Parliamentary questions

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

41. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a rescue and restructure scheme has been sent to the Directorate General for Competition; the details of the scheme; and the likelihood of approval. [47593/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Imelda Munster

78. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have expressed an interest in locating in Drogheda or have met the IDA regarding same in the past five years. [47205/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Imelda Munster

79. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have expressed an interest in expanding an existing business in Drogheda and have met with the IDA regarding same in the past five years. [47206/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Imelda Munster

80. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have visited Drogheda IDA business park in the past five years. [47207/17]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

Clare Daly

81. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Irish companies that had stands at the defence and security equipment international exhibition in London from 12 to 15 September 2017; if they received State support to attend - for example, from the Enterprise Ireland internationalisation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47273/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Róisín Shortall

82. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to address identified shortcomings within the ODCE while the process of establishing a new corporate enforcement agency is under way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47316/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data

Róisín Shortall

83. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of requests for additional funding, staff resources or expertise that have been made by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in each of the past four years; the number of such requests that have been met in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47317/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Staff

Róisín Shortall

84. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and nature of posts, by head count and in whole time equivalent terms in the ODCE in each of the past four years; the number of vacant posts in the ODCE; the details of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47318/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Expenditure

Róisín Shortall

85. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent on payroll in the ODCE in each of the past four years; the amount spent on temporary staff in each of the past four years; the amount spent on outside expertise in each of the past four years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47319/17]

Research and Development Funding

Thomas Byrne

137. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding spent on the programme for research in third level institutions in each of the years 2002 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46655/17]

Research and Development Funding

Thomas Byrne

138. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans for the next cycle of the programme for research in third level institutions; the amount to be allocated; the timeframe for the cycle; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46656/17]

Job Vacancies

Niall Collins

139. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contact details of an employer (details supplied) who announced jobs recently in County Clare. [45701/17]

Job Retention

Jackie Cahill

140. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied) which was severely damaged by Storm Ophelia recently and saw thousands of trees destroyed; the funds that are available at national and EU level in this regard to safeguard full time and part time jobs in this business which saw its stock impacted by this severe adverse weather; and if she has she deployed State agencies under her remit to advise on supports available. [45837/17]

Departmental Data

Niall Collins

141. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the external company undertaking an audit of her departmental website; the cost of the audit; the timeframe for its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45853/17]

Departmental Expenditure

James Browne

142. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of the provision of a defibrillator in each public building owned by her Department and agency under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45969/17]

Strategic Communications Unit

Niall Collins

143. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings of the strategic communications unit she or her departmental officials attended; the date and location of each such meeting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45985/17]

Departmental Websites

Niall Collins

144. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the last time her Department's website was revamped or remodelled; the cost of same; if she or her departmental officials have been consulted regarding creating one stand alone online Government portal website; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46002/17]

Departmental Websites

Niall Collins

145. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the investment in her Department’s website since 2011 including total associated costs incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46019/17]

Departmental Staff Data

Niall Collins

146. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of departmental staff in her press office; the reporting relationship in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46036/17]

Departmental Staff Training

Niall Collins

147. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the protocol for attendance by staff, both civil servants and political non-civil servants at continuing professional development programmes and courses; the number of staff both civil servants and political non-civil servants in her Department that participated in such programmes on an annual basis in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the costs incurred by her Department for persons who participated in these courses; the providers of all such courses; the subject areas of all courses and programmes provided in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46053/17]

Public Relations Contracts Data

Niall Collins

148. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the public relations companies or agencies the services of which her Department used for information campaigns since 1 January 2017; and the costs incurred to date in 2017. [46070/17]

Departmental Funding

Dara Calleary

149. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to ensure that grant aided organisations are spending their moneys appropriately in view of the revelations regarding a charity (details supplied) in 2016; if her attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to organisations funded by her Department; if so, the action she has taken; if her Department has issued new procedures regarding the use of credit cards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46087/17]

Brexit Documents

Stephen Donnelly

150. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of all planning and research work under way for the impact of the result of Brexit negotiations in her Department or related State agencies; if this analysis is intended for publication; the expected completion and publication date respectively of this research in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46113/17]

Company Data

Maurice Quinlivan

151. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of company director restrictions in each year from 2007 to 2017, in tabular form. [46312/17]

Company Data

Maurice Quinlivan

152. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of company director restrictions in each year from 2007 to 2017 resulting from applications made by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, in tabular form. [46313/17]

