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Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Amendment Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: We welcome key aspects of the Bill which seeks to regulate the English language school sector which, as we all know, has been manipulated by rogue English language schools to exploit students and employees. The sudden closure last December of Grafton College in Portobello provided the most recent example of how much regulation is needed in this sector for workers. Twenty-three teachers were...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the new commitment of the Colombian Government to implement the peace process according to the peace agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24474/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the importance of ensuring the all the inhabitants of the 24 ETCRs in operation are guaranteed proper and secure reincorporation regarding the Colombian peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24475/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (12 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of persons employed in the public service who earn below the living wage which currently stands at €11.90 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24458/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (12 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed by the HSE who earn below the living wage which currently stands at €11.90 per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24455/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (12 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE requires external contractors to pay workers at least the living wage which currently stands at €11.90; if not, his plans to introduce same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24456/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services Staff (12 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 224. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if efforts have been made to encourage the payment of the living wage across the childcare sector; the number of workers employed in the childcare sector who earn below the living wage which currently stands at €11.90 per hour; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24457/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (11 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 388. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to date to attract companies in the automotive industry that are closing operations in the United Kingdom due to Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24269/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Preparations (11 Jun 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 389. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if IDA Ireland has approached companies in the automotive industry that are closing operations in the United Kingdom due to Brexit with a view to setting up operations here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24270/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: A Programme for a Partnership Government includes a commitment to enhance health services. I want to raise the specific issue of the dreadful overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick. There were 75 patients on trolleys on Tuesday and, overall, there have been 217 patients on trolleys in the hospital this week. I wrote to the Minster for Health, Deputy Harris, asking him to meet...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: When can we expect the 60-bed modular unit and the 96-bed extension to be delivered?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (29 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Sinn Féin welcomes this move to remove the legislative prohibition on allowing full access for members of An Garda Síochána to the State's workplaces dispute resolution bodies, namely, the Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court. Sinn Féin introduced a Bill in April 2017 which would have allowed the representative associations of An Garda Síochána...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: The programme for Government has a commitment to legislate for directly-elected mayors. I was delighted to see voters in Limerick approve the proposal put in the plebiscite on Friday to allow for a directly-elected mayor to lead our local authority. Sinn Féin supported a "Yes" vote for a directly-elected mayor in Limerick but we had a job of work to explain to people the benefits of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of abolishing apprenticeship fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22662/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (28 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing an additional 1,000 apprenticeship places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22663/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Complaints Procedures (28 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints lodged with the HSE in relation to University Hospital Limerick in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22826/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2017: Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (28 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the Minister of State and particularly welcome the pay rise of 2.7%, which will be effective from 1 September. Sinn Féin fully supports this order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2017: Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (28 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Minister made reference to An Garda Síochána in the context of the Bill that will be coming before the Dáil tomorrow. Sinn Féin has tabled an amendment to that Bill to provide for the inclusion of the Defence Forces. Has the Minister of State or the senior Minister given any thought to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland: Chairman Designate (28 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Professor Clinch for his opening statement. He has clearly demonstrated his considerable experience and expertise, which is why he was nominated to be the chairman of Science Foundation Ireland. On behalf of Sinn Féin, I wish Professor Clinch the very best in his role.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Science Foundation Ireland: Chairman Designate (28 May 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: Science Foundation Ireland does great work and I have met its representatives several times. I sometimes wonder if the public knows enough about what SFI actually does, what it has achieved and the successes it has had. Does Professor Clinch believe that more could be done to inform the general public on the good work that is being done by Science Foundation Ireland? In which areas could...