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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: The Minister has not referred to the potential loss of the €850 million investment by Apple in a proposed data centre in Athenry. We really need to hear from her whether this opportunity has now been lost. Is the investment lost to the country and the State? As I said to her, Mr. Cook rebuffed, or at least did not give any joy to, our Taoiseach when he visited him recently. Where...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: Is the investment lost?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to deal with competitiveness issues and direct threats to continued foreign direct investment here. [49668/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: What steps are the Minister and Government taking to deal with competitiveness issues that are a direct threat to continuing foreign direct investment, FDI, into our country?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: Despite what the Minister says, the World Bank has told us that of 190 economies, we are now flagging behind economies such as Georgia, Lithuania, Estonia and Macedonia. What are multinationals saying to the Minister when she goes on trade missions with regard to the challenges related to housing and our planning laws, for example? We saw the recent Athenry data centre debacle, which has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: On preparedness for Brexit, I have previously discussed with the Tánaiste the leaked Revenue report on our preparedness for Brexit. The issue was discussed on a number of occasions during Leaders' Questions. As confirmed to me by the Tánaiste by way of response to a parliamentary question, the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has commissioned two reports; Sectoral...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish small and medium enterprises, 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. [49667/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: I ask the Minister to outline the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish SMEs and export businesses from the potential of a hard Brexit. I also ask her to outline the Government's position on revision of state-aid rules.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: The Minister mentioned the scheme announced by Enterprise Ireland this morning and the earlier budget announcement by the Minister for Finance. By any yardstick, the state of preparedness of business for the onset of a hard Brexit is alarming. AIB recently published a sentiment index for quarter 3 of this year which shows that only one in four Irish SMEs is properly prepared for a hard...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the report by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement on a trial (details supplied) will be published. [49594/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Documents (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 40. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication of all external reports commissioned by her Department since June 2016 regarding Brexit, in tabular form; and if all such reports have been or will be published. [49596/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 63. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Second Stage of the Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill as referenced in the autumn legislative programme for 2017 is due to take place. [49827/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 64. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the IDA collates feedback from prospective clients following site visits; if commonalities in feedback regarding site visits are outlined in annual published reports; and if so, the name of such reports. [49828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Expenditure (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 65. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of spending from the IDA's capital budget spent on market analysis of property solutions in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [49830/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Documents (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 66. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the research study commissioned by her Department, Sectoral Implications Arising from Brexit: Most Exposed Sectors, is due to be completed and published. [49832/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Documents (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 67. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the research study commissioned by her Department, Strategic Implications Arising from EU-UK Trading Patterns, is due to be completed and published. [49833/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 68. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the latest Mercosur trade talks; and her plans to ensure that Irish farmers are protected and that beef does not form part of the final deal. [49834/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 69. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the plan for a rescue and restructure scheme for businesses here impacted by Brexit submitted to the Directorate General for Competition; if the scheme is intended to provide equity and loans to firms only; the minimum and maximum loan amounts proposed to be permissible under the scheme; if direct grant aid will be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if assistance for a person (details supplied) will be provided; if the OPW has visited the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49808/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (23 Nov 2017)

Niall Collins: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding process for the full duration of all craft based and consortia led apprenticeships; the breakdown of each separate funding stream between national training levy, exchequer contributions, employer contributions and other sources of finance in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; the minimum and...