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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (29 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer of the following spending proposals (details supplied). [50934/17]

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Consumer Protection (Amendment) Bill 2017: First Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Consumer Protection Act 2007 to provide for specified regulations relating to gift vouchers and for related matters. The Bill has been specifically designed to enhance consumer protection and consumer rights in an area that is completely unregulated. The Bill is pro-consumer and deals with an issue on which Fianna...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: Do the members of the associations feel they get value from the local authority charges they pay, principally commercial rates and commercial water charges? The balancing act that is the annual budgeting process of local authorities is a bugbear of mine. I refer to the manner in which the commercial stakeholders in a local authority area get fitted up so that the budget can be balanced....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Small and Medium Enterprises Data (28 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 76. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage and number of Irish SMEs active in manufacturing, by micro-sized enterprises, medium-sized enterprises and SMEs; and the equivalent figures for the EU from the latest available data, in tabular form. [49983/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Enterprise Data (28 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 77. To ask the Taoiseach the number of active enterprises, by size (details supplied) according to the latest Business In Ireland 2015 CSO data; and the corresponding number of persons engaged in each such size category. [49986/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Unemployment Data (28 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 78. To ask the Taoiseach the number of young persons aged 15 to 29 years of age classified as NEETs; the percentage of NEETs as a proportion of the unemployed here; and the corresponding EU average rate. [49987/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Quarterly National Household Survey (28 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 80. To ask the Taoiseach when the quarter three 2017 figures for the Quarterly National Household Survey will be published. [49826/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (28 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined a special assignee relief programme that is focused on SMEs in order to attract highly skilled talent to work in sectors that have skills and labour shortages. [49985/17]

Other Questions: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has considered empowering the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to issue civil fines for anti-competitive practices. [49597/17]

Other Questions: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister outline any proposals she may have to empower the Competition and consumer Protection Commission to issue civil fines for anti-competitive practices? I am thinking in particular of ticketing practices in the concert sector and of practices in the insurance industry.

Other Questions: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: The Minister of State has not outlined what his view is on this matter. Do he believe the CCPC should be empowered with financial sanctions? Some of our other regulations such as the Central Bank of Ireland, the Commission for Energy Regulation or the Data Protection Commissioner have powers to impose a financial sanction, yet this regulator does not. It is high time we seriously examined...

Other Questions: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: No, that is fine.

Other Questions: Consumer Protection (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: I am sure that the Minister of State, and everyone in the House, will agree that the complete lack of regulation of gift vouchers is being exploited by many. Consumers are being severely and negatively impacted. Many people who are in receipt of vouchers and gift vouchers are children, especially at Christmas time. When they go to use the vouchers to make a purchase with them, often they...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits up to the third quarter of 2017; the details of all vacant properties per county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49595/17]

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: Will the Tánaiste indicate the number of regional site visits by IDA Ireland up to the third quarter of this year? This is an issue we raise in the House at every opportunity given the disparity in the economic recovery across different parts of the country. We are effectively seeing a two-tier economy comprising Dublin and the greater Dublin area versus the regions.

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: It is, of course, important to attract jobs into the country but it is equally important to ensure those jobs are evenly spread throughout the State. The data show that is not happening. Of the 323 site visits that took place in the first six months of 2017, 48%, or almost half, were in Dublin and the greater Dublin area. Counties Laois and Meath had no site visits, while counties Cavan,...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Site Visits (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: There is a difficulty in that the published draft of the national planning framework will inhibit centres like Limerick, Galway and Cork in their capacity to plan for expansion into the future. That is what people in Limerick are saying to me, as I am sure they are likewise telling the Minister of State. Will he comment on that? On IDA Ireland site visits, while the Minister of State...

Other Questions: Consumer Protection (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regulatory regime pertaining to the issue of expiry dates on vouchers. [49598/17]

Other Questions: Consumer Protection (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister address the complete lack of regulation in respect of retail gift vouchers? This is an issue of particular concern as we approach the Christmas season, which is a high business turnover period for retailers. It is estimated that up to €300 million is spent on gift vouchers every year but there is absolutely no regulation of their usage.