Parliamentary questions

Trade Agreements

Niall Collins

305. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the process for ratifying the CETA; and when the CETA will be voted on by Dáil Éireann in 2018. [53690/17]

Trade Agreements

Niall Collins

306. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the May 2017 ECJ decision regarding the EU-Singapore trade agreement and potential impact on existing EU trade agreements and future ones; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53691/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases

Niall Collins

307. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to publish an account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); and the steps that are being taken to address them emanating from the trial of a person (details supplied). [53693/17]

Ministerial Briefing

Niall Collins

308. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her ministerial briefing has been published and is downloadable on her Department's website. [54130/17]

Unified Patent Court

Niall Collins

309. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe for holding a referendum on the implementation of the Unified Patent Court; the impact Brexit will have on its implementation; if the agreement will require renegotiation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54143/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Shane Cassells

310. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the photography costs for her Department in each year since March 2011 inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the list of occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used, in tabular form; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54221/17]

Public Relations Contracts Data

Shane Cassells

311. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the use of external public relations firms employed by her Department in each year since March 2011; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54237/17]

Departmental Contracts Data

Shane Cassells

312. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the external consultant reports commissioned by her Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date, in tabular form. [54253/17]

Departmental Advertising Expenditure

Niall Collins

313. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the level of expenditure by her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on advertising of Government information campaigns published specifically in national and regional newspapers in addition to all online advertising for all such Government information campaigns; the name for each such information campaign to which this expenditure related; the cost of each, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54269/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Niall Collins

314. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the level of expenditure by her Department or organisations under the aegis of her Department from 1 January 2017 to date in 2017 on photography, advertising, communications advice, public relations, website development, media interview training and preparation; the events, campaigns or policies to which this expenditure related; the company or person to which such payments were made, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54285/17]

State Aid

Paul Murphy

141. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the extension of EU state aid rules to regulatory alignment between the EU and Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53198/17]

Trade Promotion

Bernard Durkan

142. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department continues to pursue market opportunities for Irish products globally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53485/17]

Trade Promotion

Bernard Durkan

143. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which her Department has redoubled its efforts to establish new markets inside and outside the European Union for Irish products in order to compensate for the consequences of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53492/17]

Brexit Staff

Joan Burton

144. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has recruited technical experts in legal and trade negotiations in respect of Brexit. [50328/17]

Good Friday Agreement

David Cullinane

233. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the trade matters contained within the Good Friday Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52686/17]

Trade Union Recognition

Mick Barry

234. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will raise with a company (details supplied) which is engaged by the HSE on State contracts the reason it does not recognise a union which represents its staff in view of the fact that it recognises a union in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53235/17]

Land Ownership

John McGuinness

235. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the process by which land at a location (details supplied) was advertised and sold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52633/17]

Trade Agreements

Charlie McConalogue

236. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will be supporting a final agreement with Mercosur countries in which beef is a component. [52780/17]

Jobs Data

Niall Collins

237. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the national and regional job targets under the programme for Government and Enterprise 2025 in each of the years 2016 to 2020; the latest quarterly national household survey data of the most recent rent figures for these targets in each region; the job targets up to 2020 on an annual basis, by region, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52785/17]

Manufacturing Sector

Joan Burton

238. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been inquiries from prospective investors regarding a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied) in County Kildare; the way in which IDA Ireland is actively promoting the site to existing customers and potential investors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53019/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Maurice Quinlivan

239. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of grant aid awarded by IDA Ireland in each of the years 2013 to 2016, inclusive, and to date in 2017. [53096/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Maurice Quinlivan

240. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the level of grant aid awarded to companies by IDA Ireland in 2016 and to date in 2017, by county, in tabular form. [53097/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports

Maurice Quinlivan

241. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 21 November 2017, the specific powers she lacks or the legal obstacle preventing the publishing of the report received from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in regard to an investigation (details supplied); and her plans to introduce changes to ensure she has the ability to publish future reports. [53207/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports

Maurice Quinlivan

242. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 21 November 2017, when she will publish the account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); and the steps being taken to address them. [53208/17]

Trade Agreements

Catherine Connolly

243. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the EU-Mercosur deal; if same is being deferred pending the human rights impact assessment being part of the sustainable impact assessment expected in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53218/17]

Trade Agreements

Catherine Connolly

244. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has satisfied herself that the EU-Mercosur deal adequately addresses climate change; if so, the basis for that satisfaction; the extent to which climate change has been incorporated in each chapter of the EU-Mercosur deal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53219/17]

