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Public Transport: Motion [Private Members] (25 Oct 2022)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...It is as simple as that. Without a significant decrease in the number of private car journeys, we will struggle to meet the 2030 emission targets. In our alternative budget, we proposed an €195 million investment in public transport, cutting fares, investing in a new rail infrastructure and making public transport safer and more accessible. Our progressive proposal shows we can...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Aviation Industry (15 Oct 2020)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Ryanair announcement that it is to reduce its winter schedule at Shannon Airport is yet another in the long list of blows to the mid-west economy. It will affect 155 staff at Shannon and Cork airports. The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection must ensure these workers are assisted promptly so they are not waiting weeks if they have to sign on as a result of the...

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

Maurice Quinlivan: ...support schemes are working as well as they could? Their extremely low uptake rate suggests they need serious adjustment if we are to ensure that businesses are able to make use of them. Only 5% of the €300 million Brexit loan scheme has been drawn down to date. What is the Minister doing to ensure a higher uptake of that scheme? Does she intend to modify it to make accessing it...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: My party opposes section 13 in its entirety. This section seeks to give the Minister power to take the financial reserves of PIAB, which currently stands at €19 million. I oppose the change as PIAB has built up the reserve over years, since its establishment, by continually re-engineering efficient processes and fighting judicial reviews by vested interests. This money was collected...

Other Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Data (10 Jul 2018)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...is finalised by now and could be published. On the new agency, will the reformed ODCE have a significantly larger budget? It is worrying to think that the ODCE is currently only allocated €5 million per year. That amount is equivalent to the budget allocated to the famous spin unit the Taoiseach established. It is over €1 million less than what was provided at the height...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (23 Nov 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: ..., the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement has brought no prosecutions and achieved no convictions in the past two years. In the past three years, this office has also surrendered almost €5 million of its funding to the State. The most senior Garda position in that office has been vacant since 2016. The Tánaiste recently outlined her plans to reform this office....

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee
Ex-ante Scrutiny of Budget 2018 (Resumed): Minister for Finance (27 Sep 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: The Minister and the Taoiseach discuss with one another how tax cuts will be funded and that the levy of excise duty on cigarettes will be increased. The Fine Gael manifesto stated that an annual 5% increase in excise duty on cigarettes would bring in €349 million over the term of a Government. In its manifesto, Fianna Fáil stated that adding 90 cent to the excise duty would...

Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement: Statements (25 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...in the midst of a criminal trial. The financial cost of this fiasco will be significant. Leaving aside the price of a nine year investigation, this 127 day failed trial is estimated to have cost €3 million alone. As usual the taxpayer is left cleaning up the mess and picking up the tab. If one thing is guaranteed in this State it is that the taxpayer will be left on the hook. The...

Sale of Tickets (Sporting and Cultural Events) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 May 2017)

Maurice Quinlivan: ...for events they never intend to attend and who have only the intention of reselling at huge prices and to ensure there are exemptions for charities. This last concern is dealt with in section 5. This provides for registered charities to be allowed to sell tickets at a price greater than the 10% limit. Ticket touting has escalated in recent years. With advances in technology, the...