Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Work Permits Applications

Clare Daly

483. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if additional resources are being provided to the relevant sections within her Department for processing the increased number of work permit applications arising out of the implementation of the Luximon judgment; and if not, the reason therefor. [45661/18]

Startup Funding

Brendan Griffin

484. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the start-up grant aids available to a business (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45700/18]

IDA Ireland

Brendan Ryan

485. Deputy Brendan Ryan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 362 of 18 September 2018, if the IDA has met with the new owners of a site (details supplied); if the owners have agreed to allow the IDA to continue to market the facility to both existing and potential clients in order to help attract new investment in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45728/18]

InterTradeIreland Funding

Micheál Martin

486. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the allocation in 2019 to North-South bodies in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45890/18]

Commissions of Investigation Data

Tony McLoughlin

487. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount her Department has spent in 2018 on carrying out commissions of investigations and State inquiries as recommended by the Independent Review Mechanism and State tribunals; the number and name of these investigations; the individual costs in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45905/18]

Personal Injuries Commission

Éamon Ó Cuív

193. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to ensure the implementation of the second and final report of the Personal Injuries Commission in relation to the insurance industry; the number of recommendations that have been implemented to date; the number that are in the process of implementation; the number that have not yet had progress made on them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44308/18]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Bernard Durkan

194. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extent to which various sponsored funding remains available to small and medium enterprises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44590/18]

Export Controls

Clare Daly

195. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if military and dual-use items that transit through Ireland from other EU states en route to their final destination are subject to the same export controls as exports of military and dual-use items from Ireland; and if not, the controls that apply. [44317/18]

Export Controls

Clare Daly

196. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if military and dual-use items that transit through Ireland from non-EU states such as the United States of America en route to their final destination are subject to the same export controls as exports of military and dual-use items from Ireland; and if not, the controls that apply. [44318/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Róisín Shortall

197. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of staff in her Department by grade. [44348/18]

Arms Trade

Clare Daly

198. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 18 October 2018, if she will clarify that obstacles to the implementation of a presumption of denial policy in regard to the export of arms to Saudi Arabia in the absence of EU sanctions are diplomatic rather than legal and that it is a measure that Ireland has the power to implement independently in the Saudi Arabian case, in view of the provisions of the EU common position in regard to exports to countries in which there is a risk that arms will be used in the commission of serious violations of international law. [44415/18]

Arms Trade

Clare Daly

199. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 18 October 2018, if her attention has been drawn to the first joint report of session 2017–19 issued by the UK Parliament's committees on arms export controls which recommended that the UK Government consider implementing a presumption of denial policy in regard to arms exports to countries which have not signed the arms trade treaty or that are on the UK's human rights priority list notwithstanding the fact that EU arms embargoes are not in place in regard to all such countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44416/18]

Personal Injuries Commission

Michael McGrath

200. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if an implementation report with timelines for the recommendations of the Personal Injuries Commission in its second and final report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44454/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Billy Kelleher

201. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits by county in quarter 1, 2 and 3 of 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44484/18]

Jobs Protection

Billy Kelleher

202. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); the supports that have been put in place for employees that will be made redundant; if she has spoken with the management of the company regarding these job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44485/18]

Jobs Initiative

Billy Kelleher

203. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the date of the national jobs summit in November 2018. [44490/18]

Departmental Budgets

Billy Kelleher

204. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount announced by her Department in budget 2019 towards doubling Ireland’s global footprint. [44491/18]

Departmental Funding

Billy Kelleher

205. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to the seed and venture capital fund in each year since established; and the number of approved applicants. [44492/18]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

Billy Kelleher

206. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to regional innovation and technology clusters programme for SMEs by and in each year since established; and the number of approved applicants in tabular form. [44493/18]

Science Foundation Ireland Data

Billy Kelleher

207. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to the strategic partnership programme for SFI in each year since it was established; and the number of approved applicants in tabular form. [44494/18]

Departmental Schemes

Billy Kelleher

208. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to the retail online scheme in 2019. [44497/18]

Foreign Direct Investment

Billy Kelleher

209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken to ensure Ireland is an attractive place for foreign direct investment to locate to following a report (details supplied) showing that total foreign direct investment here fell sharply in the first six months of 2018. [44498/18]

Work Permits Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

210. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a case regarding the refusal to issue an employment permit to a person (details supplied); and the ruling issued. [44499/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

211. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of the €251,945,000 capital allocation in jobs and enterprise development (details supplied) within her Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44511/18]

Departmental Budgets

Barry Cowen

212. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the breakdown of the €368,055,000 capital allocation in innovation (details supplied) within her Department for 2019 by specific project; the projects that will be commenced and completed in 2019, in tabular from; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44512/18]

Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme

Brendan Smith

208. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to improve the conditions attaching to the microfinance scheme; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that small-scale enterprises, including one person businesses, find it difficult to source such finance; if a trades person in cases in which there are demands for such skills, seeking loan facilities for the purchase of necessary equipment is considered as a suitable loan applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44201/18]

