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European Council Meeting: Statements (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontaím le tuairimí agus le ráiteas mo chomhghleacaí, an Teachta Adams. Impím ar an Rialtas seasamh le muintir na Gréige agus iad sa ghéarchéim ina bhfuil siad. Tá muintir na hÉireann ag féachaint ar an Rialtas seo agus ag féachaint ar Syriza agus éad uafásach orthu faoin obair iontach atá á dhéanamh ag...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a chur i láthair. I welcome the process in which we are involved because the issue before us is an extremely important one which must be dealt with. I welcome this new innovation of cross-committee investigation of matters of this nature. There is no doubt that international trade is good, but the TTIP is a very invasive treaty when it comes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: All government spending on goods would come under public procurement. My understanding of the definition of public services is a service where there is no commercial element to it. However, when one sees public services delivered in this State, be it health, education or all the other public services, obviously there is a commercial element to it. It is the narrowness of the definition...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, if that is possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It relates to some points the Minister brought up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister referred to the EU-Canada Trade Agreement, CETA. He mentioned the fact that there has not been criticism of the investor-state dispute settlement. There is an example whereby the European Union created a mechanism to reduce carbon within oil and oil-type products. The mechanism was used in an effort to improve the environmental opportunities for European countries. Yet, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The European Union was going to focus on regulating the offspring of cloned animals, but the issue was taken off the table because of the Americans' dissatisfaction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: This is an opportunity to discuss that issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is correct in saying that is the direct reason, but it is the political pressure of the TTIP negotiations that causes those things to happen.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Investigations (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that there was a six-fold spike in Siteserv share trading prior to the sale of the company; that the Siteserv share register does not identify the persons who bought these shares; and if he will confirm if the Commission of Investigation into the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation will investigate these matters. [24534/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector Staff (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 112. To ask the Minister for Finance as the principal shareholder in Allied Irish Banks, if he will confirm that existing contractual pension arrangements for current staff in the bank’s informational technology division's application and development management teams, whose jobs are to be outsourced to a third party, are provided for under the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Support Services (23 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 352. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the asylum migration and integration fund; and if Ireland will be in a position to make a call for applications under the fund in the coming weeks. [24494/15]

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat. Tá brón orm go raibh mé beagáinín déanach. Bhí Bille eile agam thuas sa Dáil. I suppose the Minister of State will be aware and sympathetic that one of the great problems for workers is enforcement and compliance. It has been one of the massive difficulties until now, even during the period of this Government. All...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: In good employment law, there should be a natural equilibrium which allows for workers and employers to resolve their differences in an efficient, fair and open manner. That negates the necessity for massive State machinery to be called in to fix the problems. Often if problems are not nipped in the bud when they arise, they become very difficult, as people become entrenched and the courts...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I will not labour the issue. While State agencies have worked on many occasions, they have also failed employees on many occasions. A solution would be to try to fix matters before they reached the State agencies. There will not be a meeting of minds on this issue. However, I welcome the thrust of the legislation and hope it is enacted as soon as possible. I also welcome amendment No. 22...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: On Report Stage I may table an amendment to expand the definition to include former workers in a company.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, in terms of definitions.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Again, I may try to expand the section on Report Stage by way of an amendment to include retired and former workers as part of an employment agreement.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 4:In page 8, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following:“(6) An employer may subsequently apply to the Court to become party to the agreement in its application to any worker or workers to whom it applies.”. The amendment does exactly what it says on the tin. It seeks to specify that an employer may subsequently apply to a court to become party to an...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (18 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Why would it have to depend on an existing party making the application?