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Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA site visits and vacant IDA properties nationwide in Q1, 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22862/18]

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I ask the Minister of State to outline the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits and to detail vacant IDA Ireland properties nationwide. The first quarter statistics for 2018 on the number of IDA Ireland site visits across the country are quite alarming in that there are significant disparities between Dublin and the regions. I ask the Minister of State to elaborate on that and explain...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I have been very well behaved this morning.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: When we are talking about this issue, and while we acknowledge the positives, it is important to recognise the underlying threats. We face an obvious threat in the context of Brexit and the impact that may have on the broader economy. There are skills shortages across all sectors of the economy and I do not detect any discernible positive efforts being made to address these, either in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: We asked two questions. There were no answers.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a sectoral analysis has been carried out of skills shortages in the economy for the next five, ten, 15 and 20-year period; the impact skills shortages are having on Irish competitiveness levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22973/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I ask the Minister has a sectoral analysis been carried out of skills shortages in the economy for the next five, ten, 15 and 20-year periods and the impact skills shortages are having on Irish competitiveness levels. The Minister will have seen the most recent report where we are now burning at an alarming rate through our competitiveness advantagesvis-à-visour international...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Skills Shortages (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: There is no point in us pretending about the impact the skills shortages will have across all sectors of the economy. We have rapid growth, our GDP has increased and our debt ratios have dropped dramatically but underneath all the positive news, are the alarm bells beginning to ring due to the drop in competitiveness? If we do not arrest that particular issue, we will have the same...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: We do not want to be argumentative about this. I was in Brussels for the past two days as part of a Fianna Fáil parliamentary delegation to discuss Brexit. We met Commissioner Hogan, the Council and political groupings. There is significant support in Europe for addressing the issue of the Border in the context of the all-island arrangement and the Good Friday Agreement. I am...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies in place to safeguard small and medium enterprises and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario, including revision of state aid rules; if she is satisfied with the level of resource preparedness; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22972/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: What contingency plans are in place to safeguard small and medium-sized enterprises and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario, including revision of state aid rules? Is the Minister of State satisfied with the level of resource preparedness and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. We all accept that the political capital being used by the Government, Parliament and citizens in the context of addressing the border issues on the island of Ireland is of critical importance from a political, cultural, social and economic perspective and all that flows from that. None of us wants any form of border on the island beyond what is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 24. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingencies and supports in place to safeguard Irish SMEs and export businesses from a hard Brexit scenario; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22861/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Data (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 20. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the Innovation 2020 research and development intensity target of 2.5% of GNP will be attained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22859/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the introduction of legislation to enhance the powers of the Personal Injuries Assessment Board in view of the recommendation in the cost of motor insurance report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22860/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 37. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the immediate steps being taken to reverse the reputational damage done to Ireland’s image as a location for future foreign direct investment for data centre projects in view of the confirmation that a company (details supplied) will not proceed with a data centre investment in Athenry County Galway; [22858/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the 2018 digital economy and society index by the European Commission; and his further views on more than half of the Irish adult population lacking at least basic digital skills. [22980/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 101. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants that received funding under Enterprise Ireland’s high potential start-up feasibility grant in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county; the number that received funding by firm size of less than ten, 11 to 49, 50 to 249 and more than 250 employees; and the amount paid out by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants that received funding under Enterprise Ireland’s commercial case feasibility support in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by county; the number that received funding by firm size of less than 10, 11 to 49, 50 to 249 and more than 250 employees; and the amount paid out by county and by...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland Funding (24 May 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 103. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants that received funding under Enterprise Ireland’s agile innovation fund in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018 by county; the number that received funding by firm size of less than ten, 11 to 49, 50 to 249 and more than 250 employees; and the amount paid out by county and by firm size in...