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Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I thank Mr. Coffey for his presentation to the committee. There are 13 companies paying an effective rate of 1%. Mr. Coffey said the research and development tax credit appears to have increased activity. Is it worth it if we have 13 companies on an effective 1% rate? Even if there is some increased activity, is it worth maintaining that? The top ten companies account for 38% of...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Corporation Tax Regime: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: If the Department of Finance is highlighting this, one would then expect the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to act on that and not to use those receipts to fund permanent expenditure such as public pay, for example. That is an issue which the committee can look at retrospectively through scrutiny of previous budgets to ensure expenditure is not going to the wrong area. With...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (16 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason, five months after the publication of the report of the GMIT working group on the future of the Mayo campus, none of the recommendations contained in the report has been acted upon and or implemented; and the timeframe for implementation of same. [21571/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (16 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an external facilitator will be appointed to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the GMIT working group on the future of the Mayo campus in view of the fact this was promised five months ago. [21572/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (16 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a head of campus for the Mayo campus of GMIT will be appointed. [21573/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (16 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the recruitment process that commenced in 2018 for the head of the Mayo campus of GMIT was stalled or failed; the reason no head of campus was appointed; the plans to recruit a head of campus; if a new recruitment process will commence; and if so, when. [21574/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he is seeking on the backstop by the next European Council meeting in June 2018; his definition of sufficient progress in this regard; the steps he will take if sufficient progress is not made on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21311/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: Will the Tánaiste outline the progress he is seeking on the backstop by the next European Council meeting in June and what he considers to be sufficient progress? Will he also detail the steps he and the Government are taking to ensure that sufficient progress is made? If we do not see sufficient progress, what then?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: In December we were told that the commitments given on the border were "bulletproof", "rock solid" and "cast iron". Fast-forward six months and it is quite clear that those commitments were oversold. While I acknowledge that what was agreed in December, albeit tentatively, was progress, it certainly was not the level of progress articulated by the Tánaiste at the time. The issue of...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: With respect, the phrase "taking shape" leaves me no clearer as to what the Tánaiste considers to be sufficient progress. I do not know what he means by that and he did not answer my question as to what he will do if he does not see sufficient progress. Will he put a stop to the talks? This is not about pessimism or optimism but about realism. Are we edging towards a hard border? It...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: I have done so.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committee Meetings (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 86. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times and the dates Cabinet committee C (European Union Including Brexit). [20769/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU Data (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 207. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies that have AEO status; the number awarded AEO status in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the average number of AEO applications that the Revenue Commissioners are processing per month; if an assessment has been made of the number of companies that may require AEO status as a consequence of the UK leaving the single...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an external facilitator has yet to be appointed to oversee the implementation of the recommendations of the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology, GMIT, working group report published in December 2017 in regard to the Mayo campus of GMIT; and if a date will be set for same to ensure the appointment of the appropriate person. [20992/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Mayo campus of GMIT has not hired a head of campus. [20993/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recommendations of the GMIT working group report published in December 2017 that have been implemented to date; and the timeline for the implementation of outstanding recommendations. [20994/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ring-fenced funds promised and allocated to the Mayo campus of GMIT can be drawn down to spend at the campus; and the reason for the delay. [20995/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Institutes of Technology (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if no cuts are planned to courses, staff and staff relocations for the Mayo campus of GMIT for the academic year 2018-2019. [20996/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 322. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the newly built IDA advanced factory in Castlebar remains empty; and the steps she has taken and is planning to take to find a tenant for the factory and to bring jobs to Castlebar. [21069/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland (15 May 2018)

Lisa Chambers: 323. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits that have taken place to the newly built IDA advanced factory in Castlebar, County Mayo; and the work the IDA is undertaking to bring jobs to Castlebar. [21070/18]