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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]

Priority Questions: Company Closures (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: I am asking for a status update on the review by the Department of the Minister of State, Deputy Pat Breen, and the review by the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement into the sudden closure of Clerys. The Minister of State will appreciate that it is now 15 June and that the company closed three days ago last year. We have just passed the first anniversary. Clerys was iconic and...

Priority Questions: Company Closures (15 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: I want to focus on a couple of areas. We all agree it is imperative that the legal framework that we put in place be fit for purpose in dealing with any future case similar to that of Clerys. I also want to focus on the Protection of Employment Act 1977, which provides that where an employer is considering collective redundancies, there is an obligation to consult employees and provide...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received complete documentation allowing him to make a decision on an application by a school (details supplied) under the supplementary grant scheme; when he will issue a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15965/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (14 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has incorporated all elements of the public authorities contracts directive, 2014/24/EU, and the utilities directive, 2014/25/EU, regarding economic, social and environmental well-being and public service contracts put out to tender, in recent statutory instruments on 5 May 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (14 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 455. To ask the Minister for Health how an adult support group (details supplied) can apply for and receive an annual grant for operating purposes similar to other comparable support groups; to whom the group should apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15912/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (14 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 606. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the process involved for using the exemption under section 41(1) of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000; the number of times this exemption has been used since enactment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15362/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (14 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 607. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times the exemption in section 41(1) of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 has been used since its enactment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15381/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (14 Jun 2016)

Niall Collins: 641. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware of the potential closure of a company (details supplied); if she will assist in averting its closure; her responsibility when she becomes aware of the potential closure of such a company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15649/16]