Company Data

Maurice Quinlivan

153. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of company director restrictions in each year from 2007 to 2017 resulting from applications made by liquidators and receivers, in tabular from. [46314/17]

Company Data

Maurice Quinlivan

154. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of company director disqualifications in each year from 2007 to 2017, in tabular form. [46315/17]

Company Data

Maurice Quinlivan

155. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 3,955 names on the company director disqualification list at the end of 2016 which were as a result of applications made by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. [46316/17]

Company Data

Maurice Quinlivan

156. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of company director disqualifications in each year from 2007 to 2017 resulting from applications made by liquidators and receivers in tabular form. [46317/17]

Crime Data

Maurice Quinlivan

157. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of prosecutions the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has brought in each year from 2007 to 2017; and the number of these prosecutions that resulted in a conviction in tabular form. [46318/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports

Maurice Quinlivan

158. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the report from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into an investigation (details supplied) will be published. [46319/17]

Departmental Contracts Data

David Cullinane

159. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contracts her Department or bodies under the aegis of her Department have with a company (details supplied) or its subsidiaries; the value of the contracts; the year in which the contracts were concluded; when the contracts will be up for renewal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46366/17]

Labour Court Recommendations

David Cullinane

160. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the Labour Court recommendation that a company (details supplied) pay enhanced redundancy to seven Dublin-based workers; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that the company has refused to implement the Labour Court recommendation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46382/17]

Ministerial Advisers Data

Pearse Doherty

161. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the names of the special advisers employed in her Department; the names of special advisers to Ministers of State in her Department; the annual salary of each adviser; if these persons were special advisers immediately prior to taking up their current role or immediately prior to the June 2017 Cabinet reshuffle; if so, the Minister to which they were appointed; the date each special adviser was appointed with effect as stated in the Government order; the date of the Government order; if they received a salary for the period before the appointment order was signed in the case of special advisers whose appointment order date has an effective date earlier than the order date; if so, by whom they were paid; if a special adviser during a period later backdated by appointment order had access to confidential material and or Cabinet papers; if they were subject to the Official Secrets Act 1963 during this period; if any persons currently employed as special advisers have not yet been appointed by order since the Cabinet reshuffle of 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46461/17]

Research and Development Funding

Róisín Shortall

162. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding the Government contributes to medicines research and development annually; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46481/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Mary Butler

163. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits the IDA has made to counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow in 2017, in view of the fact that the unemployment figures in the south east are still 2.5% above the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46528/17]

Departmental Expenditure

Niall Collins

164. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of photography in her Department since January 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46535/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Niamh Smyth

165. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of IDA visits to counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and throughout the country in 2015, 2016, and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46653/17]

Foreign Direct Investment

James Browne

166. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to entice foreign direct investment to the south eastern region especially County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46710/17]

Departmental Reviews

Maurice Quinlivan

167. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the terms of reference for the review into the Succeed in Ireland initiative. [46900/17]

Departmental Reviews

Maurice Quinlivan

168. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the person or group that has been appointed to undertake the review into the Succeed in Ireland initiative. [46901/17]

Departmental Reviews

Maurice Quinlivan

169. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the 17 submissions to the public consultation on the Succeed in Ireland initiative will be published. [46902/17]

Departmental Reviews

Maurice Quinlivan

170. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the review into the Succeed in Ireland initiative will be completed. [46903/17]

Departmental Reports

Maurice Quinlivan

171. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reports that her Department has received in 2017 that have yet to be made public by title in tabular form; and the reason each report has not been published. [46904/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Peadar Tóibín

172. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 18 of 10 October 2017, if the figures will be provided for same. [46952/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports

Róisín Shortall

173. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has received the advice she requested from the Attorney General regarding the publication of a report (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the issuing of this advice; the number of times her office has sought an update on this matter from the Office of the Attorney General; if she will now publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47102/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Niall Collins

56. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of reports that the IDA has commissioned an analysis into advance planning permission for future data centres; the name of the company commissioned for this task; the cost involved; when this report will be published; and if IDA vacant sites are being examined for possible use. [45590/17]

State Aid

Niall Collins

57. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the development of a longer term business development loan scheme which would assist firms in long term investing for a post-Brexit environment. [45592/17]

State Aid

Niall Collins

58. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a formal request was made to change State ceilings for grant aid to enterprises over a three year period further to her confirmation that in autumn 2016, officials from her Department initiated discussions with the Directorate General for Competition to sensitise the commission to potential difficulties likely to be encountered by firms relating to Brexit. [45593/17]

