Parliamentary questions

Enterprise Support Services Provision

Jan O'Sullivan

67. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if training and financial support for businesses setting up online to meet the support needs arising from the growth of e-commerce will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5962/18]

Regional Action Plan for Jobs

Tony McLoughlin

68. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in the Border region under the regional action plan for jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5759/18]

Regional Action Plan for Jobs

Pat Deering

69. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has reviewed the Action Plan for Jobs for the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5944/18]

Enterprise Ireland Data

Peter Burke

70. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland in County Westmeath; the steps being taken to increase the figure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5769/18]

Job Creation Targets

Alan Farrell

71. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for targeted investment in job creation measures for north Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5756/18]

Brexit Supports

Stephen Donnelly

72. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of Brexit-related supports for Irish enterprise and farming, including relaxation of state aid rules, European and Irish grant funding and in market supports in the EU26 for businesses seeking to increase trade. [53147/17]

Brexit Supports

Stephen Donnelly

73. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of progress made in securing EU level support for Irish business exposed to Brexit, including relaxation of state aid rules and adaptation funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3753/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Niamh Smyth

74. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits the IDA has made to counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and all other counties to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6018/18]

Brexit Supports

Tony McLoughlin

75. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports available to SMEs in counties Sligo and Leitrim to help them prepare for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5760/18]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Pat Deering

76. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the advance facility planned for County Carlow; the timeframe for planning application, commencement and completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5758/18]

Fishing Vessel Safety

Paul Murphy

152. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if inspectors at the Workplace Relations Commission have the training they need to carry out inspections on fishing vessels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6015/18]

Trade Promotion

Bernard Durkan

153. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department continue to establish new global trade links to compensate for Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3671/18]

Fishing Vessel Safety

Mick Barry

154. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will direct the Workplace Relations Commission to devote more resources to carrying out inspections on fishing vessels in view of the reported case of a Filipino national losing a finger on a fishing vessel in December 2017. [2055/18]

Departmental Functions

James Lawless

155. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there are plans to give the programme for research in third level institutions back to the Department of Education and Skills as the fund is critical for continued investment in research institutes and higher education facilities. [51905/17]

Fishing Vessel Safety

Mick Barry

156. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the rate of inspections carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission on fishing vessels has altered since the atypical scheme for undocumented non-EU fishers began; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2056/18]

Fishing Vessel Safety

Mick Barry

157. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the level to which the atypical scheme for undocumented non-EU fishers is being observed on the basis of inspections on fishing vessels carried out by the Workplace Relations Commission to date on fishing vessels. [2057/18]

Brexit Supports

Niamh Smyth

158. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to protect SMEs along the Border region as they are most exposed to the impact of Brexit. [5763/18]

Work Permits Applications

Fergus O'Dowd

159. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a reply will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) regarding a work permit application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6118/18]

Work Permits Applications

Tony McLoughlin

160. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a general employment permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6184/18]

Brexit Data

Brendan Howlin

161. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has commissioned an economic or regulatory impact assessment of the risks to sectors under the purview of her Department, following the decision by the UK to exit the EU and the various types of future relationships that might result; if she will provide a copy of such studies; the persons or body commissioned to conduct the research; the cost of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6298/18]

Brexit Data

Brendan Howlin

162. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the additional budget for 2018 or other years provided to her Department and all agencies and bodies within her remit to plan or prepare for Brexit; the number of additional staff who have been recruited to work on this policy area in each body, agency and her Department; the number of dedicated staff planning and working on Brexit matters in each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6315/18]

Departmental Contracts Data

Joan Burton

163. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the involvement her Department has had in respect of contracts with a company (details supplied) that provides public private partnership contracts; the nature of the contract; if it was for capital construction or service supply; the duration of each contract; the value of fee commitments; the alternative arrangements she has made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6332/18]

Enterprise Support Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

164. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which the reliance on technology remains an integral part of business and enterprise expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6350/18]

Brexit Issues

Bernard Durkan

165. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department have identified issues arising in the post-Brexit era to which remedial action at this stage can now be identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6351/18]

