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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Contract Plans (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the recommendation (details supplied) on the state of regulation of personal contract plans, PCPs, that the consumer protection code should apply to PCPs and that PCP providers should have to check the financial capacity of consumers before offering such contracts; if not, the reason therefore; and if she or her...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland Site Visits (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 112. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits in each county in quarter 1, 2 and 3 of 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46368/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Supports (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings that have taken place to date since the formation of the working group comprising representatives from the Directorate General for Competition, her Department, Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to scope and design schemes to support enterprises impacted by Brexit in line...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: White Collar Crime (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 114. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the report, Regulatory Powers and Corporate Offences, by an organisation (details supplied); her plans to implement the recommendations of this report including the proposal to set-up a corporate crime agency; the estimated impact this will have on the work of the ODCE; and if her Departmental officials met with the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills Shortages (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 115. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a sectorial analysis has been carried out of skills shortages in the economy for the next 5, 10, 15 and 20 year period; the impact skills shortages are having on competitiveness levels here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46372/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Staff Data (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of civil servants in her Department by grade who are specifically allocated to work in the economic migration policy unit (details supplied). [46373/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Programme for Government Initiatives (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the regional job targets and unemployment rate projections under A Programme for Partnership Government for 2020 and Enterprise 2025, by year and region; the latest figures relating to these targets; the monitoring and reporting mechanisms in place; her job targets up to 2020, by region in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 118. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with the latest female participation rate in the labour force here compared with the EU rate; if she has carried out an analysis of this area; and the actions being taken to increase the rate. [46376/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied with Ireland’s rankings in the 2018 global competitiveness report published by the World Economic Forum on 17 October 2018. [46384/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Commission (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the most recent Personal Injuries Commission report and the recommendation to establish a judicial council and for the Minister for Justice and Equality to formally request that the council review the award guidelines; and the estimated impact this will have on the Book of Quantum. [46385/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 121. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when applications to the disruptive technologies fund will open and close; and the 2019 budget allocation for same. [46386/18]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Staff (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the allocation to the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court in each of the years 2015 to 2018 broken down between current and capital funds; the amount expended in each year and to date in 2018; the 2019 allocation; and the number of civil servants in the Workplace Relations Commission and Labour Court by grade in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 194. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings that have taken place to date since the formation of the working group comprising representatives from the Directorate General for Competition, his Department, Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation to scope and design schemes to support enterprises impacted by Brexit in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Unemployment Data (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 261. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actions being taken to reduce the number of jobless houses; and the latest data on same. [46375/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Data (8 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of participants in nationally accredited internships; the number in the public and private sectors; and the regulatory framework concerning persons in internship schemes and the national minimum wage. [46377/18]

Apprenticeships: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on this important motion which aims to highlight the need to be more imaginative in how we approach apprenticeships and the broader labour market. There is no doubt that skills shortages are a significant constraint in an expanding economy that has enormous infrastructural deficits. Such deficits include not just major infrastructural projects, but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Stepaside Garda station had no facts to justify its reopening.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I also object to the proposals in view of the fact that the House has been informed that there will not be an opportunity for all Deputies to contribute to the budgetary debate. The budget was announced on 9 October and we are in the first week of November. We have the Finance Bill, yet not all Deputies have had an opportunity to contribute on the budget. Historically and traditionally,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: I consider that to be an attack on the entitlement of Deputies to at least raise the importance of the budget in the Dáil. From that perspective, I cannot accept the proposal.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Billy Kelleher: Yes, but-----