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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (12 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 241. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 21 November 2017, the specific powers she lacks or the legal obstacle preventing the publishing of the report received from the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement in regard to an investigation (details supplied); and her plans to introduce changes to ensure she has the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (12 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 242. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 21 November 2017, when she will publish the account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); and the steps being taken to address them. [53208/17]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: My question also relates to the Brexit loan scheme, for which funding of €14 million is to be received from the Minister's Department and €9 million from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, giving a total of €23 million. Why is that money included in the Supplementary Estimate? Will it be allocated before the end of the year or will it made available be...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Is it intended that the €23 million to be allocated from the two Departments will be issued as loans or used to promote the scheme or for infrastructure around the scheme?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I understand that, but will some of the €23 million be used to fund loans or deal with matters related to the organisation of the scheme?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: On Science Foundation Ireland, the Minister referred to a figure of €10.6 million. I express my gratitude to and support for the foundation and its work. If I am correct, the €10.6 million is for two pieces of cutting edge equipment. What is it and why is it so expensive? Is it normal?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: As such, it does not cover just two pieces of infrastructure.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Are we moving on?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I have a query about subhead C7 - Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement. It is an issue I have raised a number of times. I have a problem with the way it is run in some ways. I have detailed my problems with the work of the ODCE and the committee has agreed to examine it early in 2018. We are inviting the Minister to come to discuss it. Taking back €750,000 from the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I express my concern that they did not spend what they had when it was not enough in the first place.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 32 - Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (Supplementary) (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: The concern is there are no staff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I have a number of questions on the Apple data centre as well although Deputy Collins has covered most of it. First, let me congratulate the Minister on her appointment and welcome her to our committee. As other Deputies said, we hope to see her here on a number of occasions. I also wish to reinforce our thanks for the jobs that have come to Limerick in recent years. It is appreciated. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: We also have Senator Gavan, so there are actually four of us from Limerick on the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: There are four of us from Limerick on the committee and we think it might be no coincidence as to why we are doing so well. We will keep it up anyway. To come back to the data centre issue, will a new Bill be brought forward to progress the idea of strategic investment? Obviously, we will be changing the planning laws. Is it a good idea to call data centres strategic investment? I do,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Would IDA Ireland like any other categories to be classified strategic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I want to discuss regional disparities. All Deputies continually mention the number of site visits made by IDA Ireland and how some counties get more visits. Limerick has done well over recent years. I remind the Minister that eight out of the ten unemployment blackspots are in Limerick city and 17 of the 79 unemployment blackspots in Limerick are still in the city. I remind her that not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: No.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 180. To ask the Minister for Health the action he is taking to address the dangerous overcrowding levels in University Hospital Limerick; and his plans to open additional beds in Limerick city to address the number of persons on trolleys. [52134/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Question Heading for question(s) 191 (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 191. To ask the Minister for Health when the 96 bed extension to university hospital Limerick will be started and completed [52191/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Dec 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 191. To ask the Minister for Health when the 96 bed extension to University Hospital Limerick will be started and completed. [52191/17]