Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Health Services

Maurice Quinlivan

181. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Health the services available in west Limerick for a child who has mitochondrial disease. [36624/16]

Valuation Office

Maurice Quinlivan

114. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of properties in Limerick city and county council area on 15 November 2016 that remain unvalued in view of the fact they have not been valued by the Valuation Office. [35894/16]