Parliamentary questions

IDA Ireland Data

Brian Stanley

635. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the properties owned by the IDA in County Laois; and the location of each. [1452/18]

Enterprise Ireland

Brian Stanley

636. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland in County Laois in 2017. [1475/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Brian Stanley

637. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA visits to County Laois in 2017. [1482/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Brian Stanley

638. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by the IDA in County Laois in 2017. [1484/18]

Enterprise Ireland Funding

Róisín Shortall

639. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of moneys Enterprise Ireland has provided by way of either funding, as a contribution to Irish venture capital sector investments, seed and venture capital schemes, private equity funds and development capital fund schemes, or investment, as direct equity investments, early stage direct equity investments and so on, to start-up micro breweries and-or distillery businesses here for 2015, 2016 and 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1496/18]

Legislative Programme

Imelda Munster

640. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the projects undertaken to consolidate or amalgamate existing legislation, including the cost, the duration, the number of staff required and if this process was carried out by her Department or outsourced in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [1558/18]

Construction Industry

Thomas P. Broughan

641. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her views on a report (details supplied) which states that up to 80,000 additional construction workers are required up to 2020; the measures her Department is taking in that regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1643/18]

State Bodies Data

Thomas P. Broughan

642. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff requests by each State agency under the remit of her Department in each of the years 2014 to 2017, in tabular form; the number of staff subsequently hired in each year in this period in each State agency under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1648/18]

IDA Ireland Data

Thomas P. Broughan

643. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of capital investment or grant assistance towards capital works by IDA Ireland by location in the Dublin region in each of the years 2014 to 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1649/18]

Jobs Protection

Mary Butler

644. Deputy Mary Butler asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the steps she has taken to avoid a threat to a company's (details supplied) operations in Waterford and Dundalk in view of the recent media reports. [1702/18]

Job Creation

Robert Troy

645. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of submissions that have been made to the regional jobs strategy; and when this strategy is expected to be published. [1766/18]

Departmental Staff Data

Margaret Murphy O'Mahony

646. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the proportion of employees in her Department or in organisations under its remit who are registered disabled. [1850/18]

Job Creation

Tony McLoughlin

647. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that County Sligo has for the past three years been the county with the largest percentage of empty retail and commercial units in the country and that this percentage has grown in 2018 despite the improving economic circumstances nationwide; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that according to the Western Development Commission, County Sligo has had the lowest rate of job creation in the country since 2012; her views on whether her Department's Action Plan for Jobs in its current format is delivering for persons in County Sligo and its environs; if there will be an investigation by her Department as to the reason County Sligo has not been better supported to recover from the downturn; her further views on whether a change of approach is needed for the north-west region in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1914/18]

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Tony McLoughlin

648. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits to counties Sligo and Leitrim since 2012 and to date in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1922/18]

Trade Missions

Sean Fleming

649. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to have a trade mission to Spain; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1996/18]

First Aid Training

Kevin O'Keeffe

650. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to resolve the situation which has arisen with the HSA and the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council to ensure that all qualified first aid response course instructors here are recognised for workplace training and are permitted to advertise their courses in order to ensure fairness to all involved. [2066/18]

Departmental Communications

Catherine Murphy

651. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department uses anti-profanity software on its email systems and online contact forms; if so, the level of human oversight that is applied to the monitoring of this software and its effectiveness; her views on whether persons' legitimate right to petition Government may be blocked unintentionally by errors in the use of such software in determining that which qualifies as profanity being communicated in email and-or online contact forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2079/18]

Departmental Strategies

Niall Collins

652. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Government initiatives in her Department in 2017 that promoted State services or welfare payments, public awareness of regulatory changes and public consultations that involved advertising and promotion on television, radio, newspapers and online, in tabular form; and the level of expenditure for each such initiative. [2256/18]

Brexit Documents

Niall Collins

273. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the name of all internal reports and research studies conducted or commissioned by her Department and the agencies under her aegis since June 2016 on Brexit regarding SMEs, exports, trade and tariffs; the publication date of all such studies; the reports and research studies that remain incomplete; the date they are expected to be completed; and if each publication will be published. [53687/17]

Trade Missions Data

Darragh O'Brien

274. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the trade missions that are scheduled for 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53967/17]

Agrifood Sector

Frank O'Rourke

275. Deputy Frank O'Rourke asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to designating Naas, County Kildare and surrounding areas as a food hub, in view of the strong agri-food sector in the locality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53536/17]

Commencement of Legislation

Brendan Howlin

276. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Acts, or parts of Acts, awaiting commencement within her area of statutory responsibility; the reason for the delay in the commencement of each; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53561/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Charlie McConalogue

277. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of progress to date by the CCPC regarding enforcement of the grocery goods regulations and monitoring compliance; the number of investigations undertaken in response to complaints under the grocery goods regulations; the number of enforcement actions made; the number of cases which concluded with fines issued; the amount in euro of fines issued; and the number of collected and uncollected fines, in tabular form. [53641/17]

Farm Safety

Charlie McConalogue

278. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the 2018 allocation by the Health and Safety Authority for farm safety initiatives. [53652/17]

