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Questions on Promised Legislation (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: I wish to raise an issue which came to my attention recently in my constituency office. I appreciate it does not come under the direct supervision of the Minister in her Department but she may be able to furnish us with some clarity. A person came to me whose business failed and they find themselves in mortgage arrears. The banks are moving on them. They are also in arrears with the...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil supports the swift transposition into Irish domestic law of the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017. The Bill will extend the current expiry date of 31 December 2020 to enable qualifying companies, incorporated in Ireland, to prepare and file financial statements using US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, US GAAP, rather than International Financial Reporting Standards,...

Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: I thank Deputy Maurice Quinlivan for bringing forward the Bill which deals with a very topical issue. It is a good Bill which needs to be worked on and we are happy to support it. I agree with the Government's proposal that it proceed to Committee Stage after a period. A period of nine months has been proposed, but it could be shorter. There is a need for proper scrutiny because the issue...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress on the programme for Government commitment to investigate the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks that operate within well defined regions; and the key elements under this model that facilitate accessible lending to enterprises and promote SME growth. [22641/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, under EU regulations, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, EGF can be used only in circumstances in which more than 500 persons are made redundant by a single company, including its suppliers and downstream producers: the reference in the regulations to the criteria that must be met when redundancies occur to draw down funding; and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria under EU regulation when a business fails for securing EGF funding for the self-employed who employ not more than ten persons. [22631/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Employment Initiative (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual amount allocated under the youth employment initiative each year since it commenced and to date in 2017; the amount spent in each year since it commenced and to date in 2017; the projects that have been allocated funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22632/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Employment Initiative (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the projects that have been allocated funding under the youth employment initiative; the amount per project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22633/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 252. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to publish the heads of the Bill to address problems caused by the increased casualisation of work and to strengthen the regulation of precarious work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22634/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 253. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the international competitiveness ranking metric which Enterprise 2025 is referring to in the target set for gaining a top three ranking among the most competitive small countries in the world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22635/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the percentages of tradeable exports made by foreign and indigenous firms in the year from when the most current data is available. [22636/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 255. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the analysis in the recent report (details supplied) regarding the percentages of tradeable exports made by foreign and indigenous owned firms. [22637/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 256. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the warnings made in the National Competitiveness Council's latest report, Benchmarking Competitiveness: Ireland and the UK, 2017, with respect to Brexit posing a serious and imminent threat to the State's economic prosperity (details supplied). [22638/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: European Fund for Strategic Investments (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 257. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has applied for funding projects under the European Fund for Strategic Investments for support for SMEs or commercial enterprises; the projects that were approved for funding; the total funding allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22639/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland client visits to each county in 2017 on a monthly basis, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22640/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (11 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 259. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each European Union, EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meeting at which she made the case for the need for a revision of State aid rules of Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 to protect enterprises and jobs here during the UK’s two-year exit phase from the EU; the date of every such meeting at which this was...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Niall Collins: 48. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish jobs and exports in a hard Brexit scenario; the number of EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meetings at which she made the case for the need of a revision of state aid rules to protect Irish enterprises and related jobs; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Niall Collins: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for letting me in with this question. It is to ask the Minister the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish jobs and exports in a hard Brexit scenario, and the number of EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meetings at which she has made the case to revise the state aid rules.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Niall Collins: I have no doubt that, following a number of business surveys that have been cited recently, there is a sentiment among businesses indicating both a lack of preparedness for Brexit and a hard Brexit. The message is coming from businesses that they feel insufficiently prepared. The Minister and her Department have to share some of the culpability over the lack of preparedness among...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Niall Collins: I would like the Minister to address the issue of state aid rules. Why has there been no action by her, her Department or the Government on revising the €200,000 cap? Could she give some insight on where she is going on that, if anywhere? Second, I heard an interview with Ms Julie Sinnamon, head of Enterpise Ireland, yesterday about the increase in exports to the UK coming to a...