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Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...access to the necessary credit through lending institutions. Microfinance Ireland’s work is essential, particularly for those individuals or businesses who do not meet the conventional risk criteria applied by commercial lenders, such as sole traders, entrepreneurs, start-ups and microbusinesses. It is essential that the Government expand current access to credit initiatives for...

An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Daichead ar an mBunreacht (An Comhaontú maidir le Cúirt Aontaithe um Paitinní), 2024: An Dara Céim - Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024: Second Stage (29 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...on ratifying this court and it is important to take stock of some of those. Some suggest that at the moment, without the UPC, a patent challenge occurs in an individual country and that the ruling applies only within the state sphere. They suggest that with the UPC, a patent would be threatened in multiple countries at the same time. They further suggest that SMEs may not have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Operation and Resourcing of Coimisiún na Meán: Digital Services Commissioner (28 Feb 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Before we finish, I have a question on trusted flaggers and where we are at with that. Is it the intention that Coimisiún na Meán will invite people to apply for those positions? Have people already applied for it? Has anyone been approved yet? It was mentioned that if a body applied now it would be approved by the summer, but have a number of organisations been approved already?

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: ...accessible to creditors. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Neale Richmond, who is accompanied by his officials. No groupings have been applied and all amendments will be discussed individually. I propose we try to complete our Committee Stage consideration of the Bill today. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will now proceed with...

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

Maurice Quinlivan: ...these people have been priced out of renting a property and, in view of the excessive price of houses for sale, have no chance of obtaining a mortgage. They are in a limbo and a void. They could opt to apply for social housing, and many do so, but they are joining a list of thousands and face little prospect of being allocated a house in the immediate term. Every day, my office takes...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Digital Services Bill 2023: Committee Stage (17 Jan 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...for related matters. I welcome Deputy Dara Calleary, Minister for State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, who is accompanied by his officials. The following amendment groupings will apply: amendments Nos. 2, 6, 41 to 44, inclusive; amendments Nos. 3 to 5, inclusive, 36, 37, 39, 40, 45 to 49, inclusive; amendments Nos. 7 and 26; amendments Nos. 8 to 16, inclusive,...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...to be able to select his or her team. The appointment of a special adviser is done differently, as will be legislated for, and the four other staff members will be existing council staff, who apply for the role, whom the mayor selects.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 Nov 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 414. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality about the case of a person (details supplied) who applied in June 2023 for an extension of their visa that was due to expire and has not received any response back regarding the status of their extension application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52135/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Oct 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 656. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied) who was employed as home help by the HSE during the Covid pandemic period, has applied for the Covid recognition payment and was approved, but has yet to receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42575/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizenship Applications (20 Sep 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the case of a child (details supplied), whose parents applied for a citizenship application which was refused due to the child not having five years' residency at the time of application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39978/23]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: I advise members that groupings will apply to amendments Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 9 to 14, inclusive, Nos. 3 and 6, and Nos. 7 and 8. All other amendments are not grouped and will be discussed individually. I propose that we try to complete our consideration of Committee Stage of the Bill today. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (21 Jun 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...going to push the amendment but we did want to put it down and we may finesse it in the Seanad and bring the amendment again. This amendment seeks to ensure that maintenance and champerty do not apply to dispute resolution proceedings as a new subsection in section 19. This is a point we raised at the prelegislative scrutiny stage and on Second Stage. As it currently stands, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ireland's Trade Relationship with Canada: Discussion (20 Jun 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...the same level of immunity from legal proceedings as witnesses who are physically present. Persons giving evidence from another jurisdiction should be mindful of their domestic law and how it may apply to the evidence they give. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity in such a way as...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2023: Committee Stage (14 Jun 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...22/EC; and to provide for related matters. I welcome the Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Deputy Calleary, who is accompanied by his officials. Grouping will apply to amendments Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5, which will be taken together. All amendments which are not grouped will be discussed individually. I propose that we try to complete our...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Admissions (16 May 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...ask the Minister for Education and Skills about the case of more than 20 sixth class primary school children in Limerick who were issued rejection letters from the 11 post-primary schools that they applied for; to outline the steps that have been taken to date; the remaining steps that are to be taken to rectify this ongoing matter; and if a commitment can be given that such a distressing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2023: Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (26 Apr 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...order for the construction sector. The Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2015 introduced a mechanism for sectoral wage-setting known as sectoral employment orders, SEOs. That mechanism applies across economic sectors and replaces the previous system, known as registered employment agreement. The intention of the legislative framework governing the SEO is to establish minimum rates...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Digital Services Bill 2023: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...I note that certain members wish to comment on that. The EU regulation, known as the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2022/2065), came into force in EU law on 16 November 2022 and will fully apply in member states from 17 February 2024. Ireland is obliged to designate and empower a competent authority known as the digital services co-ordinator to supervise and implement the Digital...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...relationship with their landlord, with whom they discussed purchasing the home through their own means. Unfortunately, circumstances changed and the marital relationship ended. The mother has applied to go on the social housing list in the hope Limerick City and County Council will purchase the home. She is overholding as she has nowhere to go. She sought to have the council speed up...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Maurice Quinlivan: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the requirement for those who apply for an exceptional needs' payment for kitchen items, such as fridges and ovens, to hire with expense, an engineer in order that an engineer’s report can be submitted with the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8954/23]