Parliamentary questions

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]