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Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Data (12 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of microfinance and loan guarantees under her Department's indigenous enterprise development division which were granted in 2015, 2016, and to date in 2017; the value of this finance and loans in each of these years; the areas and sectors receiving this support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42767/17]

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Data (12 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: When the Minister and the Minister of State are rambling around the country, they always say that access to working capital is the key issue for SMEs. How are Microfinance Ireland and credit schemes for indigenous companies performing, in particular the credit guarantee scheme, CGS, 2017? The counter guarantee scheme still awaits the publication of a statutory instrument. The Government...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Data (12 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply. He indicated that Microfinance Ireland processed 3,000 applications to the value of €19 million in loans. The average loan was €15,000. The approval rate, however, over the five years is less than 46% and that includes some applicants who were turned down originally and later approved. There is, therefore, a large...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Commission (12 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question Nos 86 to 90, inclusive, of 28 June 2017, if the Workplace Relations Commission has completed the investigation; if so, the results of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42766/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (12 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the recent Enterprise Ireland trade visit to the SPACE tradeshow; if animal welfare features in agri-tech innovations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42765/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (12 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding CETA; the position regarding TTIP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42768/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmaceutical Sector (12 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 114. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been contact between the corporate pharmaceutical unit of the HSE and a company (details supplied); when the final decision of the HSE is due to be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43250/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Safety (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the section of the Road Traffic Act 2016 will be commenced which makes vehicle owners liable if they allow an unaccompanied learner to drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42236/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Safety (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Last week was road safety week but up to a few days ago 118 citizens had, tragically, died on the roads. Before last Christmas we passed the Road Traffic Act. Section 35A specifically said it shall be an offence for the owner of a vehicle to allow it to be driven by a learner driver driving unaccompanied. In the past ten months the Minister has done absolutely nothing to commence the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Safety (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister's reply is very disappointing. There does not seem to be any sense of urgency. The previous Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, gave me some very stark figures a few months ago on the number of fatal and serious collisions involving unaccompanied learner drivers between 2012 and the end of November 2016. In 2012 unaccompanied learner drivers were...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Safety (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: -----yet the Minister failed to commence it or implement it. He is not doing his job.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Safety (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: Later today.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Safety (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister has had an opportunity to do something in conjunction with his staff in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. We have had incredible gaps over the years between the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Department of Justice and Equality. The upshot of it is that we still have horrendous lists of tragedies year in and year out on Irish roads. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Network (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: The Minister was shafted.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Legislation (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the regulation of rickshaws; when the results of the National Transport Authority's public consultation will be reported to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41981/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (11 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new card style drivers' licences will be used to electronically record penalty point convictions and disqualifications; the necessary measures to be taken to allow this information be accessed by relevant State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41986/17]

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Budget Statement 2018 (10 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: I am delighted to have the opportunity to speak on budget 2018. In my own pre-budget submission, which I sent to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, last week, I highlighted the need for investment, in particular in housing, public infrastructure and necessary public spending. Indeed, recent opinion polls confirmed that the majority of the electorate wanted to see that kind of investment rather...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure (10 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 20 September 2017, the parties that received reimbursement under the section reimbursements to the State Claims Agency in respect of third party claims, which amounts to over €5.4 million up to the end of August 2017. [42814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (10 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for English language schools to become accredited by the Accreditation and Coordination of English Language Services, ACELS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42931/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: English Language Training Organisations (10 Oct 2017)

Tommy Broughan: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Accreditation and Coordination of English Language Services, ACELS, is currently taking new applications for accreditation from English language schools; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of providers are anxious to secure ACELS accreditation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42932/17]