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Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
Billy Kelleher
1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding regional IDA site visits per county; the position regarding vacant IDA properties nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27203/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Brexit Supports
Billy Kelleher
3. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that have been sanctioned funding and received loan funds under the €300 million SME working capital loan scheme and the future growth Brexit loan scheme. [27204/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Enterprise Support Schemes
Billy Kelleher
5. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation to set out by county the number of payments issued to date for successful applications made under the disruptive technologies innovation fund, DTIF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27394/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Billy Kelleher
54. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timetable for the actions in respect of apprenticeships that will be taken to implement recommendations as set out in the report, The Role of Apprenticeships and Work Permits in Addressing Ireland’s Skills Needs, which was compiled by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation. [27417/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Apprenticeship Data
Billy Kelleher
67. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new consortia-led apprenticeship programmes forecasted under the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020 in each of the years 2016 to 2018 for the hospitality sector; and the number realised to date. [27418/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Apprenticeship Data
Billy Kelleher
68. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the apprentice population forecasted in the hospitality sector and related subsectors in each of the years 2016 to 2020 under the new consortia-led apprenticeships in tabular form; and the current apprentice population in the hospitality sector and subsectors. [27419/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Apprenticeship Data
Billy Kelleher
69. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female apprentices in training in the hospitality sector and related subsectors for new led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27420/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Apprenticeship Data
Billy Kelleher
70. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in the hospitality sector and related subsectors for all new consortia-led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27421/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Billy Kelleher
112. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timetable for the actions regarding work permits that will be taken to implement recommendations as set out in the report, The Role of Apprenticeships and Work Permits in Addressing Ireland’s Skills Needs, which was compiled by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation. [27417/19]
Thu, 27 Jun 2019
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Climate Change Policy
Billy Kelleher
115. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that her Department has lead responsibility for in the Climate Action Plan 2019; the annual emission reductions envisaged for such actions; the total reduction over the period of the plan; and the annual net cost for each action covered by the plan. [27444/19]
Wed, 26 Jun 2019
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Work Permits Applications
Billy Kelleher
142. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to increase the speed at which work permits are issued; and the number of outstanding work permits at the end of each of the past five months that remain to be processed by sector in tabular form. [27197/19]
Wed, 26 Jun 2019
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Brexit Data
Billy Kelleher
143. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit in tabular form; and the amount allocated and expended to each such scheme in each year since being established. [27198/19]
Wed, 26 Jun 2019
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Brexit Supports
Billy Kelleher
144. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of firms that have been sanctioned financing to date by firm size (details supplied); and the value of same in tabular form. [27199/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Defence Forces Expenditure
Billy Kelleher
107. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on replacing military police vehicles in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [26753/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Election Monitoring Missions
Billy Kelleher
117. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name and age range of each observer appointed to the 2018 election observer roster; the country in which each resides; if they were members of the previous roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26641/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Election Monitoring Missions
Billy Kelleher
118. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason no long-term election observer from Ireland was sent to the election events in Ukraine in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26642/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Election Monitoring Missions
Billy Kelleher
119. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the 2018 call for election observers made no provision for reasonable accommodation for disabled applicants; if his officials have been contacted by the Department of Health regarding the matter; if this aspect of the selection process will be reviewed having regard to the obligations of Ireland under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; his plans to appoint disabled election observers whose marks suffered due to the absence of reasonable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26643/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Revenue Commissioners Resources
Billy Kelleher
146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of three extra backscatter vans for the Revenue Commissioners. [26744/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Ministerial Meetings
Billy Kelleher
147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the dates in 2019 he has formally met the CEOs of banks (details supplied) in tabular form. [26745/19]
Tue, 25 Jun 2019
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Third Level Staff
Billy Kelleher
222. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost for each one point reduction in the academic staff-to-student ratio in universities. [26751/19]