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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Pauline Mulligan, assistant secretary, and Mr. Declan Hughes, assistant secretary. Joining us remotely is Mr. Cathal O'Gorman, finance officer. The Department’s opening statement has been circulated to members. I invite Ms Mulligan to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Ms Mulligan for her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Yes, whatever the Deputy wants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. Hughes but we will have to move on to Deputy Shanahan as the time has run out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Following Deputy Shanahan, the next member is Deputy Bruton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is a five-minute slot again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: We have 55 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I point that the time allocated for Deputy Burton is up. The next member is Deputy Louise O'Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Budget 2021 Support Measures for Enterprise: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: This concludes our consideration of the matter today. I thank the witnesses for attending in person and remotely. The next meeting of the committee will take place in private session at 12 noon on 3 November.

Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am pleased to have the opportunity to speak on this Bill. What my party colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, has proposed, is as timely as it is necessary. Our Bill on co-living is clear in its ambition, namely to ban this type of building scheme. This is a type of living arrangement that when he was in Opposition, the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, called "bonkers", as Deputy Ó Broin said....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Budget 2021 (20 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 468. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the lack of childcare funding increases in budget 2021, particularly the national childcare scheme and early childhood care and education scheme, despite a commitment to do so in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31775/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 569. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the wait time in excess of two years for obtaining an MRI scan at University Hospital Limerick for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30981/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: In response to my call in this House a number of weeks ago for Shannon Airport to return to the control of the DAA, the Minister said that would not solve the underlying strategic issues at the airport. With almost 90% of routes going to Dublin Airport, would he not accept that Shannon Airport, as a stand-alone airport, is one of those strategic issues that needs to be addressed? The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Ryanair announcement that it is to reduce its winter schedule at Shannon Airport is yet another in the long list of blows to the mid-west economy. It will affect 155 staff at Shannon and Cork airports. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection must ensure these workers are assisted promptly so they are not waiting weeks if they have to sign on as a result of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: The question is about the establishment of an Irish enterprise agency. Will the Government consider the establishment of an Industrial Development Authority or similar body specifically to focus on microbusinesses, workers' co-operatives, and small and medium-sized enterprises?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Tánaiste for that response. As he said himself, almost 70% of people employed in Ireland are employed in small or medium enterprises. When speaking to those in these businesses, they often say they feel left behind and that successive Governments have preferred to focus on foreign direct investment instead of helping indigenous industry. Foreign direct investment has been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: As the Tánaiste said, some of the local enterprise agencies are quite good but some of them are not so good. That is why we see a specific focus being needed on local SMEs and small companies. We believe the greatest potential for growth in the next few years is within our SME sector. SMEs are the priority when it comes to fostering indigenous industries and ensuring job creation....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (14 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 24. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review promised to the Creagh Lane sexual abuse survivors will be completed; and if the victims from the school will be included in the review. [28836/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (14 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which legislation on directly elected mayors will be published. [30412/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (14 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date on which the first election of a directly elected mayor of Limerick will take place. [30413/20]