Parliamentary questions

Remote Working

Louise O'Reilly

321. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount invested in remote working hubs in 2020. [33725/21]

Enterprise Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

140. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland supported companies that are currently located within each county; the number of site visits that were conducted by Enterprise Ireland in each county in the past five years respectively; the amount of funding that was expended by Enterprise Ireland in each county in the past five years respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32875/21]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

141. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to each local enterprise office in each of the past five years in tabular form. [32876/21]

Departmental Funding

Louise O'Reilly

142. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to InterTradeIreland in each of the past five years in tabular form. [32877/21]

Road Safety Authority

Louise O'Reilly

168. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 79 of 12 May 2021, if he will clarify the schedule 8 referred to and the location the recently amended SI No. 489 of 2020 mentions qualification of testers. [32848/21]

Road Safety Authority

Louise O'Reilly

169. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 80 of 12 May 2021, if initial basic training has now been fully resumed. [32849/21]

Rail Network

Louise O'Reilly

62. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the status of the plans to extend the DART northwards to Balbriggan. [32248/21]

Rail Network

Louise O'Reilly

66. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the steps he is taking to ensure the safety of passengers on the DART. [32247/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

34. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding issued under the small business assistance scheme for Covid-19 to date; and the number of businesses that have benefitted by county in tabular form. [32277/21]

Small and Medium Enterprises

Louise O'Reilly

39. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding that will be provided to deliver a Ministerial-led SME and entrepreneurship implementation group to coordinate the delivery of supports for SMEs across all sectors of the economy in addition to the single SME portal to streamline access to assistance as outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32275/21]

Electricity Generation

Louise O'Reilly

45. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions he is taking to ensure that data centres do not disrupt or damage electricity supply to homes given the recent pronouncements from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. [32263/21]

Electricity Generation

Louise O'Reilly

46. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the way in which the transition to electric cars can be expected when the volume of data centres located in the State is threatening electricity supply to homes given the recent pronouncements from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. [32264/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

83. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the volume of money warehoused under the tax debt warehousing scheme by sector. [32262/21]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

84. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the 9% VAT rate until 1 September 2022. [32276/21]

Commercial Rates

Louise O'Reilly

109. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated cost of extending the commercial rates waiver until the end of September 2021. [32261/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

147. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if consideration has been given to vaccinating teachers who will be undertaking the July provision in summer 2021. [32440/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Louise O'Reilly

151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of special enterprise support grants for self-employed persons issued to date; and the amount of funding provided by county and in tabular form. [32266/21]

Employment Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

152. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding that will be provided to deliver the 10,000 places for the work placement experience programme outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32267/21]

Employment Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

153. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding that will be provided to deliver an additional 3,000 places on State employment schemes outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32269/21]

Youth Services

Louise O'Reilly

154. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding that will be provided to deliver the new youth employment charter and the new EU reinforced youth guarantee process outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32270/21]

Employment Schemes

Louise O'Reilly

155. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding that will be provided to deliver the 8,000 JobsPlus scheme places outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32273/21]

Employment Support Services

Louise O'Reilly

156. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding that will be provided to deliver the 150 employment case officer job coaches during 2021 to conduct 1,600,000 one-to-one case worker and jobseeker meetings over a rolling 12-month period as outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32274/21]

Social Welfare Rates

Louise O'Reilly

167. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of indexing core social welfare rates to 27.5% of average weekly earnings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32265/21]

Education and Training Provision

Louise O'Reilly

191. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding that will be provided to deliver 50,000 education and training places to support upskilling and reskilling for the labour market outlined in the Economic Recovery Plan 2021. [32268/21]

Overseas Study Placements

Louise O'Reilly

192. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an analysis has been carried by his Department of the expenditure of stamp two visa holders while studying in Ireland; if an analysis has been done on the income of stamp two visa holders in which all working time rules are followed and an attendance rate of over 85% is maintained over three eight month periods in an English language school; and if the expenditure is greater than the highest potential income of students who work to fund their study, if consideration will be given to removing limits on working hours in order that workers can meet their expenditure while staying within the working limit rules. [32396/21]

Overseas Study Placements

Louise O'Reilly

193. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if consideration will be given to a reversion to the 12 month duration for English language stamp two visas in order to help students who work while studying in English language education schools given all English language education stamp two visas lasted 12 months until 2015 before moving to 8 months. [32397/21]

Economic and Social Research Institute

Louise O'Reilly

55. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance his views on a recent paper published by the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, on 3 June 2021 which argues for an increase in State borrowing to increase Irish housing supply; his views on its findings; and if he will alter the fiscal policy in order to double the level of capital investment in public housing in budget 2022. [31795/21]

