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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: 74. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of employment gains in each region in the 12 months to quarter 3 of 2016 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38320/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: 75. To ask the Taoiseach the total number of persons classified as underemployed in the 12 months to quarter 3 of 2016; the total share of the labour workforce, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38321/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: I welcome our two guests and thank them for attending. I wish to ask the Mr. Ó Muilleoir about InterTradeIreland, which I understand comes under his remit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: Representatives of InterTradeIreland made a presentation to this committee and we also met them at the All-Island Civic Dialogue, which took place in the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham. I certainly got the impression from them, although they did not say this directly because they probably would not be able to do so given the positions they hold, that they are being sidelined or finding it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: I thank Mr. Ó Muilleoir for his response. Does he believe, or can he say, that InterTradeIreland is being marginalised and is that a concern?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: I thank the Minister for his opening statement. My colleague in Louth, Deputy Declan Breathnach, unearthed information by means of a parliamentary question that since the Fresh Start agreement was signed, the Irish Government, which had committed extra resources to developing cross-Border rail services, does not appear to have made the investment that had been agreed. When we asked the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: Was Mr. Hazzard aware of the information unearthed by Deputy Breathnach this week indicating that the Irish Government has not lived up to its commitments?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (7 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of contacts between his Department and a sports club (details supplied) in respect of outstanding issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38941/16]

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: As we know, the Brexit result is one of the greatest challenges that this country has faced for many decades. The air of uncertainty has already impacted consumer confidence and sentiment and investments across the EU, in particular in the UK and Ireland. There is also an air of uncertainty about how prepared Ireland is for what we are facing. Unfortunately, we are not yet Brexit proof. ...

Leaders' Questions (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: The Minister said in his response that he has taken multiple actions but he did not outline any of them. He mentioned the all-Ireland civic dialogue which took place. I attended that myself. Organisations such as Enterprise Ireland, the IDA, InterTradeIreland, the Centre for Cross Border Studies, the Economic and Social Research Institute, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, IBEC, ISME and...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: The programme for Government contains a commitment to "make available more competitive capital funding to allow Leader groups bid for additional resources for projects that best support rural economic development". What progress has the Government made to date in meeting this commitment? How many Government Bills will have been passed by the end of the year?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobs Protection (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether there are sufficient supports in place to safeguard Irish jobs and exports following the recent Brexit referendum; if she will immediately review Enterprise 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39274/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobs Protection (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: I would like to ask the Minister her views on whether there are sufficient supports in place to safeguard Irish jobs and exports following the recent British referendum. Will she immediately review the Enterprise 2025 policy?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobs Protection (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: I, along with the Minister and other Members of the House, attended the all-Ireland civic dialogue on Brexit that was held recently. The Minister will also be aware that the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation has met 15 groups across five sessions over three meetings. The people who attended those Oireachtas committee meetings were the same as those who attended at the Royal...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Jobs Protection (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister comment on the 2020 regional jobs targets? She has specified a target of 135,000 new jobs outside the greater Dublin area. How does she intend to achieve the target given the onset of Brexit and the unpreparedness that seems to be everywhere? We did not have a Brexit-proofed budget and we do not have a fund to Brexit-proof our companies. Nor do we have a national hedging...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to reverse the continual fall in Irish business competitiveness levels and making Ireland an attractive location for businesses, particularly Ireland’s competitiveness standing with the UK. [39275/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: What steps are being taken to reverse the continual fall in business competitiveness levels and make Ireland an attractive location for businesses, particularly in light of Brexit?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: The attempt by the Government to claim competitive levels are improving is belied by the statistics. The Minister referred to the World Bank's ease of doing business report. That report shows that Ireland's position has disimproved, falling a number of places to 18th position. The Taoiseach has also failed to meet his 2016 target of making Ireland the best small country in the world in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: The business expansion schemes were superseded by the employment and investment incentive scheme, which provides individual investors with a tax relief of up to 30% in respect of investments to a maximum of €150,000. In the UK, an investor in a new start-up business can benefit from tax relief of 30% on investments of up to £1 million. The problem for entrepreneurs is that if...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Dec 2016)

Niall Collins: I wish to ask about foreign direct investment, FDI, and jobs. The Minister has visited Limerick and the mid-west a great deal recently for welcome jobs announcements. Like all other Oireachtas Members from Limerick, I was told by e-mail that the Minister would be travelling to the area for another jobs announcement in the morning. When I speak with people who are involved in education...