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Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Grocery Industry Regulation
Niall Collins
297. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the action she is taking to ensure consumers do not suffer due to an ongoing dispute between Irish retailers and a supplier (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31283/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Job Creation Data
Niall Collins
299. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when preliminary data will be available to report on progress on creating an additional 200,000 jobs by 2020 with 135,000 outside Dublin as per the programme for partnership Government; if this data will be made available before the end of 2016; if not, when in 2017 this data is expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31338/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Job Creation Data
Niall Collins
300. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when preliminary data will be available to report on progress on regional job targets projected in the programme for Government for 2020 and in Enterprise 2025 by year in tabular form; the way she will achieve these and the monitoring and reporting mechanisms in place; her job targets up to 2020, by region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31339/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Job Creation Data
Niall Collins
301. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when preliminary data will be available to report on progress for each regional job target projected in Enterprise 2025; if this data will be made available before the end of 2016; if not, when in 2017 this data is expected; the reporting mechanisms that will be put in place to provide timely reporting and publishing of such data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31340/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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IDA Ireland Portfolio
Niall Collins
302. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advanced factory units that the IDA have in each county in tabular form; the factories to be built in 2017; the factories planned under each regional jobs action plan; the timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31341/16]
Thu, 20 Oct 2016
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Low Pay Commission Funding
Niall Collins
303. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of funding provided to the Low Pay Commission in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31342/16]
Wed, 19 Oct 2016
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Public Procurement Regulations
Niall Collins
31. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all provisions from EU directives pertaining to increasing the share of public procurement contracts by small and medium-sized enterprises have been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22785/16]
Wed, 19 Oct 2016
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility
Niall Collins
124. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the status of the fair deal scheme and the way such scheme applies to farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31034/16]
Wed, 19 Oct 2016
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Hospitals Building Programme
Niall Collins
125. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for expansion works (details supplied); the discussions he has held in the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31042/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times
Niall Collins
102. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health his views on the September 2016 figures from the National Treatment Purchase Fund which showed that 1,366 persons are waiting more than 18 months for an outpatient appointment in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30664/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Accident and Emergency Departments
Niall Collins
113. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health the measures that will be taken to address the persistent emergency department overcrowding in University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30665/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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Departmental Funding
Niall Collins
499. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if he will provide additional funding to reinstate full-time hours for the safety of estate management workers in areas (details supplied); if he will provide assurances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30739/16]
Tue, 18 Oct 2016
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After-School Support Services
Niall Collins
662. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to provide new funding to a project (details supplied) following the success of the previous programme, which provided educational support, meals and activities for local children; if she will give details; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30738/16]
Thu, 13 Oct 2016
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School Patronage
Niall Collins
37. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will announce the patronage of the proposed new secondary school in Mungret, County Limerick as soon as possible in view of the fact that parents and their children are being requested to nominate their choice of schools in the absence of knowing this school's patron; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30007/16]
Wed, 12 Oct 2016
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Workplace Relations Commission
Niall Collins
93. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to information technology issues associated with the WRC's online complaints system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29997/16]
Wed, 12 Oct 2016
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Low Pay Commission Establishment
Niall Collins
94. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Low Pay Commission is sufficiently resourced and funded to carry out independent evidence-based research; the way in which it is resourced in comparison to the UK's LPC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29998/16]
Wed, 12 Oct 2016
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Enterprise Data
Niall Collins
95. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 1905 of 16 September 2016, if she will provide details of the data used in the employment multipliers derived from the supply and use and input-output tables by her Department in making forecasts in Enterprise 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29999/16]
Wed, 12 Oct 2016
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Enterprise Data
Niall Collins
96. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 1905 of 16 September 2016, if she will provide details of the data used in the employment multipliers derived from sectoral multipliers applied to IDA client firm employment data, including type II multipliers, used by her Department in making forecasts in Enterprise 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30000/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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Further Education and Training Programmes
Niall Collins
106. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Skills the initiatives in place to increase female job upskilling and female training and apprenticeship opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29537/16]
Tue, 11 Oct 2016
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
Niall Collins
616. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland sponsored visits in each county in 2016 up until 30 September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29287/16]