Departmental Budgets

Louise O'Reilly

163. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of Vote 32 for enterprise, trade and employment with headings and subheadings for 2021, in tabular form. [31385/21]

Departmental Budgets

Louise O'Reilly

164. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of Vote 32 for business, enterprise and innovation with headings and subheadings for 2020, in tabular form. [31386/21]

Driver Test

Louise O'Reilly

246. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the specific details regarding the rules and regulations for the election of members of the Approved Driving Instructors Stakeholders Forum; the personnel allocated with the responsibility of calling the elections; the criteria for elections and for candidates; the rules regarding the timeline for announcing and running elections to the forum; and when the next election is due to take place. [31021/21]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

362. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if the interest penalty for tax warehousing for self-employed persons will be deferred until 2022. [31383/21]

EU Funding

Louise O'Reilly

438. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Ireland has requested under article 25(3) of the regulation establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility to redact information relating to the National Recovery Plan; if so, the nature of such redactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31020/21]

Wildlife Protection

Louise O'Reilly

613. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a copy of the briefing notes and any recommendations provided to him by his Department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service towards informing his opinion as declared and signed by him for the implementation of the wild birds derogations for the period 1 May 2020 to 30 April 2021. [31384/21]

Education and Training Provision

Louise O'Reilly

1053. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he will take to ensure workers who need to resit or sit the safe pass course can be do as soon as possible given the serious waiting lists that exist; if courses will be delivered using applications (details supplied) in order to alleviate the backlog; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31019/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

1. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding the recruitment campaign to increase the number of Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, inspectors from 53 to the 90 it was authorised to recruit in 2006. [29941/21]

Departmental Reviews

Louise O'Reilly

3. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the establishment of a task force to examine the future of retail in Ireland. [29942/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Louise O'Reilly

21. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will meet individually with representatives of associations (details supplied) regarding the impact of Covid-19 and the public health restrictions on the pub and restaurant sector. [29940/21]

Employment Rights

Louise O'Reilly

57. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to recent developments whereby a bank (details supplied) and NUI Galway have rolled out paid domestic violence leave policies. [29938/21]

Social Media

Louise O'Reilly

101. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of his engagement with social media platforms regarding working conditions for content moderators. [29939/21]

Haulage Industry

Louise O'Reilly

245. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 19 May 2021, if his attention has been drawn to the speech by the Minister for Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (details supplied) in which he stated arrangements would be made to ensure recognition of professional qualifications between Ireland and Britain; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the failure to do same for the qualification of transport manager is causing difficulties for the transport and haulage sector; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the matter is causing residency issues for workers who can no longer live in Northern Ireland and work as a transport manager here; and if he will pursue a derogation specific to this region and for this qualification given the unique circumstances on the island of Ireland. [30396/21]

Ministerial Meetings

Louise O'Reilly

261. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of meetings she has had with RTÉ over the course of 2020 and to date in 2021. [30395/21]

School Enrolments

Louise O'Reilly

303. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the waiting list for school places in a school (details supplied); her plans to address the matter by way of additional places for the first year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30393/21]

Workplace Relations Commission

Louise O'Reilly

137. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 31 March 2021, the breakdown of the counties in which the reported breaches in employment law uncovered by the Workplace Relations Commission investigations took place in each of the years reported by number of breaches and by county in tabular form. [29134/21]

Domestic Violence

Louise O'Reilly

84. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the recently published domestic violence leave policy by NUI Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28333/21]

Labour Court

Louise O'Reilly

96. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason he has ignored the recommendations of the Labour Court and of a Joint Labour Committee concerning the commencement date for pay increases contained in a new employment regulation order for the security sector given that the signing of the order has been deferred from 1 June until 1 September 2021. [28922/21]

Tax Code

Louise O'Reilly

133. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if self-employed persons, such as taxi drivers, will be allowed to warehouse their tax liability for 2020 and repayment schedules arranged with the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28919/21]

Customs and Excise

Louise O'Reilly

141. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if craft cider producers will be allowed access to the same excise relief currently enjoyed by microbrewers; the estimated cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29047/21]

Diplomatic Representation

Louise O'Reilly

170. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether it is acceptable from a trade perspective for the social media account of an Irish Embassy (details supplied) to make statements regarding a strike in which it appears to use its position to represent the interests of one particular company headquartered in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28918/21]

Social Welfare Benefits

Louise O'Reilly

175. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will examine the case of person (details supplied); when they will receive a transition payment including arrears owed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28496/21]

Driver Licences

Louise O'Reilly

118. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the facilities that exist for driver licence renewal for persons that do not have the capabilities or facilities to renew online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27800/21]