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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I do not mean to minimise the issue but it will require more than a hashtag to prepare for Brexit. Let us not boil it all down to a simple hashtag. As I asked the Minister's predecessor, can she give us a firm commitment today that she will put the changing of state aid rules and increasing the ceiling to a sum in the region of €500,000 on the agenda for the next EU Competitiveness...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish SMEs and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario including revision of state aid rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6291/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I was in London three weeks ago with my colleagues, Deputy Donnelly and Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and we met representatives from the Labour Party, the Conservative Party and from an all-party committee in Westminster. It is fair to say that our take-away was that it is pretty shambolic over there, which is not news to us, but it is against that backdrop I wish again to ask the Minister to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: We are aware of the Brexit loan scheme and the fact that there was a number of new staff hires within the agencies and that took longer than it should have taken. In addition, the generating of awareness and preparedness of the SME sector has been poor. InterTradeIreland tells us that 19 out of 20 SMEs do not have a plan to deal with Brexit. That really is a shocking statistic, in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of awareness raising for Brexit business supports provided by her Department and agencies under her remit. [6010/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 46. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to reverse Irish business competitiveness deficiencies and making Ireland an attractive location for businesses to locate in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Legal Cases (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 50. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she plans to publish an account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied) and the steps that are being taken to address them emanating from the trial of a person. [6011/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 55. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps being taken to deal with competitiveness issues as identified by the National Competitiveness Council in its report Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6012/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (7 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of the local community of a school (details supplied) in respect of the decision of his Department to refuse funding to provide linking corridors and a meeting and parent engagement room in the school; if the matter will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6170/18]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I will share time with Deputies Dooley, Aindrias Moynihan and O'Keeffe. The biggest issue in my constituency of County Limerick, and throughout the country at the most recent general election and, I want to emphasise, every day since, is the lack of adequate high-speed broadband connectivity. It is impacting on many communities throughout my constituency in Limerick. If I were to list...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: I will give way to Deputy Smyth.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Apprenticeship Data (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 108. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons enrolled in apprenticeships in his Department and State agencies under his remit, by gender, in tabular form; and the detail of each such apprenticeship. [5326/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 295. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the IDA Ireland site visits for quarter 4 of 2017, by county, in tabular form. [5585/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 288. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the ratification procedure at EU and member state level for ratification of European trade agreements relating to market access and quotas; and the elements that fall under exclusive EU level competence and areas that require national level approval, respectively. [5435/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Data (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 289. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland exporting client companies that have availed of be prepared grants up to 31 January 2017, by county, in tabular form. [5436/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Data (6 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 290. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Brexit readiness vouchers from InterTradeIreland that have been availed of up to 31 January 2017, by county; and the value of such vouchers, in tabular form. [5437/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Apprenticeship Data (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of persons enrolled in apprenticeships in his Department and State agencies under his remit, by gender, in tabular form; and if he will list each such apprenticeship. [5254/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Apprenticeship Data (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons enrolled in apprenticeships in his Department and State agencies under his remit, by gender, in tabular form; and if he will list each such apprenticeship. [5258/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Knowledge Development Box (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of firms by size (details supplied) that have applied for the knowledge development box scheme for SMEs since being established, in tabular form. [5246/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (1 Feb 2018)

Niall Collins: 78. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the establishment by the Revenue Commissioners of a research and development discussion group to consider the administrative burdens faced by those engaging with research and development tax initiatives in tandem with a new practice for SMEs regarding the qualifying science test; the estimated costs associated with setting up and...