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Vacant Housing Refurbishment Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I pay tribute to Deputy Barry Cowen for bringing forward the Bill because this is the one issue on which people want to see real progress. In fairness, there is genuine goodwill in the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government towards the work of Ministers and hope people will all pull together. The Minister's comments were fair, constructive and very helpful, even when he was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are in place to protect adoptees whose attention has not been drawn to their adoption in cases in which they apply for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42072/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (4 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason adoptees have to provide a copy of their birth certificate when applying for the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42073/17]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: People have talked about conclusiveness. That depends largely on witnesses being willing participants in answering questions. We have seen this to be an issue with Project Eagle and Templemore, when we thought we were arriving at conclusiveness and that our meeting would put the matter to bed, only for the process to have to go on and on. A large part of it depends on the people coming...

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I welcome Mr. Shanahan and his team. I pay tribute to him for the fact that IDA Ireland has appeared before the committee with a clear set of accounts. More important, however, is the work of IDA Ireland in securing investment and jobs for the State, particularly in the teeth of the recession. The organisation's work, when it demonstrated resilience during those tough times, was one of the...

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I acknowledge the positive announcement of 200 new jobs by Microsoft Ireland last night to expand its existing operation. That is good to see in the context of expanding what is already here. One story dominating the headlines, aside from the passing of our former Taoiseach, Mr. Liam Cosgrave, is the decision of Commissioner Vestager to slap down the Government and the potential for this to...

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: Is Mr. Shanahan worried that it appears to be a case of playing hardball now? As John Downing said in his column today, the amount involved is not one someone can ring Mick down the bank about. How will this play out?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I thank Mr. Shanahan for his candid response. Before the summer, IDA Ireland came under attack for its failure to renew ConnectIreland's contract to run a scheme of which the former Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, said he was a big fan. My party's enterprise spokesperson, Deputy Niall Collins, called Mr. Shanahan out on IDA Ireland's treatment of ConnectIreland, calling it reprehensible. Is...

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I will move on because I am short on time and there are some other areas which I want to address. In his opening remarks and the reports which he has submitted to the committee, Mr. Shanahan put a lot of emphasis on the regional aspect. It is an old chestnut for many public representatives and statutory bodies throughout the country. Some statistics were included in the response to a...

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: Will Mr. Shanahan define a larger urban area? This is a small country. What determines a larger urban area in the mind of an investor?

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I appreciate the challenge-----

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I have two more minutes. In respect of what Mr. Shanahan has said, I have had several meetings with the director of economic affairs in my own county. No one outside of this country knows the name of any area other than Dublin. Mr. Shanahan's aim is to get investors into the country, but equally the focus of the pitch must be to get them to invest elsewhere in the country. If they do not...

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: I have one last comment - I will finish on this. Last weekend, The Sunday Business Post reported that Uber, the hailing app company, received €2 million from IDA Ireland in February this year in respect of its operations in Limerick. Obviously, this has implications. It has been reported that IDA Ireland is looking to meet the company to discuss the matter. Will Mr. Shanahan...

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: That is a terrible thing to say. I am a former journalist. It is terrible of Mr. Shanahan to say that.

Public Accounts Committee: IDA - Financial Statement 2016 (5 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: What are Mr. Shanahan's views on the NTA and its relationship with Uber here and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of LEO business expansion grants given to businesses in County Meath in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42683/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding under the LEO business expansion grant allocated to businesses in County Meath in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42684/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average grant amount given to businesses in County Meath under the LEO business expansion grant in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42685/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of LEO grants allocated to businesses in County Meath in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42686/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Data (10 Oct 2017)

Shane Cassells: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant amounts and number of grants allocated by the Meath LEO in 2016 to businesses by sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42687/17]