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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (3 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the clerk to the committee will convey the following message to the Clerk of the Dáil:The Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation has completed its consideration of the following motion:That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2017copies of which have been laid in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: I thank the Tánaiste very much. We will take questions. We will start with subhead A5, which relates to IDA Ireland. It is on page 9 of the briefing provided by the secretariat. We will also discuss subhead A7, which covers Enterprise Ireland. IDA Ireland makes up 43% of the programme's allocation and Enterprise Ireland makes up 34%. I call Deputy Niall Collins.

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

Mary Butler: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this much needed Bill to fast track procedures for vacant housing refurbishment. A new planning procedure is needed in Ireland and this Bill can achieve this. I congratulate Deputies Cowen and Casey on their work on this Bill. Vacant spaces which would be suitable for residential purposes are found all over the country. Census 2016 revealed that...

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: Fianna Fáil supports this Bill, which gives effect to the recommendations of the Committee on the Future Funding of Domestic Water published in April 2017. This legislation abolishes water charges and introduces fines or levies on those who waste water. After many hours in the committee, the following recommendations appear in the Bill. Now that the spin is over the facts remain. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (10 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision regarding an application for funding for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied) will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42885/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 280. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42479/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (10 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 388. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with dementia availing of intensive home care packages as of 30 September 2017 by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42937/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (10 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 389. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to tackle the expected surge in trolley numbers and the expected overcrowding in accident and emergency departments in the event of winter vomiting bug occurring; and the contingencies in place in this regard [42938/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Staff (10 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of members of staff, both medical and clerical, that make up the Child and Adult Mental Health Services team based at University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42939/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (11 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance if an exception can be made in the case of a person (details supplied) who was recently refused a primary medical certificate on the basis of the strict medical criteria laid down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43066/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates Applications (11 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 126. To ask the Minister for Health if an exception can be made in the case of a person (details supplied) who was recently refused a primary medical certificate on the basis of the strict medical criteria laid down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43067/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: The Minister should not hold his breath.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: I have been here for the past two hours and have listened to many contributions from all sides of the House. I have listened to the Sinn Féin Members, who have now all vacated the Chamber, and to Government Members across from me. I could spend my time answering the critics but I will not; I will just say three words: confidence and supply. I would prefer to address the positives in...

Leaders' Questions (17 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: Ten have been closed temporarily.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates Provision (17 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 304. To ask the Minister for Health when a primary medical certificate will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43510/17]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (17 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: 554. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43399/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: I remind members, visitors and those in the Public Gallery to ensure their mobile phones are switched off or in flight mode for the duration of this meeting, please, as they interfere with the broadcasting equipment, even when on silent mode. Before we commence, in accordance with procedure, I am required to read the following. By virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: What is the tipping point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: We will open it up to the floor. Who would like to kick off with a few questions? Okay, I will start. Regarding commercial rates, I, and I am sure all my other colleagues, hear quite a lot from people with small businesses about the effect of commercial rates. A business just outside Dungarvan has been operating for the past 30 years and most of its sales relate to a small shop and petrol...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Mary Butler: Are the rates determined differently from local authority to local authority? I think that was another issue that has been raised with me. Rates that are not collected constitute lost revenue. We will all be conscious of our own local authorities that will try to strike a budget in the next few weeks and we will all see the amount of lost revenue involved. I note the person I was trying...