Trade Agreements

Catherine Connolly

245. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which the precautionary principle enshrined in EU law as a cornerstone of its environmental policy has been incorporated in each chapter of the EU-Mercosur deal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53220/17]

Regional Development Initiatives

Carol Nolan

128. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to establish an IDA taskforce in the midlands in order to improve job creation in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52441/17]

Departmental Agencies Data

Anne Rabbitte

129. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings Enterprise Ireland and the IDA have had with each of the EU27 in 2016 and to date in 2017; the value of imports and exports by each State in this regard, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52480/17]

Work Permits Applications

Bernard Durkan

161. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in determination of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52169/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Fergus O'Dowd

162. Deputy Fergus O'Dowd asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the expenditure by her Department by heading (details supplied) in each of the years since June 1997 to January 2011, in tabular form; and the miscellaneous expenditure not relating to set Department budgets pertaining to the headings. [52215/17]

Ministerial Travel

Niall Collins

163. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 50 of 16 November 2017, if the details requested have been compiled; and when this information will be available in tabular form. [52283/17]

Company Law

Niall Collins

164. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017 is proportionate on small and micro sized businesses (details supplied). [52284/17]

Departmental Funding

Mattie McGrath

286. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided by her Department to each member of a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51430/17]

Job Creation Data

Maurice Quinlivan

287. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Authority, IDA, supported jobs created in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the target numbers for each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [51528/17]

Enterprise Ireland

Maurice Quinlivan

288. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs created in each the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the target numbers for each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [51529/17]

Local Enterprise Offices Data

Maurice Quinlivan

289. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of local enterprise office-supported jobs created in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the target numbers for each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [51530/17]

Youth Enterprise Initiatives

Maurice Quinlivan

290. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to the Ireland’s best young entrepreneurs awards in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and the amount of this funding that was used each year. [51563/17]

Job Creation Data

Maurice Quinlivan

291. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the job creation targets for Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and the local enterprise offices in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form. [51564/17]

Job Creation Data

Maurice Quinlivan

292. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs created by companies supported by Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and local enterprise offices in each of the years 2014 to 2017, in tabular form. [51565/17]

Departmental Agencies Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

293. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the 2018 budget allocation for each office and agency under the remit of her Department, in tabular form. [51566/17]

Gift Vouchers Data

Niall Collins

295. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of gift vouchers sold on an annual basis in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the estimated value of gift vouchers annually over this period; if she will provide the departmental review or research paper on the regulation of gift vouchers here; the data regarding the estimated value of unredeemed gift vouchers by persons annually over same period; and if her Department has examined the regulatory position of expiry dates of vouchers such as is provided in other jurisdictions. [51829/17]

Freedom of Information Data

John McGuinness

296. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department to date in 2017; the number fully or partially granted; and the number of such requests that were refused. [51845/17]

Freedom of Information Data

John McGuinness

297. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department to date in 2017; the number of which the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number of which the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks in view of the fact that the necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were not available, in tabular form. [51862/17]

Workplace Safety

Ruth Coppinger

298. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to make changes in legislation that would give rights to employees in circumstances in which there is status red weather alert in an area in order to prevent dangerous travel to work (details supplied) and to protect income for lost work resulting from such a weather alert; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51965/17]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Thomas P. Broughan

299. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department is accessing supports for Irish SMEs through the European Fund for Strategic Investments and the European Investment Bank; if all such available funding has been drawn down to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52047/17]

Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment

Thomas P. Broughan

57. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he has satisfied himself that sufficient personnel and resources have been provided by the State to the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51381/17]

Intellectual Property Management

Brendan Howlin

58. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason for the delay in ratifying the Beijing Treaty which would provide economic rights in respect of intellectual property rights of persons in audiovisual performances; when the Treaty will be ratified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51414/17]

Brexit Negotiations

Catherine Connolly

80. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Government's position on the potential inclusion of investor court mechanisms in a trade negotiation mandate with the UK post Brexit in view of the fact that the legality of such mechanisms is currently being challenged at the European Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50856/17]

Brexit Staff

Stephen Donnelly

81. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of hiring additional Brexit staff in his Department; the cost by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50914/17]

Brexit Staff

Stephen Donnelly

82. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of hiring additional Brexit staff for Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and the local enterprise offices; the cost by grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50915/17]

Brexit Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

83. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of an additional €100 million in Brexit-related loans offered by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland if approved to the Irish State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50916/17]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

