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

Maurice Quinlivan: Obviously, I am very disappointed at the Minister's response. I asked if she would establish a co-operative development unit and obviously she said she would not. I commend Senator Gavan on a policy he developed over the summer and launched last month on the issue of co-operatives which, if implemented, would make significant progress in delivering sustainable jobs in local communities. ...

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

Maurice Quinlivan: I understand the supports they can access, but it does not answer the question. With Brexit approaching, it is more important than ever that we have a strong indigenous company base, especially considering how multinationals can be vulnerable to the tax base. Does the Minister agree that building that sector could have distinct advantages for the economy? I also want to raise the issue...

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

Maurice Quinlivan: If no plans for expansion of the co-operatives exist, how does the Minister plan to protect jobs if such succession situations arise?

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

Maurice Quinlivan: If the Minister has no plans for the set-up of a co-operative unit in the Department, how does she intend to protect jobs if such succession situations arise in such small companies?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report into the failings of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in a trial (details supplied) will be published, having been delivered to her office in July 2017. [43200/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: My question pertains to the report into the failings of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in the Seán FitzPatrick trial. Will the Minister indicate when this report will be published, the report having been delivered to her office last July?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister for her response. I appreciate the sensitivities that could be contained in the report but why has the work not yet been completed by the Office of the Attorney General? It seems that an incredibly long time has been taken. Will the Minister indicate how many months on average she would be waiting for advice from the Attorney General on a report? When is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Once again, I thank the Minister for her response but the delay from the Office of the Attorney General is very disappointing. Will the Minister outline the additional funding and staff that will be made available to the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement and other offices that fall under the regulation section of her Department? In the expenditure report yesterday, on page...

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

Maurice Quinlivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding will be provided for Ireland to join CERN in order that Irish businesses, scientists, researchers and students can benefit from the advanced scientific research taking place there. [43034/17]

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

Maurice Quinlivan: 23. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the new Strategic Communications Unit will be used by the Office of the Tánaiste or her Department; and if staff from the Office of the Tánaiste or her Department will be moved to it. [43037/17]

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

Maurice Quinlivan: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the previously announced plan to double Irish representation abroad will impact agencies under her remit, namely Enterprise Ireland and the IDA; the number of extra staff envisaged; and when this plan will be available. [43036/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 103. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the weekend hours of operation of Shannondoc have been curtailed; if full service will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43229/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Contracts (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the provision of a new general practitioner services contract in view of the difficulty in sourcing general practitioners in rural parts of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43230/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (12 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 106. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in County Limerick awaiting autism spectrum disorder assessment and intervention, by the number of months spent on a waiting list, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43235/17]

Water Services Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (4 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is very disappointing that we are having this debate a year after 90 of us were elected to this Chamber by the people on foot of the Right2Change-Right2Water campaign. That was probably the biggest mass mobilisation of people on the streets that I have ever seen, apart from probably 1981 hunger strike. In my city of Limerick we had rallies of 10,000 to 15,000 people on the streets....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (4 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 129. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reopen the 20 closed beds in St. John’s hospital, Limerick to help alleviate the overcrowding problem in university hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42023/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Tánaiste for her presentation. I have a query related to the questions asked by Deputy Collins. I was going to ask the same questions. The Tánaiste has said that IDA Ireland was allowed to employ ten extra staff to specifically deal with Brexit. . Deputy Frances Fitzgerald: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Seven of those positions have been filled. Can I assume that those people are actually working away in that department on Brexit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: That is seven people with IDA Ireland. Enterprise Ireland has 39 people who have been sanctioned to be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Sorry, 35. I thought the Tánaiste said that 28 were filled and 11 are outstanding.