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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Retention (30 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 644. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25920/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (30 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 645. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a matter (details supplied) following the judges' comments regarding the conduct of the investigation by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. [25921/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (30 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 646. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will invoke section 955 of the Companies Act 2014 which empowers her to seek a report on a matter from the ODCE or when requested to account to a committee of the Houses of the Oireachtas following the collapse of a trial (details supplied). [25922/17]

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: Did the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, at any time before or during the collapsed trial that is the subject of this discussion or during the previous collapsed trial raise issues with the Minister directly or with her Department about its capacity or the capacity of the DPP to mount the cases on behalf of the State? Is the Government open to considering extending the...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: I will be sharing time with Deputies Robert Troy and Mary Butler. Every week, probably even today, repossession courts are sitting across Ireland to hear cases brought by banks and organisations such as vulture funds who have bought loan books. As a result, people are being thrown out of their houses. I have attended such hearings, as have many other Members in their role as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 16 May 2017, if the ten new apprenticeships planned to commence in 2017 are the first apprenticeship categories to be rolled out under category 1 as identified by the Apprenticeship Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25206/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Data (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 132. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of internships in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017; if there is data available regarding the average internship period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25209/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 161. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to update the Civil Service pension scheme for new entrants (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25077/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 264. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an additional €3 million has been allocated by her Department in 2017 to the evolving Brexit scenario; the number of full-time and part-time staff hired since 1 January 2017 under this budget allocation; the amount allocated to each State agency to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Fund for Strategic Investments (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies greater than and fewer than 250 employees that have drawn down EFSI funding to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Funding (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the 2017 budget allocation for InterTradeIreland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25208/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the regulation of persons employed in the gig economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25210/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (25 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the latest findings by the EU’s research and innovation observatory (details supplied) which indicates that research and development funding here is largely focused on multinationals rather than SMEs and that research and development here is below that of average spends by firms in other EU nations; and if she...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (23 May 2017)

Niall Collins: It is vital for the people of Limerick to know that when the road is built, it will have the shortest possible route, time and journey between the two locations, which is through Limerick, Charleville, Mallow and directly to Cork. The Minister would need to be pretty firm on that for us. The Minister referred to the size of the project. We recognise that it is going to be a very big...

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (23 May 2017)

Niall Collins: -----the construction of the 90-bed block in St. John's Hospital, the construction of two new schools in Mungret and in Croom, and the upgrading of the junctions at Beary's Cross on the N24 and also on the N20 at O'Rourke's Cross.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (23 May 2017)

Niall Collins: This is vital for infrastructure in Limerick.

Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (23 May 2017)

Niall Collins: There is significant concern in the Limerick and mid-west area about maintaining and enhancing the competitiveness of the region. Unfortunately, we have seen a two-tier economy develop in this country - Dublin and the greater Dublin area versus the regions. We must work on competitiveness. One of the key pillars in this regard which is missing in the mid-west region is the M20 motorway...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Niall Collins: I thank Dr. O'Sullivan for her presentation. May I offer her an opportunity to reply to the criticism levelled against her report by some of the other presenters that it exceeded the terms of reference which were given in writing? I am interested in Dr. O'Sullivan's comment on that. Some of the larger employers - some of whom were invited to present to the committee but declined - have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Niall Collins: Did the report look at those agreements and how they played out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2017)

Niall Collins: Does Dr. O'Sullivan see any place on the landscape for some form of if-and-when type contracts? I am particularly focusing on examples such as a post office in Castletownbere in the Beara Peninsula or a corner shop in some rural community like the ones we all represent. They are businesses, perhaps family-run, that are struggling. They require a degree of flexibility and have people...