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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Employment Permits (Consolidation and Amendment) Bill 2019: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: Unfortunately, we need to end the meeting now because we have run out of time. With Covid restrictions, the committee cannot continue for more than two hours. This concludes our consideration of the matter today. I think Dr. McGann and Ms Redmond from IBEC and Mr. Berney from ICTU for assisting the committee. The committee will give further consideration to the matter. Many issues have...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (4 Mar 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 175. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing time for applications made by local authorities for authorisation to operate a CCTV system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12342/21]

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: Sometimes less is more. During the term of this Dáil, the Minister has brought forward several housing and property proposals that have failed the test of delivering meaningful supply to the property market. His earlier contribution was cynical, even though he used that word a number of times in the course of it. I heard him use the word "hysteria" in a recent media interview and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the instruction being offered to schools and teachers with regard to the social development of pupils scheduled to return to the school setting over the coming weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11916/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety Regulations (24 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 687. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the issuing of Safepass registration cards under current restrictions is not being conducted and that some construction workers are unable to work as passes are out of date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10175/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank members and witnesses for participating in today’s meeting in line with the exceptional measures we must take due to Covid-19. I remind them that apart from myself and members of the committee secretariat, all members and witnesses are required to participate remotely, and all members are required to attend from within the Leinster House complex. Apologies have been received...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I remind members of the need to focus on the provisions of the competition Bill we are examining as opposed to broader issues relating to ComReg or the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: Please do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Deputy's time is up and I thank Ms Goggin. The next person, according to the rota, is Senator Ollie Crowe who has seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: Our next speaker is Deputy Richard Bruton and he has seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. McHugh. I am afraid Deputy Shanahan's time is up. We have concluded round 1 so we will move on to round 2. If anyone else wants to come in he or she should please raise the flag on Teams. Deputy O'Reilly has seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: Unfortunately, the time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: As there are no further members indicating, I have a question for both ComReg and the CCPC on the issue of staffing and costs. If the EU directive is transposed and the new powers of deterrence and enforcement are made available, will there be a need for additional specialist staff? If so, how many staff will ComReg and the CCPC require? A linked question is whether the witnesses foresee a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: Do the representatives of ComReg wish to answer that question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: As we have a little additional time, do the witnesses wish to make any further brief remarks? If they do not, that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Competition (Amendment) Bill 2021 (Resumed): Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the witnesses and members. That concludes our consideration of this matter today. I thank the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Commission for Communications Regulation for assisting the committee today. We will give further consideration to this matter as soon as possible. The meeting is now adjourned. Due to restrictions currently in effect for committee...

Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I have huge problems with this Bill and it should be rejected. If media commentary is to be believed, many Fianna Fáil Members also have concerns about it. I urge them, too, to reject it. The provisions regarding the LDA and the designated activity companies, as outlined in the Bill, are a bad idea. The professed objective of the LDA is to drive strategic land assets and use public...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: In 2019, when the Tánaiste was the Taoiseach, he made a very welcome apology to the victims of child sex abuse in day schools. It was very much appreciated. We are now in February 2021. The Tánaiste is aware that at the time, the ex gratiascheme was not fit for purpose. In the absence of the completion of the ongoing review of that scheme, will the Tánaiste intervene in the...

Covid-19 (Drug and Alcohol Services, and Homelessness): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: Unfortunately, the issue of drugs in my home city of Limerick has worsened during the pandemic on what seems like a daily basis. The issue is not new. Previous Ministers have failed utterly in dealing with the issue and sometimes I wonder if they bothered at all. There is a specific problem in the St. Mary's Park area of Limerick which I wish to raise with the Minister of State. I...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the projects funded by the social intervention fund in County Limerick in each of the years 2008 to 2020; the amount of funding awarded to each project in these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8102/21]