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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Government hand-in-hand with the insurance industry? What is the level of co-operation between the two at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Is best practice being followed in the granting of planning permission in Cork? I have heard a retail park is being built on a bog in Ballyvolane which will mean that a local estate, Brookvale, will become more vulnerable to flooding as a result. Given that there are problems there, are we taking enough steps in planning to ensure we will not make problems worse in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Dr. Surminski for raising the issue of climate change because it is the elephant in the room. Often when we discuss climate change in this institution, we speak about it as a cost, but in fact not dealing with it is a cost. In respect of the State and insurance companies, what is the incidence of the State providing direct insurance cover in these scenarios or competing against...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Insurance Cover: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the concerns regarding that type of mixed scenario is that the State is in some way subsidising the private sector in that it is covering the costly end of the market and allowing profiteering in the more lucrative end of the market. What is Dr. Surminski's view on that?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Income Supplement Eligibility (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that mothers who are losing their one-parent family payment when their child turns seven and who work less than 19 hours a week will be eligible for family income support in view of the fact that this has the effect of pushing mothers who have limited daily part-time work out of the work that they have; and if she will apply...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 107. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views that a payment of €144 under the jobseeker's scheme is sufficient to meet the basic cost of living needs of a person who lives independently; if she will provide the differing basic cost of living expenses between an average 24 year old and an average 26 year old, who live independently; and if she will provide the data and-or...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Registered Employment Agreements (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 209. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to introduce the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill to provide a new legislative framework for registered employment agreements before the summer recess. [13910/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 210. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will introduce the Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill to provide for collective bargaining rights before the summer recess. [13911/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Unfair Dismissals Acts or Terms of Employment (Information) Acts include a definition for commencement of employment. [13927/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Strategy (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 213. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 26 March 2015, if the €250 million, over five years, in additional funding was accounted for in his Department's budget for 2015; if he will provide details of this allocation in his Department's Voted Estimate; where this funding is to be dispersed; and if the €150 million...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 218. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, a list of the organisations that have made submissions to his Department on the proposed innovative manufacturing facility, as set out in the Action Plan for Jobs; if the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland have submitted their proposal for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 219. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the criteria being used in the selection of the National Advanced Manufacturing Centre; the number that are proposed; if it will be on one site; when the decision will be made; when is it expected that the centre will be up and running; and the expected value of this centre to the regional economy. [14137/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 415. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that payments to full-time foster parents of high-needs children are currently being reduced when families need to avail of short-term respite; and if he will provide the date from which this policy has been implemented. [14125/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care Supports (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 423. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he is aware that payments to full-time foster parents of high-needs children are currently being reduced when families need to avail of short-term respite. [14126/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (15 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 753. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the date by which Meath County Council will receive the funding to the value of €35 million, as committed to tackle the current housing crisis. [13869/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Bond Issues (1 Apr 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 27. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the possible payment to junior bondholders at Irish bank Resolution Corporation. [12989/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (31 Mar 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: A number of issues and concerns were raised by the committee during this whole process regarding these trade agreements. They were based on the fact that people from the LGBT community in certain countries are not afforded proper and equal rights. Also, a large number of farming representative groups in these countries had major difficulties with the way these trade agreements were to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) Discussion (31 Mar 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe agus gabhaim mo bhuíochas leo as ucht an cur i láthair suimiúil. My initial questions are for Bord Bia. Are all Bord Bia's clients indigenous or does it also represent foreign direct investment companies? Does it deal with high potential start-ups in the same way that Enterprise Ireland deals with them? How many companies are dealt...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) Discussion (31 Mar 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a supplementary question for Ms Twomey. We are currently discussing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP. She is not exporting to the United States, and it appears that TTIP could offer a valuable opportunity for her given the Irish diaspora in the US. Is there a reason for that? Are there regulatory reasons or is it just not part of her strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) Discussion (31 Mar 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Comparatively, does Ms Sidhu believe Ireland has a high proportion of VC compared to other similar economies?