State Aid

Niall Collins

59. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the rescue and restructure scheme will comply with State ceilings for grant aid to enterprises made over a three year period following her confirmation that her Department recently filed the scheme for approval under state aid rules with the EU Commission; and the direct exchequer funding that will be allocated to the scheme. [45594/17]

Workplace Relations Services Data

Niall Collins

60. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the workplace relations bodies on a county basis in each month in each of the years 2014 to 2015 and to date in 2017; the number of prosecutions undertaken in each county during that time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45595/17]

Brexit Issues

Brendan Smith

61. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had discussions at EU level on the need to implement specific measures to assist businesses and enterprise in the Border region that will be adversely affected by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44668/17]

Brexit Issues

Brendan Smith

62. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions her Department is having with its counterpart in Northern Ireland on the need to implement programmes on a cross-Border basis to assist businesses and enterprise that will be affected adversely by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44669/17]

IDA Ireland Portfolio

Joan Burton

63. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been inquiries from prospective investors about a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied); the way in which the IDA is actively promoting the site to existing customers and potential investors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45376/17]

Departmental Schemes

John Brassil

64. Deputy John Brassil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to assist in increasing the viability of the second-hand car market; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45424/17]

Enterprise Ireland

Dara Calleary

65. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs in County Mayo; the number in the Ballina area in each of the years 2014 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45563/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Niall Collins

66. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in quarter 1, 2 and 3 of 2017, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45588/17]

Film Industry

John Brady

98. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the stage at which the sale of a site (details supplied) is at; her plans regarding the State's shares in the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45168/17]

European Council Meetings

Micheál Martin

99. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there was a discussion at the October 2017 European Council opening with regard to increasing EU market presence in China and other Asian countries. [45045/17]

Horizon 2020 Strategy Funding

Niall Collins

100. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that have been recipients of Horizon 2020 funding in each year since the programme became operational by county in tabular form. [45318/17]

Central Bank of Ireland Reports

Niall Collins

101. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest Central Bank paper, the Labour Market and Wage Growth after a Crisis, which shows around one in ten persons reported they were willing to work up to 16 hours more per week on average, suggesting a greater degree of slack in the labour market, which will act as a brake on wage growth. [45322/17]

Competition Law

Niall Collins

102. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has requested the new Attorney General appointed in June 2017 to provide his advice regarding empowering the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to issue civil fines for anti-competitive practices; and if so, his views on same. [45323/17]

International Bodies Membership

Niall Collins

103. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland has formally applied to join CERN; the process for joining; and the timeframe for same. [45328/17]

Work Permits Eligibility

Charlie McConalogue

104. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on permitting employment permits to be extended for agriculture workers from non-EEA countries as put forward by farming organisations to deal with labour shortages in some sectors. [45341/17]

Social Insurance

Thomas P. Broughan

54. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department is ensuring that all construction companies pay PRSI and social insurance contributions for all construction employees and that main contractors for State contracts, including PPPs, must be fully legally responsible for those contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44627/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

54. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints that were made to the CCPC in each of the years 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 by industry sector; and the number of complaints in which no action was taken. [44430/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

55. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times the CCPC has made requests for additional personnel or financial resources since 2015. [44431/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

56. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the CCPC has enough resources to perform its functions in compliance with the legislation under which it operates. [44432/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Alan Kelly

57. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings she has had with the CCPC. [44433/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

58. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings her officials have had with the CCPC since 2015. [44434/17]

Brexit Expenditure

Niall Collins

59. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018 will open for applications; the length of time the fund will remain open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44454/17]

Brexit Expenditure

Niall Collins

60. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria necessary for persons to apply for loans under the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018; the minimum and maximum amounts permitted to be loaned; the collateral requirements which will be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44455/17]

Departmental Agencies Funding

Niall Collins

61. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the individual allocation for each non-commercial State sponsored body under her Department’s aegis (details supplied) announced in budget 2018; and the 2017 allocation for each body. [44456/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

77. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the new budget allocation of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for 2018. [44108/17]

Brexit Expenditure

Maurice Quinlivan

78. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses estimated to avail of the new €300 million Brexit loan scheme; the average size of loans envisaged; when the scheme will come into operation; the length of time the scheme will operate for; and if she will provide detailed information on the proposal. [44109/17]

