Parliamentary questions

Garda Stations

Peadar Tóibín

209. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works' intentions for the Enfield, County Meath property which has remained closed for the past four years; and if he will consider making the property available to Meath County Council for the purposes of community use. [1388/15]

Seirbhísí Aistriúcháin

Éamon Ó Cuív

210. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe an bhfuil sé i gceist aige tairiscintí faoi leith agus comórtas faoi leith a reáchtáil maidir le seirbhísí aistriúcháin ó Ghaeilge agus go Gaeilge de bharr gur teanga oifigiúil de chuid an Stáit í; an bhfuil sé i gceist aige treoir a thabhairt do Ranna Stáit nach bhfuil Google Translate feiliúnach mar dheis aistriúcháin oifigiúil agus go gcaithfidh na haistritheoirí go léir a chuireann seirbhísí aistriúcháin ar fáil don Stát an Séala ó Fhoras na Gaeilge a bheith acu; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [1422/15]

Inniúlacht sa Ghaeilge sa Státseirbhís

Éamon Ó Cuív

211. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe bunaithe ar an treoir a thug an Roinn Caiteachas Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe do gach Roinn, cad é líon agus cad iad gráid na bpost dá mbeidh státseirbhísigh atá inniúil sa Ghaeilge agus sa Bhéarla ag teastáil; cad é líon na bpost sin a bhfuil duine leis an gcumas cuí Gaeilge agus Béarla iontu cheana féin, arna bhriseadh síos de réir gráid; cén cháilíocht Ghaeilge atá riachtanach do na poist sin; i gcás nach bhfuil an treoir ón Roinn Caiteachais Phoiblí agus Athchóirithe comhlíonta, cad é údar na moille agus cén uair a dhéanfar an scrúdú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [1436/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Jerry Buttimer

212. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all Office of Public Works investment in County Cork during the period 2011 to 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1625/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Jerry Buttimer

213. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the tourism related projects in County Cork that the Office of Public Works has provided funding for in each of the past four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1626/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Jerry Buttimer

214. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the Office of Public Works flood relief-prevention plans for County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1627/15]

Office of Public Works Projects

Jerry Buttimer

215. Deputy Jerry Buttimer asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans the Office of Public Works has in place for investing in County Cork over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1628/15]

Public Sector Staff Sick Leave

Róisín Shortall

216. Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the statutory instrument that allows periods of illness experienced during pregnancy to be counted as general sick leave for teachers; the specific section of legislation that provides for this arrangement to be backdated four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1651/15]

Consultancy Contracts Data

Tom Fleming

217. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all consultancy firms engaged by his Department during 2014; if he will also provide details of all the relevant fees paid to those firms during the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1672/15]

Public Sector Staff Sick Leave

Clare Daly

218. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a review of the discriminatory impact of changes in public sector sick leave entitlements which calculated pregnancy sick leave as part of overall sick leave entitlements, backdated for four years has taken place; his plans to eliminate this inequality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1748/15]

Official Languages Act 2003 Compliance

Seán Kyne

219. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the recent findings by the Department of Arts, Heritage and Gaeltacht that there is a lack of staff with sufficient competence in Irish to meet the requirements to deliver services through Irish, the steps that are being taken across the Civil Service to rectify this; if there is an indicative timeframe by which actions are to be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1753/15]

EU Directives

Brendan Smith

220. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of EU directives which remain to be implemented within his Department; the name of these directives; the timeframe for the implementation of these directives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1798/15]

Legislative Programme

Micheál Martin

221. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of bills initiated in his Department that have been subject to the pre-legislative scrutiny procedure in the Oireachtas. [1819/15]

Legislative Programme

Micheál Martin

222. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number, name and date of Bills initiated in his Department since September 2013. [1834/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

223. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of secondments from his Department to external private firms in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1848/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

224. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of secondments based in his Department from external private firms in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and to date in 2015; the firms involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1862/15]

Departmental Staff Data

Barry Cowen

225. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a policy regarding secondments from and within his Department to external firms; when the policy was initiated and last updated; the details of the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1876/15]

Trade Agreements

Michael McGrath

226. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49526/14]

Water Meters Installation

Catherine Murphy

227. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inspections carried out by the Health and Safety Authority at water meter installation sites by date and location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1461/15]

Construction Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

228. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if advertisements for adjudicators as provided for in the Construction Contracts Bill will be placed by the end of 2014. [49437/14]

Fuel Prices

Colm Keaveney

229. Deputy Colm Keaveney asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in the context of the disconnect between the magnitude of the fall in crude oil prices and the magnitude of the fall in retail petrol, diesel and home heating oil prices, his views that perfect competition exists in the wholesale and retail market for petrol, diesel and home heating oil; if not, in what respect is the market deficient in that respect; the actions he has taken to address this issue; the actions he has taken to ensure transparency in the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49506/14]

Registered Employment Agreements

Peadar Tóibín

230. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a sectoral registered employment agreement as provided for in the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2014 will be enforceable where workers are employed by a subcontractor. [49620/14]

Departmental Bodies Data

Patrick O'Donovan

231. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within, funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1017/15]

Decentralisation Programme Data

Patrick O'Donovan

232. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the agencies or sections from his Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; and the travel costs and expenses incurred by decentralised personnel travelling to their base Department in that period. [1032/15]

Community Enterprise Centres

Thomas P. Broughan

233. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the business development management programme; and if contracts for funding some existing BDMs, which have started to wind down since June 2014, will be recommenced. [1056/15]

