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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: That concludes our consideration of the matter. I propose that the committee requests the clerk to the committee to inform the Dáil and Seanad accordingly. Is that agreed? Agreed. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy English, in his absence, for assisting the committee. I know he had to leave early, which he had indicated on coming here. I also thank the officials from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Messages to Dáil and Seanad (1 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the following motion: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021, a copy of which was laid in draft form before...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: We move on to the next item on the agenda. We are commencing pre-legislative scrutiny of the redundancy payments (amendment) Bill 2021. The Bill will provide for the making of a State-funded payment to employees facing redundancy of lost opportunity accrual for reckonable service due to lay-offs caused by the Covid-19 restrictions since last year. As things stand, employees who have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I invite members to discuss the proposed Bill with Ms Breathnach and Ms Mulready. I remind members participating remotely, as all members are, to use the raised hand feature and, importantly, to cancel it when they finish speaking. The first person who has indicated to speak is Senator Gavan and he has 14 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: The next person who has indicated to speak is Deputy Stanton and he has seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I call Senator Sherlock and she has seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: As nobody else has indicated, that concludes our consideration of this matter. I thank Ms Breathnach and Ms Mulready for assisting the committee. I also thank the members for allowing us to proceed with this matter as quickly as we could. That concludes the committee's business in public session. I propose we go into private session to consider other business. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Electrical Contracting Sector) 2021: Discussion (1 Dec 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: Does the Senator wish to continue with a different question? He has some time remaining.

Employment Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I represent the constituency that has the highest number of unemployment black spots in the State. Eight of the top ten unemployment black spots are in Limerick city. I recently commissioned a report on unemployment black spots across the State and it makes for stark reading. Many people rely on the local employment services in Limerick. They have done a great job and would have done a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 244. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses constructed per year under the Limerick Regeneration Programme since the original Limerick regeneration master plan in January 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58773/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses constructed in each of the regeneration areas under the Limerick Regeneration Programme since the original Limerick regeneration master plan in January 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58774/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses demolished in each of the regeneration areas under the Limerick Regeneration Programme since the original Limerick regeneration master plan in January 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58775/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses demolished per year under the Limerick Regeneration Programme since the original Limerick regeneration master plan in January 2008, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58825/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: 393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasoning behind the proposed exclusion from the pension-related once-off gratuity scheme for community employment supervisors of those who received a statutory redundancy payment from their scheme as compensation for being made unemployed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58680/21]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Select Committee (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the members who will participate in today's meeting. In line with the exceptional measures due to the Covid-19 pandemic, with the exception of myself and the committee secretariat, all members of the committee are participating remotely. If they are participating in the meeting remotely, all members will be fully aware that they are required to participate within the Leinster...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I have some questions of my own. The Minister of State spoke about establishing the humanitarian support scheme on a statutory basis, which I welcome because at the moment it can be quite ad hoc. As Deputy Stanton said, it is a very effective and useful scheme when it does work. I have seen situations where businesses were flooded and the uncertainty around whether they will get grant...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I have another question on the innovation equity fund. The Minister of State spoke about targeting a number of priority areas which have had difficulties in attracting investment including life sciences, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, fintech, technology and digitalisation, green, environmental and female-led enterprises, all of which are very worthwhile. Would the Department also consider...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State for that. As nobody else has indicated a wish to speak, I propose that we agree that the consideration of the Supplementary Estimate by the committee has concluded. Is that agreed? Agreed. The clerk will send a message to that effect to the Clerk of the Dáil. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy English, for assisting the committee in its...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Message to Dáil (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2021: Vote 32 — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Under Standing Order 100(2), the message is...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2021)

Maurice Quinlivan: As all members are joining the meeting remotely, I asked them to raise their hand to indicate they wish to speak and more importantly to take it down when they finish speaking.