Departmental Budgets

Maurice Quinlivan

79. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the 2017 and 2018 budget allocations for all offices and agencies under her Department’s aegis, in tabular form. [44110/17]

Health and Safety Authority Data

Maurice Quinlivan

80. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff that will be allocated to the Health and Safety Authority in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44111/17]

Departmental Agencies Data

Thomas P. Broughan

81. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the State boards under the aegis of her Department which are subject to the provisions of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44166/17]

Departmental Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

82. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding provided by her Department to the European Consumer Centre, Dublin, in each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44167/17]

Departmental Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

83. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the persons appointed by her Department to the board of the European Consumer Centre, Dublin; the number of male and female board members; the date of first appointment of each board member; the number of terms served by each board member; when the term of office of each current board member will expire, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44168/17]

Departmental Funding

Thomas P. Broughan

84. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if appointments to the board of the European Consumer Centre, Dublin, made since November 2014 have been made in line with Government guidelines on appointments to State boards, including public advertisement of vacancies on stateboards.ie; if appointments to the board of the ECC Dublin are made in line with section 4.5 of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies on terms of appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44169/17]

Brexit Expenditure

Róisín Shortall

85. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria required to apply for the €300 million Brexit loan scheme for SMEs announced in budget 2018; when details of the scheme will become available from the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44170/17]

Work Permits Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

101. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43774/17]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Niall Collins

102. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since June 2016 regarding Brexit, in tabular form; and if all such reports have been published. [43379/17]

Trade Agreements

Mick Wallace

103. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the selection process regarding trade experts who will serve as members of the various CETA committees; if these experts will come from industry, academia or otherwise; if she has a role in the selection of members for these committees; the number of experts who will sit on each committee; the length of time they will spend on the committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43404/17]

Trade Agreements

Mick Wallace

104. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has carried out an analysis of the potential costs of CETA's investment court system, ICS, for the State; if the costs that arise from defending future cases in the ICS will be paid from the Exchequer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43405/17]

Departmental Bodies Data

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

105. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the State bodies or boards that fall under the remit of her Department; and the number of members of each State body or board who are not qualified within the field in which the board or body has oversight. [43409/17]

Health and Safety Regulations

John McGuinness

106. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which section 22 of the Dangerous Substances Act 1972 is being enforced; the number of enforcement procedures undertaken arising from non-compliance with the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43590/17]

Work Permits Data

Jan O'Sullivan

107. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of various categories of work permits, such as critical skills permit for non-EU nationals, per industry, that have been granted to companies in the mid-west region over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43894/17]

Employment Rights

Thomas P. Broughan

108. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce a sectoral employment order for workers in the early years preschool sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43902/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Imelda Munster

109. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the names of all potential investors that have expressed an interest in locating a business or expanding an existing business in Drogheda or that have visited Drogheda or met with the IDA regarding same in the past five years, including those that have expressed an interest in working from the IDA business park. [43947/17]

Local Enterprise Offices Data

James Browne

110. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of LEO business expansion grants awarded to County Wexford businesses in 2016; the sum of each grant; the average sum of each grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44013/17]

Local Enterprise Offices Data

James Browne

111. Deputy James Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of LEO grants given to County Wexford businesses in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44014/17]

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 businesses and exports from a hard Brexit scenario including revision of state aid rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43201/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases

Maurice Quinlivan

2. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the report into the failings of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in a trial (details supplied) will be published, having been delivered to her office in July 2017. [43200/17]

Motor Insurance

Niall Collins

3. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding introducing legislation to enhance the powers of PIAB in view of the recommendation in the cost of motor insurance report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43202/17]

Regional Development Initiatives

Mattie McGrath

4. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the work of the IDA and all other agencies under the aegis of her Department in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42755/17]

Regional Development

Seamus Healy

5. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to seek a change in enterprise policy in order that the south-east region can attract a more proportionate share of foreign direct investment and high potential start-ups in view of the fact the region has historically lagged behind; if the region will receive its fair share of the ten-year national investment plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43252/17]

Small and Medium Enterprises Data

Thomas P. Broughan

6. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of microfinance and loan guarantees under her Department's indigenous enterprise development division which were granted in 2015, 2016, and to date in 2017; the value of the finance and loans in each of these years; the areas and sectors receiving this support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42767/17]

Brexit Issues

Brendan Smith

7. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the plans her Department and the State's industrial promotion agencies have to assist in job creation in 2017 and 2018; their further plans to maintain existing employment in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43133/17]