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Thu, 24 Nov 2016
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Health Services
Maurice Quinlivan
181. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the services available in west Limerick for a child who has mitochondrial disease. [36624/16]
Tue, 22 Nov 2016
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Valuation Office
Maurice Quinlivan
114. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of properties in Limerick city and county council area on 15 November 2016 that remain unvalued in view of the fact they have not been valued by the Valuation Office. [35894/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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EU Directives
Maurice Quinlivan
16. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government in view of the prospect of the State being issued with fines for breaches of the urban water water directive, the reason he has refused to publish the reasoned opinion from the European Commission; his views on the content of this reasoned opinion; and the actions being funded by his Department and being undertaken by his Department and Irish Water to resolve the issues raised in the Commission's opinion. [35456/16]
Thu, 17 Nov 2016
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Rent Controls
Maurice Quinlivan
92. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of e-mails he has received to date from the secure rents campaign launched on 25 October 2016 by organisations (details supplied). [35457/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Road Improvement Schemes
Maurice Quinlivan
234. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed Coonagh–Knockalisheen road will be completed (details supplied); and the moneys his Department will allocate to ensure that this road project will be completed. [35267/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Departmental Expenditure
Maurice Quinlivan
242. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the source of the increase in capital funding for her Department from the figure given on page 86 of the budget 2017 expenditure report of €30 million and the statement by her on 3 November 2016 that the figure is actually €52 million; the other funding that has been cut to meet this increase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35293/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Brexit Issues
Maurice Quinlivan
244. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a breakdown of both the €3 million allocation for current expenditure and the €52 million allocation in capital expenditure which she stated were to help IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland to deal with Brexit. [35251/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Brexit Issues
Maurice Quinlivan
245. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a breakdown of the reports her Department has consulted in order that the proposed €52 million additional allocation in capital expenditure which she stated was to help IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland to deal with Brexit, will be allocated. [35257/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Brexit Issues
Maurice Quinlivan
246. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the plans her Department has to spend the €52 million additional allocation in capital expenditure which she stated was to help IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland to deal with Brexit. [35258/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Brexit Issues
Maurice Quinlivan
247. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the €52 million additional allocation in capital expenditure which she stated was to help IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland, to deal with Brexit, in tabular form. [35259/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Brexit Issues
Maurice Quinlivan
248. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details, by regions and industry, of the proposed €52 million additional allocation in capital expenditure which she stated was to help IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland to deal with Brexit, in tabular form. [35260/16]
Wed, 16 Nov 2016
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Brexit Issues
Maurice Quinlivan
249. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the proposed €52 million additional allocation in capital spend, which she stated was to help IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland to deal with Brexit, will only be used to support firms affected by Brexit and that non-UK exporters will not benefit from this additional spend. [35261/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Maurice Quinlivan
600. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the detail of the targeting methods being utilised and the timeframe envisaged in order to meet the required staffing levels to ensure the new emergency department in University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, is open by or prior to May 2017. [35012/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Maurice Quinlivan
601. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the timeline of hiring the additional staff needed for the new emergency department at the University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle. [35013/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Maurice Quinlivan
602. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of successful posts that have been awarded, and that are yet to be filled, and if the recruitment process is on track for completion in order that the new emergency department in University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, can open by or prior to May 2017, as previously announced. [35014/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Maurice Quinlivan
603. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if there is a plan or schedule in place for training current staff for the transition to the new emergency department in University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle; and if it will be ensured that everyday operations do not interfere with this timeline to open the new emergency department in the hospital. [35015/16]
Tue, 15 Nov 2016
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Hospital Services
Maurice Quinlivan
608. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if the appropriate resources have been made available by his Department to University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, to ensure the new emergency department will be open by or prior to May 2017 or if additional resources will be needed during this transition. [35128/16]
Thu, 3 Nov 2016
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Action Plan for Jobs
Maurice Quinlivan
2. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the relevance of the eight regional action plans for jobs in view of Brexit; the specific details of meetings her Department has held with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government concerning the former's input into the national spatial strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33200/16]
Thu, 3 Nov 2016
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Trade Agreements
Maurice Quinlivan
8. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, considering the fact that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, is ranked as a mixed agreement, Dáil Éireann will have an opportunity to debate and vote on the issue; when this will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32940/16]
