Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff

Billy Kelleher

576. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full and part-time staff, respectively, employed in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission by grade, legal personnel and other staff in tabular form; and the funding allocated to the Commission in 2019. [19277/19]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Billy Kelleher

577. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of investigative cases commenced for suspected anti-competitive conduct that does not fall within the definition of a cartel; the number of inspections carried out; the number of prosecutions made; the number of fines issued, the value of fines issued; the number of collected and uncollected fines; the average fine per case in which fines were issued; and the average length of anti-competitive investigations to date in each year since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established in tabular form. [19278/19]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Billy Kelleher

578. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of investigative cases commenced for suspected anti-competitive conduct which falls within the definition of a cartel; the number of inspections carried out; the number of prosecutions and cartel decisions made; the number of cases which concluded with fines issued; the value of fines issued; the number of collected and uncollected fines; the average fine per cartel; and the average length of cartel investigations to date in each year since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established in tabular form. [19279/19]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission Staff

Billy Kelleher

579. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff allocated to work on competition enforcement in absolute terms and as a percentage of total staff since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established. [19280/19]

Fallen Animal Collection Scheme

Billy Kelleher

1127. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the 125 km rule and the restriction on the removal of category 1 offal originated; the way in which the 125 km rule came through EU regulation; the way in which the distance of 125 km was chosen; the regulatory references to the implementation of the rule; and his plans to have the 125 km rule reviewed. [18389/19]

Project Ireland 2040 Funding

Billy Kelleher

151. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications made under the disruptive technologies innovation fund to date; the number of successful and unsuccessful project applications, respectively, that applied for funding; the details of each project approved for funding; the value of funding approved for each such project; when successful applicants will receive funding in 2019; the amount allocated to the fund in 2019; the number of payments that have issued to date by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18298/19]

Regional Enterprise Development Fund Data

Billy Kelleher

152. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the 2017, 2018 and 2019 budget allocations to the regional enterprise development fund; the amount of the 2017 and 2018 budget allocations, respectively, expended in each such year; the number of applications for the fund by each stream in each year to date; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications, respectively, in each such year; the amount of approved funding to successful applications in each year; and the number of payments that have issued to date by county. [18299/19]

EU Agreements

Billy Kelleher

153. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the most recent developments following the agreement by EU ambassadors to launch trade talks with the United States of America and on negotiating directives that authorise the European Commission to commence talks (details supplied); if such talks will cover industrial tariffs in the main; and if agriculture will not form part of planned talks. [18300/19]

Departmental Websites

Billy Kelleher

105. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the annual cost in 2017 and 2018 of hosting a website (details supplied); and the breakdown of all associated information and communications technology and staff costs in tabular form. [17972/19]

Examinership Arrangements

Billy Kelleher

135. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); if she has spoken with the management of the company regarding safeguarding jobs in Irish stores after the UK parent entity was placed into administration; if gift vouchers in Irish stores will be fully redeemable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17967/19]

Work Permits Applications Data

Billy Kelleher

136. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to increase the speed at which work permits are being issued; the number of outstanding work permits at the end of each of the past four calendar months, that is, 31 December 2018 to 31 March 2019, that remain to be processed by sector in tabular form. [17968/19]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports

Billy Kelleher

137. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she and her officials explored all possible mechanisms to date in the Houses of the Oireachtas, and-or legal options, to facilitate the publication of the ODCE report into the collapse of a trial of a person (details supplied); and if this cannot be done through the parliamentary or committee system, the other options that can be considered in the Houses of the Oireachtas to achieve this objective in view of the outstanding public interest and transparency for this action. [17969/19]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports

Billy Kelleher

138. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views of whether the full report of the trial of a person (details supplied) should be made available to the Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas in order to identify potential legal lacunae and weaknesses that emerged in this case in existing company law and to ensure that Members can input this information into the scrutiny of the draft companies (corporate enforcement authority) Bill which will ultimately produce more robust legislation in the area. [17970/19]

Skills Development

Billy Kelleher

139. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to the expert group on future skills needs in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the 2019 funding allocation between current and capital funding; the annual costs incurred and allocations made in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of part and full-time civil servants attached to the expert group; and the associated annual staff costs in tabular form. [17973/19]

Company Law

Billy Kelleher

140. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on requiring large accountancy firms to separate audit functions from non-audit business; and if an impact analysis has been carried out by her Department in this regard. [18005/19]

Company Law

Billy Kelleher

141. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on proposals (details supplied); and if an impact analysis has been carried out by her Department in this regard. [18006/19]

Trading Online Voucher Scheme

Billy Kelleher

212. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount allocated to the digital trading voucher scheme in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount expended in each year; and the number of digital vouchers provided under the scheme in each year. [17966/19]

Flexible Work Practices

Billy Kelleher

232. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legislative Acts and provisions in operation for consideration to be given to requests from employees for flexible working arrangements in the workplace. [17971/19]

EU Investigations

Billy Kelleher

138. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the number of Irish cases investigated by the anti-fraud office of the European Commission in each of the years 2010 to 2018; the number of fines that subsequently issued; the number of prosecutions for each such case investigated; the type of fraud identified in Irish cases investigated; the amount recovered to the Exchequer or the EU budget from Irish cases investigated; and the number of recommendations for judicial, financial, disciplinary and administrative action taken by the competent authority here and in the EU in each of the years 2010 to 2018. [17313/19]

Tax Reliefs Abolition

Billy Kelleher

142. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Finance the estimated amount of revenue that would be generated if the abolition of tax relief for private health insurance premiums and the capping of such relief at 12% were introduced. [17414/19]