Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Personal Injury Claims

Billy Kelleher

40. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reduce the perceived excessive sums awarded for whiplash compensation claims in view of the latest Personal Injuries Assessment Board data. [4566/19]

Special Educational Needs Staff

Billy Kelleher

103. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will have special needs assistants reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/19]

Brexit Issues

Billy Kelleher

324. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the supports and guidance that will be provided by her Department and agencies under her remit for businesses arising from standards and certification changes due to Brexit. [6257/19]

Legislative Measures

Billy Kelleher

325. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding a legislative proposal. [6259/19]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Billy Kelleher

698. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the value of community not-for-profit employment services must be protected in a reconfiguration of public employment services in 2020. [6258/19]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Billy Kelleher

749. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the new guidelines governing wind turbines will be published in view of the fact that the current wind energy guidelines were issued in 2006; the reason for the delay in publishing the new guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6269/19]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Billy Kelleher

750. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether it is appropriate for planning to be lodged with local authorities or An Bord Pleanála for large-scale wind farms in cases in which the height of the turbines far exceeds the approved height in the 2006 wind energy guidelines until such time as the new guidelines are published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6270/19]

Services for People with Disabilities

Billy Kelleher

156. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to a club (details supplied); if a decision has been made on allocating further funding to same; and if a reduction in funding has been allocated to it in 2019. [5976/19]

Hospitals Building Programme

Billy Kelleher

116. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the construction of a new elective hospital in County Cork; the action taken to advance this project in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5269/19]

Regional Action Plan for Jobs

Billy Kelleher

301. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the launch date and location of each refreshed regional action plan for jobs that will be launched in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5113/19]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Billy Kelleher

302. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits by county in each quarter of 2018; the percentage of visits in each county as a percentage of the number of visits nationally in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5115/19]

Brexit Supports

Billy Kelleher

1. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the emergency contingencies and supports in place to safeguard small and medium enterprises, SMEs, and export businesses in Ireland from a hard-Brexit scenario if the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 with no deal in place; if a formal request will be submitted to the Director General for Competition seeking changes to state aid rules in advance of the March 2019 deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4743/19]

Research and Development Supports

Billy Kelleher

3. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of public research and development funding and capital expenditure in public research; if she will consider introducing a new five-year cycle with respect to the programme for research in third-level institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4744/19]

IDA Ireland

Billy Kelleher

10. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits and vacant properties nationwide by county on 31 December 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4568/19]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports

Billy Kelleher

12. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when she will publish an account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); the steps being taken to address the investigative failures emanating from the trial of a person; and the status of action points committed to in the report, Measures to Enhance Ireland's Corporate, Economic and Regulatory Framework, published in November 2017. [4567/19]

Work Permits Data

Billy Kelleher

16. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if professional roles (details supplied) will be added to the critical skills work permit lists in order to meet the skills shortages in the construction sector; the steps being taken to increase the speed at which work permits are being issued; and the number of outstanding work permits in all sectors that remain to be processed. [4569/19]

Research Funding

Billy Kelleher

19. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the findings by the EU Research and Innovation Observatory (details supplied) that Ireland is below the European average for research and development spending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4565/19]

Research Funding Data

Billy Kelleher

119. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount expended here as a percentage of GNP on research spending in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [4766/19]

Ambulance Service

Billy Kelleher

140. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the satellite navigation system in the national ambulance service and the use of the Eircode system at present; if an incident in the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; if assurances that a similar incident will not recur will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4722/19]

IDA Ireland Data

Billy Kelleher

151. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 16 January 2019, if she will provide the breakdown as per the format presented in Parliamentary Questions Nos. 146, 147, 148 and 149 of 18 January 2018 with data (details supplied) for 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [4553/19]