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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Ryanair announcement that it is to reduce its winter schedule at Shannon Airport is yet another in the long list of blows to the mid-west economy. It will affect 155 staff at Shannon and Cork airports. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection must ensure these workers are assisted promptly so they are not waiting weeks if they have to sign on as a result of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: The question is about the establishment of an Irish enterprise agency. Will the Government consider the establishment of an Industrial Development Authority or similar body specifically to focus on microbusinesses, workers' co-operatives, and small and medium-sized enterprises?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Tánaiste for that response. As he said himself, almost 70% of people employed in Ireland are employed in small or medium enterprises. When speaking to those in these businesses, they often say they feel left behind and that successive Governments have preferred to focus on foreign direct investment instead of helping indigenous industry. Foreign direct investment has been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: As the Tánaiste said, some of the local enterprise agencies are quite good but some of them are not so good. That is why we see a specific focus being needed on local SMEs and small companies. We believe the greatest potential for growth in the next few years is within our SME sector. SMEs are the priority when it comes to fostering indigenous industries and ensuring job creation....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (14 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review promised to the Creagh Lane sexual abuse survivors will be completed; and if the victims from the school will be included in the review. [28836/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (14 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which legislation on directly elected mayors will be published. [30412/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (14 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the first election of a directly elected mayor of Limerick will take place. [30413/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to publish an autism strategy for Limerick city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30025/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the list of schools in Limerick city with ASD units with students in them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30026/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the list of schools in Newport, County Tipperary with ASD units with students in them in Limerick city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30027/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support children with autism that are suffering due to the lack of ASD units in primary schools in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30028/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to support children with autism that are suffering due to the lack of ASD units in secondary schools in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30029/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide ASD units to secondary schools and feeder schools in Limerick city. [30030/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Autism Support Services (13 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to provide ASD units to secondary schools and feeder schools in Newport, County Tipperary. [30031/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: As Deputy Bruton said, the programme for Government commits to building stronger and safer communities. It also commits to expanding the Dublin north east inner city model to other comparable areas experiencing disadvantage. At a joint policing committee, JPC, meeting last Friday, Mr. Gerard Roche, the chief superintendent in Limerick, when speaking about drugs, said, "We have more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (7 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Members will remember we discussed a number of EU proposals. We are now required to make formal decisions on them. The following proposals have been circulated under schedule B: COMS (2019) 614 and 623, COMS (2020) 24, 29 and 32, and early warning notices EWN (2019) L 321/139 and EWN (2020) C 18/3, C 46/8, C 67/11, C20-18, C24-17 and L 13/18. It is proposed that these proposals do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: The next item on our agenda is a discussion on the draft Bill. We will hear a briefing on the relevant provisions from the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I wish him well in his appointment and look forward to working with him in the period ahead. His statement has been circulated to members and I invite him to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State. Deputies O'Reilly and Bruton have indicated a wish to comment and others may do so. As Deputy O'Reilly was the first to indicate, she will commence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion (7 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Does anyone else wish to come in on this section? As nobody has indicated, I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, and his official for attending. I also thank members for their comments on the common trade area, which is crucially important to people in this country and to people in England. I have family members in England, many whom consider themselves to be Irish and others who...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (6 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when replacement housing in the Moyross regeneration area will be completed as part of the Limerick regeneration framework implementation plan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no construction is ongoing in the area at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28446/20]