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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (8 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 25. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made by agrifood businesses to register for an economic operators registration and identification number which the Revenue Commissioners have identified traded with the UK in 2018; and the number of letters written by the Revenue Commissioners to agrifood businesses urging them to register for such a customs number which will be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (8 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made by SME businesses to register for an economic operators registration and identification number which the Revenue Commissioners have identified traded with the UK in 2018; and the number of letters written by the Revenue Commissioners to SME businesses urging them to register for such a customs number which will be required to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Preparations (8 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 35. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications made by businesses to register for an economic operators registration and identification which the Revenue Commissioners have identified traded with the UK in 2018; the number of businesses that have obtained a number and not obtained a number, respectively, by sector; and the number of letters written by the Revenue Commissioners...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (8 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 170. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings she and her two immediate predecessors had with the national SME envoy of Ireland in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019 by date in tabular form. [40715/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (8 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 171. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings of the advisory group for small business in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if she or the Minister of State in her Department chaired and attended each such meeting. [40716/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Climate Change Policy (8 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 182. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the financial supports for businesses that will be introduced for actions targeted for the enterprise sector in the Climate Action Plan 2019. [28457/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (8 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 377. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have examined proposals to give the Commission for Regulation of Utilities additional powers to ensure that savings in gas and electricity prices are passed on to customers; if he will provide an overview of the current regulatory framework for both wholesale and retail energy markets; the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (8 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 378. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials examined proposals to empower the Commission for Regulation of Utilities by the use of price caps for gas and electricity prices as other jurisdictions have availed of; and the details of work ongoing in this area. [40678/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the emergency contingencies and supports in place to safeguard SMEs and export businesses here from a hard Brexit scenario if the UK leaves the EU with no deal in place; if a request will be submitted to Director General for Competition seeking changes to state aid rules in advance of the 31 October 2019 deadline; and if she will make...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: I ask the Minister to outline to the House the emergency contingencies and supports in place to safeguard SMEs and export businesses here from a hard Brexit scenario if the UK leaves the EU without a deal, if a request has been made to the Director General for Competition seeking changes to the state aid rules in advance of the 31 October 2019 deadline and if she will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: I welcome the funding announced yesterday, but as part of that funding, the Minister immediately needs to bring greater clarity to the type of mix of funding that will be granted. What percentage will be equity and what percentage will be loans? That should be done quite quickly. I worry about the schemes because based on the previous schemes, there seems to be a very low uptake. Business...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: I know a suite of schemes was announced yesterday. I read the Minister's press release and I was in the Dáil Chamber for the budget speech. What I want to know is what element of these proposals will be loans, what will be grants and what will be equity. My reading of the schemes is that, particularly for the smaller businesses, there will be support for microenterprise and for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: There has been very poor uptake.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Preparations (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: Is it grants or loans?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures in budget 2020 to reduce the costs of doing business, reverse competitiveness deficiencies and create a more attractive environment for entrepreneurs here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41307/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: Will the Minister outline the measures she achieved in budget 2020 to reduce the costs of doing business, reverse competitive deficiencies and create a more attractive environment for entrepreneurs in Ireland?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: I thank the Minister for her reply. Small firms are the backbone of the economy and supporting them helps create and sustain jobs across the regions throughout the country. Earlier this morning, the director of the Small Firms Association said that budget 2020 is disappointing in that it did not recognise the importance of small firms by introducing ambitious measures to support...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: The Minister cannot have it both ways, namely saying she does not think it is beneficial while, at the same time, looking for a review of it and saying that it would be beneficial to change it and that it would be amended. If a change is proposed, it will not happen under we have another budget. This budget was a wasted opportunity in this regard. We are uncompetitive when one compares the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Commission (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for implementation of each of the 14 recommendations made by the Personal Injuries Commission, PIC, with regard to personal injury awards. [41110/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Personal Injuries Commission (9 Oct 2019)

Robert Troy: The cost of insurance is crippling small businesses. It is causing some of them to close down. The response from the Government to date has been lethargic, to say the least. I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, to outline to the House the level of priority that is being given to the implementation of the PIC's 14 recommendations by the Government as a whole and, in particular, by him...