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Other Questions: Employment Rights (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: ICTU has estimated that €600 million has been lost in taxation revenue since 2007, which is a multiple of the water charge income for the State. There are 27,000 sole traders paying approximately €2,886 in PRSI payments in an Exchequer year. Not only does this really hurt families in those sectors but it also hurts the income of the State. The Minister of State said that he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given the high level of job activation and high levels of unemployment, the steps he will take to create more jobs in the economy. [2147/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Every job that is created is good news, and we welcome the improved figures. However, we must examine the situation honestly. Ireland is still suffering from an unemployment crisis, with 81,000 people on job activation schemes, 106,000 people who are under-employed and 147,000 people having emigrated. If one looks at all of the figures, the truth is that the Government has not yet made a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Let us look at the figures more closely. The Minister says 135,000 jobs have been created, but he takes the base year as 2012. The Government took office in 2011. In that period, supposedly 120,000 jobs have been created. In the same period of time, the number on activation courses has jumped from 50,000 to 80,000. Of the 120,000 is it safe to assume that 30,000 are activation jobs or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The waters are muddied to a certain extent with regard to these figures and much of the truth is hidden. However, if one adds the numbers of people who are under-employed, on activation schemes and who have been forced to emigrate, the total amounts to approximately 334,000. If one then adds the number of people who are on the live register, one reaches a total of 662,000 people. Those...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Take out foreign direct investment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: That is since 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Membership (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 12. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has initiated contingency planning to prevent damage to Ireland’s enterprise sector in the event of Britain withdrawing from the European Union, or in the case of the All-Ireland economy. [2066/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Data (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of indigenous exporting firms, the total of their exports and the percentage of all firms that are indigenous; and how Ireland compares to other small European nations. [2064/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 29. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the high cost of commercial and residential rents is a factor in wage demands and if the IDA is aware if they feature in the decision-making process of foreign direct investment firms looking to locate here. [2065/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has sought to legislate to prevent a repeat of the Clerys store strategic insolvency and if he has met with Natrium Ltd. to discuss the future of Clerys store. [2063/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Zero-Hour Contracts: Discussion (19 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht a chur i láthair. I thank the Minister of State for the presentation. The CSO indicated recently that about 106,000 people were what was termed "under-employed". These are people who work for a few hours a week, but want to work full-time. We know that life can be very difficult for them. Making ends meet is tough because they...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on the allocation of a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be made. [1834/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 318. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has had an application for a renewal of a medical card rejected. [1874/16]

North-South Interconnector Bill 2016: First Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

North-South Interconnector Bill 2016: First Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate the North-South interconnector providing regulations for erection adjacent to dwellings and public places, rerouting of disputed interconnector parts underground following opposition during public consultations and related matters. I am proposing the North-South Interconnector Bill 2016 in conjunction with my...

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste has been in government since 2011, not since last year.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Tánaiste familiar with it?

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: It is still inaccessible.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Less than the cuts that were made.