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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot obtain approval for a zimmer frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53180/19]

Misuse of Drugs (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will share time with my colleagues, Deputies Ó Caoláin and Ward. I welcome the Bill, which is an important amendment to the Misuse of Drugs Act. It addresses a gap in the current legislation regarding those who are exploiting children as drugs couriers and in other illegal drug-related activities. We need to urgently plug this gap in current legislation and criminalise this...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of reintroducing the tax relief for trade union subscriptions based on 2010 figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52001/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage Expenditure (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 122. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.30 per hour for all workers in the Civil Service. [51997/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage Expenditure (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 123. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage of €12.30 per hour for all workers in the public sector. [51998/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service Staff Data (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 124. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed in the Civil Service. [51999/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Data (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons employed in the public sector. [52000/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Data (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 169. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to the Workplace Relations Commission in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the budget allocated for 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52002/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Data (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 170. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workplace relations inspectors employed in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number that will be employed in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52003/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Data (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff employed by the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number that will be employed in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52004/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in approving a mobility scooter for a person (details supplied). [52029/19]

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is crystal clear that Rebuilding Ireland has failed. Regardless of how many times the statistics are recycled or quoted by the Minister of State or the Minister, the evidence is overwhelming. The record number of people in homelessness is proof of this failure. The record, all-time high rents are more evidence. The squalid conditions that many renters are forced to live in shows this....

Rent Freeze (Fair Rent) Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is double that rate.

OECD Report on SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in Ireland: Statements (10 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: The OECD report highlights how vital SMEs are to our economy, outlining the fact that 92% of enterprises operating here had fewer than ten employees, which shows that microbusinesses are the engine of our economy. However, one would not know this from the approach of Ministers, who focuses all their attention on cutting big ribbons at multinational headquarters. Multinational investment...

Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the opportunity to make a contribution on Fifth Stage. Sinn Féin will support this legislation. The Bill will wind down the Credit Union Restructuring Board, also known as ReBo. When the board was established many feared that the credit unions would be the next to collapse on foot of the banking crisis. While many difficult years followed for the credit union movement,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Data (10 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for a MRI scan at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51165/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (10 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I would like to focus my contribution on Lyric FM, as I am Deputy representing Limerick city and this is a huge concern in the area. It has been a good project in the city. When RTÉ brought Lyric FM to Limerick, it was seen as the national broadcaster reaching out to the regions. Now that RTÉ is retreating from that, the opposite is going to be perceived. It has not, as one can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (10 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Ms Forbes has not answered the question I asked. There is concern about why RTÉ thinks it is going to save money by moving to Dublin or Cork. RTÉ is reducing what Lyric FM will be, otherwise there will be no savings there. Limerick is probably the cheapest place to run it. Ms Forbes, if she has ever been to the Cornmarket, will know how big it is and how cheap it is compared to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Discussion (10 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I refer to the Taoiseach's comments today, which Ms Forbes said she has not heard. He said that the Cabinet agreed that it would ask RTÉ to defer the closure of Lyric FM until after the report is done. Would Ms Forbes's gut feeling be to do that?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments Data (5 Dec 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 190. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting on a trolley waiting to be admitted for more than 12 hours and 48 hours, respectively, in November 2019. [50819/19]