Thu, 3 Nov 2016
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Low Pay Commission Report
Maurice Quinlivan
10. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she will take to address the over-concentration of women in precarious work and in receipt of low pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32942/16]
Thu, 3 Nov 2016
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Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
Maurice Quinlivan
12. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to provide additional funding to InterTrade Ireland to deal with the fall out from Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32941/16]
Thu, 3 Nov 2016
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Ministerial Meetings
Maurice Quinlivan
25. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of interactions and meetings she has had and held with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions specifically concerning Brexit; if she has formally requested that the Government working group on Brexit meet with the ICTU on a regular basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32943/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Student Grant Scheme Appeals
Maurice Quinlivan
118. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will examine the matter of redressing the refused appeal. [32809/16]
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
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Student Grant Scheme Applications
Maurice Quinlivan
119. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32810/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Credit Unions
Maurice Quinlivan
186. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance the action his Department has taken to investigate with credit unions the way in which they can support social housing through the voluntary housing service, as promised in the programme for Government. [32104/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Regeneration Projects
Maurice Quinlivan
267. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he has received a copy of the full review of the Limerick framework implementation plan; if so, his plans to circulate same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31779/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Voluntary Housing Sector
Maurice Quinlivan
287. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the action he has taken to investigate with credit unions the way in which they can support social housing through the voluntary housing service, as promised in the programme for Government. [32103/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Personal Micro Credit Scheme
Maurice Quinlivan
292. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the action his Department has taken to assist the credit unions in the roll out and extension of the personal microcredit scheme, as promised in the programme for Government. [32105/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
Maurice Quinlivan
437. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to the mid-west regional drug and alcohol forum, formerly known as drugs taskforce, per annum from 2008 to 2016; the amount budgeted for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31776/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Fire Safety
Maurice Quinlivan
438. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if a fire safety certificate exists at the emergency department at Limerick University Hospital, particularly in respect of the number of persons continuously on trolleys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31778/16]
Tue, 25 Oct 2016
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Road Projects Status
Maurice Quinlivan
566. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of works and the expected finish date of the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road scheme, which was approved an allocation of €1.4 million in May 2014 and was expected to proceed to construction by the end of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31777/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Hospital Services
Maurice Quinlivan
426. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a definitive date for the opening of the new emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30388/16]
Wed, 5 Oct 2016
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Local Authority Housing
Maurice Quinlivan
44. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans, if any, to apply robust social clauses to the local infrastructure fund to prioritise local workers and workers here for employment on any associated schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22826/16]
Tue, 4 Oct 2016
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Trade Agreements
Maurice Quinlivan
604. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to initiate a debate in relation to the agreed text of the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA); when Dáil Éireann will be given the opportunity to vote on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28483/16]
Thu, 29 Sep 2016
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Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
Maurice Quinlivan
28. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance the way in which the Government plans to deliver €1 billion per year to assist local business and new start-ups to access finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22825/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Wage Subsidy Scheme
Maurice Quinlivan
747. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme; the name of their employer and place of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25563/16]
Fri, 16 Sep 2016
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Wage Subsidy Scheme
Maurice Quinlivan
748. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the wage subsidy scheme and disability benefit; the name of their employer and place of work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25564/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Low Pay Commission Report
Maurice Quinlivan
32. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she accepts that the section on page three of the summer economic statement that the Government will support an increase in the minimum wage to €10.50 per hour over the next five years and will put in place mechanisms that mitigate the impact on employers in order to protect lower paid jobs, pre-empts and undermines the work of the Low Pay Commission; the specific mechanisms planned to mitigate the impact on employers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22914/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Maurice Quinlivan
38. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to explain in detail the ratification process in relation to the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22827/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Low Pay
Maurice Quinlivan
44. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the assertion on page 3 of the summer economic statement that the Government will improve the take-home pay of families on low incomes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22824/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Workplace Relations Services
