Parliamentary questions

Personal Injuries Commission

Billy Kelleher

120. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the most recent Personal Injuries Commission report and the recommendation to establish a judicial council and for the Minister for Justice and Equality to formally request that the council review the award guidelines; and the estimated impact this will have on the book of quantum. [46385/18]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Billy Kelleher

121. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when applications to the disruptive technologies fund will open and close; and the 2019 budget allocation for same. [46386/18]

Workplace Relations Services Staff

Billy Kelleher

122. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the allocation to the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court in each of the years 2015 to 2018 broken down between current and capital funds; the amount expended in each year and to date in 2018; the 2019 allocation; and the number of civil servants in the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court by grade in tabular form. [46387/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

194. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings that have taken place to date since the formation of the working group comprising representatives from the Directorate General for Competition, his Department, Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to scope and design schemes to support enterprises impacted by Brexit in line with state aid rules; the dates of all such meetings; the remaining meetings planned for 2018 and Q1 2019; the progression on new potential schemes that fall within state aid rules and their operational date; if he or Enterprise Ireland submitted or discussed proposals in the forum requesting that the state aid ceiling under EU Regulation No. 1407/2013 be temporarily adapted as a policy response to protect Irish companies and exporting businesses exposed to a no-deal hard Brexit and the UK becoming a third country; and when such proposals were formally submitted. [46370/18]

Unemployment Data

Billy Kelleher

261. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions being taken to reduce the number of jobless houses; and the latest data on same. [46375/18]

Employment Data

Billy Kelleher

277. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants in nationally accredited internships; the number in the public and private sectors; and the regulatory framework concerning persons in internship schemes and the national minimum wage. [46377/18]

School Transport Provision

Billy Kelleher

364. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) under the school transport scheme. [45810/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Billy Kelleher

472. Deputy Billy Kelleher 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 she is taking to address them, following the trial of a person. [45004/18]

Departmental Schemes

Billy Kelleher

101. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the changes he plans to make to increase the take-up by SMEs in the employment investment incentive scheme and the key employee engagement programme. [44495/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

155. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female apprentices in training by each employment sector and subsector at 30 September 2018 for craft based and consortia-led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44486/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

156. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in each employment sector and subsector at 30 September 2018 for all craft based and consortia-led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44487/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

157. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the actual apprentice population in each employment sector and subsector as at 30 September 2018. [44488/18]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Billy Kelleher

158. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the assessment by the Apprenticeship Council regarding the 77 proposals received in the second call for new apprenticeship categories which closed on 1 September 2017; the apprenticeships that have been approved for roll-out to date; and the timeline for operationalising each new approved apprenticeship in tabular form. [44489/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Billy Kelleher

201. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits by county in quarter 1, 2 and 3 of 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44484/18]

Jobs Protection

Billy Kelleher

202. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); the supports that have been put in place for employees that will be made redundant; if she has spoken with the management of the company regarding these job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44485/18]

Jobs Initiative

Billy Kelleher

203. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the date of the national jobs summit in November 2018. [44490/18]

Departmental Budgets

Billy Kelleher

204. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount announced by her Department in budget 2019 towards doubling Ireland’s global footprint. [44491/18]

Departmental Funding

Billy Kelleher

205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to the seed and venture capital fund in each year since established; and the number of approved applicants. [44492/18]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

Billy Kelleher

206. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to regional innovation and technology clusters programme for SMEs by and in each year since established; and the number of approved applicants in tabular form. [44493/18]

Science Foundation Ireland Data

Billy Kelleher

207. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to the strategic partnership programme for SFI in each year since it was established; and the number of approved applicants in tabular form. [44494/18]

Departmental Schemes

Billy Kelleher

208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to the retail online scheme in 2019. [44497/18]

Foreign Direct Investment

Billy Kelleher

209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken to ensure Ireland is an attractive place for foreign direct investment to locate to following a report (details supplied) showing that total foreign direct investment here fell sharply in the first six months of 2018. [44498/18]

Work Permits Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a case regarding the refusal to issue an employment permit to a person (details supplied); and the ruling issued. [44499/18]

Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans

Billy Kelleher

126. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in Cork city hospitals in which 8,601 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment. [43571/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken to reduce the costs of doing business here and reverse Irish competitiveness deficiencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42974/18]

Personal Injuries Commission

Billy Kelleher

3. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the implementation of each of the 14 recommendations made by the Personal Injuries Commission regarding personal injury awards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42975/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

8. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the take-up rate for business Brexit supports provided by her Department and agencies to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42563/18]

National Development Plan Funding

Billy Kelleher

12. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the decision-making process for applications for funding under the new disruptive technologies innovation fund under the new National Development Plan 2018-2027. [42560/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

16. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium enterprises that have been sanctioned for funding and have received funding under the €300 million SME working capital loan scheme. [42564/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Billy Kelleher

17. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions in budget 2019 to reduce the costs of doing business here and reverse Irish competitiveness deficiencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42562/18]

Skills Shortages

Billy Kelleher

30. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a long-term plan in place to deal with skills shortages in various sectors; and the timeframe to implement recommendations by the expert group on future skills needs. [42561/18]

Flood Relief Schemes Status

Billy Kelleher

117. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme confirmation package for Glashaboy, Glanmire, County Cork will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/18]

Hospital Charges

Billy Kelleher

202. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the removal of charges for chemotherapy and radiotherapy patients who are not in receipt of a medical card or medical insurance is being considered in view of the hardship that this can cause at a very vulnerable time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42781/18]

Rail Services Data

Billy Kelleher

258. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints made against Irish Rail regarding Cork routes or stations; the nature of these complaints for 2017 and the first six months of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42838/18]

Rail Services Staff

Billy Kelleher

259. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date when staff disability awareness training was last carried out at each train station in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42839/18]

Rail Services Staff

Billy Kelleher

260. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if staffing levels in Irish Rail are reduced in the autumn; if so, the details by station in tabular form; the number of staff who have been let go; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42840/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

191. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) will be included on the fibre broadband line being installed in an area; if not, the date for the roll-out of high-speed broadband for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42578/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

194. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the new fibre cable stops approximately 500 m at one side of a person's (details supplied) house and approximately 1 km at the other; the date for the roll-out of high-speed broadband for the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42703/18]

School Staff

Billy Kelleher

195. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review an appeal by a school (details supplied) under the exceptional accommodation difficulties to allow an additional teacher to be appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41751/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

334. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the latest figures regarding the Brexit SME loan scheme launched in March 2018 for each item (details supplied) up until the end of the third quarter of 2018, in tabular form. [42532/18]

Departmental Agencies Funding

Billy Kelleher

335. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the proposed current and capital allocation to each agency under her remit following budget 2019; and the allocation made in her Department and in each agency towards hiring new staff in tabular form. [42533/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

336. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will list each Brexit measure committed to in her Department following budget 2019; and the exact financial allocation for each such measure in tabular form. [42534/18]

Departmental Programmes

Billy Kelleher

337. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the financial allocation to the new customs training programme following budget 2019. [42535/18]

Disabilities Assessments

Billy Kelleher

399. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will undergo an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41987/18]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

63. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost of ending apprenticeship fees; and if he will provide an overview of the annual bursary that apprentices may receive. [41688/18]

Legislative Programme

Billy Kelleher

89. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Bills under her remit that are expected to undergo pre-legislative scrutiny in the autumn session; and the Bills that will be taken at second stage in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [41689/18]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Billy Kelleher

90. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the capital spend to date in 2018, including the capital carry-over from 2017 by subhead; the provision under each subhead, including the capital carry-over from 2017 provided for in the Revised Estimates Volume for 2018; the details of overspends or underspends under each subhead; the action to be taken to deal with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41690/18]

Psychological Services

Billy Kelleher

93. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive a psychology appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41550/18]

School Transport Provision

Billy Kelleher

73. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a taxi under the school transport scheme will be provided for a person (details supplied) to transport them to and from an ASD unit in a school. [41273/18]

Broadband Service Provision

Billy Kelleher

421. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the roll-out of high-speed broadband for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40642/18]