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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: 196. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39998/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: 197. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application for a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40000/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (2 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: 199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40082/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: 328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an application will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40556/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (8 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: 330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40570/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: I thank the Deputy for raising the issue. Future Jobs Ireland is the Government’s plan to meet the challenges of productivity performance and technological changes which we face as an economy and as a society. Under Future Jobs Ireland, I am committed to strengthening the capacity of the LEOs to provide a comprehensive suite of supports for indigenous Irish businesses and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: I have to emphasise the importance of the 31 local enterprise offices around the country, which have played a significant role in our economic recovery. Some 98% of enterprises in the country are SMEs and they employ nearly 70% of the working population, a figure which is even higher for microenterprises. What is important about the regions that they drive job creation, not just in counties...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: The Deputy must acknowledge the great work that has been done and the way we work with the LEOs. I referred in my reply to the collaboration between the local authorities and Enterprise Ireland. Those bodies along with the Department work with the 31 LEOs around the country. Most LEOs are located at the front of local authority buildings. They are very prominent. In terms of the work we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Commission (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and I are conscious of the serious impact of high insurance costs on businesses. It is important that consumers and businesses can obtain insurance cover at a reasonable and fair price. Apart from motor insurance, which falls under the remit of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, policy responsibility for insurance is a matter for the Minister for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Commission (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: I agree with Deputy Troy about the cost of insurance for businesses and drivers. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and I heard all of the stories from businesses around the country during our travels. It is a major issue. Deputy Troy asked about the Judicial Council. The Act is now law and we expect the council to be established by the end of 2019. As the Deputy knows, the Bill was...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Commission (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: The study will be published as soon as possible. The CCPC has received extra resources. On the other issues the Deputy mentioned, we have published guidelines for the reporting of allegations of fraud, including insurance crimes, for An Garda Síochána. A new insurance fraud category in the Garda PULSE system has been live since November 2018. The Garda National Economic Crime...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Commission (9 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: The study is being investigated by the CCPC. We are working extremely hard on a whole-of-government approach to ensure that the cost of insurance is reduced to affordable levels for companies. We are all aware of the stories the Deputy has told - I have heard them on a regular basis. It is very difficult for companies to survive, but we are working to address the issue. When the new...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on the budget which was prepared in the light of the difficult challenge facing the Government in the coming weeks, namely, the possibility of a hard Brexit. From the perspective of my Department, it was important that the Minister announced a suite of supports for business, including repayable grants and lending schemes that will be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Employer Economic Forum (10 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: The nature and intensity of social dialogue in Ireland has changed considerably over the past four decades and particularly since the demise of the model of tripartite Social Partnership at the end of 2009.   During the deep economic recession over subsequent years, social dialogue where it occurred, tended to be on a bilateral rather than on a tripartite basis. As Ireland...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: That is not true.

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: I am pleased to respond to the motion. As the Minister stated, the living wage is an estimate made by a number of representatives of NGOs and academics who comprise the self-appointed living wage technical group. It is based on research that identifies the income required for the minimum essential standard of living for a single-adult household in Ireland. It is important that Ireland's...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: It is important to reinforce the truth.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (15 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: The WRC provides a dedicated telephone number for use by members of the Oireachtas. The telephone number is 059-9178905. The WRC’s website provides an electronic facility to make general enquiries at . It also provides contact details for individual WRC divisions and offices which can be accessed at the following link .

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: IDA Ireland Portfolio (16 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: I thank Deputy Deering for raising this issue. In fact, Deputy Deering has been raising this issue regularly with the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and me at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I wish to emphasise that the Government is focused on doing everything possible to deliver the fairest possible spread of foreign direct investment throughout the country. Our...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: IDA Ireland Portfolio (16 Oct 2019)

Pat Breen: I work closely with IDA Ireland. It is one of the most professional agencies we have to attract industry into Ireland against stiff competition. It will continue to engage with its clients to identify further opportunities for new investment in Carlow and the south east. I have visited the region with the Deputy and have also visited Carlow IT, which is important for attracting industry...