Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Legal Costs

Maurice Quinlivan

331. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the legal service providers contracted by IDA Ireland in 2018; the hours worked by each legal service provider; the cost of each legal service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49231/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Maurice Quinlivan

332. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of company director restrictions imposed by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [49280/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Maurice Quinlivan

333. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of company director disqualifications imposed by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [49281/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations

Maurice Quinlivan

334. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of prosecutions the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has brought in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [49282/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations

Maurice Quinlivan

335. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of convictions the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has achieved in 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [49283/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Maurice Quinlivan

336. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant positions in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; the length of time these positions have been vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49284/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Maurice Quinlivan

337. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of her plans to reform the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49285/18]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement

Maurice Quinlivan

338. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has asked for additional funding, staffing or resources to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49286/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Maurice Quinlivan

339. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings she held in 2017 and to date in 2018 with the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49287/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Maurice Quinlivan

340. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings held in 2017 and to date in 2018 between officials from her Department and officials from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49288/18]

Health and Safety Authority

Fiona O'Loughlin

341. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of farm safety inspectors employed by the HSA; and the number of new inspectors hired in 2017 and to date in 2018 for farm safety. [49364/18]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Timmy Dooley

342. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the fees paid and services rendered to a person (details supplied) in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49417/18]

Climate Change Adaptation Plans

Timmy Dooley

343. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a timeline for the development of her Department's specific climate change targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49561/18]

Brexit Supports

Bernard Durkan

108. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the action she has taken to assist small and medium-sized enterprises withstand the threat of Brexit, including the Brexit loan scheme; if further initiatives are planned in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48740/18]

Departmental Data

Billy Kelleher

109. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of young persons aged between 15 and 29 years classified as not in employment, education or training; the percentage as a proportion of the number of unemployed; the corresponding EU average rate in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48791/18]

Brexit Issues

Billy Kelleher

110. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies in place for trading enterprises in the transport and haulage sector in the event of a no deal Brexit; and if she has had discussions with the EU Commission and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding flexibility in relation to state aid thresholds for trading enterprises using port facilities to transport goods to continental Europe or via the UK land bridge in such an event. [48792/18]

Work Permits Data

Bernard Durkan

111. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date in the determination of an application for trusted partner status in the case of a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48686/18]

Workplace Relations Commission

Bernard Durkan

112. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason a reply has not issued from the Workplace Relations Commission to a person (details supplied) in response to a complaint raised regarding the person's previous employment with an organisation; when a reply will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48779/18]

Brexit Issues

Billy Kelleher

113. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings she has held with accountancy bodies regarding Brexit and its potential impact on audit and accountancy; and the number of such meetings to date. [48794/18]

Work Permits Applications

Michael Healy-Rae

314. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48339/18]

Health and Safety Authority Expenditure

Pearse Doherty

315. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives, campaigns and projects in County Donegal in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47799/18]

Jobs Protection

Billy Kelleher

316. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to protect jobs in Russian owned companies based here that may be threatened by increased tariffs and trade sanctions; and the discussions she has had with officials from the United States of America administration in this regard. [47880/18]

Trade Agreements

Jan O'Sullivan

317. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a free trade agreement between the EU and Thailand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47922/18]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Sean Fleming

318. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA supported jobs by county at the end of each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48089/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Sean Fleming

319. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits by prospective clients by county in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48090/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Sean Fleming

320. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the investment provided by the IDA to its client companies by county in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48095/18]

Departmental Advertising Campaigns

Brendan Howlin

321. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has carried out advertising campaigns to promote policies or programmes being implemented by her Department; the campaign or relevant programme; the cost of advertising in publications, broadcast advertising, outdoor advertising and other consultancy or production costs for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48301/18]

Energy Efficiency

Catherine Murphy

97. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to date that has been achieved; the way in which this was achieved; if her Department noted a decrease in energy efficiency in view of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for energy efficiency targets; if targets will be met by the 2020 deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47584/18]

