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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Yes. I am sure the Minister consulted with the different bodies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Did they not? They must have been shy or something.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: That is strange.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: The Minister should. The British Irish Chamber of Commerce stated that the loans are over-bureaucratic and not worth applying for. That is serious. Businesses do not want to increase debt. Chambers Ireland, IBEC, the Small Firms Association and the ICTU do not have a good word to say about them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: It is important that we forward them and, perhaps, touch base with them. Going through them, none of them has anything good to say about it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: If they are to be effective.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: In response to an earlier question, the Minister stated that she has a plan for workers. Is that plan like the employment subsidy scheme to keep people in work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Would the Minister consider that for small and micro-businesses, similar to what the State did in 2008 in order to keep people in jobs? For example, it would be for small businesses with fewer than 49 employees.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Did the Minister liaise with other Departments in respect of the employment subsidy scheme, particularly for those in the sectors, for example, the agriculture sector, that are most vulnerable? The transport sector is another of the sectors most likely to be affected, as are companies which export solely to Britain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Will the Minister consider an employment subsidy scheme?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Will Border counties be prioritised in the supports that are being put in place?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Is the Minister saying Border counties will be prioritised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: Does the Minister have any specific supports in mind for businesses and workers along the Border?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: The Minister stated the highest number of requests for supports will come from Border counties. If that is not the case, will the Minister prioritise businesses and workers in Border counties given that they will be most affected and the first to feel any impact?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Update on Brexit Engagement: Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation (23 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: I am sure the Minister will agree that it is vital to examine the submissions and complaints made to the committee by the bodies that represent the people we are talking about, namely, businesses and workers. We will have a real problem if they feel the funding and advice provided is insufficient or too restrictive. It is important to address complaints and make the system more effective to...
- Child Maintenance: Motion (22 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: I had hoped that this motion would encourage the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to take action on child maintenance. It is unbelievable that the State is yet to establish a dedicated agency for child maintenance. The Government has made a big deal out of saying it will not oppose the motion. Is that not shockingly decent of it? It will be looking for a round of...
- An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: I am raising yet again the issue of homecare packages. Three weeks ago I referred to the plight of an 18 year old girl, Hannah Donnelly from Drogheda who has been in hospital for over two and a half years. For the last 19 months she has been in hospital because she has been denied an adequate homecare package. It is three weeks since I raised the case and I have written to the Minister for...
- An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: He is turning a blind eye to an 18 year old girl with Apert syndrome-----
- An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (22 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: -----who has been languishing in a hospital bed for 19 months because she cannot obtain a homecare package. Will the Minister intervene and make sure she gets home?
- Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (17 Oct 2019)
Imelda Munster: I would like to refer to special needs grants in this context. We know that every school in the State is under strain and stress because of shortages. The Chair has indicated that we will ask the Department what process or mechanism it uses for auditing school grants. Perhaps this is done through boards of management or through inspections. There is a need to ensure every single grant...