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Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I agree with Deputy Butler. Deputy Niall Collins brought forward a similar Private Members' Bill which the business, enterprise and innovation committee spent much time going through. Several amendments were made to it which were all agreed unanimously by the committee. Here we are again, however, with this Bill. There is a sense of déjà vubecause I had a Bill on ticket touting...

Prohibition of Above-cost Ticket Touting Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Sampdoria is my best friend's team.

Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Deputies from the Independents 4 Change group for introducing the Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Bill 2018. Sinn Féin is very happy to lend our support to the Bill, as it is important legislation which will have a significant impact on the development of Ireland’s co-operative sector. We welcome the amendment to reduce the number of members needed to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request the Revenue Commissioners to protect the flat rate expenses for lower paid workers such as shop assistants, due to cease in 2020. [7277/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons working in each role in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant positions in the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement; and the length of time each position has been vacant. [7437/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of persons who have been disqualified as a director of a company, restricted as a director of a company, prosecuted and convicted as a result of ODCE investigations in 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7438/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of complaints the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement received in 2017 and 2018; the number of these that resulted in action being taken by the ODCE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7439/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (14 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 128. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of investigations initiated by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7440/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Budgets (19 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 305. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the parts of her budget she plans to cut for the savings required to fund the overrun in the national children’s hospital; the amount her Department will contribute in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7916/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 371. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) must wait for an ENT appointment in University Hospital Limerick [7918/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 409. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners in County Limerick charge for the taking of blood; the steps he will take to enforce the provisions of the Health Act 1970 to ensure that persons covered by the general medical services scheme are not being incorrectly charged for routine phlebotomy services; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (19 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount contributed by the State to the cost of building the Limerick tunnel; the amount private companies contributed to building the tunnel; his views on whether the contract entered into relating to traffic guarantees represents good value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7917/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the director and his staff for attending. We have been waiting a long time for him to come in. His participation will be very useful to us. I hope we can engage today and in the future. I have a number of questions. The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Humphreys, was appointed on 30 November 2017. How many times has Mr. Drennan met her since? Has he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Mr. Drennan said he met the Minister once and each of her predecessors just once. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Were the meetings at Mr. Drennan's request or the Ministers' request?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (19 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: It was before our time here as well.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: University Hospital Limerick is in an appalling condition. The full capacity protocol has been in use every single day since 2016. A total of 11,437 sick patients lay on trolleys in the hospital last year alone, the highest number in the State. Today 57 people from the mid-west region are on trolleys, the highest number in the State. There are 34,133 people on waiting lists at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (26 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of post-primary schools that do not have a primary school designated as their feeder school as part of their enrolment and admissions policies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9047/19]

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: As has been stated, this is a very unusual Bill for very unusual times. Most of my comments are on how it will affect business. However, I first want to highlight that Brexit is primarily about people. I am married to an Englishwoman. My in-laws are English. My uncle lives in England. I have first and second cousins; some of them consider themselves Irish and some of them consider...