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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am happy to have that clarified. I am disappointed with the Tánaiste's response on the Succeed in Ireland programme. I was going to ask the same question. It has taken so long for the terms of reference even to be agreed. This is a major issue. I have met with IDA Ireland and with ConnectIreland people in recent weeks and I find it inexplicable as to why we have not sorted out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Is there a separate Brexit unit in the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation? If so, how many people are employed in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: They are employed at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Tánaiste said that the full capital spend was used up. Does she think any of the additional moneys that were allocated to her Department this year will not be spent and will have to be carried forward until next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Halligan, for his presentation. May I put on record my thanks for all the briefing sessions that were organised for members in the Department? The session with Science Foundation Ireland was excellent. Sinn Féin launches its pre-budget submission this morning and under the heading of enterprise, I have a section on Ireland's application to join...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State.

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is very disappointing that we are having this debate a year after 90 of us were elected to this Chamber by the people on foot of the Right2Change-Right2Water campaign. That was probably the biggest mass mobilisation of people on the streets that I have ever seen, apart from probably 1981 hunger strike. In my city of Limerick we had rallies of 10,000 to 15,000 people on the streets....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (4 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 129. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the 20 closed beds in St. John’s hospital, Limerick to help alleviate the overcrowding problem in university hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42023/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report into the failings of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in a trial (details supplied) will be published, having been delivered to her office in July 2017. [43200/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: My question pertains to the report into the failings of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in the Seán FitzPatrick trial. Will the Minister indicate when this report will be published, the report having been delivered to her office last July?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister for her response. I appreciate the sensitivities that could be contained in the report but why has the work not yet been completed by the Office of the Attorney General? It seems that an incredibly long time has been taken. Will the Minister indicate how many months on average she would be waiting for advice from the Attorney General on a report? When is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Once again, I thank the Minister for her response but the delay from the Office of the Attorney General is very disappointing. Will the Minister outline the additional funding and staff that will be made available to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and other offices that fall under the regulation section of her Department? In the expenditure report yesterday, on page...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to establish a co-operative development unit to increase the number of worker co-operatives. [43035/17]

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle will probably be interested in this question on co-operatives. I was disappointed that the Ceann Comhairle took out one line of the question we tabled, which referred to the Sinn Féin alternative budget. We were advised that it would be argumentative, which I find disappointing. I wanted to reference that in what I planned saying. Will the Minister consider...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Obviously, I am very disappointed at the Minister's response. I asked if she would establish a co-operative development unit and obviously she said she would not. I commend Senator Gavan on a policy he developed over the summer and launched last month on the issue of co-operatives which, if implemented, would make significant progress in delivering sustainable jobs in local communities. ...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I understand the supports they can access, but it does not answer the question. With Brexit approaching, it is more important than ever that we have a strong indigenous company base, especially considering how multinationals can be vulnerable to the tax base. Does the Minister agree that building that sector could have distinct advantages for the economy? I also want to raise the issue...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: If no plans for expansion of the co-operatives exist, how does the Minister plan to protect jobs if such succession situations arise?

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: If the Minister has no plans for the set-up of a co-operative unit in the Department, how does she intend to protect jobs if such succession situations arise in such small companies?

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Deputy Cullinane began by saying that sometimes this Chamber is like "Live at the Apollo". When I hear what some of the Ministers have said in recent days, it is sometimes like a parallel universe. They think that people think this budget was good and that there is a perception out there that it was good. It is not. Someone on €20,000 will probably have an extra euro in their...

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

Maurice Quinlivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding will be provided for Ireland to join CERN in order that Irish businesses, scientists, researchers and students can benefit from the advanced scientific research taking place there. [43034/17]