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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Apprenticeship Data (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons enrolled in apprenticeships in her Department and State agencies under her remit, by gender, in tabular form; and if she will list each such apprenticeship. [5253/18]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I will give way to Deputy Smyth.

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I will share time with Deputies Dooley, Aindrias Moynihan and O'Keeffe. The biggest issue in my constituency of County Limerick, and throughout the country at the most recent general election and, I want to emphasise, every day since, is the lack of adequate high-speed broadband connectivity. It is impacting on many communities throughout my constituency in Limerick. If I were to list...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Apprenticeship Data (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 108. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons enrolled in apprenticeships in his Department and State agencies under his remit, by gender, in tabular form; and the detail of each such apprenticeship. [5326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the IDA Ireland site visits for quarter 4 of 2017, by county, in tabular form. [5585/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ratification procedure at EU and member state level for ratification of European trade agreements relating to market access and quotas; and the elements that fall under exclusive EU level competence and areas that require national level approval, respectively. [5435/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland exporting client companies that have availed of be prepared grants up to 31 January 2017, by county, in tabular form. [5436/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Brexit readiness vouchers from InterTradeIreland that have been availed of up to 31 January 2017, by county; and the value of such vouchers, in tabular form. [5437/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish SMEs and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario including revision of state aid rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6291/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I was in London three weeks ago with my colleagues, Deputy Donnelly and Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and we met representatives from the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and from an all-party committee in Westminster. It is fair to say that our take-away was that it is pretty shambolic over there, which is not news to us, but it is against that backdrop I wish again to ask the Minister to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: We are aware of the Brexit loan scheme and the fact that there was a number of new staff hires within the agencies and that took longer than it should have taken. In addition, the generating of awareness and preparedness of the SME sector has been poor. InterTradeIreland tells us that 19 out of 20 SMEs do not have a plan to deal with Brexit. That really is a shocking statistic, in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I do not mean to minimise the issue but it will require more than a hashtag to prepare for Brexit. Let us not boil it all down to a simple hashtag. As I asked the Minister's predecessor, can she give us a firm commitment today that she will put the changing of state aid rules and increasing the ceiling to a sum in the region of €500,000 on the agenda for the next EU Competitiveness...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of funding allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions in 2018; and the amount of funding that has been ring-fenced for frontier research. [6292/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: This question requests an update on the allocation of funding for the programme of research in third level institutions. Ireland's ranking in the 2017 Bloomberg innovation index fell. Any underfunding of third level research will ultimately erode our competitiveness. Will the Minister of State give me an update on this?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: Trade unionists, employers and business representative associations state our economic recovery, prosperity and well-being will be put at risk if we do not adequately resource third level funding. Since 2016, there has been a 52% cut in research funding. We need to call the Government to account on this. A fall from €30.4 million to €14 million is a drastic cut. This is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Research Funding (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I am sure the point is not lost on the Minister of State that there are hundreds of Irish researchers actively working overseas, particularly in the UK, who, if they were funded properly in this country, would move back. That is a huge resource we are missing here and we are at a loss because of it. Previously, research funding was allocated through a five-year model. It is now changed...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding regional IDA site visits up to the end of 2017 in addition to vacant IDA properties nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6009/18]

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: My question is on the same theme as Deputy Smyth's. I ask the Minister to address the glaring anomaly over which IDA Ireland and by extension the Minister are presiding, with the imbalance in IDA Ireland's site visits to Dublin compared with those outside Dublin. It is simply not acceptable and feeds into the two-tier recovery the country is experiencing.

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: As the Minister knows, last night we debated a motion on broadband. The shambles of the broadband roll-out is impacting on balanced regional development and the location of business. It is feeding into a wider concern about the unravelling of services in rural areas. IDA Ireland is also complicit with those in government in this agenda which is seen as an attack on rural Ireland. In 2017,...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: Why can IDA Ireland not engage in a real and meaningful agenda and campaign to bring these companies when they come to Ireland-----