Microfinance Loan Fund Scheme Data

Brendan Smith

209. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the level of loans issued to date by county under the microfinance scheme; the size of enterprises awarded such loan facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44202/18]

Science Foundation Ireland

Seán Sherlock

210. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria employed for membership of the Science Foundation Ireland oversight review panel; if the director general or senior SFI or departmental staff sat on the review panel or took part in deliberations in respect of funding decisions for an individual or for all of the SFI centres under review; the remit of the panel; the rationale for the existence of the panel to consider the funding allocations for SFI funded research centres 2019-2025; if such a panel’s existence has precedence in other locations internationally; if not, if such a model is a bespoke or unique model employed by SFI; her views on the international reputation of Ireland through the use of this model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44006/18]

Military Exports

Clare Daly

211. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the January to June 2017 summary data publication in regard to exports under the Control of Exports Act 2008 published in 2017 was subsequently withdrawn and amended to show €12 million of military exports as opposed to €132 million of military exports; and if so, the reason therefor. [44161/18]

Trade Missions Data

Willie Penrose

212. Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the location of trade missions she will participate in for the remainder of 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44211/18]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

213. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Gnó, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta cad iad na céimeanna atá tógtha aige lena dhéanamh cinnte go bhfuil dóthain daoine ar fáil in a Roinn le seirbhísí a chur ar fáil dóibh siúd ar mian leo a ngnóthaí a dhéanamh trí Ghaeilge leis an státseirbhís; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44374/18]

Foireann Roinne

Éamon Ó Cuív

214. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Gnó, Fiontar agus Nuálaíochta cén céadatán den státseirbhís atá inniúil chun seirbhísí in a Roinn a chur ar fáil trí Ghaeilge; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [44395/18]

Departmental Bodies

Pearse Doherty

343. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the involvement of State bodies under her aegis in attending Saudi Arabia's Future Investment Initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43222/18]

Ministerial Meetings

Mattie McGrath

344. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that she has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43386/18]

Local Authority Funding

Peadar Tóibín

345. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the categories of funding available to local authorities through her Department; the amount of funding provided for each scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43723/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Tony McLoughlin

346. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA and Enterprise Ireland site visits to County Leitrim since 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43773/18]

IDA Ireland Jobs Data

Mattie McGrath

347. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the work of the IDA in securing employment opportunities in north County Tipperary, specifically Tipperary town; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43776/18]

Job Creation

Eamon Scanlon

348. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken in budget 2019 to encourage and promote job creation in counties Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon and Donegal and the north west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43877/18]

Enterprise Support Services Expenditure

Charlie McConalogue

349. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the level of grant aid paid by her Department or by the agencies under its remit in each of the years 2011 to 2017 in respect of the provision of animal feed compounding facilities and-or feed milling facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43901/18]

Economic Competitiveness

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions being taken to reduce the costs of doing business here and reverse Irish competitiveness deficiencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42974/18]

Brexit Supports

Maurice Quinlivan

2. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the effectiveness of the Brexit business supports currently available such as the Be Prepared grant, the market discovery fund and the Brexit loan scheme; her further views on the low uptake of these supports; her plans to increase the uptake; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42761/18]

Personal Injuries Commission

Billy Kelleher

3. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the implementation of each of the 14 recommendations made by the Personal Injuries Commission regarding personal injury awards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42975/18]

Regional Development Initiatives

Mattie McGrath

4. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she is taking to address the high levels of employment deprivation in Tipperary town; the efforts being made to attract business to Tipperary town and west County Tipperary; if she will establish a task force for employment for Tipperary town and its environs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43005/18]

Climate Change Policy

Eamon Ryan

5. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to facilitate private businesses in transitioning to a low-carbon and more sustainable business model. [43004/18]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Jan O'Sullivan

6. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extra support available to Irish businesses to trade online; her plans to ensure this support is available to small, as well as larger, retail businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42697/18]

Job Creation

Peter Burke

7. Deputy Peter Burke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken in budget 2019 to encourage and promote job creation in counties Longford and Westmeath and across the midlands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42694/18]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

8. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the take-up rate for business Brexit supports provided by her Department and agencies to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42563/18]

Retail Sector

Jan O'Sullivan

9. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to reports from retail businesses that banks, which would previously have extended their overdraft facilities at times of the year when such businesses need extra credit owing to cashflow patterns, are now insisting that they take out loans; if she will engage with the banking sector to represent the interests of businesses rather than the interests of banks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42700/18]

Job Losses

Maureen O'Sullivan

10. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the potential loss of employment and redundancies in a company, details supplied; if her Department will engage with those involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42674/18]

International Bodies Membership

James Lawless

11. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if a timeline for Ireland becoming a member of CERN will be committed to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36141/18]