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

Billy Kelleher: 120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the most recent Personal Injuries Commission report and the recommendation to establish a judicial council and for the Minister for Justice and Equality to formally request that the council review the award guidelines; and the estimated impact this will have on the Book of Quantum. [46385/18]

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

Billy Kelleher: 121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when applications to the disruptive technologies fund will open and close; and the 2019 budget allocation for same. [46386/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Staff (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the allocation to the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court in each of the years 2015 to 2018 broken down between current and capital funds; the amount expended in each year and to date in 2018; the 2019 allocation; and the number of civil servants in the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court by grade in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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, his Department, Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to scope and design schemes to support enterprises impacted by Brexit in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Data (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions being taken to reduce the number of jobless houses; and the latest data on same. [46375/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Data (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants in nationally accredited internships; the number in the public and private sectors; and the regulatory framework concerning persons in internship schemes and the national minimum wage. [46377/18]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: An bhfuil 20 nóiméad agam?

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the House for facilitating this debate and welcome the opportunity to speak. It is important that every Deputy has an opportunity to speak on the annual budget and raise issues about which he or she has genuine concerns, not only in the context of the national budgetary framework but also, from time to time, on more regional and local issues. In that regard, it important that...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Employment Data (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 132. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on a wage at or below the minimum wage level by gender and age. [46378/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Bord na Móna (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 291. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to protect jobs at Bord na Móna and put supports in place for employees that will be made redundant on a voluntary basis; if she has spoken with the management of the company regarding these job losses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46517/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Motor Insurance Costs (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 292. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date for each of the 71 action points made in the cost of insurance working group report on motor insurance published in January 2017, in which her Department or the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, had lead responsibility for implementation, in tabular form; if each such action point has been completed, not...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Insurance Costs (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 293. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date for each of the 29 action points made in the cost of insurance working group report on the cost of employer and public liability insurance published in January 2018, in which her Department or the PIAB has lead responsibility for implementation, in tabular form; if each such action point has been completed, not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 337. To ask the Minister for Health if a review will be carried out on the request to secure independent living for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46629/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: It is a new and thought-provoking question and I am happy to wait.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: With regard to apprenticeships in the wet trades and electrical areas, I have always been of the view that there must be pathways out of the traditional areas where we have men up on scaffolding at 55 or 60 years of age. It is not an attractive outcome for any young person making a career choice if there is no further enhancement and development of their skill sets available to allow them to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: The other issue, and this leads me onto questions raised previously, is a pathway and gateway to degree courses and further academic development to master's level for people who may want to take that pathway but are not ready to do so at a younger age. There is very much a "them and us" situation. People either opt for an apprenticeship course in the traditional sense which takes them down...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Good employers built houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: With regard to construction trades and apprenticeships, what do we do as people get older? We have not been good at that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: With regard to inspection, is there any role for people who were previously putting the blocks up inspecting the people putting the blocks up? We were probably weak at compliance in building for a time. Is there a role there to progress people into?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Skills Needs: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: By and large, apprenticeships have historically been in the construction sector and, through CERT, in the hospitality sector. There is now an evolution taking place in the broader labour market in terms of provision of apprenticeships. Why did it take so long for us to accept the need for industry to get involved in educating its own workforce? That is essentially what apprenticeship is...