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Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 621. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider commissioning a new study into the health care of members of the Traveller community on a similar basis to the 2010 all-Ireland Traveller health study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22265/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 622. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to continue the implementation of the previous Government’s strategy on supervised injection centres; and if so, the timeline for the introduction of these services [22266/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 891. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is concerned with the lack of substantive investigations into cartel activity here by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, since its creation, in particular the lack of criminal convictions, despite the increased resources and sanctions provided for by the previous Government; her views that the CCPC is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Regulations (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 892. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the cost to consumers of geo-blocking by companies providing online services and goods; if she supports the EU Commission proposals to prevent geo-blocking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22671/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 893. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated total cost of cartel activity to the economy, given that the EU Commission has estimated that cartel activity can cost up to 3% of GDP; and in view of the harm being caused to the economy, if she is concerned by the lack of prosecutions being taken under section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. [22675/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 894. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of files forwarded to the DPP by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and previously the Competition Authority in 2013, 2014 and 2015 in respect of suspected infringements of section 4 of the Competition Act 2002. [22676/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 895. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of EU directives relating to her Department that currently require transposition into Irish law; the number of such directives for which the deadline for transposition has passed; the communications both formal and informal that she has received from the European Commission regarding the failure to transpose said...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 896. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the EU accounting directive (2013/34/EU) has still not been transposed into Irish law despite a deadline of 20 July 2015; when she intends to transpose the directive; and if the European Commission has raised the issue of non-transposition with Ireland. [22714/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Report (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 897. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to accept the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission on the national minimum wage that is due to report on the week of 19 July 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22715/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Report (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 898. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Low Pay Commission will report back on its examination of the prevalence of low pay among young persons and women in the workforce; if she expects new legislation or regulations to arise on foot of these investigations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22716/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: UK Referendum on EU Membership (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 899. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the contingency plans her Department has put in place to address the impact on Ireland of Brexit; if she has met her counterpart in the British Government and the Northern Irish and Scottish administrations to discuss this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22717/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Corporation Tax (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 900. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on proposals to lower the UK's corporation tax rate to 15% or lower; if she has discussed this matter with the Minister for Finance; if they are developing a strategy to address the potential impact of such a move on the Irish economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22718/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 901. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the passage of the Competition (Amendment) Bill through the Oireachtas; the amendments she expects to introduce to the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22719/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 902. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to progress a motion (details supplied) which supported the call for an incremental increase in the minimum wage until it is set at 60% of median earnings and a living wage to be adopted throughout the public sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22720/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Living Wage (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 904. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is considering measures to ensure that the Government leads by example and becomes a living wage employer by 2018 and that the living wage is progressively extended to State procured services in the areas of security, cleaning and hospitality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22722/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (19 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: 903. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for the introduction of legislation to implement the recommendations of the University of Limerick report to the Government - A Study on the Prevalence of Zero Hours Contracts among Irish Employers and their Impact on Employees and the Cahill-Duffy expert examination and review of laws on the protection of employee...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: If the witnesses have the letter with them, it would be helpful if it could be circulated to the committee.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Mr. O'Brien might not have all of those letters with him, but if he has the specific letter mentioned by Deputy McDonald it would be useful for the committee if if was circulated in the next few minutes.

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: Like my good colleague, Deputy Aylward, I find today to be a pretty incredible meeting for many different reasons. Four hours later we have not really got anywhere. I want to talk a little about that. Trying to get to the bottom of what is going on here is like pulling teeth. We have a duty to do so. In his role as CEO, as the accounting manager or officer or whatever phrase is used now,...

Public Accounts Committee: HSE Financial Statement 2015 (15 Jul 2016)

Alan Kelly: That is established. Therefore, when it comes to the organisations - and a huge number of them are funded - there are various ways of analysing their performance and of looking under the hood at what they are doing. For instance, outside of the actual financial auditing, which is a big strand that should net issues, were the characters in question, the people who are heading up many of...