy Kelleher

1298. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports being considered to help businesses with the increasing cost of doing business, including increased energy prices. [35131/18]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Billy Kelleher

1299. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding member states ratifying the EU-Canada comprehensive economic and trade agreement, CETA, in their national parliaments; and if the provisional agreement would cease to exist should a national parliament vote against national level endorsement. [35132/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

1300. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35135/18]

Departmental Programmes

Maurice Quinlivan

1301. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative; the cost of this review to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35184/18]

Science Foundation Ireland

Brendan Howlin

1302. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has requested Science Foundation Ireland to fund a public genome project and provide for the participation of Ireland in a European genome sequencing project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35273/18]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Brendan Howlin

1303. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown by project for the capital allocation of €555 million in 2018 to her vote group; the breakdown by project for the proposed allocation of €620 million in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35277/18]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Richard Boyd Barrett

1304. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount paid for consultancy services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35377/18]

Departmental Legal Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

1305. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount paid for external legal services in each of the years 2012 to 2017; the details of these payments; the companies that received the payments; the amount received by each company; the hourly rates that applied to each company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35391/18]

Workplace Safety

Catherine Martin

293. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the Carcinogens and Mutagens at Work Directive No. 2017/2398 that entered into force on 16 January 2018 will be transposed into law, thereby meeting the deadline for transposition in members states’ laws by 17 January 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31669/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Fiona O'Loughlin

294. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the ratio of men and women at each civil service grade within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31686/18]

Industrial Disputes

Dessie Ellis

295. Deputy Dessie Ellis asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the ongoing dispute between a company and union (details supplied) over the work contracts for pre-1996 workers; if her attention has been further drawn to reports that the company is continuing to refuse to engage with the union in constructive dialogue regarding the work and pay conditions of pre-1996 workers and that such behaviour from an employer goes against the spirit of industrial relations mechanisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31730/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Lisa Chambers

296. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits that have taken place in County Mayo from 1 January 2018 to date; the number scheduled to take place before the end of 2018 by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31824/18]

Local Enterprise Offices

Niamh Smyth

297. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will review funding mechanisms for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31886/18]

Working Holiday Visas

Paul Kehoe

298. Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the options for securing a work permit or sponsorship for a New Zealand national who has been here since 15 July 2017 on a one-year working holiday visa and is working in the construction industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31895/18]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Fergus O'Dowd

299. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding that has been provided towards capital projects in counties Meath and Louth in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018, by project name, location and cost in tabular form. [31983/18]

Local Authority Funding

Fergus O'Dowd

300. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the applications submitted for funding and projects from Meath and Louth County Councils in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 for projects decided upon or in progress, in tabular form. [31999/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Robert Troy

301. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland sponsored visits to Mullingar in each of the past seven years. [32088/18]

Departmental Funding

Robert Troy

302. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding awarded to an organisation (details supplied). [32089/18]

Jobs Data

Billy Kelleher

303. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number employed in companies supported by Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and Údarás na Gaeltachta based on data in the annual employment survey in each of the years 2010 to 2017, by county in tabular form. [32106/18]

Jobs Data

Billy Kelleher

304. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the regional job targets and unemployment rate projections under A Programme for a Partnership Government for 2020 and Enterprise 2025, by year and by region; the latest figures at hand relating to these targets; the monitoring and reporting mechanisms in place; her job targets up to 2020, by region in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32107/18]

Action Plan for Jobs

Billy Kelleher

305. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of members of each regional action plan implementation committee; the gender breakdown; when each committee was first established; and the number of meetings to date in tabular form. [32108/18]

Health and Safety Authority Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

306. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding the Health and Safety Authority spent on all safety initiatives; the number of inspections it carried out in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32109/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

307. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding Brexit supports. [32114/18]

Enterprise Ireland

Billy Kelleher

308. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the international Enterprise Ireland offices located abroad; the location of each; the number of full-time and part-time staff employed; and the costs of offices and staffing per international office on an annual basis in tabular form. [32115/18]

IDA Ireland Offices

Billy Kelleher

309. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the international IDA Ireland offices located abroad; the location of each; the number of full-time and part-time staff employed; and the costs of offices and staffing per international office on an annual basis in tabular form. [32116/18]

Departmental Staff

Billy Kelleher

310. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of enterprise attachés stationed in each Irish embassy; the location of each embassy; and the number of enterprise attachés stationed there in tabular form. [32117/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Billy Kelleher

311. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland site visits in each county in quarter 1 and 2 of 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32118/18]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Billy Kelleher

312. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland supported jobs at the end of 2017, by county including in each Dublin local authority in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32119/18]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff

Billy Kelleher

313. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-staff employed in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by grade, legal personnel and other staff; the Exchequer funding allocated to the CCPC in each of the years 2010 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and the amount expended in each year in tabular form. [32122/18]

Departmental Staff

Billy Kelleher

314. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff working on competition enforcement in absolute terms and as a percentage of total staff since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established in tabular form. [32123/18]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Billy Kelleher

315. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of investigative cases commenced for suspected anti-competitive conduct that does not fall within the definition of a cartel; the number of inspections carried out; the number of prosecutions made; the number of fines issued, the amount in euro of fines issued; the number of collected and uncollected fines; the average fine per case in which fines were issued; and the average length of anti-competitive investigations to date in each year since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established in tabular form. [32124/18]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Billy Kelleher

316. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of investigative cases commenced for suspected anti-competitive conduct which falls within the definition of a cartel; the number of inspections carried out; the number of prosecutions and cartel decisions made; the number of cases which concluded with fines issued; the amount in euro of fines issued; the number of collected and uncollected fines; the average fine per cartel; and the average length of cartel investigations to date in each year since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established in tabular form. [32125/18]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Billy Kelleher

317. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding a screening programme for procurement processes which systematically searches for indications that bid-rigging may have occurred. [32127/18]

EU Directives

Billy Kelleher

318. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe for the national transposition of the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council, COM (2017) 142 final 2017/0063 (COD), to empower the competition authorities of member states to be more effective enforcers; and if her officials reviewed whether or not the implementation of this directive will empower the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to issue civil financial sanctions. [32128/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

319. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the latest figures regarding the Brexit SME loan scheme launched in 2018 for each item (details supplied). [32132/18]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

Billy Kelleher

320. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms with fewer than ten employees that have applied to Enterprise Ireland programmes (details supplied); the number that have successfully applied and been granted funding for the programmes; and the percentage of firms as a proportion with fewer than ten employees that have applied out of all firm sizes to each programme out of all applicant firms. [32133/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Billy Kelleher

321. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the workplace relations bodies in each year since being established to 30 June 2018 by county ; the number of prosecutions undertaken in each county during this period in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32135/18]

Child Care Costs

Billy Kelleher

322. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has carried out or commissioned research or reports regarding the cost of childcare and the material impact on businesses and SMEs here with respect to skills shortages and labour force participation levels since 2011; and if so, the reports and the date each was published. [32136/18]

Brexit Issues

Billy Kelleher

323. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has held discussions with the Minister for Finance regarding customs staff resources in addition to customs awareness and higher level customs clearance training and advice for third country trading as a contingency measure for a no deal hard-Brexit scenario. [32137/18]

Farm Safety

Charlie McConalogue

324. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of farm safety inspectors employed by the Health and Safety Authority; and the number of new inspectors hired in 2017 and to date in 2018, for farm safety. [32196/18]

Farm Safety

Charlie McConalogue

325. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives; the number of inspections in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; the number of fatalities on farms in this period annually; the percentage of farm fatalities out of total workplace fatalities recorded by the HSA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32197/18]

Farm Safety

Charlie McConalogue

326. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2017 and 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32198/18]

Living Wage

Billy Kelleher

327. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32216/18]

Trade Agreements

Joan Burton

285. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contingency planning her Department has undertaken in respect of the recent actions of the US Administration seeking to undermine World Trade Organization rules and the imposition of tariffs on EU imports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31079/18]

Work Permits Eligibility

Niamh Smyth

286. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to remove the role of healthcare assistant from the ineligible categories of employment listing on a controlled basis. [31093/18]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Bernard Durkan

287. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding landholdings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31131/18]

Ministerial Advisers Data

Billy Kelleher

288. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of part-time and full-time media advisers employed in her Department; the Civil Service grade of each media adviser; and the cost over a full year of employing all such advisers. [31240/18]

National Development Plan

Barry Cowen

289. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the specific projects that will receive the €65 million in extra capital expenditure in 2019 as outlined in Annex 1 of the National Development Plan 2018-2027; the amount each project will receive of this €65 million in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31268/18]

National Development Plan

Barry Cowen

290. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the specific projects which will receive the €620 million in capital funding allocated in 2019; the amount each project will receive of the €620 million in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31283/18]

Departmental Expenditure

Barry Cowen

291. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the specific reason for the underspend in gross voted expenditure of €16 million as outlined in Appendix V of the June 2018 fiscal monitor; the specific projects that have an underspend; the value of the underspend on each project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31300/18]

National Standards Authority of Ireland

Dara Calleary

292. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the revenues earned in 2016 and 2017 by the National Standards Authority of Ireland through the sale of industry standards; if there are other channels by which copies of these standards can be obtained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31374/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Dara Calleary

293. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits by clients of the IDA Ireland to County Mayo in the first half of 2018; the number of visits to counties Sligo, Galway, Leitrim and Roscommon in the same period; her views on IDA Ireland job creation in County Mayo; the IDA Ireland plans for its land in Ballina, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31375/18]

Brexit Supports

Lisa Chambers

294. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Brexit-related supports under the remit of her Department; the date each support was open to applicants; the number of applicants to date that have applied; the number of applicants that have been successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31414/18]

Brexit Supports

Lisa Chambers

295. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have attended the Brexit advisory clinics since they commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31415/18]

General Data Protection Regulation Data

Catherine Murphy

296. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the changes she has made to allow access by persons to their own data held by her Department and bodies under its aegis following the introduction of the general data protection regulation, GDPR; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31464/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Catherine Murphy

297. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the staffing complement and resources of her Department's data protection officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31488/18]