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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Appeals (2 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will examine the matter of redressing the refused appeal. [32809/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Applications (2 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32810/16]

Companies (Accounting) Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the legislation, the main purpose of which is to transpose the EU accounting directive into Irish law. In particular, I welcome chapter 10 of the accounting directive which allows for greater oversight of companies working in the extractive industry and the logging sector. Essentially, the purpose of the legislation is to introduce a small companies regime and a micro-companies...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the relevance of the eight regional action plans for jobs in view of Brexit; the specific details of meetings her Department has held with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government concerning the former's input into the national spatial strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: This question relates to whether the regional action plans are fit for purpose in light of Brexit. Will the Minister give me details of any meetings that have taken place between officials in her Department and their counterparts in the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government concerning the national planning framework?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Minister says Brexit is top of her agenda but then goes on to say that Article 50 has not been invoked yet and that she is waiting to see what will happen. This morning, an article in a newspaper includes a quote from a mushroom farmer from Tipperary, Lavinia Walsh. Basically, she says the impact has developed into a catastrophe for them. She has survived thus far but four of her...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: Is that all there is to deal with Brexit?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: Basically, there is a real possibility that North-South trade could be seriously damaged as a result of Brexit. The potential for the negative impacts of a hard Brexit on cross-border trade and business development has been highlighted by ESRI, IBEC, ISME, Teagasc, Irish Congress of Trade Unions and others. I am dissatisfied with the Minister's response. We are heading into a crisis...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: IDA Site Visits (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: That is good to hear.

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if, considering the fact that the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, is ranked as a mixed agreement, Dáil Éireann will have an opportunity to debate and vote on the issue; when this will happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32940/16]

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: This question will not come as a surprise to the Minister as I have asked it of her on a number of occasions. It is about the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, between the EU and Canada. Will the Minister confirm when the Dáil will have an opportunity to debate this and when we can vote on the issue?

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I asked this question a number of times and the Minister has not given me an answer. When can we have a debate on this agreement? I note she said this House will have a vote on it but in the meantime we could have a debate on it. I request that she arranges that. She might indicate specifically when the House will get an opportunity to debate this issue. As elected representatives, we...

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I just want to know when we will debate this issue. We have been raising this issue and the House needs to debate it. I have spoken to farm organisations and many of them have huge concerns about the deal. It is best that we debate it in this Chamber.

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: A debate on it must take place.

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: It is a mixed agreement and it needs to be debated in the Dáil.

Other Questions: Trade Agreements (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am asking when it will be debated.

Other Questions: Low Pay Commission Report (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: 10. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the measures she will take to address the over concentration of women in precarious work and in receipt of low pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32942/16]

Other Questions: Low Pay Commission Report (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: What specific measures will the Minister take to deal with the over-concentration of women in precarious work and the fact that many of them are in receipt of low pay?

Other Questions: Low Pay Commission Report (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: The signing of the order last week is very welcome. I am aware of the two reports from the Low Pay Commission but my question was addressed to the Minister or Minister of State. The commission is an advisory body so the Minister is not bound by the recommendations in the report. What measures will the Minister of State take to address the issues I raised?

Other Questions: Low Pay Commission Report (3 Nov 2016)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State for his answer and I look forward to getting the report next week or the week after. My main concern is that the Low Pay Commission is an advisory body and it is the Minister who has to take action to deal with the two issues. That is what I would like the Minister of State to come back to me on.