Parliamentary questions

Higher Education Authority Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

130. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the budget allocation for higher education authority institutions for 2017. [17221/17]

Apprenticeship Data

Maurice Quinlivan

131. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the anticipated individual cost of introducing each of the new apprenticeships schemes to be introduced in 2017. [17222/17]

Tourism Ireland

Maurice Quinlivan

308. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation for Tourism Ireland for each of the years 2007 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17220/17]

IDA Jobs Data

Maurice Quinlivan

356. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of foreign direct investment jobs secured by the IDA; the number of these jobs located outside County Dublin in 2015 and 2016; and the target for jobs outside Dublin in 2017. [17223/17]

IDA Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

357. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for the IDA in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [17224/17]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

358. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for Enterprise Ireland in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [17225/17]

InterTradeIreland Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

359. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation for InterTradeIreland in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [17226/17]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Maurice Quinlivan

360. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the debate on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, will take place in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17227/17]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Maurice Quinlivan

361. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way she plans to protect jobs in the agriculture sector, particularly in the beef sector, which will face a massive influx of cheap beef from Canada as a result of Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17228/17]

Hospital Staff

Maurice Quinlivan

506. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that St. Anne’s Day Hospital in Limerick has been without one of its clinical psychologists since August 2016 and that persons that availed of its service have been without help since then; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16243/17]

Services for People with Disabilities

Maurice Quinlivan

507. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of persons (details supplied) who have been approved for ten hours of home support since November 2016 but have yet to receive same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16244/17]

Audiology Services Provision

Maurice Quinlivan

508. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the waiting list for audiology tests in Ennis, County Clare, is now only dealing with referrals from 2014; the action he will take to deal with those persons referred in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017 that have not yet been assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16245/17]

Unemployment Data

Maurice Quinlivan

243. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the action he is taking to specifically assist the 79,700 long-term unemployed in the fourth quarter of 2016, representing over 54% of the total unemployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14461/17]

Hospital Services

Maurice Quinlivan

414. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that tomography PET scans are not available to persons in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will ensure that they are available. [15416/17]

Job Creation

Maurice Quinlivan

2. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in view of the fact the review of the ConnectIreland Succeed in Ireland programme will be commissioned shortly after the current contract with IDA Ireland expires on 26 March 2017, she will continue this scheme in order that IDA Ireland can extend ConnectIreland’s contract to operate the Succeed in Ireland initiative; and if she will direct IDA Ireland to take action to avoid the loss of the jobs currently being sourced by ConnectIreland and take action to avoid the loss of the global network built by ConnectIreland. [14457/17]

Enterprise Ireland

Maurice Quinlivan

7. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies Enterprise Ireland is currently assisting in diversifying their export markets to reduce reliance on Britain in the wake of Brexit. [14460/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

20. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to maximise Irish food and drink exporters' opportunities to fill the potential void in British exports to the EU as a result of Brexit; her views on whether her Department has been allocated enough extra spending to support this; if consideration will be given to putting in place an export fund to assist exporters replace the reduction in goods that the UK currently exports to Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14458/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

31. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to work with InterTradeIreland to protect cross Border trade in the wake of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14459/17]

Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities

Maurice Quinlivan

302. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way she plans to increase the number of persons with a disability at work, after an ESRI report showed that only 31% of persons aged 20 to 59 years of age with a disability were at work compared to 71% of those without a disability. [14557/17]

Passport Applications Data

Maurice Quinlivan

600. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued outside the State in each of the years 1997 to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13903/17]

Ministerial Meetings

Maurice Quinlivan

1272. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings and engagements she has had with the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and InterTrade Ireland from June 2016 to date in 2017. [13196/17]

Long-Term Illness Scheme

Maurice Quinlivan

532. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if SuperCheck test strips, as used with the SuperCheck two glucometer, are available free of charge under the long-term illness scheme; if not, his plans to make them available under the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11516/17]

Housing Assistance Payments Data

Maurice Quinlivan

101. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of persons who have been awarded an increase in rental payments uplifts by county under the housing assistance payment, in 2016 and in January 2017. [10781/17]

Road Improvement Schemes

Maurice Quinlivan

329. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road to be operational following his allocation of funding as part of his announcement on 24 January 2017. [10780/17]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Maurice Quinlivan

291. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of single teacher schools in County Clare in each of the years 2010 to 2016, in tabular form; the current teacher pupil ratio in 2017 in these schools in County Clare; his plans to close any of them; and if so, the location of the schools and number of pupils in them. [9785/17]

General Practitioner Co-operatives

Maurice Quinlivan

550. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the amount of financial subvention the State paid to Shannondoc in County Clare between 1 January 2016 and 1 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9728/17]

Ambulance Service Data

Maurice Quinlivan

551. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulances and advanced paramedic cars that were based in County Clare in each of the years 2009 to 2016, from 1 January 2017 to 31 January 2017 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9729/17]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Maurice Quinlivan

399. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for a second procedure after the initial procedure was unsuccessful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8106/17]

Regeneration Projects

Maurice Quinlivan

139. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the specific houses which are still scheduled to be demolished in the four regeneration areas of Limerick city, namely Moyross, Southill, Balliancurra Weston and St Marys’s Park following the review of the progress of the Limerick regeneration framework implementation plan. [7774/17]

Patient Data

Maurice Quinlivan

202. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients outsourced at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7813/17]

Accident and Emergency Departments Data

Maurice Quinlivan

203. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of emergency department attendances at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7814/17]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Maurice Quinlivan

204. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the outpatient waiting times at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, by speciality and in the wait time bands of up to three months, up to six months, up to 12 months, up to 15 months, up to 18 months, up to two years and more than two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7815/17]

Hospitals Data

Maurice Quinlivan

205. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick for each of the months of 2015, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7816/17]

Hospitals Data

Maurice Quinlivan

206. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on trolleys at University Hospital Limerick for each of the months of 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7817/17]

Hospitals Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

207. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the operating budget for University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7818/17]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Maurice Quinlivan

208. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the capital budget or total capital spend at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7819/17]

Hospitals Expenditure

Maurice Quinlivan

209. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the total agency spend at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7820/17]

Hospital Staff Data

Maurice Quinlivan

210. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent nursing positions in place at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7821/17]

Hospital Beds Data

Maurice Quinlivan

211. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of beds operational at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7822/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Maurice Quinlivan

212. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7823/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Maurice Quinlivan

213. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient hospital cancellations at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7824/17]

Hospital Appointments Administration

Maurice Quinlivan

214. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of inpatient and outpatient did not attends at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2013 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7825/17]

Hospital Services

Maurice Quinlivan

215. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of theatres operational at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7826/17]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Maurice Quinlivan

216. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the details of the capital projects agreed and funded at University Hospital Limerick including an overview of each project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7827/17]

Hospitals Capital Programme

Maurice Quinlivan

217. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the cost of each capital project funded by the HSE and his Department at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2009 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7828/17]

Hospital Services

Maurice Quinlivan

218. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of times the full capacity protocol was initiated at University Hospital Limerick for each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7829/17]

Medical Card Applications

Maurice Quinlivan

228. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if he will re-examine an application relating to a review of a medical card for a person (details supplied); the reason the initial application was closed and the person was awarded a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7867/17]

Youth Unemployment

Maurice Quinlivan

296. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in the progress report of the Limerick regeneration framework published in December 2016 that, of 32 electoral divisions in Limerick city, 11 have a youth unemployment rate of 60% or more; his plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7321/17]

Medical Aids and Appliances Provision

Maurice Quinlivan

429. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for orthopaedic shoes by county; and the waiting time for these shoes by county. [6951/17]

Company Law

Maurice Quinlivan

658. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the expected timeline for publication of the general scheme of the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7278/17]

Company Law

Maurice Quinlivan

659. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will expedite the proposed extension to section 279(2) of the Companies Act 2014 via an amendment to the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016 in order to avoid major disruption to applicable businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7279/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

2. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether her Department has been allocated enough extra spending to assist and support Irish food and drink companies in 2017 to try to replace UK exports to the EU to compensate for the hit - and potential hit - caused by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6647/17]

Tourism Industry

Maurice Quinlivan

27. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a media company (details supplied) ran an investigative piece which examined the hospitality industry and the apparent abuses within it in the west of the country; 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, in view of the fact that this sector has an embedded culture of widespread low pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6317/17]

