Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding regional IDA site visits per county; the position regarding vacant IDA properties nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27203/19]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

3. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that have been sanctioned funding and received loan funds under the €300 million SME working capital loan scheme and the future growth Brexit loan scheme. [27204/19]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Billy Kelleher

5. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation to set out by county the number of payments issued to date for successful applications made under the disruptive technologies innovation fund, DTIF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27394/19]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Billy Kelleher

54. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the timetable for the actions in respect of apprenticeships that will be taken to implement recommendations as set out in the report, The Role of Apprenticeships and Work Permits in Addressing Ireland’s Skills Needs, which was compiled by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation. [27417/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

67. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new consortia-led apprenticeship programmes forecasted under the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeship and Traineeship in Ireland 2016-2020 in each of the years 2016 to 2018 for the hospitality sector; and the number realised to date. [27418/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

68. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the apprentice population forecasted in the hospitality sector and related subsectors in each of the years 2016 to 2020 under the new consortia-led apprenticeships in tabular form; and the current apprentice population in the hospitality sector and subsectors. [27419/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

69. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female apprentices in training in the hospitality sector and related subsectors for new led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27420/19]

Apprenticeship Data

Billy Kelleher

70. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in the hospitality sector and related subsectors for all new consortia-led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27421/19]

Apprenticeship Programmes

Billy Kelleher

112. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timetable for the actions regarding work permits that will be taken to implement recommendations as set out in the report, The Role of Apprenticeships and Work Permits in Addressing Ireland’s Skills Needs, which was compiled by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation. [27417/19]

Climate Change Policy

Billy Kelleher

115. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions that her Department has lead responsibility for in the Climate Action Plan 2019; the annual emission reductions envisaged for such actions; the total reduction over the period of the plan; and the annual net cost for each action covered by the plan. [27444/19]

Work Permits Applications

Billy Kelleher

142. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to increase the speed at which work permits are issued; and the number of outstanding work permits at the end of each of the past five months that remain to be processed by sector in tabular form. [27197/19]

Brexit Data

Billy Kelleher

143. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit in tabular form; and the amount allocated and expended to each such scheme in each year since being established. [27198/19]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

144. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme; the number of firms that have been sanctioned financing to date by firm size (details supplied); and the value of same in tabular form. [27199/19]

Defence Forces Expenditure

Billy Kelleher

107. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on replacing military police vehicles in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [26753/19]

Election Monitoring Missions

Billy Kelleher

117. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name and age range of each observer appointed to the 2018 election observer roster; the country in which each resides; if they were members of the previous roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26641/19]

Election Monitoring Missions

Billy Kelleher

118. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason no long-term election observer from Ireland was sent to the election events in Ukraine in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26642/19]

Election Monitoring Missions

Billy Kelleher

119. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the 2018 call for election observers made no provision for reasonable accommodation for disabled applicants; if his officials have been contacted by the Department of Health regarding the matter; if this aspect of the selection process will be reviewed having regard to the obligations of Ireland under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; his plans to appoint disabled election observers whose marks suffered due to the absence of reasonable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26643/19]

Revenue Commissioners Resources

Billy Kelleher

146. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided for the purchase of three extra backscatter vans for the Revenue Commissioners. [26744/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Billy Kelleher

147. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the dates in 2019 he has formally met the CEOs of banks (details supplied) in tabular form. [26745/19]

Third Level Staff

Billy Kelleher

222. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full-year cost for each one point reduction in the academic staff-to-student ratio in universities. [26751/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Billy Kelleher

223. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met his UK counterpart formally since the beginning of 2019. [26752/19]

Irish Prison Service

Billy Kelleher

287. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the capital budget allocation for the Irish Prison Service in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [26747/19]

Garda Transport Data

Billy Kelleher

288. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda public order vans attached to the Cork city division as of 1 June 2017, 1 June 2018 and 17 June 2019, in tabular form. [26748/19]

Proposed Legislation

Billy Kelleher

289. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to update the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001. [26749/19]

Social Welfare Payments Administration

Billy Kelleher

714. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated savings in each of the years since the inception of sections 13 and 14 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013. [26750/19]

Labour Market

Billy Kelleher

82. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach the reason the figure for potential additional labour force in the labour force survey increased from 30,300 in the first quarter of 2017 to 108,200 in the first quarter of 2019; and the employment status in addition to labour force status of these persons. [24842/19]

