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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Zero-hour Contracts (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 45. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on zero-hour contracts and their percentage of the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16538/16]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Zero-hour Contracts (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 46. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on if-and-when contracts and their percentage of the workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16539/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 266. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expedite a social housing development which has being ongoing over seven years (details supplied); why this process is taking such a long time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17266/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ministerial Correspondence (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 328. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm receipt of correspondence from the General Secretary of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (details supplied); when he will meet this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16943/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Voluntary Sector Funding (21 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 416. To ask the Minister for Health the process a charity which provides counselling and support to adults must follow in applying for annual funding under section 39; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17077/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Irish Strategic Investment Fund (16 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the process regarding reports that an organisation (details supplied) received a loan from the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in November 2015, whose subsidiary was previously involved in transactions relating to the closure of a company in June 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16543/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (16 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 279. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the recourse and complaints process available to small businesses for outstanding payments due to them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16540/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (16 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 280. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding she has allocated, by regional jobs action plan, in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Expenditure (16 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual budget she has allocated to the Low Pay Commission; the number of staff directly working for it; if it is sufficiently resourced to carry out its independent evidence-based work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16542/16]

Other Questions: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: This question is hugely relevant to the public, in particular consumers, in regard to anti-competitive practices. Has the Minister examined empowering the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in regard to issuing civil fines for anti-competitive practices? To outline the definition of anti-competitive practices, as we would see them, there is what is called hard-core cartel...

Other Questions: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister outline, as far as she can, the Attorney General's legal advice? If I am quoting her correctly, she said the Attorney General has said there may be legal difficulties. Are there constitutional difficulties with the proposal? Like all of these proposals, the consumer and the public are being disadvantaged by some of these practices. Given the Competition Authority asked...

Other Questions: IDA Site Visits (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: This question has been tabled against the backdrop of the two-tier recovery we are experiencing in this country. The quality of the recovery being experienced in Dublin and the greater Dublin area is not being mirrored in the rest of the country. Can the Minister comment on that and on the role being played by IDA Ireland in this regard?

Other Questions: IDA Site Visits (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: I welcome the Government's belated acknowledgment that there is a two-tier recovery afoot, as this was continuously denied prior to the recent general election. Now that this problem has been acknowledged, we need to tackle it constructively. I will put a couple of facts on the record. In 2015, Dublin received 242 of the 565 IDA Ireland site visits, or 43% of the total. The Minister has...

Other Questions: IDA Site Visits (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: Will the Minister take a personal interest in this matter with IDA Ireland? Will she report back to us on it when Question Time resumes next month? Perhaps she will be able to tell us what IDA Ireland intends to do to address the absence of site visits in those counties, in particular, and also in other parts of the country.

Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 35. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how she will tackle the severe competitiveness challenges facing Irish business, as identified by the National Competitiveness Council report entitled Costs of Doing Business in Ireland 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16124/16]

Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: We all agree that one of the upsides of the recession, if we could describe it as an upside, was an end to the rip-off culture - and rip-off Ireland - that was so dominant during the era of the Celtic tiger. However, there is without doubt a concern among consumers and business that we are seeing the approach of a lack of competitiveness, tending towards a culture in which people are...

Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: I acknowledge the IMD World Competitiveness Center ranking. Equally, however, I am keen to point out that Ireland has continued to plunge in the World Bank ratings. We have dropped four places to 17th out of 189 economies. We are dis-improving by that parameter. According to the National Competitiveness Council cost of doing business in Ireland 2016 report, new businesses in Ireland...

Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: I wish to touch on the issue of our infrastructural deficit, a matter of major concern. There are many examples throughout this city and the rest of the country, including my region. These include the Limerick to Cork motorway and the Limerick to Waterford motorway. The road from Gort to Galway has to be finished. There are many parts to it. Broadband is chaotic throughout the country...

Priority Questions: Company Closures (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: While we all appreciate that much of this discussion is technical and observers could reasonably ask what it is about, we must also bear in mind those whose lives and jobs have been seriously affected by this case. We must also have regard to the fact that the Oireachtas cannot dictate to the courts how quickly they should act or what decisions they should make. Notwithstanding this, a...

Priority Questions: Company Closures (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 33. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of his investigations and follow-up following the closure of a company (details supplied); if all company law provisions were complied with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15766/16]