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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Oct 2016)

Niall Collins: 136. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of introducing a 30% flat rate tax to attract skilled foreign workers; the loss to the Exchequer compared to normal income tax, pay related social insurance and the universal social charge rates that currently apply for a person earning amounts (details supplied) in gross income per year, over a five year period, on this reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (4 Oct 2016)

Niall Collins: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date to meet 74% of industry demands domestically for information and communications technology, ICT, professionals by 2018 as set out in the 2014 ICT skills action plan; the annual numbers for this target in total and the percentage rate, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28241/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Oct 2016)

Niall Collins: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action points and deliverables which are laid out in Enterprise 2025; Innovative, Agile, Connected to increase the number of females enrolled in apprenticeships in view of the very imbalanced ratio of female to male apprentices at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28242/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Oct 2016)

Niall Collins: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific action points and deliverables which are laid out in the national skills strategy 2025 to increase the number of females enrolled in apprenticeships in view of the very imbalanced ratio of female to male apprentices at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28243/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (4 Oct 2016)

Niall Collins: 176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific actions committed to under the programme for Government to increase the number of females in rolling out new apprenticeship categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28244/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Institutions (4 Oct 2016)

Niall Collins: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which his Department and the HEA are attempting to resolve the situation of two suspended staff members in the University of Limerick who have now been suspended with pay for 16 months at a cost to the taxpayer; the way in which both bodies have implemented recommendations in the Mazars review which it ordered to be carried out; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brexit Issues (4 Oct 2016)

Niall Collins: 581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has set up a departmental taskforce to acquire EU agencies and research projects from the UK that may have to relocate from Britain after Brexit negotiations are completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (4 Oct 2016)

Niall Collins: 600. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she has had any discussions at EU Council level in redistributing EU agencies from the UK after Brexit negotiations are completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28245/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Living Wage (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 54. To ask the Taoiseach the discussions his Department has had with suppliers or service contractors to his Department or to agencies of his Department to ensure that employees of such suppliers and contractors are paid the living wage of €11.50 per hour; the cost of implementing this wage for these employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23749/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Living Wage (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 55. To ask the Taoiseach the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23750/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 101. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure the provision of additional manpower and resources at Tallaght Garda station to allow for a further effective action to deal with crime, anti-social behaviour and related matters in the area; if her attention has been drawn to the need to provide a visible presence of gardaí throughout the area particularly in estates...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined incentivising small businesses and employers to take on apprentices in an approved programme via an income tax credit similar to the apprenticeship job creation tax credit scheme currently operating in Canada; the approximate cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26440/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he proposed to recommence the option for persons to withdraw on a once-off basis up to 30% of their AVCs from their pension plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26673/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Labour Court Recommendations (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 485. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all meetings to date and remaining meetings planed in 2016 of the high level informal forum to deal with the Labour Court recommendation on the issue of pension provision for community employment supervisors-assistants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26441/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Medicines Agency (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 731. To ask the Minister for Health the status of his Department's bid for the European Medicines Agency relocation from London to Ireland; the meetings which have been held in this regard with the EU Commission; if he has established a task force to lead the re-location bid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27335/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 927. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress to date, in tabular form, on the annual targets for attaining 70,000 returned emigrants since the making of the commitment in the programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26483/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 929. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits for each month that records exist by county in 2016 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26442/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (27 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 939. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the efforts being made by her Department to prioritise the job creation needs in Tallaght, noticing the need to tackle the unemployment situation and to cater for the future generations of young persons who will qualify from the area's school and college system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26739/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (22 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister comment further on the balanced regional development to which she referred in her opening statement? The 18 counties that cover 70% of the area of the State accounted for less than 2% of the 187,000 persons employed by IDA Ireland-supported companies in 2015. That reinforces what many of us say about the imbalance of regional development and the spread of jobs. Those...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (16 Sep 2016)

Niall Collins: 374. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will introduce an employer pay related social insurance tax credit for new hires for micro-businesses, in order to increase employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26430/16]