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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]