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Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: A diagnosis of a fatal foetal abnormality is one of the most tragic any woman and her partner can face. The period during which a woman is pregnant is presumed to be a happy one, filled with expectation that a healthy child will be born after nine months. Being faced with a diagnosis of a fatal foetal abnormality is every parent’s nightmare. While it is still very rare, it is very...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Measures (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union will have on funding allocations in budget 2017 with respect to incentivising domestic entrepreneurship and small and medium-sized enterprise start-ups through taxation measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18991/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the tenant purchase scheme will be amended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18907/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 231. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if funding is available to farmers who wish to construct an underpass for cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18832/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she will take following the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18982/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 266. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland will take following the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18983/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she will take to safeguard Irish exports and associated jobs following the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18984/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate contingency steps she will take with respect to trade policy and upcoming trade missions following the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18985/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 269. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the areas and sectors in which the greatest risks are likely to arise and which will need immediate focus when future negotiations begin following the decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18986/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 270. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the potential impact on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations of the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18987/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 271. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ratification process she envisages for the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18988/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (30 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact the recent decision by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union will have on policy decisions pertaining to sustaining employment levels, national competitiveness levels and wage growth in the short and medium term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18990/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Costs (23 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 88. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to deal with the high cost of insurance for businesses as evidenced by the 2016 National Competitiveness Council's cost of businesses report and for individuals across many sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17892/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (23 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 306. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 279 of 16 June 2016, if the 15-day prompt payment rule is on a voluntary basis in both the public and non-public sectors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17887/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 307. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of current investigations being carried out by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission into anti-competitive practices; if the sanctioning and investigatory powers are sufficient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17889/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual budget of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the annual funding breakdown over the period 2011 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the number of staff currently employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17890/16]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: On the theme of the advance sites, will the Minister outline to the committee the criteria the Department or the agency followed in identifying the locations year on year? Were the sites identified in the existing portfolio of State-owned property or were they new greenfield sites? The Minister referred in her opening statement to the regional property programme. I presume the advance...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: My question relates to the capital funding for agencies, including Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the National Standards Authority of Ireland, in the context of the capital funding voted through the Department. Do these agencies have a co-funding remit under their enabling legislation? In other words, can they raise other forms of finance to advance their capital programmes? For...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: I was not asking about income. Do they leverage or borrow to co-finance development?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Revised) (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: I seek an update on the process of filling the high profile retirements from the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. Have the interviews been concluded? When can we expect an announcement? Where is the process? I refer to two very key positions on the industrial relations landscape.