Results 7,061-7,080 of 14,797 for speaker:Dara Calleary

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation 2020 (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 75. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, when the first meeting of the implementation body will take place; the number of meetings planned in 2016; the mechanism in place to review progress and ensure targets in the strategy are being met on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45522/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Innovation 2020 (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 76. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the publication of Innovation 2020, when scientists engaged in basic research will be able to apply for funding; the provisional deadline for applications in 2016; the spend allocated for basic research in 2016 and for each year thereafter; the scientific disciplines which will be accommodated for grant funding; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the publication of Innovation 2020, the amount of her 2016 departmental budget which she will allocate to basic research under the new Frontier Research Fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45521/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development Funding (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the publication of Innovation 2020, the persons who will be allowed to apply under the new Frontier Research Fund, when applications will open and close, the amount of moneys that have been allocated for this fund over the course of the strategy, by year, the maximum grant amount that can be drawn down per year, the type of grants...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Data (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons engaged in Solas full-time training jobs in each year since it was established, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45527/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: EU Directives (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 193. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the regulations that she has laid down on the cleaning of rivers, if she will review these regulations, given the recent flooding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45487/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Flood Prevention Measures (16 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 194. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the discussions she has had with agencies of her Department and the Office of Public Works in relation to the management of the River Deel, County Mayo, and on to the presence of freshwater mussels therein; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45488/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending social protection supports to the self-employed and permitting such persons to opt into the existing class A structure, paying the rate corresponding to their income level. [46422/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed by her Department or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46412/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has examined a scheme that focuses on early-stage companies and rewards growth by offering exemptions from and reductions in employers' pay-related social insurance relative to the number of staff employed or the company's payroll bill, in 2016; the cost for the first additional employee taken on to be exempt from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46406/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Black Economy (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to reduce shadow economy activity and to increase electronic payment transactions to counter such activity; if he has set targets for increased electronic payment transactions; the cost of meeting such targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter [46418/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending the new self-employed tax credit introduced in budget 2016 to the 173,000 self-employed persons who will miss out and to persons omitted to an amount equal to the pay as you earn credit over a three year period; if this will encourage entrepreneurism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined adjusting the online betting duty level and the tax yield that would be raised by adjusting the duty to 1.5%, 2% and 2.5%. [46426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed, or in agencies funded by, his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of transposing European Communities (Award of Public Authorities’ Contracts) Regulations 2006 (SI 329 of 2006). [46416/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has examined European Union guidance regarding social considerations for public procurement and enhancing opportunities for procurements in the small and medium sector and the cost of implementing such guidance [46417/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 232. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46409/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of prohibiting zero-hour and low-hour contracts in the workplace regulatory regime. [46414/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost incurred to meet the regional job targets as outlined in Enterprise 2025. [46415/15]