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Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: It will take place within five years.

Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: Senator Higgins said she wants Ireland to be a centre of excellence for innovation. Ireland is already a centre of excellence for innovation. This is why Ireland has been so successful on the world stage and why entrepreneurship is alive and well. This is why The Wall Street Journalhas said Ireland is now the best centre in the EU for entrepreneurship. That is something we should be very...

Seanad: Knowledge Development Box (Certification of Inventions) Bill 2016: Report Stage (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: That is fine. That is where I am coming from in this regard. I hope this Bill will progress further because it is important legislation and it is an important part of the vision we have for Ireland. We need to ensure we have more research and development and that we encourage more people to get into research and development, particularly in the patent and invention sector.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (1 Feb 2017)

Pat Breen: 306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a headage payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4901/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Payments (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for a disability allowance will be processed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3965/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 639. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3979/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Transfer of Entitlements Application (31 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 640. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3982/17]

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tax Code (26 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: I first apologise for my colleague the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan. Unfortunately he has to go to an urgent meeting in Brussels. I thank Senator Craughwell for raising this issue in Seanad Éireann this morning. The appointment of a Commission on Taxation by any Government is a major undertaking which often takes several years to report. Commissions of Taxation tend to focus...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Tax Code (26 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: I have listened attentively to what Senator Craughwell said. I already described the recent reviews and research into taxation matters by the Department of Finance. Perhaps it would be more appropriate now to outline some of the incentives that have been undertaken this year. For example, the development of a new small and medium-sized enterprise, SME, focused share-based remuneration...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (25 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3344/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Appeals (24 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 542. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 6 December 2016, the status of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2949/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Applications (24 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2973/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3065/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (24 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: 555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payments will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3150/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Provision (24 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: The Deputy should note that the Workplace Relations Commission is an independent statutory body and I have no direct involvement in its day to day operations. However, I am informed that the position remains that the WRC is working in conjunction with the Office of Public Works to identify offices/venues for possible use for hearing venues. As already outlined, financial investment has...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation (17 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1640 to 1645, inclusive, together. My Department has responsibility, amongst other matters, for ensuring that all workers, regardless of age, enjoy the protections afforded by Ireland’s robust employment rights legislation and have safe working conditions which meet stringent health and safety requirements. It would appear that the attribution...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (17 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: The position is that the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967–2014 provide a minimum entitlement to a redundancy payment for employees who have a set period of service with the employer. Thisredundancy payment is an individual’s statutory entitlement under employment legislation. An employer may agree a redundancy payment above the statutory minimum and, in such circumstances, this...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Disputes (17 Jan 2017)

Pat Breen: I must reiterate to the Deputy that the Labour Court operates as an independent adjudicative body in carrying out its statutory function and as such it is not appropriate for me to intervene in this or any other matter relating to that function. The statutory position under the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2014 is that a minimum entitlement to a redundancy payment for employees who have...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (16 Dec 2016)

Pat Breen: The Low Pay Commission was established last year through the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015. Its principal function is, once each year, to examine the national minimum hourly rate of pay and to make a recommendation to the Minister respecting the rate, ensuring that all decisions are evidence based, fair and sustainable, and do not create significant adverse consequences...