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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Government is not as active as it should be in addressing the cost of insurance. Businesses and their employees are losing out but there seems to be no urgency on the part of the Department of Finance to take the radical action needed. It is up to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to stand up for Irish businesses on this critical issue. Commenting on the latest...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider, in conjunction with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, establishing a task force to tackle unemployment blackspots nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the impact the delay in processing employment permits for non-EU nationals is having on business; the steps she is taking to address the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11151/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the new powers proposed for the corporate enforcement authority; if she is satisfied the new agency will have strong enough powers to robustly tackle white collar crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Code of Conduct (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a policy exists for the way in which one of the jobs agencies of the State interacts with the client companies of another State jobs agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11148/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11434/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (6 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies in which Enterprise Ireland has an equity stake by amounts (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10986/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (6 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 147. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated value of the equity portfolio of Enterprise Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10987/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (6 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount the equity portfolio of Enterprise Ireland generated in income in 2017 and 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10988/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (6 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 149. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the maximum equity stake Enterprise Ireland can take in a company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10989/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Portfolio (6 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 150. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has the power to take equity stakes in client companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10990/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Children's Research Programme (6 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 152. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the planned children’s research and innovation centre at the new national children’s hospital will be partly funded by her Department or agencies under her remit; if so, the expected amount; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11022/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 318. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Údarás na Gaeltachta has the power to take equity stakes in client companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10991/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: If I was not sure about pressing amendment No. 31 before, I am sure after the Minister's response. It was underwhelming. She stated that information had reached 90% of SMEs and then queried my figures on the uptake of business supports, yet she then cited the same figures herself. Just 81 loans with a value of €17.3 million have been given out under the €300 million Brexit...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Committee Stage (5 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: As Deputy Cullinane has said, we will be supporting amendments Nos. 30 and 31. Having read the business, enterprise and innovation section of the Bill, I am underwhelmed by the provisions for business. I have spoken to many business groups in recent weeks and they are not exactly enthusiastic about it either. Much more remains to be done on this issue. However, I welcome the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (5 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting to have their claim put into payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10726/19]