Results 11,421-11,440 of 11,979 for speaker:Billy Kelleher

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (6 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will be provided for a person (details supplied) under the school transport scheme to transport them to and from a school. [45810/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (6 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 472. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to publish an account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); and the steps she is taking to address them, following the trial of a person. [45004/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Stepaside Garda station had no facts to justify its reopening.

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important motion which aims to highlight the need to be more imaginative in how we approach apprenticeships and the broader labour market. There is no doubt that skills shortages are a significant constraint in an expanding economy that has enormous infrastructural deficits. Such deficits include not just major infrastructural projects, but...

Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak. It is important to keep highlighting that there is a major problem in society and across the economy relating to the cost of insurance, including motor insurance, public liability and other insurance that is required to be taken out to cover liabilities. We have been discussing this issue for a long time. Certain actions have been taken but they are...

Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2018: Second Stage (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: And it is free to us.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for entry requirements to access Springboard+ courses; if there are courses specifically aimed at persons who are underemployed; the courses available for lifelong learning programmes; and the specific courses targeting skills shortages in sectors. [46380/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the participation rate in lifelong learning in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the EU average rate for same based on latest data in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46381/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Digital Strategy (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of persons in the labour force who have basic or above basic digital skills based on the latest available data; the corresponding EU average rate for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46382/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Digital Strategy (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of persons in employment that have basic or above basic digital skills based on the latest available data; the corresponding EU average rate in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46383/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new consortia led apprenticeship programmes forecasted under the action plan to expand apprenticeship and traineeship in Ireland in each of the years 2016 to 2020; and the numbers realised (details supplied) for these targets in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 for these new consortia led apprenticeship programmes in tabular form....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Contract Plans (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recommendation (details supplied) on the state of regulation of personal contract plans, PCPs, that the consumer protection code should apply to PCPs and that PCP providers should have to check the financial capacity of consumers before offering such contracts; if not, the reason therefore; and if she or her...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in quarter 1, 2 and 3 of 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46368/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings that have taken place to date since the formation of the working group comprising representatives from the Directorate General for Competition, her Department, Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to scope and design schemes to support enterprises impacted by Brexit in line...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Collar Crime (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the report, Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences, by an organisation (details supplied); her plans to implement the recommendations of this report including the proposal to set-up a corporate crime agency; the estimated impact this will have on the work of the ODCE; and if her Departmental officials met with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a sectorial analysis has been carried out of skills shortages in the economy for the next 5, 10, 15 and 20 year period; the impact skills shortages are having on competitiveness levels here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46372/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of civil servants in her Department by grade who are specifically allocated to work in the economic migration policy unit (details supplied). [46373/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Programme for Government Initiatives (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regional job targets and unemployment rate projections under A Programme for Partnership Government for 2020 and Enterprise 2025, by year and region; the latest figures relating to these targets; the monitoring and reporting mechanisms in place; her job targets up to 2020, by region in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the latest female participation rate in the labour force here compared with the EU rate; if she has carried out an analysis of this area; and the actions being taken to increase the rate. [46376/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with Ireland’s rankings in the 2018 global competitiveness report published by the World Economic Forum on 17 October 2018. [46384/18]