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Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Research Funding
James Lawless
127. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department conducted an analysis on the TRL status of research projects funding by agencies under its aegis. [39159/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Institutes of Technology
James Lawless
128. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has carried out an analysis of the impact of SME research supports developed in institutes of technology with aid from Enterprise Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39173/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Workplace Safety
Mick Barry
129. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of reports that have been made to the Health and Safety Authority since the beginning of 2017 regarding unsafe climbing and operation of construction site cranes by unqualified and under-qualified personnel or unsafe use of construction cranes; the number of inspections by HSA personnel that followed; and the findings in each instance. [39175/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Health and Safety Authority
Mick Barry
130. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of whole-time equivalents qualified to conduct workplace inspections that are employed by the Health and Safety Authority; and the number employed in 2008. [39176/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Research Funding Data
James Lawless
131. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of SMEs that have undertaken applied research in conjunction with a funded agency or institution under the aegis of her Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39178/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Research Funding Data
James Lawless
132. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has conducted an analysis concerning the objectives of the Science Foundation Ireland strategic partnership programme; the level of funding provided on both basic and applied research by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39188/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Action Plan for Jobs
Tony McLoughlin
133. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation further to the recently released live register reduction figures, what additional efforts she will make to ensure that the Action Plan for Jobs is working effectively in County Sligo in view of the fact that it is in every other county; if special consideration can be given to County Sligo to assist it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39198/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Research Funding Data
James Lawless
134. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of doctoral students and post-doctoral researchers funded by the agencies under her aegis in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39202/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Research Funding Data
James Lawless
135. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the State agencies that are involved in research funding; the annual budget for research funding for each; the criteria applied to applications under each agency and to different streams within each agency in which they exist, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39302/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Workplace Safety
David Cullinane
136. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the investigations undertaken and disciplinary measures imposed by the Health and Safety Authority, against construction companies where those companies have been reported to be in breach of CSCS regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39393/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Industrial Relations
David Cullinane
137. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the Labour Court recommendation not to include travel time in the upcoming construction SEO amounts to a 11% pay cut for persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39394/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Work Permits Data
Clare Daly
138. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation for the number of work permits issued to Israeli citizens in each of years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017. [39543/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Consumer Protection
Róisín Shortall
139. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if EU regulations or national legislation is in place which obliges electrical retailers to stock spare parts for products they are selling; the timeframe for setting out the length of time they must stock the parts after the product is no longer being sold or goes out of production; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39600/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Work Permits Applications
Bernard Durkan
140. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if an application for a work permit can be reviewed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39635/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Construction Sector Strategy
Michael McGrath
141. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to give legal effect to the proposed sectoral employment order for the construction sector; if the legal obligation to comply with the order in terms of rates of pay and so on only relates to the employer concerned; if there will be an obligation on the end user of the employee's services in which for example an agency is the employer but a building contractor is the end user of the employee's services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39674/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Construction Sector Strategy
Thomas P. Broughan
142. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when the sectoral employment order for the construction sector will be brought before Dáil Éireann and implemented for all construction workers. [39814/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Brexit Issues
Stephen Donnelly
143. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Be Prepared grants granted to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39870/17]
Wed, 20 Sep 2017
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Brexit Issues
Stephen Donnelly
144. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will report on the development of a Brexit working capital guarantee scheme. [39871/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Commencement of Legislation
Ruth Coppinger
1. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to commence the sections of the Companies (Accounting) Act pertaining to filing requirements for unlimited companies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36828/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Legislative Measures
Eoin Ó Broin
2. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to introduce legislation to regulate the use of au pairs in order to facilitate genuine cultural exchanges while ensuring that au pairing cannot be used by unscrupulous employers to avoid adhering to their legal obligations to their employees. [37105/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Work Permits Appeals
Michael Healy-Rae
3. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the status of an appeal for a work permit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37112/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Military Exports
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
4. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the licensed arms manufacturers in the State; the companies that operate licences for producing military equipment, including dual use goods that are resold to the military and civil sectors; and the type of equipment these companies produce for domestic use and for export. [37490/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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EU Directives
Jan O'Sullivan
5. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the consultation process in place and the timeframe for implementation of the EU (Disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups) Regulations 2017; if the Government has draft proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37703/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Brexit Issues
Joan Burton
6. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to the call by organisations (details supplied) for the establishment of a Brexit adjustment fund for businesses adversely affected by the United Kingdom leaving the customs union; the measures her Department proposes to meet this demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38032/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement Funding
Peadar Tóibín
7. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the annual Exchequer funding provided to the ODCE in each of the past ten years and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [38444/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Departmental Schemes
Niall Collins
8. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the review of the Succeed in Ireland initiative (details supplied); if the terms of reference of the review have been finalised; if the independent reviewer has been appointed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36810/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Brexit Negotiations
Niall Collins
9. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of each specific EU Competitiveness Council Ministers' meeting at which she made the case for the need for a revision of state aid rules of regulation (EU) No. 1407/2013 to protect enterprises and related jobs here during the UK's two-year exit phase from the EU and the subsequent transition phase; the date of each such meeting at which this was raised, in tabular form; the status of progress being made at EU level to increase state aid thresholds to support enterprises here in the event of a hard Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36842/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Employment Data
Niall Collins
10. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of cases of bogus self-employment dealt with by WRC labour inspectors annually in each of the years 2014 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [36845/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Personal Insolvency Arrangements
Niall Collins
11. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the timeframe to implement the recommendations for increasing transparency and oversight in the way in which employees and creditors are dealt with in insolvency; her views on each finding of the company law review group report on the protection of employees and unsecured creditors (details supplied); and her further views on whether legislative changes are needed. [36848/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Enterprise Ireland Funding
Niall Collins
12. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of funding Enterprise Ireland has provided from the high-potential start-up funding scheme in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of companies which have received funding from this specific scheme; the cumulative number of jobs that have been created after this form of funding was provided to these companies; the cumulative amount of additional exports in euro that have been generated by these companies after they received this form of funding for the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36849/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Work Permits Applications
Michael McGrath
13. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an application for a critical skills permit by a person (details supplied). [36944/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Brendan Howlin
14. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of political staff employed in her Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers, drivers and other relevant positions; the number of civil or public service staff seconded to work within her Department or constituency offices; the salaries and job titles of each such person; and the duty or role of each, in each of the years 2015 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [36956/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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IDA Ireland Data
Maurice Quinlivan
15. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new companies that the IDA has supported to locate in County Sligo; and the jobs created by these companies in each of the years 2002 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [37152/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Manufacturing Sector
Joan Burton
16. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made in securing a replacement manufacturing industry for a site (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37420/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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European Innovation Partnerships
Jan O'Sullivan
17. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration has been given to Ireland joining the European Southern Observatory; if there are plans in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37428/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Work Permits Applications
Clare Daly
18. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there was a delay to, or a freeze placed on, the issuing of new work permits and the renewal of work permits for work riders in the horse racing industry in each of the years 2001 to 2006, respectively; and if her Department at that time received representations from the horse racing industry to overturn the freeze. [37430/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Low Pay
Clare Daly
19. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans to address low pay and poor working conditions in the private home care sector in view of the fact that the sector is being increasingly privatised as a consequence of Government and HSE policy. [37431/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Mary Lou McDonald
20. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of women and men respectively employed in her Department, in tabular form. [37434/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Departmental Staff Data
Mary Lou McDonald
21. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of men and women respectively in her Department who hold posts (details supplied). [37435/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Departmental Expenditure
Pearse Doherty
22. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the cost her Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the financial institutions to which the payments were made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37436/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Services for People with Disabilities
Niamh Smyth
23. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which her Department is improving services and increasing supports for persons with disabilities. [37659/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Brexit Issues
Niamh Smyth
24. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation her plans specifically in the Border region to interact with, inform and assure businesses ahead of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37660/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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IDA Ireland Site Visits
Niamh Smyth
25. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the details of IDA visits to counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and throughout the country in 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37661/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Job Creation
Niamh Smyth
26. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs being created as a result of a sale (details supplied); when they are likely to come on stream; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37662/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Brexit Staff
Joan Burton
27. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in her Department; if so, the grade of the designated official; the funding allocated to the Brexit unit; the cost to date; the anticipated cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37985/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Brexit Staff
Joan Burton
28. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of staff deployed full time in her Department in respect of Brexit; if there is a designated section or unit to deal with Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38001/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Construction Industry
Joan Burton
29. Deputy Joan Burton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by her Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of construction projects; the way in which she monitors construction inflation; the mechanisms her Department employs to establish this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38017/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Public Services Card
John Curran
30. Deputy John Curran asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she or bodies and agencies under the remit of her Department plan to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and production of the public services card; if so, the services and payments which will now be dependent on the mandatory use of the public services card; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38141/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Brexit Staff
John Curran
31. Deputy John Curran asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff to be made available to each State agency under her remit to specifically deal with Brexit; the number of these staff that have been recruited to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38180/17]
Mon, 11 Sep 2017
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Zero-hour Contracts
Michael Healy-Rae
32. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding zero-hour contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38236/17]