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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Corporate Governance (17 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State for the reply and his comments. I am delighted he has met the director of the ODCE. I am pleased that it was a constructive meeting. I take this opportunity to advise the Minister of State that I have invited the Tánaiste and the director to attend the first possible meeting of the joint committee in January. I hope that will happen. We want to meet the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Corporate Governance (17 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I would like to put on the record my thanks for the work done by the former Chairman of the committee, Deputy Butler, now Minister of State at the Department of Health, to try to progress this Bill. There were a number of legal and other reasons that did not happen. Hopefully, it will happen next year. We are in broad agreement on the need for structural change to the ODCE. We all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in receiving a cataract surgery appointment in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43775/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 311. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the three year waiting time for obtaining an appointment for the removal of wisdom teeth at the oral and maxillofacial department at University Hospital Limerick for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43776/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 362. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized and-or impounded for trespass and for non-compliance with chipping law and regulation by county in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43741/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 364. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions since January 2013 in respect of the failure of owners to chip their horses, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43759/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Apologies have been received from Senator Garvey. The first item on the agenda is scrutiny of EU proposals under Schedule A. We are required to make a formal decision on this. It is proposed that COM (2020) 682 on adequate minimum wages in the European Union, which we have already discussed, does not warrant further scrutiny. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Today I am pleased that we are able to discuss the introduction of statutory sick pay. The importance of this issue became apparent at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. I am pleased that we are joined remotely today by representatives of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association. From ICTU we have Ms Patricia King, general secretary,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Ms King and invite Mr. McDonnell to make his brief opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I now invited members to discuss the issue with witnesses. We have a roster system and the first person is Deputy O'Reilly who is joining us remotely. She has seven minutes, or does she want to share time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I remind Deputy O'Reilly and members that they can have additional time if they want in the second round. The next person in the Sinn Féin slot is Senator Paul Gavan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I ask the ICTU representatives to be very quick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I ask Dr. Bambrick to be quite quick because there is not much time left.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: Does Dr. Bambrick want to answer that one?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Introduction of Statutory Sick Pay: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Dr. Bambrick. That concludes our consideration of the matter today. I thank the representatives from ICTU, Ms Patricia King and Dr. Bambrick, and from ISME, Mr. Neil McDonnell, for assisting the committee today in this important matter. We look forward to giving this further consideration as soon as we possibly can. I thank them for attending today. The next meeting of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (15 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State funding provided to Bus Éireann in each of the years 2010 to 2020; the number of passengers carried in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43033/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (15 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the State funding provided to Iarnród Éireann in each of the years 2010 to 2020; the number of passengers carried in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43034/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Project Ireland 2040 (15 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the projects that fall under the remit of his Department that will be funded between 2021 and 2030 under Project Ireland 2040; the funding that will be allocated to each project; the current status of each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43035/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (15 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each Garda station in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43242/20]

Prohibition of Sulky-Racing Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Dec 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: I reiterate that Sinn Féin will be supporting this Bill and I thank the Rural Independent Group for bringing forward this legislation. In a Dáil debate on 13 December 1977, the then Deputy from Limerick, the late Mick Lipper, raised the issue of wandering horses in Limerick and asked what actions the then Minister for Justice would take, if he proposed to take any action, regarding...