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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Companies (Corporate Enforcement Authority) Bill 2018: Discussion (5 Feb 2019)

Billy Kelleher: Mr. Drennan's analysis of the failure in the Seán FitzPatrick trial, its collapse and gross incompetence, which bordered on negligence and, potentially, criminality in terms of how parts of the case were conducted, was sent to the Minister and subsequently could not be published on the Attorney General's advice. In drafting this legislation and trying to ensure there is no repeat of the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Reports (31 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when she will publish an account of the investigative failures identified by a person (details supplied); the steps being taken to address the investigative failures emanating from the trial of a person; and the status of action points committed to in the report, Measures to Enhance Ireland's Corporate, Economic and Regulatory...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: IDA Ireland (31 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of regional IDA Ireland site visits and vacant properties nationwide by county on 31 December 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4568/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Research and Development Supports (31 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 3. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the level of public research and development funding and capital expenditure in public research; if she will consider introducing a new five-year cycle with respect to the programme for research in third-level institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4744/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Supports (31 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 1. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the emergency contingencies and supports in place to safeguard small and medium enterprises, SMEs, and export businesses in Ireland from a hard-Brexit scenario if the UK leaves the EU on 29 March 2019 with no deal in place; if a formal request will be submitted to the Director General for Competition seeking changes to state aid rules...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Data (31 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 16. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if professional roles (details supplied) will be added to the critical skills work permit lists in order to meet the skills shortages in the construction sector; the steps being taken to increase the speed at which work permits are being issued; and the number of outstanding work permits in all sectors that remain to be processed....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding (31 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the findings by the EU Research and Innovation Observatory (details supplied) that Ireland is below the European average for research and development spending; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4565/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research Funding Data (31 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount expended here as a percentage of GNP on research spending in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form. [4766/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (31 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 140. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the satellite navigation system in the national ambulance service and the use of the Eircode system at present; if an incident in the case of a person (details supplied) will be investigated; if assurances that a similar incident will not recur will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4722/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: There is a €1 billion overrun in respect of the national children's hospital, a tax cut of €3 billion promised by the Taoiseach and a report published by the Department of Finance yesterday indicating that 55,000 thousands jobs could be lost in the context of a no-deal or very damaging Brexit. Will the Taoiseach accept that it is time to be honest about which capital projects...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Data (30 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 151. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 16 January 2019, if she will provide the breakdown as per the format presented in Parliamentary Questions Nos. 146, 147, 148 and 149 of 18 January 2018 with data (details supplied) for 2017 and 2018, in tabular form. [4553/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (29 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal mechanisms that exist to appeal or arbitrate breaches of the Good Friday Agreement by either co-guarantor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4127/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (29 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 272. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants and participants in all Brexit schemes and supports provided by her Department or agencies under her remit; and the amount allocated to and expended under each such scheme in each year since being established, in tabular form. [3802/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (29 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of firms that have applied for working capital under the Brexit loan scheme; the number that have been sanctioned financing to date by firm size (details supplied); and the value of same in tabular form. [3803/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (29 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 274. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the €300 million Brexit loan scheme fund announced in budget 2019 for SME businesses will be open for applications; the length of time the fund will remain open for applications; the criteria for applying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3804/19]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Protection (29 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she is taking to protect businesses and jobs here at EU level with respect to upcoming EU-USA trade discussions on a sectoral basis. [3805/19]

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill and put forward several points which I passionately believe need to be discussed broadly in this Chamber and across the international community. The Bill does not reference Israel or Palestine. However, in the context of illegal occupied territories the case is obviously one of the most high-profile and significant on our globe. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Data (22 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance the targets the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland set for lending to SMEs in 2017 and 2018; and the progress to date on same in tabular form. [2406/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (22 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the process to review the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland by the NTMA. [2407/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (22 Jan 2019)

Billy Kelleher: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of SMEs that had interest applied on late payment of income tax based on the latest annual information; the rate of interest applied on such late payments here; and the rate of interest applied in the UK and in other EU and OECD countries in tabular form. [2408/19]