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Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthy Ireland (5 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: 681. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether the utilisation of HSE resources in providing Healthy Ireland branding materials is an effective use of scarce resources in view of the fact his Department is responsible for Healthy Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45308/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (5 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: 835. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 520 and 521 of 15 October 2019, the cost of the additional appointee to which he referred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44289/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (5 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: 836. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 520 and 521 of 15 October 2019, the specific details of the role of the additional appointee with regard to the design of certain river habitat enhancement projects on OPW drained channels that have been allocated funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44290/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (5 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: 837. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 520 and 521 of 15 October 2019, the projects the additional appointee is working on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44291/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (5 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: 838. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 520 and 521 of 15 October 2019, his plans with regard to appointing a replacement for the project management officer that recently resigned from the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44292/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (5 Nov 2019)

Imelda Munster: 905. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Ardee bypass project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44443/19]

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: “(c) preference may be given to industrial undertakings or body corporates that are located in the border counties of Louth, Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo.”.

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Yes.

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, line 15, after "section." to insert the following: "Preference may be given to industrial undertakings or body corporates that are located in the border counties of Louth, Cavan, Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan and Sligo.". My amendment was designed to ensure that Border counties, that is, counties Louth, Monaghan, Cavan, Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim...

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Nobody is disputing that the Brexit supports should be available to everybody, as of course they should be. I have pointed it out to the Minister of State - I do not know whether he understands - the extent of the concern, worry and uncertainty that businesses in the Border region face. It is palpable, as they will be hit first. That is why I put in the amendments. It is not to say that...

Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second Stage (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Sinn Féin supports this Bill. We support all measures that will provide support for businesses and workers whose livelihoods will be adversely affected by Brexit. As the Bill, with the exception of the two new provisions, has passed through the Houses and my colleague, Deputy Quinlivan, has addressed it, I do not propose to speak to it in detail. The only amendment to the Bill...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: In the correspondence about the contracts awarded without a competitive procurement process, Tusla stated it had consistently focused its efforts on addressing non-compliance issues and contracts utilising a risk-based approach in allocating its available procurement resources. I wonder where it did so, however, because all the evidence suggests it did not. In section 4, it explicitly...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Is it stating it has no way of monitoring non-compliance?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: It is not acceptable even at this stage if they have no way of monitoring it until it comes to the fore.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: I note too that non-compliant contracts of €5.4 million were identified in the agency in 2018. They also said these contracts represented just over 3.5% of the total expenditure which falls under the scope of procurement. I am not aware of any rule whereby 3.5% non-compliance is acceptable.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (24 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: It is a ridiculous excuse really, is it not?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: To follow up on the Chairman's question, I do not know if the Minister saw the submissions that were made to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Most of them complained about the Brexit loans. The British Irish Chamber of Commerce, the Irish Business and Employers Confederation, IBEC, and the Small Firms Association, SFA, said, among other things, that they are too restrictive and exclude some of the people who would be most vulnerable in a no-deal Brexit scenario. Chambers Ireland, for example, called for grants for specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Does she have plans to rectify that? The majority of them raised concerns. If there is something that can be addressed or rectified for the people who would be most affected by this, that would be welcome. The Minister said that businesses are reluctant to take up loans given the uncertainty. The uptake thus far is evidence of that. However, if she takes on board the concerns in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: It might be no harm if she did because they are interesting and flag-----