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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Ms Graham indicated that the NTA has ordered 52 low-floor coaches. I have spoken to NTA officials previously about the lack of wheelchair accessible buses, which leads to be people being left at the side of the road as the bus pulls away. Sometimes they are told that the driver is not trained to operate the wheelchair lift. Have the 52 new coaches been ordered or does the NTA have them?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: What capacity will that provide throughout the State? Specifically, how many such vehicles are needed and what is the shortfall?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Dublin is okay in so far as the majority of public transport is wheelchair accessible. Outside of Dublin, however, it is a different story. In some rural areas, there is no bus service from one end of the week to the next. Is there a particular focus on putting the new coaches into rural areas where there is an ageing population and accessibility issues? It is worrying that, in 2019, we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Ms Graham referred to bus stop infrastructure. As I said, this is a major problem when it comes to wheelchair lifts. Are bus stop infrastructure works funded by the NTA or by the local authorities?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Has the NTA surveyed all the local authorities in this regard? How does the authority ensure that all the infrastructure is being put in place?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Financial Statements of the National Transport Authority (10 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Might Ms Graham furnish us with the list of all the locations that have been done so far and the locations remaining to be done?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the research undertaken on the issue of flexible working, including its impact on the welfare of employees; the number of staff assigned to the report being compiled by her Department on the issue; her plans to publish the report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41103/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: What research has the Minister's Department undertaken on the issue of flexible working, including its impact on the welfare of employees? How many staff have been assigned to the report her Department is compiling on the issue? When does she intend to publish the report?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: As we know, work practices are changing. Therefore, we need to develop a framework that will incorporate and respond to the demands of modern working and for flexible work arrangements. The social and economic benefits for both employers and workers are wide-ranging. According to the most recent census, there was a 14% increase in the number of people whose primary workplace was their...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: One would imagine the Department would be a little further on, considering that we are so far behind other European cities and countries.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: The Minister said in her earlier response that there was a proposal for a national consultation on flexible working. Does she have any idea when it will kick off, given that we are lagging behind others and it would be a very good first step? The other worrying aspect is that there is no legislation or guidelines governing this area. What happens as a result is that there are varying...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flexible Work Practices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Does the Minister have any idea how long it will take?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to conduct a review of local enterprise offices; her further plans to introduce reforms to the local enterprise office network; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41217/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: Has the Minister or her Department plans to conduct a review of local enterprise offices or plans to introduce reforms to the local enterprise office network?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: As the Minister of State is aware, the State is overly reliant on a fairly small number of multinationals for a significant portion of its tax take. Last year, 45% of the total corporation tax take came from just ten companies and foreign-owned multinationals paid 77% of the corporation tax receipts for last year. This would leave our public finances very vulnerable to any sudden economic...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: The scale and ambition of the LEOs needs to be increased. Sinn Féin has a policy on this area. We would incorporate the existing 31 individual offices under a national headquarters and supply 100 additional staff who would co-ordinate activities within the 31 offices. We would also provide for 100 additional mobile advisers who would go out to businesses. I am sure the Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of consultation her Department or agencies under the remit of her Department may have had or research they may have undertaken on the matter of impediments to women working in business or becoming entrepreneurs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41105/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Meetings (9 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: 42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department or the IDA have held meetings or had interactions with business or company regarding the possibility of multinationals providing housing in cities here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41104/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: I want to raise the housing crisis in my constituency with the Tánaiste again. There are 170 people in emergency accommodation in Louth and 111 in Meath. It is unprecedented. We also have a housing waiting list that is heading towards the 5,000 mark. It has never even approached that before. Nobody is coming off the housing waiting list. It just increases all the time. Meanwhile,...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (3 Oct 2019)

Imelda Munster: On No. 2385C and in the context of transparency and proper procedure for public contracts, we should ask the university to clarify the issues raised in the correspondence.