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Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I have been in the Dáil for three years and have listened to some waffle in my time. Unfortunately, the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, beat Banagher with his contribution which he copied and pasted from the contribution of the Minister, Deputy Doherty, earlier. The least he could do is dignify his response with an original contribution. The Official Report of the Dáil will...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Minister of State read the same speech twice. The Official Report will confirm what I have said. The aim of our motion was simple, that is, to stand up for ordinary low-paid workers. They are hard-working people who struggle to get by month-to-month. Sinn Féin is proud to stand up for these people and will continue to fight for better pay and conditions for workers. I cannot...

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Votáil.

Living Wage: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move:That Dáil Éireann:notes that:— according to the Central Statistics Office, 137,200 workers reported earning the national minimum wage or less in the fourth quarter of 2018; — female workers are currently more likely than male workers to earn the national minimum wage or less; — half of all those earning the national minimum wage or less in the fourth...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (15 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 442. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) must wait for an appointment with a person in the regional hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42140/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (15 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the recruitment for the post of a clinical nurse specialist for neurology in University Hospital Limerick has stalled; if this issue will be rectified immediately recognising the importance of the position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42181/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (15 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in a person (details supplied) being granted a disability allowance. [42141/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: That is not what it is saying; it is saying the Government might repeal it afterwards.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Page 40 of the programme for Government talks about reducing poverty levels by supporting an increase in the minimum wage to €10.50 per hour over the next five years. It states that the Government will rely on the annual recommendation of the Low Pay Commission regarding the level of adjustment every year. There was no mention of the minimum wage in the contributions of either the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (10 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for a new MRI machine for University Hospital Limerick in order to address overcrowding in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40959/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (10 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 83. To ask the Minister for Health the emergency measures he is putting in place to address the severe overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick, which saw 1,405 persons on trolleys in the hospital in September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40958/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Some of the Ministers and some of the Fianna Fáil people are suggesting that we did not factor in Brexit when we were doing our budget proposals but we actually did. I want to put that on the record. We put down how we would cost and fund a €2 billion Brexit stabilisation fund, how we would support SMEs, businesses and communities which would be particularly affected by Brexit....

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Shameful.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (9 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to grow the Shannon free zone, based beside Shannon Airport in view of the need to boost jobs and investment in the area to help sustain and grow the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41289/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (8 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 259. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for an appointment with a service (details supplied). [40791/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (8 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 260. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) will have to wait for an assessment at St. Gabriel's, Limerick. [40792/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (8 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an aircraft (details supplied) was authorised to carry weapons or munitions or other military goods through Shannon Airport on 30 September 2019; if searches were carried out on this aircraft while at Shannon Airport to ensure that it was in compliance with international laws on neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Waiting Times (3 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the waiting times for applications for payments (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40346/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Living Wage (2 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of workers employed by his Department and in each office or agency under the aegis of his Department that earn less than the living wage of €12.30 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40074/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Departments (1 Oct 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this Topical Issue matter, which is an important and urgent issue. It is not important to the Minister for Health, Deputy Simon Harris, because, once again, he has not bothered to turn up. I know he does not turn up to Topical Issue debates and I do not know how to get him to turn up. I have been elected to the Dáil for over three years. I...