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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: 744. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of unlimited companies per county registered with the Companies Registration Office at 31 December 2016, in tabular form; the total number of supported jobs of such companies per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4007/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: 755. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff under the aegis of her Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Staff Data (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: 780. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of staff under the aegis of her Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4932/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Data (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: 785. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of staff under the aegis of his Department in the clerical officer, staff officer or equivalent grade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4933/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: As Deputy David Cullinane knows, we are embarking on an engagement process with all stakeholders to try to inform ourselves and get a handle on the problem. We know that there have been some high profile disputes. Can the numbers of workers in the labour force who are actually impacted on by these practices which are being used by unscrupulous employers be quantified? If we had a handle on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: I would like to hear Deputy David Cullinane's view on the following, as the person who is sponsoring the Bill. The Deputy said it when we debated it earlier and it is in his opening statement that the "employer must demonstrate that the business is experiencing severe financial difficulties, such that there would be a substantial risk...". The employer would have to provide notification of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: If a Minister or Government Department was sponsoring legislation, there would be a regulatory impact assessment, which should be carried out on most legislation. We are partly doing that here by way of this exercise. Have the Deputy or the people who helped him with the Bill - Mandate or whoever - considered the potential impact on small business and small employers vis-à-visthe big...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: The issue of the tourist industry and the seasonal nature of some employment has been raised. Can I get the Deputy's take on that, and the six month period referenced in the Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: I do not mind who offers an answer to this question. Could each organisation give an overview on the levels of engagement it has had with either the sponsor of the original Bill or with the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, which is in the process of drafting a Bill? The witnesses have articulated their critique of the Bill presented to the Dáil, which is the reason we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: Did the author or authors of the UL study, who will present before the committee, consult the witnesses as part of the fact-finding or evidence-gathering in writing the report? Mr. Barry is the only witness who has acknowledged that there is a problem that needs to be fixed. I commend him on that. Did I hear him say that the issue could be sorted through the Organisation of Working Time Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Discussion (31 Jan 2017)

Niall Collins: What about the engagement with the author or authors of the UL report?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (1 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his Department's dealings with a club (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the need to bring these matters to a successful conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4832/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Banking Authority (2 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 94. To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has held with the European Banking Authority with regard to a possible relocation to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (2 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is taking to ensure there are sufficient numbers of skilled employees in the hospitality and tourism industry to secure ongoing expansion and employment in these sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5207/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (2 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of apprentices, including traineeships, projected to be in training by employment sector and subsector, in each of the years 2017 to 2020 in tabular form; the budget allocation in 2017 for State-funded apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5205/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (2 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his targets to reduce long-term unemployment in terms of specific numbers and percentages in each of the years to 2020; the measures that will be taken to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5203/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (2 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 160. To ask the Minister for Social Protection his targets to reduce long-term youth unemployment in terms of specific numbers and percentages in each of the years to 2020; the measures that will be taken to achieve this EU trend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5204/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Bodies (2 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 267. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his meetings and discussions with the European Medicines Agency and his EU colleagues with regard to its possible relocation to Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5166/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (2 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of staff in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in 2017, divided by account, administrative staff, legal personnel and other staff, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5168/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (2 Feb 2017)

Niall Collins: 348. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of IDA plans to find land suitable for new data centres; the number of sites in each county that are being considered, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5192/17]