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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Levels (3 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the discussions her Department has had with other Departments to address the issue of unemployment blackspots; and if there have been specific actions taken to address the fact that eight of the top ten unemployment blackspots are in Limerick city. [16829/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Job Losses (3 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the knowledge she had of potential job losses prior the announcement of 750 potential jobs losses in Eir; and her plans to help the affected staff deal with the news. [17122/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (3 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 124. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of grant aid awarded to companies by IDA Ireland in 2017 by county in tabular form. [19351/18]

Mental Health Parity Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (2 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Deputy James Browne for bringing forward this Bill. It gives us the opportunity to highlight the inadequate funding for mental health and the continual reluctance of the Government to address the problem. I am aware of the need for more funding and resources for mental health in my constituency of Limerick City. I commend Jigsaw in Limerick city. I visited that project recently...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (1 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason an application to the Teaching Council by a person (details supplied) to have their Canadian degrees recognised here for teaching purposes has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18850/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Health and Safety Regulations (1 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 206. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had communications with the Health and Safety Authority on updating the Electricity Regulations 2007 on portable appliance testing, in particular section 81(II) (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18877/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Protection (1 May 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had contact with a company (details supplied) over the threat posed to the business and to hundreds of jobs due to international sanctions on the parent company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19083/18]

Nurses' and Midwives' Pay and Recruitment: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: At some stage in our lives, each one of us will have to rely on nurses and medical staff when we are sick and at our weakest and most vulnerable. The work these people do each day is incredible and providing them with good pay and conditions should not be up for debate. My constituents in Limerick regularly tell me stories of how impressive and hard working the nurses and health workers are...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (24 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a 12 month work visa stamp 1G; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17921/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Initiative (24 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 325. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the budget allocation and the number of participants for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur in 2017 and 2018. [18004/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 326. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the 70,000 emigrants that have been facilitated to return here to date in 2018 as outlined in A Programme for a Partnership Government. [18005/18]

Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I wish to take the opportunity to express Sinn Féin's support for the Bill. I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018. We need a strategy that enables creators to live from their work while ensuring a user's right to access creative content. We need an alliance of creators' and users' rights that supports freedom of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. Boland for his presentation. Together with Deputies Tom Neville and Niall Collins, I was instrumental in inviting him to appear before the joint committee. Deputy Niall Collins is no longer a member of the committee, having taken up membership of another committee. I offer apologies on his behalf. Unfortunately, Deputy Tom Neville has to attend another committee meeting that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will return to the issue of transparency for a moment. At the meeting I attended in Limerick - I understand the same issues were raised in Galway and Cork as well - people gave specific examples of where they did not even know there was a claim against them until their policy was due for renewal. Do the witnesses have any examples of that?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Expenditure (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister for her response. As I said earlier, Brexit is edging closer and we still have no picture of what it will look like. The issue of the Border has been long-fingered both in December last year and again in March. We need clarity and a firm commitment from the Government on this, the most vital concern to the island and its people. I am extremely concerned that the weak...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Expenditure (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: While I appreciate what the Minister has said, clearly the Government's message is not getting through to those in business to whom we have spoken and who have also appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation. PricewaterhouseCoopers recently suggested that with less than a year to go a hard Brexit is the most likely outcome. I appreciate that a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Expenditure (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the funding her Department has allocated to the IDA, EI and ITI to enable each body to mitigate the potential effects that Brexit may have on the economy. [16827/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Expenditure (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: We are ten months from Brexit and my concern is whether the Minister believes the funding provided by her Department to IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and InterTradeIreland will be enough to help those agencies to mitigate the effects of Brexit. I know it is a difficult question to answer because we do not know what type of Brexit we are facing. Does the Minister believe the funding...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Insurance Costs (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 32. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address the rising cost of doing business here, particularly regarding the cost of insurance for business. [16826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ticket Touting (18 Apr 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to tackle ticket touting and the secondary selling of tickets. [16825/18]