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Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank the Minister for his reply and I welcome the changes that are coming in through primary legislation. There is a gap between aspiration and reality concerning the one-stop-shop. I had a feeling the Minister would say the LEOs are very good and that he would advise people to go there. Therefore I rang somebody this morning and asked him to try to start up a business today to see how...

Other Questions: Enterprise Support Services Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: To be clear, I do not know if it was the Wicklow local enterprise office that the person called. I asked the person to ring an LEO as a test to see how he would get on. The message I got back was that it was not working. At least, in some places it is not working but it is a great initiative. Maybe people should be hired to do a quick outside-in, like a mystery shopper, to report back to...

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Sinn Féin for sharing its time and I compliment it on this motion. Last October, when the people refused the Government's call to abolish the Seanad, the Taoiseach said, "I am up for engaging with leaders in the Dáil and the Seanad and we will see what is the best way of putting in place a process that will lead to a more effective Seanad." To date, no reform has occurred....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Growth (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on Ireland's economic over-reliance on imports of all kinds; if he will change the terms of reference for Enterprise Ireland and, in particular, its high-potential start-up programme to include import substitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39077/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Visa Agreements (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 26. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to create a visa programme for graduates from middle-income countries such as China, Mexico, Brazil, India, and-or Russia, to incentivise visitors from these countries, who could work here, specifically to aid in areas where employers are finding it difficult to source employees with particular skillsets. [39080/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that immigrants comprise about 13% of the Irish population but are often overlooked as sources of economic growth and the fact that Los Angeles and Chicago have successfully tapped into these communities and supported them as exporters, if he has considered establishing a programme of support, such as export...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Social Welfare Rates (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the lower social protections offered to self-employed persons are acting as a deterrent to entrepreneurship here, and, if so, the steps that should be taken to address the issue. [39079/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Regulation (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 85. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of Ireland's recent fall in the World Bank's Ease of Doing Business rankings, the policies being considered to make the regulatory environment more conducive to the inception and operation of indigenous businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39382/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the overall specification of the billing system a company (details supplied) designed for Irish Water. [39600/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 214. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the operating capacity of the billing system a company (details supplied) designed for Irish Water. [39601/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (16 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 215. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if anyone at a company (details supplied) voiced concerns about the requirements relating to or performance of the billing system that company designed for Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39602/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (21 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 320. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to consider extending the parental leave from employment in respect of children above the age of eight years old; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40299/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Charges Administration (21 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 588. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to a statement from Irish Water that it is currently developing a mechanism to provide landlords with a means to prove they are not the occupier of a house they have rented out if a tenant is refusing to pay their water charges, the position regarding the liability of landlords in instances where the tenant is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Investigations (22 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance further to recent reports of gardaí attempting to locate a businessman (details supplied) who is being pursued by the National Asset Management Agency, to disclose the number of cases in which NAMA has secured an order directing gardaí to arrest any person; the number of cases in which NAMA has attempted to secure an order directing gardaí to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Court Cases (22 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 52. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the National Asset Management Agency omitted from its quarter 1 2014 management report and accounts litigation it initiated against a person (details supplied) on 18 February 2014; if there are further omissions from said report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40515/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Corporate Governance (22 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that the former Anglo Irish Bank accurately reported in its annual reports lending to companies in which senior executives at Anglo held shares; if his attention has been drawn to instances in which reporting of lending by Anglo to companies in which its senior executives held shares was not disclosed in annual reports when it should have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Accounts (22 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 17 September 2014, if the loss to date incurred by the National Asset Management Agency since inception to the first quarter of 2014, is €425 million approximately, and based on there being €15.3 billion of assets under management at NAMA, that achieving a break-even by NAMA by 2020 requires NAMA to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Accounts (22 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the return on assets under management at the National Asset Management Agency, NAMA, for 2012 and 2013; his views on the contrast between the returns generated by NAMA and those generated by other asset management companies operating here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40518/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Accounts (22 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated benefit to the State if the National Asset Management Agency were to achieve a 5%, 10% or 15% net annual return on assets under management for the remainder of its existence. [40519/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Bonds (22 Oct 2014)

Stephen Donnelly: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the European Central Bank in respect of accepting senior National Asset Management Agency bonds as collateral, if he will confirm that the ECB will accept these bonds as collateral until 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40520/14]