Maurice Quinlivan
69. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she accepts that the Workplace Relations Commission is significantly under-resourced and that this impacts its ability to carry out its statutory functions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22823/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times
Maurice Quinlivan
323. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the crisis in the emergency department at Limerick University Hospital, particularly in respect of the number of persons on trolleys; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23124/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Accident and Emergency Departments
Maurice Quinlivan
324. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the expected opening date of the new emergency department at Limerick University Hospital; his plans to incorporate the existing accident and emergency staff into the new environment; if he has spoken to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, the Irish Medical Organisation and other relevant unions and representative associations on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23125/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Hospital Staff Recruitment
Maurice Quinlivan
325. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the new skills that will be required in terms of staffing for the new emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; the progress of the emergency department recruitment drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23126/16]
Wed, 20 Jul 2016
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Hospitals Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
326. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health his plans to invest in modern diagnostic services such as X-ray scans, ultrasounds and so on to allow for faster turnaround in the new emergency department at Limerick University Hospital; the way he intends to deal with the fact that there are not sufficient skilled staff available to operate existing equipment with the result that the service is running at half capacity which in turn leads to bed-blocking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23127/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Fiscal Policy
Maurice Quinlivan
215. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance if he will seek a derogation from the European Commission to borrow €1 billion outside the fiscal rules for the purpose of social housing, as recently requested by IBEC in its 2017 budget proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22657/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Fiscal Policy
Maurice Quinlivan
216. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance the criteria for and availability of a derogation from the European Commission to borrow outside the fiscal rules for the purpose of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22658/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Fiscal Policy
Maurice Quinlivan
217. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the recent joint statement on Brexit, in which President Hollande, Chancellor Merkel and Prime Minister Renzi noted that Europe must strengthen areas where both economic and social priorities overlap (details supplied); if he will seek a derogation from the European Commission to borrow €1 billion outside of the fiscal rules for the purpose of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22660/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
Maurice Quinlivan
909. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will initiate a debate on the agreed text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; if Dáil Éireann will be given the opportunity to vote on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22908/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Employment Rights
Maurice Quinlivan
910. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to regulate the au pair and domestic workers sector to protect vulnerable women from exploitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22909/16]
Tue, 19 Jul 2016
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Low Pay Commission Expenditure
Maurice Quinlivan
911. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 787 to 790, inclusive, of 12 July 2016, the exact amount of pay received by individual members of the Low Pay Commission for 2015 from a total of €155,500, and the same for the first six months of this year, for the €244,000 allocated to the commission for pay in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22910/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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National Dementia Strategy Implementation
Maurice Quinlivan
70. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 714 of 31 May 2016, how the co-investment programme of €27.5 million for the national dementia strategy has been spent; the funding available from this; the cost to date of providing intensive home care packages since January 2015 to the 133 persons nationally; the cost of rolling out dementia specialist intensive home care packages to all local health office, LHO, areas, as was piloted in eight LHOs as part of the national dementia strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20933/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Orthodontic Services
Maurice Quinlivan
123. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of suitably qualified staff that have been part of the initiative undertaken by the HSE to train and upskill to become orthodontic therapists; the details of the pilot scheme and the number of patients who are under treatment; the progress being made to expand this initiative to other regional orthodontic departments; and if he will make a statement to the matter. [20932/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Foireann Roinne
Maurice Quinlivan
44. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Maurice Quinlivan den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an dtabharfaidh sí na sonraí maidir leis an laghdú atá tagtha ar líon na foirne i Roinn na Gaeltachta le deich mbliana anuas. [19876/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Road Signage
Maurice Quinlivan
635. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to explain the absence of a signpost for Castleconnell at junction 27 of the M7 motorway, which is the last junction before motorists from Dublin would bypass the tourist village; and the steps he will take without delay to correct this anomaly. [19180/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Roads Maintenance
Maurice Quinlivan
640. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a policy whereby when footpaths are being upgraded disabled ramps and a designated parking spot are included in the plans; if there is a specific fund allocated to local authorities to provide disabled parking spots in rural towns in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19400/16]
Wed, 29 Jun 2016
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Road Improvement Schemes
Maurice Quinlivan
201. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to set out the status of works and the expected finish date of the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road scheme, which was approved an allocation of €1.4 million in May 2014 and was expected to proceed to construction by the end of 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18652/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
205. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make a subvention available to compensate for the net downward global revaluation, as he did with other councils that were in the same position in 2015, with regard to the impact of the 2015 global valuations on Fingal council’s budgets, which will not be felt until 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18327/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
206. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the courses of action councils can take to make up shortfalls that arose from the downward revaluation of utility companies if compensation from central government will not be paid in 2017, as was the case in 2016 in relation to the impact of the 2015 global valuations on council budgets. [18328/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
207. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned with regards to possible shortfalls in council budgets in relation to the impact of the 2015 global valuations on council budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18329/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
208. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he is concerned that the companies which received downward revaluations were all highly profitable companies (details supplied) and that now small business, many of which are still struggling, could be facing hikes to their rates to compensate for the downward revaluation of many profitable companies or alternatively councils may be forced to cut back on expenditure to compensate for the loss, in relation to the impact of the 2015 global valuations on council budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18330/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Rates
Maurice Quinlivan
209. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the rates due and paid by Irish Water in each local authority since its inception, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18331/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Rates
Maurice Quinlivan
210. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if Irish Water will be assessed as rateable or exempt from rates for 2017, in all relevant local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18332/16]
Tue, 28 Jun 2016
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Local Authority Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
219. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be making the same subventions as listed in a table (details supplied) for 2017, in relation to the 2015 global valuations on council budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18429/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Banking Sector Remuneration
Maurice Quinlivan
14. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance why he supported the exorbitant salary of the chief executive of Bank of Ireland at the bank's recent annual general meeting, given the State's 14% shareholding in the bank; the rationale behind his position; and if he will enforce the policy of the Government pay cap at the bank's next annual general meeting. [17486/16]
Thu, 23 Jun 2016
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Public Interest Directors
Maurice Quinlivan
46. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the merits of appointing public interest directors to the boards of banks; and his intention in this regard over the coming years. [17487/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Job Creation
Maurice Quinlivan
553. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her strategy for job creation on the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal; how Inishowen can benefit from the designation of Letterkenny as a gateway town and from the Letterkenny-Derry Gateway initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16854/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Job Creation
Maurice Quinlivan
554. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits to County Donegal by potential investors organised by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland in each of the years 2009 to 2016 to date. [16855/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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IDA Site Visits
Maurice Quinlivan
555. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits organised by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland for potential investors, by county, in each of the years 2009 to 2016 to date. [16856/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Job Creation
Maurice Quinlivan
556. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her role in working in partnership with her Northern counterpart in marketing the north west cross-Border region of counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Derry, Tyrone and Fermanagh for inward investment and job creation. [16857/16]
Tue, 21 Jun 2016
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Industrial Disputes
Maurice Quinlivan
561. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the dispute at the Garda Síochána Training College in Templemore, County Tipperary, where contract cleaners have been brought in without consultation with the Mandate trade union which represents permanent workers employed by the Office of Public Works and without the latter being given the opportunity to work overtime; that numerous health and safety concerns have been raised with management to no avail; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17249/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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VAT Rate Application
Maurice Quinlivan
34. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will make retention of the 9% value added tax rate to the hospitality sector conditional on its engagement with the Labour Relations Commission and acceptance of registered employment agreements, given that this sector has an embedded culture of widespread low pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16247/16]
Wed, 15 Jun 2016
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Low Pay Commission Remit
Maurice Quinlivan
215. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will introduce legislation to increase the remit of the Low Pay Commission from its limited focus on the minimum wage to empower it to look at low pay in general and to make recommendations accordingly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16370/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Maurice Quinlivan
181. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to specifically target young persons in any new national apprenticeship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16034/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Unemployment Levels
Maurice Quinlivan
280. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to address the issue of the long-term unemployed, of which there now are 100,000 persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16036/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Youth Unemployment Measures
Maurice Quinlivan
281. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps he will take to address the issue of youth unemployment which now stands at 15%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16034/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Zero-hour Contracts
Maurice Quinlivan
628. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to implement the recommendations of the University of Limerick study, A Study of the Prevalence of Zero Hour Contracts 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16035/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Gender Balance
Maurice Quinlivan
629. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she intends to take to increase female participation in the labour market and to deal with the issue of part-time underemployment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16037/16]
Tue, 14 Jun 2016
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Job Creation Data
Maurice Quinlivan
630. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide a detailed breakdown by sector of the employment status in terms of post, rate of pay, full-time and part-time, of the 3,500 new jobs supported by local enterprise offices in 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16038/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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National Dementia Strategy Implementation
Maurice Quinlivan
26. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the status of the provision of funding for intensive dementia-specific home care packages provided through a joint Health Service Executive/Atlantic Philanthropies programme as part of the national dementia strategy; how many local health offices were funded; how many persons benefited from the package; the funding available to fund this further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13709/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Patient Safety
Maurice Quinlivan
68. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to date on a review of international advocacy models and advocacy services, with a view to developing a national advocacy service for patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13708/16]
Thu, 2 Jun 2016
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Drug and Alcohol Task Forces
Maurice Quinlivan
246. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason for cuts to the mid-west task force of 51.8% since 2009; if he will establish a drugs task force for the metropolitan area of Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14099/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Stability and Growth Pact
Maurice Quinlivan
246. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance regarding his assertion that we do not meet the criteria for applying, particularly in light of the economic cycle and other factors, for greater flexibility at European level on EU fiscal rules to support long-term investment programmes, with social housing being a top priority, if he will define our ineligibility in light of the economic cycle and other factors. [12902/16]
Tue, 31 May 2016
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Foireann Roinne
Maurice Quinlivan
599. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí na sonraí maidir leis an laghdú atá tagtha ar líon na bhfoirne i Roinn na Gaeltachta le deich mbliana anuas. [13191/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Maurice Quinlivan
186. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plan of action for training for apprenticeships for trades, given the urgent need for certain skills and to build houses in the next number of months and years; his views on recent developments; his plans for apprenticeship training for trades; and the funding he will allocate for training apprenticeships for trades in each of the years 2017 to 2021 in tabular form. [11665/16]
Tue, 24 May 2016
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Commercial Rates
Maurice Quinlivan
249. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the details of the reduction in revenue from commercial rates for Limerick City and County Council, Waterford City and County Council, Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, South Dublin County Council and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council as a result of the Valuation Office's global revaluation, if the commercial rates charged by each local authority in 2015 were to remain the same in 2017, and no other source of revenue was found to substitute the lost revenue, in tabular form. [11723/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Maurice Quinlivan
202. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance further to his response at the Committee on Housing and Homelessness to this Deputy's question regarding flexibility in the fiscal rules for capital investment and subsequent reports regarding the new programme for Government, which provides for a cumulative additional €4 billion and given the favourable treatment of capital under the fiscal rules, the way the expenditure benchmark will be impacted by this proposed increase in capital expenditure and the scope for increases in capital expenditure to 2021 due to the flexibility vis-à-vis capital expenditure and the smoothing of investment over a number of years; the way in which this increase in capital expenditure will impact on the recent capital expenditure projections contained in the Stability Programme update for 2016, (details supplied); and the amount by which he expects the €3.8 billion capital allocation for housing will increase. [10041/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Housing Provision
Maurice Quinlivan
381. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 20 April 2016, the number of housing units that have been constructed as part of that plan since the original Limerick regeneration master plan in January 2008; the details of the vision plans, Our Community, Our Vision, Our Future; the number of units demolished since January 2008; the locations of all units demolished and constructed, by postal address; the number of units that are refurbishments of pre-existing structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9622/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Hospital Staff
Maurice Quinlivan
691. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the moneys spent by University Hospital Limerick on agency staff in each of the years 2011 to 2015 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9650/16]
Tue, 17 May 2016
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Home Help Service Data
Maurice Quinlivan
693. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of new applications under the home help scheme that were approved but not allocated due to financial constraints in the Limerick local health office in each of the past six months in tabular form. [9698/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Schools Building Projects Status
Maurice Quinlivan
413. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of funding that has been secured, and expended, to date, for the construction of a proposed secondary school in the Limerick city east area; the total amount of funding that it is envisioned will be provided; the schedule of expending these funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7397/16]
Wed, 20 Apr 2016
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Housing Provision
Maurice Quinlivan
463. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an updated list of housing units that have been demolished by the implementation of the Limerick regeneration framework implementation plan; the number of units that have been constructed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7396/16]