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River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: In the Minister of State's contribution, he said that a single authority would not stop one extra litre from going into a house. The Minister of State is from the same county as me. He remembers the flood last year which destroyed a few houses in Coonagh and Na Piarsaigh GAA club. If we had one statutory authority, that would not have happened. In December 2015, there was a flood in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting in excess of one year for a neurosurgery appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32155/20]

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: This is not historical, unfortunately. I have friends and neighbours who were in mother and baby homes. It is an issue of which I am keenly aware and I know they are watching. One survivor speaking to the Clann project about conditions in the mother and baby homes stated: My birth mother was allowed to see me just once a day for an hour each day after my birth when the babies were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Apologies have been received from Senator Sherlock. The committee has already discussed several EU proposals and is now required to make formal decisions on them. Two proposals were circulated on Schedule A. It was agreed there are no subsidiary concerns about COM (2020) 183 and it does not warrant further scrutiny. It was also agreed that there are no subsidiarity concerns about COM...

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...