Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

EU Directives

Niall Collins

882. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the new EMF workplace directive (2013/35 EU) has been transposed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22185/16]

Regional Aid

Peadar Tóibín

883. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact of the extension of the regional aid map to include Athy, County Kildare; if this has led to direct state aid to new or existing companies in the area to date; the efforts that have been taken to advertise this incentive for the area; and the companies in the Athy region which were approved payments by enterprise agencies. [22222/16]

State Bodies Data

Niall Collins

884. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to provide a list of all unfilled board positions in bodies under her Department's aegis; if each of these positions is a paid or an unpaid position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22339/16]

Labour Court Awards

John McGuinness

885. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 800 of 12 July 2016, if she will make a payment to the estate of a person (details supplied) as awarded by the Labour Court to their estate; the determination of the Labour Court in this case and her Department's response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22516/16]

Departmental Funding

Seán Fleming

886. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding is being provided by any scheme by his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department to assist developers to buy land to enable them to build houses in view of the housing crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22566/16]

Work Permits Applications

Jonathan O'Brien

887. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 798 of 12 July 2016, if she is aware that the employment permits section does not accept the scanned version of the tax clearance certificate that she referred to in her previous reply; and the steps she will take to rectify this matter. [22578/16]

Company Closures

Seamus Healy

888. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to clarify the status of the closure of a company (details supplied) and in particular the reason the parent company appears to absolve itself from its responsibility to make redundancy payments to the workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22596/16]

Labour Court

Róisín Shortall

889. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 548 and 549 of 28 June 2016, if she is satisfied that the reply provided by the court does not violate Article 3 of Regulation No. 1182/71 of the EU Council (1971) which determines the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits, by which EU member states are legally bound (details supplied); if she will instruct the Labour Court to account for its current practice which seems to run counter to this regulation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22606/16]

Labour Court

Róisín Shortall

890. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of appeals submitted to the Labour Court each year for the past five years; the number of appeals each year for the past five years that were not heard by the Labour Court because they were considered to be one day out of time; and the number of employee appeals each year for the past five years that were not heard by the Labour Court. [22607/16]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

891. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned with the lack of substantive investigations into cartel activity here by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, since its creation, in particular the lack of criminal convictions, despite the increased resources and sanctions provided for by the previous Government; her views that the CCPC is failing as an enforcement agency, in view of the evidence that both price fixing and bid rigging is prevalent in many sectors of the economy. [22656/16]

EU Regulations

Alan Kelly

892. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the cost to consumers of geo-blocking by companies providing online services and goods; if she supports the EU Commission proposals to prevent geo-blocking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22671/16]

Consumer Protection

Alan Kelly

893. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated total cost of cartel activity to the economy, given that the EU Commission has estimated that cartel activity can cost up to 3% of GDP; and in view of the harm being caused to the economy, if she is concerned by the lack of prosecutions being taken under section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. [22675/16]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Alan Kelly

894. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of files forwarded to the DPP by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and previously the Competition Authority in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in respect of suspected infringements of section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. [22676/16]

EU Directives

Alan Kelly

895. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of EU directives relating to her Department that currently require transposition into Irish law; the number of such directives for which the deadline for transposition has passed; the communications both formal and informal that she has received from the European Commission regarding the failure to transpose said directives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22713/16]

EU Directives

Alan Kelly

896. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the EU accounting directive (2013/34/EU) has still not been transposed into Irish law despite a deadline of 20 July 2015; when she intends to transpose the directive; and if the European Commission has raised the issue of non-transposition with Ireland. [22714/16]

Low Pay Commission Report

Alan Kelly

897. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to accept the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission on the national minimum wage that is due to report on the week of 19 July 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22715/16]

Low Pay Commission Report

Alan Kelly

898. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Low Pay Commission will report back on its examination of the prevalence of low pay among young persons and women in the workforce; if she expects new legislation or regulations to arise on foot of these investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22716/16]

UK Referendum on EU Membership

Alan Kelly

899. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingency plans her Department has put in place to address the impact on Ireland of Brexit; if she has met her counterpart in the British Government and the Northern Irish and Scottish administrations to discuss this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22717/16]

Corporation Tax

Alan Kelly

900. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on proposals to lower the UK's corporation tax rate to 15% or lower; if she has discussed this matter with the Minister for Finance; if they are developing a strategy to address the potential impact of such a move on the Irish economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22718/16]

Proposed Legislation

Alan Kelly

901. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the passage of the Competition (Amendment) Bill through the Oireachtas; the amendments she expects to introduce to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22719/16]

Living Wage

Alan Kelly

902. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to progress a motion (details supplied) which supported the call for an incremental increase in the minimum wage until it is set at 60% of median earnings and a living wage to be adopted throughout the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22720/16]

Proposed Legislation

Alan Kelly

903. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the introduction of legislation to implement the recommendations of the University of Limerick report to the Government - A Study on the Prevalence of Zero Hours Contracts among Irish Employers and their Impact on Employees and the Cahill-Duffy expert examination and review of laws on the protection of employee interests when assets are separated from the operating entity and commissioned following the treatment of workers (details supplied) in June 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22721/16]

Living Wage

Alan Kelly

904. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is considering measures to ensure that the Government leads by example and becomes a living wage employer by 2018 and that the living wage is progressively extended to State procured services in the areas of security, cleaning and hospitality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22722/16]

