Parliamentary questions

European Court of Justice Rulings

Niall Collins

628. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recent European Court of Justice decision and the possible impact on existing EU trade agreements and future ones (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25307/17]

Joint Labour Committees

Niall Collins

629. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25308/17]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

Niall Collins

631. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her Department's budget allocated to hiring staff on a Department wide basis; and the specific allocations provided to each State agency under her auspices in each of the years 2014 to 2016; and the budget allocation for 2017. [25374/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

632. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has identified the sectors most vulnerable to divergence of standards in the context of Brexit; if she has estimated the impact on each sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25413/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

633. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications made to date in 2017 for the be prepared grant; the number of drawdowns of this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25414/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

634. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have completed the Enterprise Ireland Brexit scorecard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25415/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Stephen Donnelly

635. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings she has had with officials from Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and Science Foundation Ireland on Brexit-related matters in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25416/17]

Brexit Issues

Stephen Donnelly

636. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings which have taken place with the National Competitiveness Council in the context of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25417/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Stephen Donnelly

637. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times she has met an organisation (details supplied) on Brexit-related matters to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25418/17]

Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment

Stephen Donnelly

638. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies for Brexit-related posts within the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25419/17]

IDA Site Visits

Joan Burton

639. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in securing a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25532/17]

IDA Site Visits

Joan Burton

640. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits arranged by IDA Ireland in marketing County Kildare as a jobs location in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25534/17]

Brexit Issues

Darragh O'Brien

641. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have made formal inquiries to Departments, State agencies or the Central Bank in regard to relocating here as a consequence of Brexit; the number of jobs that have been created here as a direct consequence of companies locating here as a result of Brexit; the number of jobs she expects to be created as a consequence of companies locating here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25566/17]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Alan Kelly

642. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the specific actions she has undertaken under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national mitigation plan. [25698/17]

Action Plan for Jobs

Catherine Martin

643. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the competitive call for project applications under the €40 million regional action for jobs fund will be announced. [25796/17]

Job Retention

Niall Collins

644. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25920/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Niall Collins

645. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) following the judges' comments regarding the conduct of the investigation by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. [25921/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Niall Collins

646. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will invoke section 955 of the Companies Act 2014 which empowers her to seek a report on a matter from the ODCE or when requested to account to a committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas following the collapse of a trial (details supplied). [25922/17]

Capitation Grants

Anne Rabbitte

647. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way in which her Department determines capitation payments to the various qualifications of FETAC within the child care sector (details supplied); the mechanism of assessment applied to capitation payments paid to non-FETAC-qualified persons in the child care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25272/17]

Child and Family Agency

Pearse Doherty

648. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a person (details supplied) in County Donegal received an acknowledgement from the local Tusla office of a freedom of information request which was addressed to and received by a separate third party; the way in which this error occurred; the way in which the agency came to hold a third party's information on file; if her attention has been drawn to the serious breach in confidentiality and data protection which such an action has caused to the privacy of the correspondent in this case; if she will instruct the agency to issue a full apology and explanation to the person involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25280/17]

Early Childhood Care and Education Funding

Mattie McGrath

649. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to reconsider the level of funding provided for the early years capital funding scheme 2017; if her attention has been drawn to concerns that the level of funding is insufficient to meet the demands of the sector; the reason private child care facilities are not eligible to access funding under strand 2 of the capital funding scheme; the reason for the short timeframe set out within the guidelines to complete the application; her views on whether it will be extremely difficult to have building works completed by the 30 November 2017 deadline; her plans to extend this deadline; her further plans to support private child care practitioners in a more comprehensive manner to ensure that sufficient child care places will be made available; if she will ensure that all future funding schemes will be open to all child care providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25334/17]

Residential Institutions Redress Scheme

Clare Daly

650. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she will take to get a commitment from religious orders not to sell off any of the mother and baby homes until a cemetery and monument are in place at each home. [25599/17]

Departmental Policy Reviews

Mattie McGrath

651. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 676 of 23 May 2017, if, prior to the current matters before the courts, her Department's definition of "child" included the unborn child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25600/17]

Family Support Services

Brendan Griffin

652. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25719/17]

Child Care Services

Anne Rabbitte

653. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the estimated date of delivery for the affordable child care scheme. [25748/17]

Child Care Services

Richard Boyd Barrett

654. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if the single affordable child care scheme will be ready in September 2017 as promised; if not, the way in which parents will manage child care placements for the school year if they do not know the cost of their child care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25849/17]

Child Care Services

Brendan Griffin

655. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if funding for after-school care for infants will be provided for a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25856/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

656. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the 2014 internal Air Corps report was made available to the independent third party appointed to investigate protected disclosures regarding health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25557/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

657. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he or his predecessor were provided with the 2014 internal Air Corps report on health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25558/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

658. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department or the military authorities have provided the reason Air Corps inspection reports carried out by Forbairt in the 1990s have gone missing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25559/17]

Air Corps

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

659. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the 2014 internal Air Corps report on health and safety issues at Casement Aerodrome prompted a review of health and safety management at the aerodrome at the time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25560/17]

Departmental Properties

Jan O'Sullivan

660. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the responsibilities of his Department with regard to a protected structure (details supplied) owned by his Department and leased to a local authority; if there is funding available from his Department or other organs of the State to assist in the cost of making safe and restoring the structure to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25578/17]

Defence Forces Deployment

Lisa Chambers

661. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel that can be transferred by an individual Air Corps helicopter. [25593/17]

Defence Forces Recruitment

Lisa Chambers

662. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage increase in the Army Ranger Wing, Sciathán Fianóglach an Airm, since the publication of the White Paper on Defence in 2015. [25594/17]

National Mitigation Plan

Alan Kelly

663. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the specific actions he has undertaken under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 to contribute to the national mitigation plan. [25697/17]

Defence Forces Reorganisation

Lisa Chambers

664. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 17 May 2017, if the number of specialist field engineer companies of the Army was reduced from three to two in the 2012 reorganisation; and if so, the way in which he can then state that the ability of the Defence Forces to adequately respond to specialist engineer aid to the civil authority contingency requirements has not as a consequence been negatively impacted. [25818/17]

Defence Forces Operations

Lisa Chambers

665. Deputy Lisa Chambers asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces have participated in carefully planned live field exercises with An Garda Síochána in view of assessing the State’s contingency capability for effective co-ordinated responses to terrorist incidents and ensuring it is fit for purpose; if so, if such exercises have been followed by immediate professional lessons identified and lessons learned processes; the number of times such exercises have taken place in 2016 and to date 2017; the number of Defence Forces personnel involved in each of the exercises; and if such exercises are planned in the future. [25819/17]