Community Enterprise Centres

Thomas P. Broughan

234. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if funding under the business development management programme for an enterprise centre (details supplied) in Dublin 17 will enter its next phase. [1057/15]

IDA Data

Dara Calleary

235. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of Industrial Development Agency client visits by county and in the case of Dublin, a breakdown between Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin councils for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1113/15]

IDA Data

Dara Calleary

236. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, the total number of Industrial Development Agency supported jobs by county and in the case of Dublin, a breakdown between Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin councils for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1114/15]

Enterprise Ireland

Dara Calleary

237. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of Enterprise Ireland clients on a county basis and in the case of Dublin, a breakdown between Dublin City, Dún-Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin councils for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1115/15]

Enterprise Ireland

Dara Calleary

238. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs on a county basis and in the case of Dublin, a break down between Dublin City, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1116/15]

Enterprise Ireland Investments

Dara Calleary

239. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of investment in companies by Enterprise Ireland on a yearly basis since 2011; the total amount of money repaid to Enterprise Ireland during each of those years; the level of impaired debt associated with Enterprise Ireland investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1117/15]

Local Enterprise Offices

Dara Calleary

240. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of local enterprise office and previously county enterprise board supported clients on a county basis and in the case of Dublin, a breakdown between Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin councils for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1118/15]

Local Enterprise Offices

Dara Calleary

241. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total number of local enterprise office and previously county enterprise board supported jobs by county basis and in the case of Dublin, a breakdown between Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin councils for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1119/15]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure

Dara Calleary

242. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the total amount of lending undertaken by Microfinance Ireland on a yearly basis since its inception; the total amount of money repaid to MFI; the level of impaired debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1120/15]

Credit Guarantee Scheme Applications

Dara Calleary

243. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form the total amount of lending underwritten by the credit guarantee scheme on a yearly basis and by banks since its inception; the reason he has not proceeded with promised changes to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1121/15]

IDA Expenditure

Dara Calleary

244. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of money spent by Industrial Development Agency Ireland in developing each of the three facilities at Waterford, Athlone and Letterkenny; if IDA Ireland will develop any other such facilities in 2015; if so, the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1122/15]

Farm Safety

Dara Calleary

245. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form the amount of money spent by the Health and Safety Authority on farm safety initiatives in each year since 2011; the amount of inspections in each year since 2011; his views on the growing number of farm fatalities in 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1123/15]

Farm Safety

Dara Calleary

246. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the discussions he or officials in his Department have held since 2011 with the Department for Agriculture and Food in relation to farm safety issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1124/15]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Dara Calleary

247. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money spent on an annual basis since 2011 by his Department on external consultancy companies or professional advice; if he will provide a breakdown of each company/organisation that has received contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1125/15]

Consultancy Contracts Expenditure

Dara Calleary

248. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of money spent on an annual basis since 2011 by the agencies under the remit of his Department on external consultancy companies or professional advice; if he will provide a breakdown of each company/organisation that has received contracts from each agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1126/15]

Action Plan for Jobs

Dara Calleary

249. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of moneys paid by his Department to external consultants, professional companies or advisers in relation to the jobs action plan in each year since and including 2012; if he will provide in a tabular form the list of those organisations who received money; his Department's procurement policy regarding this work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1140/15]

Foreign Direct Investment

Dara Calleary

250. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of new Industrial Development Agency Ireland supported investments in each county and in the case of Dublin in Dublin City, Fingal, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown and South Dublin in each year from 2011 to 2014 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1184/15]

IDA Funding

Dara Calleary

251. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of investment made that is actually transferred to companies instead of commitments by Industrial Development Agency Ireland in its clients' companies in each year from 2011 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1185/15]

IDA Funding

Dara Calleary

252. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total amount of moneys committed by Industrial Development Agency Ireland to client companies but not drawn down in each year from 2011 to 2014, inclusive; the total amount of moneys recouped by IDA Ireland from client companies in those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1186/15]

IDA Data

Dara Calleary

253. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of investments announced by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland in each year since 2011; the number of those investments which proceeded; the number of those that have not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1187/15]

IDA Data

Dara Calleary

254. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form, the total number of jobs created and the total number of jobs lost in Industrial Development Agency supported companies on a county basis and in the case of Dublin, a breakdown between Dublin City, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin councils for 2012, 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1192/15]

Employment Rights

Finian McGrath

255. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding an unfair dismissal case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1213/15]

Low Pay Commission Establishment

Peadar Tóibín

256. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applicants for membership of the Low Pay Commission; the date by which the nine members of the Commission will be appointed; and when the legislation to place the Commission on a statutory basis will be introduced. [1229/15]

IDA Site Visits

Peadar Tóibín

257. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency client site visits that occurred in each county in the State in 2014; if he will provide a breakdown by sector; the number of new IDA client firms that announced new projects in each county in the State in 2014; the number of existing IDA client firms that announced new projects in each county in the State in 2014; the number of new IDA jobs created in each county in the State in 2014; the rate of IDA job creation against jobs announced in each county in the State since 2011. [1284/15]

IDA Data

Michael Lowry

258. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a county breakdown of the number of Industrial Development Agency led jobs created in 2014; the amount of IDA jobs delivered in County Tipperary in 2014; if he will provide information on the number of visits of potential investors/IDA to Tipperary in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1330/15]