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Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 1. To ask the Taoiseach the contingencies he has in place to protect Irish jobs and trade should the United Kingdom vote to exit the European Union in its upcoming referendum. [16123/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions: UK Referendum on EU Membership (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: It is important to again put on the record of the House the enormity of the potential consequences for jobs, trade, travel, tourism and the agrifood sector in this country. Trade between here and the UK accounts for almost 400,000 direct jobs, and 43% of our exports go to the UK. We know that the ESRI has reported that there could be an immediate reduction in trade of up to 20% if the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 44. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on the national minimum wage and their percentage of the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16537/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Zero-hour Contracts (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 45. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on zero-hour contracts and their percentage of the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16538/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Zero-hour Contracts (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 46. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on if-and-when contracts and their percentage of the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expedite a social housing development which has being ongoing over seven years (details supplied); why this process is taking such a long time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17266/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Correspondence (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from the General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (details supplied); when he will meet this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Funding (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the process a charity which provides counselling and support to adults must follow in applying for annual funding under section 39; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17077/16]

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.

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]

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]