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Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (11 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 569. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects full compliance with Directive 2011/24/EU of 9 March 2011 on the application of patients' rights in cross-border health care, which was due to be transposed into Irish law on 25 October 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6184/14]

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Having served for several years on Kildare’s county enterprise board, it is with a tinge of sadness that I see their dismantlement. Coming from a business background, it was great to work with those on the board, who had a get-up-and-go approach. Deputy Naughten referred to the administration costs of some boards, but there was a small staff on the Kildare board which used its...

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I wish to share time with Deputies Heather Humphreys, Andrew Doyle, Dan Neville, Joe McHugh and Marcella Corcoran Kennedy. I thank Deputy Donnelly for producing the Bill. It is a difficult and onerous task to get a Bill before the Chamber and I welcome the good discussion on small and medium-sized businesses that are being affected by the recession. For the information of Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tote Licences (5 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance further to the upcoming renewal of the licence for the tote, currently with Horse Racing Ireland, if this licence will be up for public tender in order to generate the maximun income for the State and to assist with the horse racing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5832/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Ireland Operations (5 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the profits from Tote Ireland for the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive. [5826/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bord na gCon Operations (5 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the profits from the greyhound tote for the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive. [5827/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: To follow on from that, CERN is the result of a collaboration among a number of European countries. At present, the Commission is looking at a number of locations where similar CERN-type projects could be established for other topics within the research and development sphere. Are we actively pursuing Ireland as a co-location or a location for a collaboration on one of these projects?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I hope they are talking about it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: It is not the projects per se. It is the question of the centre being based here in Ireland. Perhaps I need to go into it in a little more detail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I am aware there is one in northern Italy at present, and it happens to be in the middle of nowhere, or that is what I am told.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: It is in the middle of nowhere. It is the collaboration of a number of countries coming together and selecting this site where the research will be done. Are we actively pursuing this, perhaps in the agrifood sector or in related research? At the time, what was mentioned to us was the marine sector, although I would have pushed the agrifood sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Are we actively pursuing such a centre?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I am fully supportive of that. The point is that we are doing something about it. It is potentially a huge investment with a lot of associated jobs, not alone with the facility itself but also with spin-off jobs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: I wish we could all keep our answers that simple.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Landscape: Minister of State (4 Feb 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Through the Chair, those two colleges are tied into NUI Maynooth.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Inland Waterways Development (30 Jan 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: 118. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Canals Act 1986 (Amendment) Bye-Laws 2014 will come into effect once the public consultation has been completed; his views on whether the by-laws as currently proposed will have a negative impact on the tourism industry and canal cruising community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4689/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (28 Jan 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Has the Department done an impact assessment of these changes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (28 Jan 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: Is there a briefing note on the changes?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (28 Jan 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: With regard to the transposition of EU directives into Irish law, I wish to raise the sharps directive. I have been hammering at this for the past year and a half. Could the delegates give me an update on when we are likely to transpose it into Irish law?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (28 Jan 2014)

Anthony Lawlor: It was a comprehensive update but there is a lead-in period of a couple of years between the issuing of a directive and its transposition. We learnt in Brussels that we must get involved much earlier in the law-making process to determine the impact. I have raised but one directive. The habitats directive, which dates from 1993, I believe, is still causing problems for us.