Exports Data

Billy Kelleher

83. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach the percentage of Irish firms that export to just one foreign market, according to the latest national and international data available. [24844/19]

Exports Data

Billy Kelleher

84. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Taoiseach the median number of export markets for Irish exporting firms, according to latest national and international data available. [24845/19]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Remit

Billy Kelleher

131. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the approximate regulatory and administrative cost in addition to other potential costs of enabling the SBCI to lend directly to SMEs; and if he has examined the concept of relicensing the SBCI in order for it to develop branches for direct lending. [24839/19]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data

Billy Kelleher

132. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the details of bank and non-bank on lender of SBCI funds in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the amount loaned to SMEs in tabular form. [24840/19]

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data

Billy Kelleher

133. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the lending targets the SBCI set for lending to SMEs in 2018 and 2019, in tabular form; and the progress to date on same. [24841/19]

Economic Competitiveness

Billy Kelleher

280. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the 2018 and 2019 rankings for each metric used for Ireland (details supplied). [24843/19]

Enterprise Support Schemes

Billy Kelleher

281. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of payments issued to date for successful applications made under the disruptive technologies innovation fund, by county, in tabular form; the number of applications at grant agreement stage; the number of applications earmarked for prepayment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24846/19]

Work Permits Eligibility

Billy Kelleher

282. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the mid-year review of the occupation lists for employment permits for workers from outside the European Economic Area will be completed. [24847/19]

Parental Leave

Billy Kelleher

283. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she and her officials made a submission to the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection regarding the cost impact of proposals (details supplied) on small businesses with respect to extra paid parental leave. [24850/19]

Proposed Legislation

Billy Kelleher

584. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a general scheme of a Bill to extending social protection supports to the self-employed will be published; and will she make a statement on the matter. [24849/19]

Disabilities Assessments

Billy Kelleher

132. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will be called for an assessment as soon as possible. [24604/19]

Ministerial Meetings

Billy Kelleher

127. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have a bilateral meeting with the UN Secretary General. [24014/19]

Credit Unions

Billy Kelleher

175. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance his plans to update the Credit Union Act 1997. [24121/19]

Departmental Staff

Billy Kelleher

176. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of recruiting 20 additional tax specialists at assistant principal officer level. [24122/19]

National Educational Psychological Service Data

Billy Kelleher

278. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated full year cost of recruiting 16 additional psychologists for the National Educational Psychological Service. [24096/19]

Garda Transport Data

Billy Kelleher

365. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda vehicles attached to the Garda technical bureau in 2018 and to date in 2019; and the number of vehicles withdrawn from the bureau during the same period. [24124/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

405. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to acknowledge the fact that ME can lead to disability from mild to profound and that the condition should be added to its list of disabilities to reflect recognition by an organisation (details supplied) of ME as a disability code E014; and his views on whether access to assessment for home support and personal assistance services should be through disability services not older persons services. [23215/19]

Disease Classification

Billy Kelleher

406. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the criteria used here to diagnose the neurological disease ME as described under G.93.3 WHO international classification of disease, tenth revision (ICD-10). [23216/19]

Disease Management

Billy Kelleher

407. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be directed to develop guidelines for ME relevant to Ireland which reference contemporary research rather than rely on those from the UK. [23217/19]

Disease Management

Billy Kelleher

408. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will commence implementing the international consensus criteria for ME in order that persons with ME can receive a clear diagnosis as quickly as possible. [23218/19]

Disease Management

Billy Kelleher

409. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to develop a clear pathway of care for persons with ME with prompt access to specialists and treatments. [23219/19]

Disease Management

Billy Kelleher

410. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health his plans to address the lack of specialist consultants for persons with ME; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ME is a multi-system disease involving many areas with multiple debilitating symptoms which require patients to see many consultants. [23220/19]

Disease Classification

Billy Kelleher

411. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he will designate ME as a reportable health condition in order to obtain robust official collection of data on the number of children, young persons and adults with the condition and the degrees of severity of the condition. [23221/19]

Disease Management

Billy Kelleher

412. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will be instructed to upgrade its diagnostic and treatment procedures for persons with ME to reflect best international practice; if he will address the lack of specialist support within the health service for those suffering with the condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23222/19]