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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of extending social protection supports to the self-employed and permitting such persons to opt into the existing class A structure, paying the rate corresponding to their income level. [46422/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed by her Department or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46412/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has examined a scheme that focuses on early-stage companies and rewards growth by offering exemptions from and reductions in employers' pay-related social insurance relative to the number of staff employed or the company's payroll bill, in 2016; the cost for the first additional employee taken on to be exempt from...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [46406/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Black Economy (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to reduce shadow economy activity and to increase electronic payment transactions to counter such activity; if he has set targets for increased electronic payment transactions; the cost of meeting such targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter [46418/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of extending the new self-employed tax credit introduced in budget 2016 to the 173,000 self-employed persons who will miss out and to persons omitted to an amount equal to the pay as you earn credit over a three year period; if this will encourage entrepreneurism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46421/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 177. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined adjusting the online betting duty level and the tax yield that would be raised by adjusting the duty to 1.5%, 2% and 2.5%. [46426/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [46411/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of transposing European Communities (Award of Public Authorities’ Contracts) Regulations 2006 (SI 329 of 2006). [46416/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 207. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has examined European Union guidance regarding social considerations for public procurement and enhancing opportunities for procurements in the small and medium sector and the cost of implementing such guidance [46417/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 232. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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. [46409/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 233. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost of prohibiting zero-hour and low-hour contracts in the workplace regulatory regime. [46414/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 234. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost incurred to meet the regional job targets as outlined in Enterprise 2025. [46415/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 235. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of properties that have been established as development units for enterprise start-ups and the costs incurred in acquiring these, by county. [46420/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Youth Enterprise Initiatives (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will establish a stand-alone national office to support young business entrepreneurs of 18 to 25 years of age that would provide training, mentoring and financial assistance; and the cost of establishing such an office. [46424/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Youth Enterprise Initiatives (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 237. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will establish a programme for first-time young entrepreneurs of over 18 years of age to provide training and counselling for persons interested in a self-employment career path and the cost of establishing such a programme. [46425/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [46399/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 311. To ask the Minister for Defence 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. [46403/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 390. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of implementing a living wage of €11.50 for all employees directly employed or in agencies funded by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46410/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Living Wage (17 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 403. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs 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. [46401/15]