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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme Applications (19 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) applied for the mortgage to rent scheme; if they were refused; if so, the reason therefor; the advice which can be given to this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44370/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: I thank our guests. I will pick up on a number of points. There are more local government charges than just commercial rates, as we know, and we should keep that in the back of our minds. Water and wastewater charges are a significant source of revenue for local authorities and, as such, are charges to business in the main. They seem to increase annually without any debate or fuss. This...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: I am not going to tell Mr. Fenn how to sell his message, but presenting it as a capacity issue does the federation a disservice. We had our party conference, as all parties do, this weekend. I spoke to an individual who has travelled every time there was a party conference. On the previous occasion, he travelled with his wife, stayed two nights and was charged €350. On this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: Capacity, planning, lag times and all the rest of it are not forcing hotels to put up their rates. Hotels are taking an executive decision themselves to put up these rates. No one is forcing them to put them up. They are doing it themselves. That is the point.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consultancy Contracts Data (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by her Department since June 2016 regarding Brexit, in tabular form; and if all such reports have been published. [43379/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made towards the delivery of a building programme for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44016/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 478. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to examine road connectivity between Rosslare Europort and the west of the country; his plans to link the M11, N24, M3, M4 and M7 in view of the importance in increasing direct accessibility between the west and continental Europe, avoiding likely UK customs delays post-Brexit; and if he will make a statement on...

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: It is just not good enough for the Tánaiste to come in here and say that this is a complex issue. What is basically happening is that women in the main and some men are being blatantly discriminated against because they were not in the workforce for a number of years. That is not complex. The years they were not in the workforce are being used to average down their contributions....

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: Sinn Féin did not support our amendment.

Leaders' Questions (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: I wish to raise the issue of pension discrimination against up to 35,000 pensioners in Ireland, the vast majority of whom - in excess of 23,000 - are women. The Tánaiste will recall that back in 2012 the then Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, introduced the averaging rule in respect of the calculation of a person's entitlement to the State pension. Yesterday, the Minister...

Other Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: Yes.

Other Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the Department that has the lead remit for the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC; and her views on the fact that employment policy and enforcement are now divided between two departments. [43165/17]

Other Questions: Departmental Functions (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: I will try to sum up this situation. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has responsibility for regulating some of our employment legislation, for example, employment rights regulations, the Low Pay Commission and the minimum wage. The Tánaiste's Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation has lead responsibility for employment legislation, workplace health...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Insurance (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: There is no doubt but that we all agree that PIAB needs to be reformed and that its legislation needs to be updated. There are approximately 30,000 personal injury claims per annum of which only 12,000 go through PIAB. That indicates that there is huge room for improvement and to improve the throughput of work PIAB can perform. One of the underlying problems with the rising cost of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Insurance (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding introducing legislation to enhance the powers of PIAB in view of the recommendation in the cost of motor insurance report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43202/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Motor Insurance (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: As the lead Government Minister with responsibility in this area, I ask her for an update on the introduction of legislation to enhance the powers of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board, PIAB, given the recommendation in the cost of motor insurance report. Perhaps the Minister will tell the House what progress has been made on this.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish businesses and exports from a hard Brexit scenario including revision of state aid rules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43201/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: I want to ask the Minister to outline the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish businesses, exporters and exports from a hard Brexit scenario that may transpire from the ultimate conclusion of the Brexit process, and also any measures she is taking regarding the revision of state aid rules.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: It will not come as any surprise to the Minister that a recent survey of up to 600 Enterprise Ireland client companies found that, in the past six months, just 38% had taken measures to respond to Brexit, with the remaining 62% effectively doing nothing. The Minister outlined in her reply that she has set up a €300 million loan scheme. Can she give us more detail in that regard? All...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (12 Oct 2017)

Niall Collins: The Minister will be aware from her Department that, previously, when the country faced a crisis, the then Government introduced a number of measures, including in 2009 an enterprise stabilisation fund that allocated up to €100 million over two years to support exporting companies. There was also an employment subsidy scheme which at the time helped employers to support over 90,000...