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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Minister of State said a number of beds had been opened at UHL. Will he indicate how many beds have been closed at the hospital? I understand a ward was closed which had a similar number of beds to the number that have been opened. As I said, a full capacity protocol is being used every single day. A total of 11,437 sick patients have spent time on trolleys in University Hospital...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Hospital Overcrowding (13 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I assume the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, is out of the country. Obviously, he should be here. I had thought I would have a chance to speak to him personally about the issue I am about to raise. I have put forward numerous Topical Issue matters and asked numerous priority questions and the Minister has never been in the Chamber to answer them. How does the Government intend to...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Message to Dáil (13 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: We have done faster ones before.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding Data (12 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the gross expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP and GNI; the average gross expenditure as a percentage of GDP of EU-15 countries, EU-27 countries and OECD countries in tabular form. [11852/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding Data (12 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 243. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the gross expenditure on research and development activities by Department and expressed by each Department as a percentage of total expenditure on research and development in tabular form. [11853/19]

Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am a member of the Mid West Regional Drug and Alcohol Forum which is based in Limerick. I would like to mention a number of groups that are funded by the forum. The community substance misuse team deals with young people with addiction problems. The Northstar Family Support Project deals with families who are affected by a family member's substance misuse. I am proud to be involved with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions she has taken to date in response to the findings and recommendations of the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation’s cost of doing business report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11342/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: What action has the Department taken in response to the findings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation's Report on the Cost of Doing Business? I am specifically interested in what the Department has done to help Irish businesses to deal with the serious problem of insurance costs. Massive insurance premia and the refusal of insurers to cover some sectors...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: We are in a really absurd situation here. Opposition parties, business groups and citizens have been pleading for years with the Government to do something about the rotten insurance system in this State but the Government refuses point blank to do anything serious about it. The insurance system in Ireland is broken. It is bleeding ordinary motorists dry with ridiculously high premiums...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Government is not as active as it should be in addressing the cost of insurance. Businesses and their employees are losing out but there seems to be no urgency on the part of the Department of Finance to take the radical action needed. It is up to the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to stand up for Irish businesses on this critical issue. Commenting on the latest...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will consider, in conjunction with the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection, establishing a task force to tackle unemployment blackspots nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11150/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the impact the delay in processing employment permits for non-EU nationals is having on business; the steps she is taking to address the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11151/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 44. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the new powers proposed for the corporate enforcement authority; if she is satisfied the new agency will have strong enough powers to robustly tackle white collar crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11149/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: State Bodies Code of Conduct (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a policy exists for the way in which one of the jobs agencies of the State interacts with the client companies of another State jobs agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11148/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 123. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11432/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11433/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11434/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 126. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (7 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the dates of meetings held between her Department and officials from a company (details supplied); the main purpose of each meeting in each of the years 2012 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Investments (6 Mar 2019)

Maurice Quinlivan: 146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies in which Enterprise Ireland has an equity stake by amounts (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10986/19]