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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 28. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding regional IDA site visits and vacant properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43167/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to reverse the continual fall in Irish business competitiveness levels and making Ireland an attractive location for businesses to locate particularly Ireland's competitiveness standing with the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43168/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 39. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the policy measures in the action plan for jobs to bring down the levels of underemployment. [43166/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 57. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland exporting client companies that have availed of be-prepared grants to date, by county, in tabular form. [43342/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 58. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the study by the CCPC into the personal contract plan car finance market. [43343/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding investigation into suspected anti-competitive conduct in the ticketing sector by the CCPC. [43344/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Reports (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a report (details supplied) should be immediately published in view of the implication this will have on trade for many Irish companies. [43345/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts Data (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since June 2016 regarding Brexit, in tabular form; and if all such reports have been published. [43379/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made towards the delivery of a building programme for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44016/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to examine road connectivity between Rosslare Europort and the west of the country; his plans to link the M11, N24, M3, M4 and M7 in view of the importance in increasing direct accessibility between the west and continental Europe, avoiding likely UK customs delays post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: I thank our guests. I will pick up on a number of points. There are more local government charges than just commercial rates, as we know, and we should keep that in the back of our minds. Water and wastewater charges are a significant source of revenue for local authorities and, as such, are charges to business in the main. They seem to increase annually without any debate or fuss. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: I am not going to tell Mr. Fenn how to sell his message, but presenting it as a capacity issue does the federation a disservice. We had our party conference, as all parties do, this weekend. I spoke to an individual who has travelled every time there was a party conference. On the previous occasion, he travelled with his wife, stayed two nights and was charged €350. On this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: Capacity, planning, lag times and all the rest of it are not forcing hotels to put up their rates. Hotels are taking an executive decision themselves to put up these rates. No one is forcing them to put them up. They are doing it themselves. That is the point.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 59. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018 will open for applications; the length of time the fund will remain open for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44454/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Expenditure (19 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 60. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria necessary for persons to apply for loans under the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2018; the minimum and maximum amounts permitted to be loaned; the collateral requirements which will be required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44455/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Funding (19 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 61. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the individual allocation for each non-commercial State sponsored body under her Department’s aegis (details supplied) announced in budget 2018; and the 2017 allocation for each body. [44456/17]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (19 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 237. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received from County Limerick for the town and village renewal scheme; the number of persons who received grant aid and who did not receive grant aid, respectively; and the appeals process in place. [44457/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (19 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) applied for the mortgage to rent scheme; if they were refused; if so, the reason therefor; the advice which can be given to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (24 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location or body a person (details supplied) can apply to in order to set up construction apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44598/17]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Emergency Plan (24 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 432. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual funding allocated to the national Emergency co-ordination group in each of the years the 2010 to 2017, in tabular form; and the projected allocation for 2018. [44583/17]