Work Permits Eligibility

Bernard Durkan

98. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which she can facilitate the construction sector by way of work visas for non-EEA countries in order to meet the shortage in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47610/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

99. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 113 of 8 November 2018, the schemes that are being developed between her Department, the Directorate General for Competition and the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development on the development of schemes that do not fall under the general block exemption regulation; if these schemes will be operational before 29 March 2019; and if Exchequer funding will be required. [47650/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

100. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of participants on the rescue and restructuring scheme since it was established, in tabular form; and the amount drawn down to date. [47651/18]

Personal Injury Claims

Billy Kelleher

101. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest whiplash data published by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board. [47652/18]

Tax Code

Billy Kelleher

102. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest European Commission proposals for a digital sales tax; and the steps being taken to protect Irish interests. [47653/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Billy Kelleher

103. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on Ireland's continued fall in the rankings of an organisation (details supplied) for the ease of doing business across 190 economies. [47656/18]

Departmental Funding

Billy Kelleher

104. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 October 2018, the reason there has been such a drop in companies participating in the 2013 to 2018 scheme compared to the 2007 to 2012 programme; and if there will be a successor programme to cover the 2019 to 2023 period. [47657/18]

Retail Sector

Billy Kelleher

105. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the new online retail scheme administered by Enterprise Ireland will be made available to Irish-owned micro-sized firms with fewer than ten employees in the retail sector in order to enhance their online presence. [47658/18]

Business Regulation

Billy Kelleher

106. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date for each of the action points made in the report Measures to Enhance Ireland's Corporate, Economic and Regulatory Framework, published in November 2017; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing, respectively; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by the original timeframes, in tabular form. [47659/18]

Local Enterprise Offices Data

Peadar Tóibín

286. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the annual funding that each LEO has received per year in the past five years, in tabular form. [46752/18]

Brexit Staff

Micheál Martin

287. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff in her Department that are involved in co-ordinating and ensuring that businesses are prepared for Brexit. [46802/18]

Local Enterprise Offices Data

Maurice Quinlivan

288. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons or businesses that availed of the mentor programme run by each local enterprise office in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46467/18]

Local Enterprise Offices Data

Maurice Quinlivan

289. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of the mentor programme run by each local enterprise office in each of the years 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. [46468/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Micheál Martin

290. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the policy relating to the need for note taking when Ministers and-or Ministers of State meet business and other leaders; the way in which this policy is outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46484/18]

Bord na Móna

Billy Kelleher

291. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at Bord na Móna and put supports in place for employees that will be made redundant on a voluntary basis; if she has spoken with the management of the company regarding these job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46517/18]

Motor Insurance Costs

Billy Kelleher

292. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date for each of the 71 action points made in the cost of insurance working group report on motor insurance published in January 2017, in which her Department or the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, had lead responsibility for implementation, in tabular form; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by original timelines committed. [46553/18]

Insurance Costs

Billy Kelleher

293. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date for each of the 29 action points made in the cost of insurance working group report on the cost of employer and public liability insurance published in January 2018, in which her Department or the PIAB has lead responsibility for implementation, in tabular form; if each such action point has been completed, not completed or is ongoing; and the revised deadlines for action points not delivered by original timelines committed. [46554/18]

Jobs Data

Fiona O'Loughlin

294. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost or created in County Kildare on an annual basis in the past six years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46644/18]

Construction Industry

John Curran

295. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will review the workings and effectiveness of the Construction Contracts Act 2013; if she is satisfied that subcontractors are aware of and proactive in enforcing their entitlements with a contractor for payments that are due; her plans to increase awareness of this provision in the Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46977/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Michael Moynihan

296. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of senior positions held by both men and women, respectively, in her Department. [46993/18]

Science Foundation Ireland Expenditure

Mattie McGrath

297. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the reason funds via Science Foundation Ireland have been withdrawn from a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47019/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Peadar Tóibín

298. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits up to the third quarter of 2018, by county; and the vacant IDA properties by county, in tabular form. [47034/18]