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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: Will Ms Dunne comment on the suggestion that representative bodies such as the Irish Hotels Federation become trusted partners?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: I am talking about small restaurants with one or two employees. They are not going to jump through the hoops of becoming a trusted partner in the hope of getting the right chef or staff member. The Irish Hotels Federation, on the other hand, represents many businesses.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Power Plant Closures (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: I asked about changing the constitution of Bord na Móna. Without doing so, we cannot guarantee that the jobs in bog reclamation and housing retrofits will be given to Bord na Móna staff. Yesterday the Minister, Deputy Madigan, said in Ballymahon that she was getting ready to put out to tender the bog reclamation work. How can she guarantee it will be given to existing staff of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Power Plant Closures (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: Last week's confirmation was a devastating blow to the workers, their families and the wider communities. I acknowledge that the Minister, Deputy Bruton, spent Monday listening to public and trade union representatives but this needs to be followed through with concrete delivery and substance. We are now faced with a ten-year just transition condensed into just over ten months. We need the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: The Government wanted to abolish it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: They are just commencement notices.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Application (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if the quarter of the percentage point reduction in USC as agreed in budget 2018 applies to a person (details supplied). [46246/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Eligibility (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will be awarded favourite nephew or niece tax relief on appeal. [46247/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Data (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 126. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of employers that have provided the small benefit exemption scheme to their employees in each of the years 2016 to 2018; the number of employees that have benefitted from the scheme in each year; the cost of providing this benefit in income tax, USC and PRSI forgone in each year; and the estimated cost of increasing the limit of the benefit over...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Costs (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of extending the coverage of the special assignee relief programme for new SME hires. [46395/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the city living initiative to Waterford city. [46412/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of micro-sized and SME businesses that participated as learners in the management works programme of Skillnet Ireland on an annual basis over the 2016 to 2018 period and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the percentage share of micro-sized and SME businesses that participated in the programme of the number of such sized businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Status Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by Waterford Institute of Technology for university status. [46409/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the amount being issued to an organisation (details supplied) will be reviewed. [46173/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Divorce Process (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new reduced waiting time for divorce, which was due to be introduced in June or July 2019, can be applied for. [46648/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the implementation of the recommendations emanating from two reports (details supplied); when the consultative group is due to hold its first meeting; the budget that will be allocated to the group and towards implementation of the report recommendations; the data for Irish SME rates in tabular form; the OECD...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategy Statements (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of an overview of the national policy statement on entrepreneurship; and the period it covers. [46390/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: InterTradeIreland Data (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the Acumen and Elevate programmes of InterTradeIreland and its funding advisory services; the current and capital budget allocation for the programme in each year over the 2018 to 2020 period in tabular form; the number of participants in each year in the programme; and the maximum funding permitted to a successful...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of part-time and full-time staff that are specifically allocated to work in the exporter development department of Enterprise Ireland, which provides assistance to irregular exporters and would-be exporters; the annual cost of this department; and the annual staffing and non-staffing costs. [46393/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (12 Nov 2019)

Robert Troy: 293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Brexit loan scheme does not incorporate an interest rate subsidy. [46394/19]