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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (21 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 248 public complaints received by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, in 2016 that resulted in further action being taken by the ODCE; the number that were dismissed; and the number that remain open. [49406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (21 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when a report (details supplied) will be made public in view of the receipt of advice from the Attorney General on same. [49407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Expenditure (21 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason over €2.2 million was surrendered back to the State by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in 2016, in view of the fact that no prosecutions or convictions were achieved by this office; and her views on whether this represents an agency that is adequately policing white collar crime here. [49408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (21 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times she has met the Director of Corporate Enforcement since coming to office; if she has confidence in the director in view of the collapse of a trial (details supplied) in May 2017 due to the failed ODCE investigation and in view of the fact that no prosecutions or convictions have been achieved by this office in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has brought no prosecutions or achieved no convictions in the past two years; and her plans to accelerate the reform of the agency. [49669/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: As the Tánaiste will be aware, the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has brought no prosecutions and achieved no convictions in the past two years. In the past three years, this office has also surrendered almost €5 million of its funding to the State. The most senior Garda position in that office has been vacant since 2016. The Tánaiste recently outlined her...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I received it this morning. It is very disappointing.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Tánaiste's initial response was ridiculous.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am disappointed with the response I received this morning to the six parliamentary questions I asked over a month ago on 25 October. Those questions have not been answered. The Tánaiste referred to me the ODCE annual report of 2016 wherein the key successes of the office are set out. I have read that report and I do not understand why the Tánaiste's predecessors took no action...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Is it incorrect?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I ask the Minister to correct the Dáil record. She told me in October that 886 company directors were sanctioned by investigations resulting from the ODCE, which is not correct. I previously made my position clear that the way we deal with criminal law in Ireland depends on who one is, where one is from and what one is worth. I received a response from the Tánaiste's office...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ticket Touting (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to combat ticket touting; and her views on the Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017. [49574/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives her Department is putting in place to help support and grow current businesses and attract new enterprises to the areas designated by the CSO as unemployment black spots. [49576/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to increase the staffing and budget allocations for the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority in preparation for the new functions they will assume under the Companies (Statutory Audits) Bill 2017. [49575/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingency plans her Department is putting in place for businesses for the possibility of a no deal Brexit. [49573/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Reports (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 70. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the titles of reports that her Department received in 2016 that have yet to be made public; and the reason each has not been published, in tabular form. [49836/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 71. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement on an investigation (details supplied) will be published. [49837/17]

Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I have a question on the rates issue, which has been raised by Deputy Niall Collins. We are looking at changing the system in this country. Can the witnesses recommend a system that would work better for businesses while protecting local authorities, which need to know what they are getting into? The revaluation process, which we have been discussing, has caused massive concern for a...

Disclosures Tribunal: Motion [Private Members] (29 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: The events of the last week have highlighted serious failures in the Department of Justice and Equality and in the Government. It is worrying to see how badly the dysfunctional Department and the Government have acted on this issue. This crisis has been exacerbated by the behaviour of Fine Gael, which has completely denied that there is a major problem here. The resignation of the former...