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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Company Data (26 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount EirGrid has spent on advertising and sponsorship in 2015 to date, and for each of the past four years; who are EirGrid's competitors; and the objective of the advertisement and sponsorship spend. [42235/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat. Fáiltím roimh na finnéithe. There is a major problem in the banking system, which is a tight concentrated oligopoly and it means behaviour of the banks is not tempered by their need to meet the needs of citizens. There is a problem in the structure. Credit unions can provide a solution to that problem with the structure. Sinn Féin supports the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I have two questions for Mr. Farrell. Six steps have been set out in respect of the strategic plan. Will he outline which ones arise from regulatory changes, policy changes and legislative changes? Will he discuss the arm's length housing funding operation and what it will look like?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Has the Credit Union Managers Association approached the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, which used the two pillar banks to try to get funds? The ReBo process was to finish in 2016. There is a €250 million fund and credit unions are looking for the balance to be invested. How would that work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Credit Union Sector: Discussion (25 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: My other question was on the balance of the €250 million.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: And tax back for the wealthy.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: But not extra since 2011.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: They are blaming the Government.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government took 12,000 out of the system.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach should learn to read the document.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The conditions are the reason.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: We can give the Taoiseach the Ladybird version of this.

Leaders' Questions (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Extra from last year, but not since 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Data (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the employee pay related social insurance exemption threshold to €377 and the introduction of a maximum relief of €12 per week (details supplied). [41787/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (24 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 358. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the first-year and full-year cost of increasing the capitation grant for the free preschool year by €5 per week, bringing it to €67.50 per child, and by €9.50 for the higher capitation grant, bringing it to €82.50 per child. [41786/15]

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: There are thousands of people in emergency accommodation.

Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Families are living in tents.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (19 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 196. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources, whole-time-equivalent staff, and positions provided for in budget 2016's new measures that commit to an additional €8 million spend on therapeutic services for children, including speech and language therapy, in tabular form. [41117/15]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a very important section, dealing as it does with the issue of foreign direct investment, corporation tax and the Government's efforts to reduce the potential exposure to tax for companies in the future. One of the problems with the economy we have created in this State is its over-reliance on foreign direct investment. There is an inherent imbalance within the Irish economy at the...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: With regard to the kicking and screaming comments, Ireland's reputation was on the floor with regard to its corporation tax issues. It was at the heart of discussions of Congress investigations in the United States. I recall that when the Taoiseach was in California the Governor of California made a joke about Ireland's tax regulations in front of him. Internationally we have a poor...