Parliamentary questions

Employment Data

Billy Kelleher

14. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach the latest participation rates of men and women in the labour force by age ranges (details supplied); and the corresponding EU 15 and EU 28 participation rates for the same age ranges by gender in tabular form. [32129/18]

Employment Data

Billy Kelleher

15. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach the latest employment rates of men and women in the labour force by ranges (details supplied); and the corresponding EU 15 and EU 28 employment rates for the same age ranges by gender in tabular form. [32130/18]

Employment Data

Billy Kelleher

16. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach the latest participation rates of men and women in the labour force by age ranges (details supplied) and by those who have attained a third level qualification and those who have not; and the corresponding EU 15 and EU 28 participation rates for the same age by gender and third level qualification attainment in tabular form. [32131/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

38. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form. [35149/18]

Legislative Programme

Billy Kelleher

74. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35139/18]

Brexit Negotiations

Billy Kelleher

86. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a request was submitted formally by his Department to the Brexit preparedness group under the European Commission’s task force on Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom seeking mitigation funding for the companies and exporting businesses here exposed to a no-deal hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third country; and when such proposals were formally submitted. [35123/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

151. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35143/18]

Knowledge Development Box

Billy Kelleher

383. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 12 July 2018, the number of small companies by medium and micros sized firms with accounting periods ended on or before 31 December 2016 that have claimed KDB relief to date in tabular form. [35133/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

384. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35142/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

448. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35147/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

600. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35140/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessments

Billy Kelleher

1203. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35146/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Billy Kelleher

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

Brexit Negotiations

Billy Kelleher

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

Brexit Negotiations

Billy Kelleher

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

Brexit Negotiations

Billy Kelleher

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

Job Creation Targets

Billy Kelleher

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

Job Creation Targets

Billy Kelleher

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

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

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

Ticket Touting

Billy Kelleher

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

Economic Competitiveness

Billy Kelleher

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

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Billy Kelleher

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

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

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

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

1516. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if sanction has been given by the HSE to an organisation (details supplied) for funding applied for through housing disability services for the purchase of housing in Kanturk, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33264/18]

Hospital Services

Billy Kelleher

1543. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if permission will be granted by the HSE to allow a group (details supplied) to use a room at St. Stephen's Hospital, Sarsfields Court, Glanmire, County Cork to convene its meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33341/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessments

Billy Kelleher

1825. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35144/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessments

Billy Kelleher

1991. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of proposals (details supplied) over the period 2011 to 2018 on an annual basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35134/18]

National Broadband Plan Administration

Billy Kelleher

2043. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the roll-out plan for a person (details supplied) and their neighbours will be modified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33118/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessments

Billy Kelleher

2113. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35137/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

2287. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35150/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessments

Billy Kelleher

2356. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35136/18]

Legislative Measures

Billy Kelleher

2412. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period, on an annual basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35148/18]

Social Insurance Fund Data

Billy Kelleher

2427. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost in each of the years 2019 to 2023 of meeting the projected deficits in the social insurance fund; if those projected costs have been incorporated into the expenditure base for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33204/18]

Social Insurance Fund Data

Billy Kelleher

2480. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected surplus or deficit of the social insurance fund in each of the years 2019 to 2023; if this surplus or deficit includes the extension of invalidity pension to the self-employed; if the surplus or deficit has excluded the cost of extending illness, jobseeker's and carer's benefit to the self-employed; if the cost has been factored into the expenditure base for her Department for deficit years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33203/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

2571. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35141/18]

Seaweed Harvesting Licences

Billy Kelleher

2659. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the way in which a large licence for mechanical harvesting of kelp can be issued without an environmental impact assessment in regard to Bantry Bay; if it is a requirement of the terms of licence; the reason there were no public consultation meetings held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33379/18]

Parliamentary Questions

Billy Kelleher

2767. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period, annually, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35145/18]

Regulatory Impact Assessment Data

Billy Kelleher

2861. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of proposals (details supplied) over the 2011 to 2018 period on an annual basis in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35138/18]

Living Wage

Billy Kelleher

67. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed and-or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32220/18]

Living Wage

Billy Kelleher

81. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed and-or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32224/18]

VAT Registration

Billy Kelleher

87. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the issues a company is having doing business as a start-up here. [32139/18]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Billy Kelleher

109. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the approximate regulatory and administrative cost in addition to other potential costs of enabling the SBCI to lend directly to SMEs; and if the concept of relicensing the SBCI in order for it to develop branches for direct lending has been examined. [32110/18]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Billy Kelleher

110. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the bank and non-bank on lender of SBCI funds in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the monetary amount loaned to SMEs in tabular form. [32111/18]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland

Billy Kelleher

111. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the lending targets the SBCI has set for lending to SMEs in 2017 and 2018; and the progress to date on same. [32112/18]

Knowledge Development Box

Billy Kelleher

112. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the number of firms by size (details supplied) that have applied for the knowledge development box scheme for SMEs since being established in tabular form. [32120/18]

Tax Credits

Billy Kelleher

113. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the number of firms by size (details supplied) that have applied for the research and development tax credit in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [32121/18]

Brexit Issues

Billy Kelleher

114. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the contingency plans the Revenue Commissioners has in place for a no deal hard Brexit scenario; and if plans have been made to date or estimates computed for the increased customs officials that may be needed and higher level customs clearance training and advice for third country trading for a hard Brexit scenario. [32138/18]

Living Wage

Billy Kelleher

116. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed and-or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32223/18]

Living Wage

Billy Kelleher

136. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.90 for all employees directly employed and-or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32228/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

170. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female apprentices in training by each employment sector and sub sector at 30 June 2016, 30 June 2017, 31 December 2017 and 30 June 2018 for craft based and consortia led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32099/18]