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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 97. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the additional resources that will be made available to An Garda Síochána in County Mayo under Operation Thor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42401/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 147. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection in relation to her Department's Estimates for 2008, if a sum of €3.75 million was accrued under provision of a review of community employment schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she granted relativity with Civil Service grades to community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors; the grade they have been aligned with; and the benefits that have accrued to them as a consequence. [42582/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Operation (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she is aware of the impact increasing insurance costs are having on budgets of community employment schemes and their ability to deliver a service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the status of a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo. [42806/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Status (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 215. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an area (details supplied) in County Mayo in respect of the Office of Public Works' recently published draft flood hazard and flood risk map; if he is aware that this area has experienced frequent flooding since 1960; his plans to alleviate the flood risk issue in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 216. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all State employees are paid at or above the minimum living wage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42379/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 217. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the additional cost to the Exchequer of paying all State employees a rate at least at the minimum living wage from 1 January 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42381/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (1 Dec 2015)

Dara Calleary: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reconvene the beef forum, given recent developments in the beef market and given that some factories are reverting to unfair practices on issues such as weight penalties, which caused serious difficulties in the beef supply chain in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42843/15]

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: There goes the Minister of State’s invitation.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: I agree with the Minister about the existing workforce and I would direct those commentators, particularly in the US, who have commented on the Allergan takeover this week, which I welcome, to the quality of the 1,000 strong workforce in Westport. The Minister made a specific commitment in the Action Plan on Jobs to provide 92 additional new projects to give new opportunities to a talented...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 4. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the current regional spread of jobs and on Industrial Development Agency Ireland site visits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41757/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: The various regional jobs action plans are being rolled out around the country but I am seeking specific information. All of the plans contain commitments to increase the number of new IDA Ireland investments, as opposed to existing employment. Many of these commitments are similar, with the targets for the mid-west, south west and the west set at 30% to 40%. I ask the Minister to detail...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Development (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: I accept that there are many more elements to the Action Plan for Jobs than IDA Ireland, although I pay tribute to the agency for the work it does. The Action Plan for Jobs for the west has a very specific target. It refers to 92 additional projects from IDA Ireland within the lifetime of the plan. However, between 2013 and the end of September 2015, 561 IDA Ireland site visits were to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he is taking to increase Irish competitiveness levels given the increased competition from the United Kingdom as a location to establish a business compared to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41849/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Will the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Employment discuss the actions he is taking to increase our competitiveness in light of the competition coming from the UK, particularly in respect of non-taxation matters but also in the context of the decision to reduce corporation tax in Northern Ireland to our level?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Let us try something different here and let us try to get an answer to the question. That is the cut-and-paste answer that is the Minister's standard speech on start-ups. What I want to focus on is the challenge we face from the Six Counties and Great Britain in respect of their competitiveness for start-ups, the package and offering they have put together and their agencies' hunger to get...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Given the increased competition from the UK.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Economic Competitiveness (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: Is there a group or focus within the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the competitiveness of Great Britain and the Six Counties and their impact on our potential to grow jobs? Has any work been done in the Department on the potential consequences of the change in corporation tax in the Six Counties?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (26 Nov 2015)

Dara Calleary: 18. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Consumer Rights Bill will be brought to Second stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41758/15]