Departmental Meetings

Maurice Quinlivan

36. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the meetings she or officials of her Department had in 2016 and to date in 2017 involving agrifood and drink organisations, technology companies, Irish export organisations, Irish SME organisations and multinational companies located here; the dates on which these meetings took place; the meetings listed at which she was personally in attendance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6316/17]

Departmental Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

38. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans with regard to resourcing InterTradeIreland appropriately to deal with Brexit following the recent announcement of increased funding by her Department to IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland to allocate additional staff to deal with Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6315/17]

Agrifood Sector

Maurice Quinlivan

45. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether her Department has been allocated enough extra spending to assist and support food and drink companies in 2017 to try and replace UK exports to the EU to compensate for the ramifications of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6318/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

291. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount she has allocated to specifically assist the agrifood and drinks sector for 2017 in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6331/17]

Youth Employment Initiative

Maurice Quinlivan

292. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that in the progress report of the Limerick regeneration framework plan published in December 2016 that of 32 electoral divisions in Limerick city 11 have a youth unemployment rate of 60% or more; her plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6332/17]

IDA Staff

Maurice Quinlivan

293. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of employees employed by IDA Ireland in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form. [6333/17]

Enterprise Ireland Staff

Maurice Quinlivan

294. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of employees employed with Enterprise Ireland in each of the years 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6334/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

158. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance the way the Government plans to deal with a potential customs border if Northern Ireland is not part of the EU customs territory after the UK exits the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6314/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

173. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners have any preparations in place for the potential ending of the customs union; if there has been an estimate made of the cost of establishing customs and surveillance along the Border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5523/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

520. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the impact Brexit will have on Ireland's thoroughbred industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5522/17]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Maurice Quinlivan

679. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has identified the number of multinational companies based here solely to service the British market and the numbers of associated jobs at risk of moving in view of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5511/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

681. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will commission a detailed assessment of the way in which Brexit will affect individual sectors of the economy to determine which industries may be positively or negatively impacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5520/17]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Maurice Quinlivan

682. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will increase funding for InterTrade Ireland in 2017, 2018 and 2019, in view of the clear demand for the valuable service provided and the extra workload brought about by Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5521/17]

Enterprise Ireland Expenditure

Maurice Quinlivan

329. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of capital investment or grant assistance towards capital works by Enterprise Ireland on a location basis in County Donegal for each of the years 2007 to 2017, in tabular form. [4727/17]

IDA Expenditure

Maurice Quinlivan

330. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of capital investment or grant assistance towards capital works by IDA Ireland on a location basis in County Donegal for each of the years 1996 to 2017, in tabular form. [4728/17]

Brexit Issues

Maurice Quinlivan

331. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has conducted a scoping exercise to analyse the potential for exporters to fill the potential void left by British exporters to the EU, post Brexit, assuming they will face restricted access to the EU market, in particular in the area of agrifood; if this analysis has been conducted, the details of specific areas in which potential opportunities may lie for exporters to the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4769/17]

Roads Maintenance Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

733. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of exact funding approved for the Coonagh to Knockalisheen road in Limerick as part of his announcement on 24 January 2017. [4496/17]

Invasive Plant Species

Maurice Quinlivan

734. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to his funding announcement on 24 January 2017, the amount each local authority will receive to deal with eradicating Japanese knotweed, by county, in tabular form; and the local authority areas which have reported the existence of Japanese knotweed. [4500/17]

Road Network

Maurice Quinlivan

735. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the detail of exact funding approved for the repairs to a bridge (details supplied); and if he will request Limerick County Council to erect a memorial to the two men who died tragically on 29 August 2015 while carrying out maintenance works at the bridge. [4504/17]

Foreign Direct Investment

Maurice Quinlivan

621. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons employed in foreign direct investment companies here, by sector, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3149/17]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data

Maurice Quinlivan

382. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for training of apprenticeships for trades, in view of the urgent need for certain skills 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 from 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [41488/16]

SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data

Maurice Quinlivan

383. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding training for apprenticeships for trades, given the fact all these skills will be urgently required in view of the houses that need to be built in the next number of months and years; his views on any recent developments; his plans with respect to apprenticeships training for trades plans; the level of funding allocated each year from 2017 to 2021 for the area of training apprenticeships for trades, in tabular form; the number of apprentices he envisages will be delivered in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41489/16]

