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Other Questions: IDA Portfolio (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: Is the Minister satisfied with the number of vacant IDA properties around the country, in view of the information she supplied to me in reply to a recent parliamentary question?

Other Questions: IDA Portfolio (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: I am not sure how the Minister can say she is happy that IDA Ireland must maintain so many vacant sites. It is a staggering figure - 85 properties out of a total of 137 are vacant, or almost two of every three properties. These properties were not acquired in the recent or even the medium-term past. They have been vacant for a long period. Given that 94% of the 137 properties are located...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Site Visits (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: Not even the Minister could deny that there is a two-tier recovery afoot. The quarterly national household survey shows that 63% of all employment gains in the 12 months to the end of the second quarter of 2016 were in the greater Dublin area. A breakdown of the figures shows that in the midland region there was a gain of 1.07%, in the west, 3.02%, in the south west, 4.27%, and in the mid...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Site Visits (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: Site visits are not everything but they are a big part of the process. Competitiveness and connectivity are also a big part of the location. The Minister has been to Limerick on several occasions recently and she will be welcome to come again and we welcome the announcements made. What has the Minister done to prioritise the building of the motorway between the mid-west capital,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Site Visits (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to outline her views on the current regional spread of jobs and IDA Ireland site visits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33223/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Site Visits (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: I call on the Minister to comment on the current regional spread of jobs and IDA Ireland site visits given that the county-by-county analysis tells a completely different story.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether there are sufficient supports in place to safeguard Irish jobs and exports following the recent Brexit referendum; the actions being taken to increase Irish business competitiveness with the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33222/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: Does the Minister believe sufficient supports are in place to safeguard Irish jobs and exports following the result of the recent Brexit referendum, about which we know all too well in this House and beyond? What actions are being taken to increase the competitiveness of Irish business in the UK arising from the referendum?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: I attended yesterday's all-Ireland civic dialogue at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, at which many speakers echoed the sentiment that Brexit is one of the biggest threats to Irish exports and jobs since the foundation of the State. We have seen a significant weakening of sterling since the Brexit referendum. We need to do whatever we can to lessen the impact of Brexit on Irish business...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: I would like to tie the Minister down on what she has said about what she intends to do before she makes any specific announcements on funding. I asked specifically about the establishment of an exporters' fund. Will the Minister give us some detail about what will be done to help exporters? I emphasise that Irish competitiveness is under huge pressure. I am sure the Minister will mention...

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: Fianna Fáil supports the general principles of the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016, which implements a 2013 EU directive. My party will support the passage of this Bill through Second Stage and looks forward to strengthening its provisions on Committee Stage. That will address some issues highlighted by practitioners in the current context and make legislation fit for purpose for small...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions the Government is taking to increase competitiveness in view of the increased competition from the UK as a location to establish a business compared to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33007/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Guarantee Scheme (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the current drawdown levels issued under the credit guarantee scheme; the total value of approvals on the same dates; if she will provide a county breakdown of each drawdown and approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33011/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injury Claims (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the review of the Book of Quantum by InjuriesBoard.ie; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33008/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to the publication of the autumn legislative programme, when legislative proposals regarding protections for workers on insecure, low hour contracts will be published in 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33195/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Bodies (3 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times the co-ordination group within her Department met since being established after the Brexit referendum result; the number of meetings planned for the remainder of the year and in q1 of 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33196/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (2 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the inclusion of the M20 motorway between Limerick and Cork to be included in the Government's forthcoming capital plan review; and his views on whether this road project is a national priority. [32673/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (2 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 390. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no union representation on his Department's Brexit consultative committee, which was formed in the aftermath of the UK referendum result; his plans to add such representation to the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32727/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (2 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 474. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the transposition of EU directive 2014/56/EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33048/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (2 Nov 2016)

Niall Collins: 475. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated timeframe for the implementation of the Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33049/16]