Stephen Donnelly

84. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of funding for mentoring programmes provided by Enterprise Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50917/17]

Brexit Expenditure

Stephen Donnelly

85. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the costing of the Brexit loan scheme announced in budget 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50923/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Willie Penrose

86. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits organised by the IDA to the midland region to date in 2017; the number of these visits that were to IDA sites in Athlone and Mullingar, respectively; the details of all vacant property owned by the IDA in Mullingar and Athlone, County Westmeath; if the IDA has planned other visits to Mullingar before 31 December 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50894/17]

Exports Data

Stephen Donnelly

87. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the average margin per sector for traders exporting to the United Kingdom, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50920/17]

Brexit Staff

Stephen Donnelly

88. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff currently employed in State agencies and his Department tasked with issues related to Brexit; the number of staff by grade, agency and unit; the number of vacant positions; the average cost by grade and agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50921/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

89. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and 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 over the 2010 to 2016 period and to date in 2017, by staff according to each Civil Service grade, legal personnel and other staff; and the funding allocated to the CCPC in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [50927/17]

Research and Development Funding

Niall Collins

90. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions on an annual basis in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the amount subsequently expended in each year; the amount of funding that has been allocated in 2018; the amount of funding that has been ring-fenced for research and frontier research in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50930/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff

Niall Collins

91. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by account, administrative staff, legal personnel and other staff, in tabular form; the amount of funding allocated to the ODCE in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017 and the allocation for 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50931/17]

Job Creation Targets

Niall Collins

92. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the national and regional job targets and unemployment rate projections under the programme for Government in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and Enterprise 2025, by year; the annual progress on actual figures and rates at the end of 2016 and to date in 2017 relating to these targets; the monitoring and reporting mechanisms in place; his job targets up to 2020, by region, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50932/17]

Emigrant Support Services

Niall Collins

93. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the annual targets for attaining 70,000 returned emigrants per year, in tabular form. [50933/17]

State Bodies Funding

Niall Collins

94. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated in 2016 and 2017 to each State agency under the aegis of his Department including local enterprise offices, Science Foundation Ireland, InterTradeIreland, the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, in tabular form; and the 2018 budget allocation for same. [50949/17]

Health and Safety Authority Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

95. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives in 2016, 2017 and 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51238/17]

State Bodies Data

Mary Lou McDonald

91. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies in each State board under the aegis of his Department, in tabular form. [49929/17]

IDA Ireland

Pat Deering

92. Deputy Pat Deering asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the advance IDA facility in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49974/17]

Appointments to State Boards Data

Mary Lou McDonald

93. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the names of persons she has appointed to each State board under the aegis of her department that have not come from the Public Appointments Service list of suitable candidates, in tabular form. [49991/17]

IDA Ireland

Michael Harty

94. Deputy Michael Harty asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the IDA search for a replacement industry for a plant (details supplied); his views on whether the issue is a lost cause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50031/17]

Ministerial Communications

Stephen Donnelly

95. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if he has used a private email account to send or receive official documents or positions on Brexit; and if so, the details of this correspondence. [50052/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Seamus Healy

96. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of financial assistance aid and grants that have been provided to a company (details supplied) over the past seven years; the amount of financial assistance, aid and grants planned to be provided to this company in each of the years 2018 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50075/17]

Departmental Bodies Data

Sean Fleming

97. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the bodies under the aegis his Department to which his Department provides in excess of €1 million funding per annum; the public funding received by these bodies; the bodies in which 50% or more of their income comes from public sources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50108/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Joe Carey

98. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce the necessary measures being sought by the chairperson of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to provide for greater powers of sanction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50303/17]

Departmental Contracts Data

Richard Boyd Barrett

99. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the public contracts between his Department and companies (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2016; the value of each contract; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50394/17]

Foreign Direct Investment

Eugene Murphy

100. Deputy Eugene Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason counties Roscommon, Leitrim and Meath were not allocated funds from of the €93 million in funding for grant aid that was distributed by the Industrial Development Authority to help develop and support foreign direct investment in these counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50670/17]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

101. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den an Taoisigh agus Aire Gnó, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta cén líon iomlán foirne atá fostaithe ina Roinn faoi láthair; cé mhéid post atá daingnithe nó aitheanta ag an Roinn (i scéim teanga, nó ar aon bhealach eile) mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo; cé mhéid duine atá ann ag a bhfuil líofacht i nGaeilge agus atá ag feidhmiú sna poist sin atá daingnithe no aitheanta mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo; an bhfuil sí beartaithe ag an tráth seo aon phost eile de chuid na Roinne a aithint mar phoist a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge [50675/17]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

102. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den an Taoisigh agus Aire Gnó, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta cé mhéid folúntas a líonadh ina Roinn ó thús na bliana seo; cé mhéid de na folúntais sin a bhain le poist a bhí sainaitheanta mar phoist a raibh Gaeilge riachtanach ina leith; cé mhéid folúntas atá le líonadh faoi láthair agus cé mhéid de na folúntais siúd atá sainaitheanta mar fholúntais a bhfuil riachtanas Gaeilge ag baint leo. [50692/17]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

1. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish small and medium enterprises, SMEs, and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario, including revision of state-aid rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49667/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Maurice Quinlivan

2. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has brought no prosecutions or achieved no convictions in the past two years; and her plans to accelerate the reform of the agency. [49669/17]

Foreign Direct Investment

Niall Collins

3. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to deal with competitiveness issues and direct threats to continued foreign direct investment here. [49668/17]

Job Creation

Michael Lowry

4. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being made by State agencies, in particular the IDA, to attract jobs and investment to towns in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49765/17]

Job Creation

Eamon Ryan

5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions her Department has had with a company (details supplied) regarding the future development of the proposed data centre in Athenry. [49764/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Thomas Byrne

6. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits by the IDA to County Meath; and if she is satisfied with the level of IDA investment in County Meath. [49464/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Niall Collins

7. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits up to the third quarter of 2017; the details of all vacant properties per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49595/17]

Consumer Protection

Niall Collins

8. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the regulatory regime pertaining to the issue of expiry dates on vouchers. [49598/17]

Jobs Initiative

Bernard Durkan

9. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to ensure continued economic investment in jobs, enterprise and innovation here notwithstanding the impact of Brexit; the extent to which new opportunities are being fostered in this context; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49610/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

10. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered empowering the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to issue civil fines for anti-competitive practices. [49597/17]

Local Enterprise Offices

Thomas P. Broughan

11. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if enhanced resources will be provided to LEOs of Border counties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49462/17]

Ticket Touting

Maurice Quinlivan

12. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to combat ticket touting; and her views on the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017. [49574/17]

Brexit Issues

Thomas P. Broughan

13. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if studies (details supplied) are on target to be completed before the end of 2017; the timeframe for the findings to be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49461/17]

National Disability Strategy Implementation Plan

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

14. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the role her Department will play in the National Disability Inclusion Strategy 2017 - 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49456/17]

Arms Trade

Clare Daly

15. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the date for the publication of the annual report on export licensing activity undertaken under the Control of Exports Act 2008 for the period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016; and if publication will occur before the end of 2017. [49608/17]

Arms Trade

Mick Wallace

16. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the most recently published report under the Control of Exports Act 2008, covering the period January 2017 to June 2017; her further views on the volume of arms exports permitted by her Department to countries that form the Saudi Arabian alliance, which is engaged in the bombardment of Yemen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49606/17]

Brexit Issues

Niamh Smyth

17. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the effects that Brexit will have on SMEs along the Border region; and if plans have been made to protect them. [49455/17]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Paul Murphy

18. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views regarding the CETA trade agreement between the EU and Canada in respect of the possibility of undermining regulatory standards; her plans to seek ratification of CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49590/17]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Maurice Quinlivan

19. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives her Department is putting in place to help support and grow current businesses and attract new enterprises to the areas designated by the CSO as unemployment black spots. [49576/17]

Brexit Issues

Eamon Scanlon

20. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of all planning and research work under way on the impact of Brexit on businesses and small and medium enterprises in Northern Ireland and the Border counties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49458/17]

Industrial Development

Mary Butler

21. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address the fact that the south-east region returns just 45% of the PAYE income tax per head (details supplied) as per the south-east economic monitor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49515/17]

Research Funding

James Lawless

22. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the next round of PRTLI funding will occur; if the PRTLI funding programme is not confirmed her plans to provide a successor programme of this type of essential funding for third level institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49612/17]

Job Creation Targets

Thomas P. Broughan

23. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if areas continually affected by low income and deprivation are targeted in strategic planning and promotion of job creation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49516/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Mary Butler

24. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address the fact that, even though the south east has the highest unemployment figures in the country, only 31 site visits (details supplied) were made by the IDA between January and September 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49514/17]