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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I remind members who are participating remotely of the need to do so only from within the Leinster House complex. We have not received any apologies. Today we will engage with Mr. Feargal O'Rourke, chairperson designate of IDA Ireland. As members will be aware, IDA Ireland is an autonomous statutory agency set up under the Industrial Development Acts 1986 to 2019. It operates in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. O'Rourke. I now invite members to speak. There is a rota in place. The first group slot is for Sinn Féin. Deputy O'Reilly has 14 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I will briefly put on record the good jobs we have had in the past number of years in my own constituency of Limerick. It has been fantastic. There have been Eli Lilly, Dell, Analog Devices, Carelon and lots of others. Are there any plans for additional property or site purchases in the mid-west region? Castletroy industrial estate is probably almost full. I know Raheen business park is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: That concludes our consideration of the matter today. I thank the representatives for assisting the committee in its consideration of this important matter. This concludes the committee's business in public session. I propose the committee goes into private session to consider other business. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Mr. O'Rourke.

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I welcome the people in the Visitors Gallery. It was fantastic to meet the children outside today. These wonderful, uplifting children tell us they are in pain. Some had a sign stating Stop the Pain. The Minister talked about a big list as if he were surprised. This is the case with everything that comes up in the HSE, for some reason. There is a big list in the emergency department...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been waiting over a year for an appointment at the Royal Victoria Hospital for treatment of Stargardt Disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7413/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (20 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied) who has been waiting on an appointment at University Hospital Limerick for over four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8083/24]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Committee (14 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Before we start, on my behalf and on behalf of the members of the committee, I express our condolences to the family of John Bruton and particularly to his brother Richard who is a very hard-working and valued member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. John Bruton was a former Minister in the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce and Tourism, which was...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Today, the select committee will consider the Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023. At the outset, I thank the members and witnesses for participating in today's committee meeting. Members are required to participate in the meeting either from within the meeting room or, if joining remotely, from within the Leinster House...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Do members want to speak before we come to the Bill sections? Does anyone have anything they would like to contribute or will we just go through the sections?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: That is fine.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Deputy. Does the Minister of State wish to comment?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Message to Dáil (14 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment has completed its consideration of the Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023 and has made no amendments thereto.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Select Committee (14 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for attending today's meeting. I look forward to the Bill being enacted and implemented as soon as possible.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business of Select Committee (14 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I offer our deepest sympathies to you and your family. Before we finish, there is one technical matter. The imeachtaí of the meeting of 31 January have been circulated. Do members have comments on them? If not, are they agreed? Agreed.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. I know he did not write it and it did not come from his Department but what he has just read out to me is absolutely scandalous. I raised the issue of homeless services in Limerick. The Minister of State said that Limerick City and County Council is: "doing everything in its power to address the severe pressures on access to emergency...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation (13 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: This Topical Issue matter relates to homeless services in Limerick, particularly the lack of space and how increased rents, the ending of the no-fault eviction ban and the failure to fund Limerick's homeless services have all impacted on the inadequate capacity of homeless services in Limerick. Homeless services in Limerick have advised me that they have been turning away many people almost...

Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion [Private Members] (13 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Trust and confidence in RTÉ and the TV licence model is at a low ebb and has been for a long time. The recent scandals that have come out of RTÉ have only exacerbated this loss of trust. This motion is about ending a system that is not working and that imposes an annual fee of €160 regardless of household income. It is about replacing this archaic system with one that is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6289/24]