Ministerial Advisers Data

Seán Sherlock

905. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of politically appointed staff working in her Department including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of special advisers, their qualifications and experience relevant to their roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22735/16]

Job Retention

Richard Boyd Barrett

906. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to encourage workers to stay here, in view of emigration figures still running at 23,000 persons, per annum. [20699/16]

Job Creation

Michael McGrath

907. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons who have been paid fees paid to connectors under the ConnectIreland initiative, in each year since it was established; the total fees paid; the number of jobs created under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22883/16]

Grocery Industry Regulation

Brendan Smith

908. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her proposals to establish an independent ombudsman office in respect of retail regulation, due to concerns over the unfair treatment of farmers and suppliers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22894/16]

Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement

Maurice Quinlivan

909. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will initiate a debate on the agreed text of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement; if Dáil Éireann will be given the opportunity to vote on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22908/16]

Employment Rights

Maurice Quinlivan

910. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she will take to regulate the au pair and domestic workers sector to protect vulnerable women from exploitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22909/16]

Low Pay Commission Expenditure

Maurice Quinlivan

911. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 787 to 790, inclusive, of 12 July 2016, the exact amount of pay received by individual members of the Low Pay Commission for 2015 from a total of €155,500, and the same for the first six months of this year, for the €244,000 allocated to the commission for pay in 2016 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22910/16]

Commercial Property

Eamon Scanlon

912. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to tackle commercial vacancy rates, particularly in the north west where they are the highest in the country. [22535/16]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

David Cullinane

913. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23499/16]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

914. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of implementing a pay increase for all those employed under the remit of her Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23509/16]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Ruth Coppinger

915. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State funding provided by her Department and agencies under its remit, including Tusla, to non-profit organisations, including voluntary hospitals and non-governmental organisations for each year from 2008 to 2015. [22044/16]

Crisis Pregnancy Services

Ruth Coppinger

916. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the State funding provided by her Department and agencies under its remit, including Tusla, to Anew and its predecessor organisations, Anchora and Life Pregnancy Care, for each year from 2008 to 2015; and her views on the role of that organisation in providing crisis pregnancy counselling to homeless women, given the statement in its constitution recognising the uniqueness of every human life from the moment of conception. [22045/16]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Jan O'Sullivan

917. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she has had discussions with representatives of child care providers regarding the grant funding agreement for the early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme that has been forwarded to them for signing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22381/16]

Departmental Staff Data

Seán Sherlock

918. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of politically appointed staff working in her Department, including the names, roles and salaries of each staff member; in the case of special advisers, their qualifications and experience relevant to their roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22727/16]

Proposed Legislation

Anne Rabbitte

919. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the way her Department estimated the annual running costs of the proposed au pair council to be €500,000, as she mentioned in her contribution on Second Stage of the Au Pair Placement Bill 2016; the source of the figure she mentioned that less than 1% of child care is undertaken by au pairs; and the total number of households using au pairs to which this equates. [22828/16]

Proposed Legislation

Anne Rabbitte

920. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to substantiate the claim made in her contribution on Second Stage of the Au Pair Placement Bill 2016 that 98% of au pairs are women aged in their 30s and half of these are from South America; and the research undertaken by Pobal and the Department of Justice and Equality to which she refers. [22829/16]

Proposed Legislation

Anne Rabbitte

921. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to which Workplace Relations Commission ruling she was referring when she stated in her contribution on Second Stage of the Au Pair Placement Bill 2016 that the proposal to exempt au pairs from employment law runs contrary to the ruling of the Workplace Relations Commission. [22830/16]

North-South Ministerial Council

Brendan Smith

922. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date for the next meeting with her counterpart in the Northern Ireland Executive in sectorial format, as provided for in the North-South Ministerial Council; the issues to be discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22856/16]

Proposed Legislation

John McGuinness

923. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the adoption (information and tracing) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22901/16]

Departmental Staff Recruitment

David Cullinane

924. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff who entered the public service after 1 January 2011 in her Department and by year of entry to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23493/16]

Departmental Staff Remuneration

David Cullinane

925. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the cost of implementing a pay increase for all those employed under the remit of her Department after 1 January 2011 of 2%, 4% and 5%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23505/16]

Commemorative Events

Joan Collins

926. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that the Army presence at the national day of commemoration ceremony held in Sligo on 10 July 2016 was greatly reduced compared with previous years; if he is further aware that the Defence Forces did not provide a colour party of guard of honour for the Sligo ceremony and that three members of the Defence Forces from Sligo were killed in Lebanon while serving with the United Nations peacekeeping force, UNIFIL; if he will request the chief of staff of the Defence Forces to ensure an appropriate Army presence at the national day of commemoration ceremony in Sligo in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22022/16]

Animal Culls

Clare Daly

927. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Defence Forces agreed to aid to civil power requests regarding the culling of animals in each of the years 2011 to 2016 to date; and the number and type of animals killed in each case. [22111/16]

Animal Culls

Clare Daly

928. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the criteria used by the Defence Forces in assessing and agreeing to an aid to civil power request regarding the culling of animals. [22112/16]

Animal Culls

Clare Daly

929. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces receive training in the humane killing of animals; and the details of any training received. [22113/16]

Animal Culls

Clare Daly

930. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine officials are present on each occasion on which the Defence Forces engage in the culling of animals. [22114/16]

Defence Forces Investigations

Clare Daly

931. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 331 of 7 July 2016, if he will undertake to supply the report on the findings of the investigation when he receives them. [22338/16]