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Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Enterprise Ireland Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
1236. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the market discovery fund to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33595/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Brexit Supports
Maurice Quinlivan
1237. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit loan scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33596/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Brexit Supports
Maurice Quinlivan
1238. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have availed of the Brexit Start to Plan vouchers to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33597/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Local Enterprise Offices
Maurice Quinlivan
1239. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for the local enterprise offices in each of the years 2015 to 2018. [33598/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Departmental Programmes
Maurice Quinlivan
1301. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative; the cost of this review to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35184/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hospital Beds Data
Maurice Quinlivan
1475. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds allocated in hospitals for the treatment of persons suffering from anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33039/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hospital Beds Data
Maurice Quinlivan
1476. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds allocated in County Limerick for the treatment of persons suffering from anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33040/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hospital Beds Data
Maurice Quinlivan
1477. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital beds allocated in County Clare for the treatment of persons suffering from anorexia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33041/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Maurice Quinlivan
1583. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant amount of time for a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33498/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Environmental Protection Agency
Maurice Quinlivan
2063. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to remove the immunity from prosecution provided to the EPA in section 15 of the EPA Act of 1992; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33857/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Environmental Protection Enforcement
Maurice Quinlivan
2064. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action that has been taken to address the concerns regarding the low level of prosecutions of big business polluters raised in the review of the Environmental Protection Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33858/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility
Maurice Quinlivan
2503. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to include surviving partners under the widowed and surviving civil partner grant who were not legally married but cohabitating and who have dependent children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33461/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Disability Support Services Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
2514. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the 2017 and 2018 budget for the WALK providing equal employment routes programme, PEER; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33606/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Disability Activation Projects
Maurice Quinlivan
2515. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation for the wage subsidy scheme in 2018; the number of persons availing of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33607/18]
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Working Family Payment Data
Maurice Quinlivan
2573. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the working family payment in 2017 and to date in 2018; and the budget for the working family payment in 2017 and 2018. [35183/18]
Wed, 11 Jul 2018
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Hospital Acquired Infections
Maurice Quinlivan
310. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if the results of the independent external investigation regarding patients with carbapenemase producing enterobacteriaceae, CPE, in the University Limerick hospital group will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31105/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Brexit Issues
Maurice Quinlivan
67. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the plans being put in place for a hard Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30826/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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IDA Ireland Portfolio
Maurice Quinlivan
69. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to using part of the land bank held by the IDA to provide for housing, childcare facilities or other community facilities in view of the number of new companies locating here and the lack of housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30601/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Economic Growth
Maurice Quinlivan
71. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if an independent report into the economic benefits a united Ireland economy would bring to the island of Ireland will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30603/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data
Maurice Quinlivan
73. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the reform of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE; when she plans to publish the report into the failings of the ODCE in the investigation of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30602/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest
Maurice Quinlivan
92. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to concerns regarding section 7 of SI No. 188 of 2018, which amended the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 without a Dáil Éireann debate; her plans to bring this before Dáil Éireann for debate and scrutiny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30604/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Garda Civilian Staff Data
Maurice Quinlivan
332. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of civilian staff per Garda station in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30873/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Hospital Equipment
Maurice Quinlivan
672. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the average age of lithotripsy machines in use in public hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30874/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Inland Fisheries
Maurice Quinlivan
746. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he plans to take after an organisation (details supplied) reported a significant loss of eel elvers at Ennistymon, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30872/18]
Tue, 10 Jul 2018
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Asbestos Remediation Programme
Maurice Quinlivan
779. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to provide assistance to persons to dispose safely of historical asbestos that they have on their land or in their property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30871/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Apprenticeship Data
Maurice Quinlivan
116. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of an apprentice per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29903/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Apprenticeship Data
Maurice Quinlivan
117. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeship budget for 2016, 2017 and 2018; the estimated spend on apprenticeships in 2019 and 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29904/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Apprenticeship Data
Maurice Quinlivan
118. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the apprentice population in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 by year, that is, by stage of the apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29905/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Apprenticeship Data
Maurice Quinlivan
119. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of female apprentices in 2017 and to date 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29906/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Apprenticeship Data
Maurice Quinlivan
120. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons with a disability engaged in an apprenticeship in 2017 and to date in 2018; the steps he is taking to increase this level of participation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29907/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Apprenticeship Data
Maurice Quinlivan
121. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on developing and introducing new apprenticeship programmes in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of these programmes developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29908/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Workplace Relations Commission
Maurice Quinlivan
182. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workplace relations inspectors employed in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29886/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Workplace Relations Commission
Maurice Quinlivan
183. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed by the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29887/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Workplace Relations Commission
Maurice Quinlivan
184. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workplace inspections by WRC inspectors that took place in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29888/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Workplace Relations Commission
Maurice Quinlivan
185. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget of the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29889/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Health and Safety Authority Data
Maurice Quinlivan
186. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of health and safety inspectors employed by the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, in 2015, 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29890/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Health and Safety Authority Data
Maurice Quinlivan
187. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Health and Safety Authority, HSA, inspections carried out in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29891/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Health and Safety Authority Data
Maurice Quinlivan
188. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget of the Health and Safety Authority, HSA, in each of the years 2015 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29892/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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European Organization for Nuclear Research
Maurice Quinlivan
189. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of Ireland becoming an associate member of the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, and a full member of CERN, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29893/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Departmental Administrative Arrangements
Maurice Quinlivan
190. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated cost of re-establishing the co-operative development unit in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29894/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
191. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29895/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data
Maurice Quinlivan
192. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff working in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement by role in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29896/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Enterprise Ireland Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
193. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for Enterprise Ireland for 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29897/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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IDA Ireland Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
194. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for the IDA for 2016, 2017 and 2018 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29898/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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InterTradeIreland Funding
Maurice Quinlivan
195. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for InterTradeIreland for 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29899/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Science Foundation Ireland Data
Maurice Quinlivan
196. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for Science Foundation Ireland for 2016, 2017 and 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29900/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Departmental Reports
Maurice Quinlivan
197. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reports commissioned by her Department in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; the cost of each report in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29901/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations
Maurice Quinlivan
198. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to publish her account of the report by the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the failings in an investigation (details supplied) by the ODCE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29902/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Protected Disclosures
Maurice Quinlivan
203. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the serious concerns about section 7 of S.I. No. 188 of 2018, which amended the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 without debate in Dáil Éireann; if it will be brought to Dáil Éireann for debate and scrutiny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29950/18]
Thu, 5 Jul 2018
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Disability Support Services
Maurice Quinlivan
345. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the budget allocation for 2017 and 2018 for a programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29909/18]