Health Services Provision

Maurice Quinlivan

1195. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting nearly two years for a hands-free voicebox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1291/17]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Maurice Quinlivan

1629. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide details of all IDA visits to sites in individual counties in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41064/16]

Legislative Measures

Maurice Quinlivan

1637. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislation she plans to bring forward to deal with the issue of accounting convergence in relation to international Irish companies listed on the US stock exchange; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41644/16]

Legislative Measures

Maurice Quinlivan

1638. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to amend the Companies Act 2014 or to use statutory audit legislation to deal with the issue of accounting convergence in relation to international Irish companies; when she expects the legislation to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41645/16]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Maurice Quinlivan

1654. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide details of all IDA Ireland sponsored site visits in individual counties in each of the years 2009 to 2016, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1201/17]

Job Creation Data

Maurice Quinlivan

524. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the number of jobs that were delivered in the Kildare South and Kildare North constituencies in 2016. [40564/16]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Maurice Quinlivan

525. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will ensure that the number of site visits from the IDA in south Kildare is increased in 2017. [40565/16]

Hospital Facilities

Maurice Quinlivan

476. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health when the new emergency department proposed for University Hospital Limerick is scheduled to be opened [39895/16]

National Planning Framework

Maurice Quinlivan

2. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, in view of the fact that her Department is represented on the national planning framework, NPF, steering committee and participates in discussions at the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Environment and Climate Action, and that she also participates on the econometric and demographics working group, she will provide a detailed report on the issues she has raised and an update on the progress made; her Department’s plans in terms of the NPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39276/16]

Research and Development Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

12. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the recipients of the science and technology development programme in tabular form; the amount they received; the details of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38945/16]

Research and Development Funding

Maurice Quinlivan

16. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the recipients of the programme for research in third level institutions; the amount they received; the details of the specific project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38946/16]

Departmental Expenditure

Maurice Quinlivan

24. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a detailed breakdown of the way she plans to use the €52 million capital allocation to her Department; the details of the way in which she intends to use the €3 million allocation for Brexit, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38942/16]

Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme Data

Maurice Quinlivan

33. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the companies and businesses that have accessed the micro finance loan fund by sector, the number of employees and region, in tabular form; the amount they received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38943/16]

Zero-hour Contracts

Maurice Quinlivan

38. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the protections for workers on insecure low hour contracts legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38944/16]

Garda Vetting Applications

Maurice Quinlivan

78. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it should take for Garda vetting for a person accessing social housing in County Limerick. [38889/16]

Garda Vetting Applications

Maurice Quinlivan

79. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Garda vetting for a person accessing social housing in County Limerick can take more than three months. [38890/16]

Traveller Accommodation

Maurice Quinlivan

120. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will visit the Long Pavement halting site in Limerick city. [38928/16]

Audiology Services Provision

Maurice Quinlivan

179. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that County Limerick was recently without an audiologist for almost a year, which has resulted in a huge backlog of persons trying to access the service; and if he will intervene to ensure the huge waiting list to see the new audiologist is addressed. [38888/16]

Respite Care Services Availability

Maurice Quinlivan

180. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in County Limerick there are inadequate children’s respite spaces available for persons; and the number of persons waiting to access these services. [38891/16]

Home Help Service

Maurice Quinlivan

181. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in County Limerick there is inadequate funding available for persons to access home support services; and the waiting list for same. [38892/16]

Hospital Transfers

Maurice Quinlivan

188. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting a significant time for a transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; if the person will be transferred as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38914/16]

Hospital Appointments Delays

Maurice Quinlivan

190. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38917/16]

Hospital Transfers

Maurice Quinlivan

193. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting almost a year for a transfer to the National Rehabilitation Hospital; if the person will be transferred as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38922/16]

Audiology Services Provision

Maurice Quinlivan

387. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health how long it takes for persons in counties Limerick and Clare to be fitted with a hearing aid after having audiology examinations and having ascertained the need for the hearing aid. [38887/16]

Audiology Services Provision

Maurice Quinlivan

388. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the reason County Limerick was recently without an audiologist for almost a year. [38881/16]