Health and Safety Inspections

Charlie McConalogue

279. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of the sanctioned recruitment of six inspector posts for the farm inspection programme for the HSA that have been filled to date. [53653/17]

IDA Ireland Offices

Niall Collins

280. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each international IDA office abroad; the location of each; the number of full-time and part-time staff employed in each; and the costs of offices and staffing for each international office on an annual basis, in tabular form. [53662/17]

Enterprise Ireland

Niall Collins

281. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of international Enterprise Ireland offices abroad; the location of each; the number of full-time and part-time staff employed in each; and the costs of offices and staffing for each international office on an annual basis, in tabular form. [53663/17]

Brexit Documents

Niall Collins

282. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have completed the Brexit scorecard to date since it was established, by company size (details supplied), in tabular form. [53664/17]

Brexit Staff

Niall Collins

283. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-time staff in the dedicated Brexit unit within her Department broken down by staff grade; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53665/17]

EU Meetings

Niall Collins

284. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers meeting in which she or her predecessors made the case for the need for a revision of state aid rules to protect Irish enterprises and related jobs during the UK's two-year exit phase from the EU and subsequent transition phase; the date of each meeting in which this was raised, in tabular form; the progress made at EU level to increase state aid thresholds to support Irish enterprises from a hard Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53666/17]

Brexit Expenditure

Niall Collins

285. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-time staff hired since 1 January 2017 under the budget allocation (details supplied) to each State agency to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53668/17]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

286. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland exporting client companies that have availed of Be Prepared grants to date, by county, in tabular form. [53669/17]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

287. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Brexit readiness vouchers from InterTradeIreland that have been availed of since being established, by county; and the value of such vouchers, in tabular form. [53670/17]

Brexit Issues

Niall Collins

288. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have sought help via the Brexit advisory service of InterTradeIreland since the UK referendum to leave the EU in June 2016. [53671/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

289. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of annual budget expended on staff salaries and remuneration since the CCPC was established in euro and in percentage terms; and the amount of annual budget not expended on staff salaries and remuneration in euro and in percentage terms. [53672/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

290. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff since the CCPC was established working on competition enforcement in absolute terms and as a percentage of total staff. [53673/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

291. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the figures for categories (details supplied) since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established. [53674/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

292. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the annual figures for categories (details supplied) since the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission was established. [53675/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

293. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of progress to date by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding concert ticketing and motor insurance inquiries, such as price signalling concerns and personal contract plans used to finance motor purchases. [53676/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

294. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of progress to date by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding a screening programme for procurement processes which systematically searches for indications that bid-rigging may have occurred. [53677/17]

EU Directives

Niall Collins

295. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated timetable for the Irish national transposition of the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council, COM(2017)142 final 2017/0063 (COD), to empower the competition authorities of the member states to be more effective enforcers; and if officials in her Department have reviewed whether implementation of this directive will empower the CCPC to issue civil financial sanctions. [53678/17]

Competition and Consumer Protection Commission

Niall Collins

296. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if it is possible to adapt the current regulatory regime and empower the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission to issue civil financial sanctions in similar fashion to those made available to a court of competent jurisdiction when the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act 2004 inserted the power to impose civil financial sanctions into Part IIIC of the Central Bank Act 1942. [53679/17]

IDA Ireland Data

Niall Collins

297. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacant IDA Ireland properties in each county from the latest data available; the name and location of each such vacant property on a town and county level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53680/17]

Personal Injury Claims

Niall Collins

298. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the recommendation of the first report of the Personal Injuries Commission that the Quebec task force whiplash-associated disorder grading scale can be used in an Irish context; and the main features of this system. [53681/17]

Job Initiatives

Niall Collins

299. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timetable for the independent review of the Succeed in Ireland programme which her Department has commissioned; if her Department has assessed the projected costs of the programme to date; if not, the reason for the delay; if submissions to the public consultation will be published; and her plans to meet representatives directly from IDA Ireland and ConnectIreland directly. [53682/17]

Departmental Reviews

Niall Collins

300. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the review of Enterprise 2025 in view of Brexit and potential policy changes under the new US Administration; and when the review will be completed and published. [53683/17]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Niall Collins

301. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the rescue and restructuring scheme will be operationalised and ready to be availed of by SMEs; if a Supplementary Estimate will be required to finance this scheme in 2018; and the estimated Exchequer funding needed to operationalise this scheme. [53684/17]

Third Level Funding

Niall Collins

302. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount allocated to the programme for research in third level institutions in 2018. [53685/17]

Science Foundation Ireland Data

Niall Collins

303. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the Exchequer funding allocated to Science Foundation Ireland on an annual basis since it was established up to 2017; and the 2018 allocation. [53686/17]

Health and Safety Authority Data

Niall Collins

304. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of full-time and part-time staff employed in the Health and Safety Authority in each of the years from 2010 to 2017 by Civil Service grade and other staff; the breakdown of Exchequer funding allocated to the HSA in each of the years from 2010 to 2017; and the budget allocation in 2018. [53688/17]