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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan Funding (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I am asking in a roundabout way whether the Minister is satisfied that there is a robust independent assessment process, but I will ask more directly to get a more direct answer. We have experts and State agencies such as Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland, and Science Foundation Ireland, but it seems that when one goes through the whole process, ultimately the Minister is the one who decides...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan Funding (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: It is an important fund. It is important that there is integrity in the process. Will the Minister assure me that having a lunch or dining with an applicant is something that is also outside the remit?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: We will support the general principle of the Bill. During the legislative process we may seek to table some amendments to improve and enhance it, but in the main we welcome the opportunity to speak on it. It is important and timely that we acknowledge the challenges that members of trade unions and workers across this country have gone through in rebuilding the State's finances and in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium enterprises that have been sanctioned for funding and have received funding under the €300 million SME working capital loan scheme. [42564/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 17. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions in budget 2019 to reduce the costs of doing business here and reverse Irish competitiveness deficiencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42562/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 30. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has a long-term plan in place to deal with skills shortages in various sectors; and the timeframe to implement recommendations by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs. [42561/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme confirmation package for Glashaboy, Glanmire, County Cork will be sanctioned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42807/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if the removal of charges for chemotherapy and radiotherapy patients who are not in receipt of a medical card or medical insurance is being considered in view of the hardship that this can cause at a very vulnerable time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42781/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Data (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints made against Irish Rail regarding Cork routes or stations; the nature of these complaints for 2017 and the first six months of 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42838/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Staff (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date when staff disability awareness training was last carried out at each train station in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42839/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services Staff (18 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if staffing levels in Irish Rail are reduced in the autumn; if so, the details by station in tabular form; the number of staff who have been let go; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42840/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (23 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 126. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the long outpatient waiting times in Cork city hospitals in which 8,601 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an appointment. [43571/18]

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Hear, hear.

Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Hear, hear.

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on the Bill. In recent years, I have always tried to contribute on budgetary matters in the House. Unfortunately, the budgetary arrangement and debate this time around has not been to my satisfaction in the sense that I am now speaking on the Finance Bill in advance of getting an opportunity to speak on the budget itself so it is a bit disappointing....

Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I got the flu vaccine today.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (25 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes he plans to make to increase the take-up by SMEs in the employment investment incentive scheme and the key employee engagement programme. [44495/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (25 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of male and female apprentices in training by each employment sector and subsector at 30 September 2018 for craft based and consortia-led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44486/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (25 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprenticeship registrations in each employment sector and subsector at 30 September 2018 for all craft based and consortia-led apprenticeships in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44487/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (25 Oct 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actual apprentice population in each employment sector and subsector as at 30 September 2018. [44488/18]