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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: This question is about funding for InterTrade Ireland. According to a briefing note on a meeting the Minister had with EU Commissioner Bienkowska in September, released under a freedom of information request from me, she specifically stated that InterTrade Ireland already operated on a very tight budget given the cuts imposed and is just about able to carry out its legislative remit. If the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to attract companies that have to relocate some of their operations from Britain to an EU member state; and her views on whether Ireland could secure the relocation of the European Medicines Agency. [23032/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (16 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 569. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Transport Infrastructure Ireland to include the village of Castleconnell in the existing signage at junction 27 southbound and 28 northbound of the M7 motorway (details supplied); and the steps he will take to correct this anomaly. [23282/17]

Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Bill was never intended to sort all the problems but to start the process of addressing the problems. The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Doyle, in his submission as part of the Government's consultation process basically stated that legislation needs to be urgently implemented in order to prevent the secondary sale of tickets at inflated...

Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017 aims to eliminate the persistent problem of ticket touting while at the same time protecting ordinary consumers and charities. In drafting this Bill, my three main concerns were to ensure that those who buy tickets with the intention of attending an event but who later find...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (11 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: Sinn Féin supports the introduction of the Companies (Amendment) Bill 2017. The Bill is short, technical legislation which will have a positive impact on certain companies doing business in Ireland. This amending legislation will extend the current expiry date of 31 December 2020 to enable qualifying companies incorporated in Ireland to prepare and file financial statements using US...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (11 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 169. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to include narcolepsy as one of the illnesses into the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (10 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget breakdown of the €98.7 million allocated for apprenticeships in 2017. [22280/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (10 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of each of the 40 new apprenticeship programmes to be introduced by 2020, as set out in the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Ireland 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [22282/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (10 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the individual funding allocation to each of the 27 craft trade apprenticeship programmes and the two new apprenticeship programmes in each of the years 2016 to date in 2017. [22283/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated individual start dates of the 40 new apprenticeship programmes to be introduced under the Action Plan to Expand Apprenticeships and Traineeships in Ireland 2016 to 2020, in tabular form. [22281/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (10 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the original 35 category 2 and 25 category 3 apprenticeship proposals identified by the Apprenticeship Council in 2015, but removed from the Apprenticeship Council's Report on New Apprenticeship Programme Proposals June 2015. [22286/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (10 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cumulative cost of creating the 31,000 new apprenticeship registrations by 2020, as set out under the action plan to expand apprenticeships and traineeships in Ireland 2016 to 2020. [22284/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (10 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost to the State of training an apprentice per annum on each of the 27 trade apprenticeships, on the two new apprenticeships introduced to date and on each new apprenticeship programme to be introduced from 2017 to 2020, in tabular form. [22285/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (10 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 265. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount she expects to be redeemed of the €80.018 million paid out up to March 2017 under the enterprise stabilisation fund; the total amount she expects to be written off; and the date this scheme is set to cease operation. [22287/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Banded Hours Contract Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (9 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank everyone for their presentations. I will begin by addressing my questions to USI. I thank it for supporting the Bill. I am happy with the first paragraph of its submission. Previous witnesses have come here and said that it would be very difficult for students if we put this in and USI says quite clearly that it is constantly dispelling the myth that students want these precarious...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Labour Activation Measures (9 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 280. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Turas Nua is requesting the details of some persons' new employers when it had no input into securing the position. [21719/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (9 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 582. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been in contact with Bord na Móna to ensure there will be no job losses at the Bord na Móna plant in Littleton, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21707/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (9 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 583. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has been in contact with Bord na Móna to ensure there will be no job losses at the Bord na Móna plant in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21708/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (9 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: 650. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress of the research programme on enterprises and cross-Border trade report which was undertaken by InterTradeIreland and the ESRI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21565/17]