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Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion [Private Members] (17 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank my colleagues for bringing forward this motion. My colleagues, Deputies Ellis and Munster, brought a similar motion forward during the previous Dáil as well. This has been an ongoing issue in my constituency for years. I have spoken on this issue on a number of occasions, the last of which was on a Fianna Fáil Bill. At the time, the then Minister for Transport,...

Regional Airports: Motion [Private Members] (11 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Independent Group for introducing this important motion. Since I was elected to the House in February, I have been raising the issue of Shannon Airport. In light of Covid, I have been raising it as often as possible. I have met employees, trade union representatives, stakeholders and the Shannon Group. There have been debates and questions in the Dáil and we feel like we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has been for an appointment with a consultant at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34645/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: No. 1 is scrutiny of an EU proposal. The committee has already discussed the EU proposal and we are now required to make a formal decision on it. The proposal was circulated under schedule A. It was agreed there are no subsidiary concerns about COM (2020) 571 on risks relating to exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at work and it does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: The second item on the agenda is the briefing on the Duffy Cahill report of 2016 related to redundancy processes. The report was an expert examination of legal protection for workers with a particular focus on ensuring that limited liability and corporate restructuring are not used to avoid a company's obligations to its employees. The examination looked specifically at situations where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: If Mr. Duffy wants to go first, that is perfect.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. Duffy. I now invite Ms Cahill to make her contribution and I ask members who wish to contribute later to indicate as she is speaking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Members five minutes each in order of party. Deputies go first, and then Senators. I call Deputy O'Reilly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Deputy O'Reilly. The next speaker is Deputy Bruton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. Duffy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Does Deputy Bruton want to come back in again?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Duffy Cahill Report: Discussion (4 Nov 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Ms Cahill and Mr. Duffy for participating in the meeting. The committee appreciates their assistance in its consideration of this matter. On No. 3, any other business, do members have any matters they wish to raise? No. In that case, we will adjourn.

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.