Results 941-960 of 4,764 for speaker:Maurice Quinlivan

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Wage Subsidy Scheme (27 Feb 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 687. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the wage subsidy scheme payment in line with the increase in the minimum wage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9675/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (27 Feb 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 694. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9902/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Preparations for Brexit: Discussion (27 Feb 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the representatives of the three agencies for attending at the committee. They have a very difficult task. The first time they attended here 18 months ago, we talked about the uncertainty and we are still experiencing that to a certain extent. This morning the Taoiseach confirmed that the legal text would be agreed tomorrow at 12 o'clock so hopefully we will get some certainty from...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (6 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I commend the emergency services on the fantastic work they did over the past few days, in particular Limerick County Council and Novas Initiatives who housed 78 people in emergency temporary beds over the past couple of nights. The Government's response has been messy in some areas, in particular in regard to its announcement regarding the fuel allowance. Under pressure from the Opposition,...

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (6 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: Hear, hear.

Topical Issue Debate: Employment Rights (6 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: There is nothing in the Minister's response for workers. Our proposal was designed to try to get some protection for workers when there is a red alert in place. During the severe weather event in Limerick, a number of people contacted me. One man in particular was on the north side of Limerick and had to go to his job in Kerry. Obviously, it was very dangerous for him to go down there on...

Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will start by thanking Deputy Michael McGrath for bringing this Bill, which I hope passes, forward. The Government has said it would not oppose it anyway. The Minister is probably aware, and I hope he is, of the distress caused by continuous announcements by various banks that they are selling parts of their mortgage portfolios to the vulture funds. That is causing huge stress to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (8 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 274. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to pilot a reimbursement system that gives persons with primary progressive MS access to the drug Ocrevus while the price of this drug is being decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10905/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (8 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 275. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to meet a group (details supplied) to discuss the possibility of piloting a reimbursement system that gives persons with primary progressive MS access to Ocrevus while the price of this drug is being decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10906/18]

Strategic Communications Unit: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I highlight an issue that was brought to my attention today in an article in the Irish Examinerby the journalist Juno McEnroe. The article is a fine demonstration of public service news reporting. Emails obtained by Mr. McEnroe under the Freedom of Information Act show that the strategic communications unit was asked to draft a response to a parliamentary question I had submitted to the...

An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018. I am strongly in favour of repeal of the eighth amendment. I recently met our local group in Limerick, Repeal LK, of which I have become a member. I look forward to working with it and other elected representatives in Limerick to campaign to ensure the eighth amendment is removed from the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Claims Agency Data (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the numbers of the seven settlements made by the State Claims Agency to date as part of the ex-gratia scheme set up following a judgement (details supplied) that were as a result of physical abuse only. [11904/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) had its application turned down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12314/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Data (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 378. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the destinations of each trade mission undertaken in each of the years 2014 to 2017; the Ministers who travelled on each trade mission; and the cost of each trade mission, in tabular form. [12337/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Data (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 379. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the companies that travelled on each separate trade mission in 2017, in tabular form. [12338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Data (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 380. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which companies are chosen to participate in trade missions abroad. [12339/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions Data (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 381. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of departmental and governmental officials that travelled on each trade mission in 2017. [12340/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Investigations (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 384. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the account of the investigative failures will be identified in an investigation (details supplied) by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, ODCE, will be published. [11837/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 387. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the effectiveness of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. [11903/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (20 Mar 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 389. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the publication of the Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11998/18]