Enterprise Support Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

166. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she and her Department have identified the extent to which science and technology will remain an integral part of business promotion and job creation in the short and medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6352/18]

Job Creation

Bernard Durkan

167. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which she and her Department continue to support and drive the creation of new enterprises in the indigenous sector throughout the country with particular reference on the need to encourage the generation of employment in the regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6353/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Bernard Durkan

168. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department can improve the efficiency and efficacy of workplace issues, including health and safety, to give the workforce an edge in an increasingly competitive marketplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6354/18]

Enterprise Support Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

169. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which her Department engages with the manufacturing and services sectors to maximise the ability to compete through the use of technology and leadership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6355/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Bernard Durkan

170. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her office engages with stakeholders in the manufacturing and services sectors with a view to improving competitiveness, identifying likely obstacles and the utilisation of modern methods to promote trade and Irish manufactured goods north or south of the border; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6356/18]

Brexit Issues

Bernard Durkan

171. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she can envisage opportunities in international markets for goods and services throughout the island of Ireland with a view to maximising the impact on world markets in view of the likely challenges in the aftermath of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6357/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Bernard Durkan

172. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she continues to take to develop and improve the competitiveness of Irish goods and services on world markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6358/18]

IDA Ireland Supports

Bernard Durkan

173. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which IDA Ireland's development programme continues to develop to maximise advantages for job creation and economic competitiveness on international markets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6359/18]

Rural Development Policy

Bernard Durkan

174. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the degree to which her Department can encourage investment and job creation throughout rural Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6360/18]

Enterprise Support Services Provision

Bernard Durkan

175. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department continues to liaise with the business sector throughout the regions with a view to the maximisation of investment in such a way as to enhance the opportunities for expansion in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6361/18]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Peadar Tóibín

176. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the persons on State boards under the aegis of her Department that are also serving on other State boards; the persons on State boards under the aegis of her Department that have served previously on other State boards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6456/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

James Browne

286. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits the IDA Ireland has made to counties Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5348/18]

Brexit Issues

Charlie McConalogue

287. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to minimise the impact of Brexit in County Donegal; the engagement she has had with IDA Ireland to ensure it secures new investment in County Donegal in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5434/18]

Trade Agreements

Niall Collins

288. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the ratification procedure at EU and member state level for ratification of European trade agreements relating to market access and quotas; and the elements that fall under exclusive EU level competence and areas that require national level approval, respectively. [5435/18]

Enterprise Ireland Data

Niall Collins

289. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland exporting client companies that have availed of be prepared grants up to 31 January 2017, by county, in tabular form. [5436/18]

Brexit Data

Niall Collins

290. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Brexit readiness vouchers from InterTradeIreland that have been availed of up to 31 January 2017, by county; and the value of such vouchers, in tabular form. [5437/18]

Work Permits Applications

Bernard Durkan

291. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in the determination of a work permit application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5528/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff

Maurice Quinlivan

292. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant positions in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and the length of time each position has been empty. [5552/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff

Maurice Quinlivan

293. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed by the ODCE at the beginning of 2018; and the number of gardaí assigned to the ODCE. [5553/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

294. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocation to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in 2017 and 2018. [5554/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Niall Collins

295. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the IDA Ireland site visits for quarter 4 of 2017, by county, in tabular form. [5585/18]

Work Permits Applications

Maureen O'Sullivan

296. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an employment permit application by a person (details supplied); and when a decision will be made. [5648/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Clare Daly

297. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of secondees from companies (details supplied) that are working in her Department. [5828/18]

Industrial Relations

Willie Penrose

298. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to bring the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill forward as priority legislation; the steps she will take to facilitate access to the State's industrial relations institutions by groups such as the Workplace Relations Commission and the staff representation associations representing the Defence Forces on foot of this proposed legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5971/18]

Brexit Issues

Brendan Smith

299. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the specific programmes that will be introduced to assist enterprises and businesses that are heavily or totally dependent on the British market for exports in view of the challenges that will arise from Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5985/18]

Brexit Issues

Brendan Smith

300. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives undertaken by her Department and the State's industrial promotion agencies to support small-scale enterprises to prepare for the challenges that will arise due to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5986/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Niamh Smyth

301. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the IDA last visited counties Cavan and Monaghan; the number of new jobs that have been created by the IDA in the past 12 months; the steps it is taking to attract companies to counties Cavan and Monaghan; the success it has had with this strategy for counties Cavan and Monaghan, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6044/18]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Maurice Quinlivan

302. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA jobs created per county here in 2017 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6045/18]

Employment Rights

Clare Daly

303. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts she is making to protect all stable staff involved in horse racing under the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6069/18]

Employment Rights

Clare Daly

304. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if discussions are expected to reclassify stable staff as agricultural workers further to the recent determination (details supplied) issued by the Labour Court into the classification of stable staff working in horse racing. [6070/18]

Enterprise Support Services Expenditure

Niamh Smyth

172. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid or funding available to assist a person (details supplied) to develop a business and bring a facility to County Cavan. [5072/18]

Industrial Property Portfolio

Brendan Smith

173. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when decisions are due to be made on the identification of suitable sites as locations for the establishment of data centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5078/18]

Industrial Property Portfolio

Brendan Smith

174. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if locations (details supplied) have been given further consideration as possible sites for the location of data centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5079/18]

Internal Audits

Catherine Murphy

175. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Audit standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied). [5104/18]

Job Creation

Brendan Smith

176. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans and the plans of the State's industrial promotion agencies to assist in 2018 in the maintenance of existing employment and in job creation throughout County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5131/18]

Job Creation

Brendan Smith

177. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans and the plans of the State's industrial promotion agencies to assist in 2018 in the maintenance of existing employment and in job creation throughout County Monaghan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5132/18]

Trade Agreements

Charlie McConalogue

178. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the reports that the European Commission is to propose a yearly tariff rate quota of 90,000 tonnes of beef, 20,000 tonnes more than offered in October 2017, to South American countries in the latest round of Mercosur negotiations; and if it will be ensured that a final deal in which a beef offer is a component will not be supported. [5168/18]

Job Creation Data

Maurice Quinlivan

179. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by local enterprise office, LEO, companies in 2017; the net number of jobs created by LEO companies in 2017; and the number of jobs in LEO companies in 2017. [5235/18]

Job Creation Data

Niall Collins

180. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of information and communication technology workers that have been attracted to work here under the techlife portal scheme from abroad in each year since established. [5239/18]

Insurance Costs

Niall Collins

181. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe to implement the recommendations in the cost of business insurance report for which her Department has lead responsibility; and if she will list each such recommendation. [5241/18]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

182. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the research study commissioned by her department, Sectoral Implications Arising from Brexit: Most Exposed Sectors, is due to be completed and published. [5242/18]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

183. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the research study commissioned by her Department, Strategic Implications Arising from EU-UK Trading Patterns, is due to be completed and published. [5243/18]

Work Permits Data

Niall Collins

184. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of employment permits granted for non-EEA workers by her Department by occupation in each of the years 2014 to 2017, in tabular form. [5244/18]

Consumer Protection

Niall Collins

185. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the sectors that are under investigation by the CCPC for suspected anti-competitive or cartel activity. [5248/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Niall Collins

186. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons enrolled in apprenticeships in her Department and State agencies under her remit by gender in tabular form; and if she will list each such apprenticeship. [5250/18]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Michael McGrath

187. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the target number of jobs created in 2017 in the financial services sector by IDA Ireland; the number actually created; the target number to be created in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5277/18]

Brexit Issues

Tony McLoughlin

194. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to support calls for measures for local business in the Border counties in the event of a hard border after Brexit and-or an unfavourable trade agreement with a post-Brexit Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom. [4742/18]

Ministerial Advisers Data

Shane Cassells

195. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the names of advisers she has appointed to her office since becoming Minister; the responsibilities of each; the previous employment of each; the salaries of each; and if she plans to make further appointments. [4861/18]

Quarrying Sector

Sean Fleming

324. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding blasting of rock with explosives in quarries; the guidelines issued to the relevant persons in relation to overseeing these matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4369/18]

Brexit Issues

Bernard Durkan

325. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she expects Ireland's trade with other countries to increase after Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4635/18]

Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding

Seán Sherlock

326. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount drawn down by Ireland from the Horizon 2020 fund to date; and the areas to which the funds have been allocated. [3993/18]

Research Funding Data

Seán Sherlock

327. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated spend on basic research nationally in a given year. [3994/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Niall Collins

328. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on each recommendation (details supplied) as contained in the latest National Competitiveness Council report, Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2017; her plans to implement the policy recommendations which she has statutory remit for; and the timeframe for implementation. [4045/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Niall Collins

329. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) raised in the National Competitiveness Council report, Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2017 on research, development and innovation. [4046/18]

Science Foundation Ireland Data

Niall Collins

330. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of research centres funded by Science Foundation Ireland in each of the years 2010 to 2017 in tabular form; the annual budget in this regard; and the 2018 budget allocation for same. [4047/18]

Departmental Strategies

Niall Collins

331. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the national policy statement on entrepreneurship; the number of actions completed and not completed, respectively; and the timeframe for implementation. [4048/18]

Co-operative Sector

Thomas P. Broughan

332. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of co-operatives operational; the number of persons employed in these co-ops; her plans to support and grow the co-op sector here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4147/18]

Co-operative Sector

Thomas P. Broughan

333. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the grants and funding streams available for co-operative start-ups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4148/18]

Work Permits Eligibility

Thomas Pringle

334. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the list of highly skilled and ineligible categories that applies to work permit applicants for asylum seekers will be reviewed in view of the fact that the current list indirectly discriminates against women (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4221/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Eamon Scanlon

335. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits that have taken place in each county over the past five years; the confirmed visits to take place in each county in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4266/18]

Departmental Funding

Seán Sherlock

336. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of Exchequer funding expended on a project (details supplied); the details of the expenditure; and the number of staff directly or indirectly supported by the existence of this facility. [4275/18]

Public Private Partnerships Data

Pearse Doherty

337. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the public private partnerships her Department is currently engaged in; the name, cost and timeframe of each; the names of all private parties involved; the nature of each project in terms of design, build, maintain and so on, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4428/18]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

338. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if contingency planning has started for the implications of Brexit on data held by InterTradeIreland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4446/18]

Trade Union Recognition

Maurice Quinlivan

339. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a company (details supplied) in County Limerick that is in receipt of public funds is refusing to recognise a union as the chosen trade union of persons. [4468/18]

Trade Union Recognition

Maurice Quinlivan

340. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce a legal requirement for employers to recognise authorised trade unions in receipt of a negotiating licence for the purposes of collective bargaining and disciplinary matters. [4469/18]

Ministerial Expenditure

Maurice Quinlivan

341. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the details of her expenses have not been uploaded to her Department’s website since July 2017; and her plans to ensure these are made available. [4470/18]

Job Creation Data

Fergus O'Dowd

342. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide the figures raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4542/18]

Departmental Staff Retirements

Peter Burke

343. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons at assistant principal level under the aegis of her Department due to retire in the next six months due to age in counties Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4969/18]

Brexit Issues

Bernard Durkan

111. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she continues to establish new trade links with a view to post-Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3915/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Niall Collins

112. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 617 of 11 October 2016, the available IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 2017; the occupied IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 of 2017, by county and town, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3852/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Niall Collins

113. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when quarter 4 2017 IDA site visits data will be available. [3853/18]

Joint Labour Committees

Niall Collins

114. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the joint labour committees in operation per sector, in tabular form. [3855/18]

State Aid

Niall Collins

115. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the remit of the state aid modernisation working group; her plans for the SAM working group which will take place here in April 2018; and if draft proposals have been submitted by member states with respect to changing current state aid thresholds at EU level. [3856/18]

Civil Service Staff Data

Niall Collins

116. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full time and part time civil servants working in the state aid unit by administrative grade. [3857/18]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

117. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018 for SME businesses will open for applications; the length of time the fund will remain open for applications; the criteria for applying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3858/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Niall Collins

118. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to publish an account of the investigative failures of a trial (details supplied) identified by a person; and the steps that are being taken to address same. [3859/18]