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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the figure refer to the value or number of the contracts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis na bhfinnéithe as ucht a gcuir i láthair. I was self-employed before I became a Deputy, so I know the experience of self-employment. Tomorrow's dinner is based on the fact that one actually earns a living today. It is a hand-to-mouth experience, in general. I find it really frustrating that the Government has imposed laws which are effectively...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to reiterate in a public session that a number of the members of this committee have met with representatives of human rights organisations and unions in Colombia. They have articulated, very harrowingly, the level of human rights abuses in Colombia currently, the number of killings - killings that are often linked to groups supportive of the state - and the number of people from a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who is in mortgage distress may cancel a compulsory annuity scheme and receive the cash balance in order to pay the mortgage. [39886/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of criminal prosecutions which have been brought by National Employment Rights Authority in respect of breaches of employment legislation in each of the past five years; the number of these prosecutions that resulted in convictions; the average fine imposed for breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Maidir leis an McNulty affair, níl dabht ar bith i meon na ndaoine ná go bhfuil Fine Gael agus Páirtí an Lucht Oibre ciontach mar gheall ar chabhair fabhair. Cé a mhúin na ceachtanna seo i dtaobh cabhair fabhair don Taoiseach agus d'Fhine Gael? Seas suas, Fianna Fáil - ó tús an Stáit, bhí Fianna Fáil ciontach as an gcóras...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The point is that it will be unaffordable.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is less than 10% of the housing stock.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: That was not the question.

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: How can any fair system export these items to Israel?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Availability (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a massive disconnect between the size of the problem, the ambition of the Government and the delivery of the Government. The Government's delivery is nowhere near its ambition, which in turn is nowhere near the actual problem itself. We heard a number of SME proposals in the budget. They are resuscitations of proposals the Government has previously made but are not working. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Availability (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: They are available but they are not accessible.

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to continue issuing licences for the export of military list items from Ireland to Israel. [39082/14]

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This question relates to the issuing of licences for the export of military list items from Ireland to Israel. I do not doubt that many of the items in question were used by Israel in the most offensive and horrific way when over 2,150 citizens were killed and more than 10,000 injured in Gaza. Deputies on this side of the House are trying to find out how the Government can stand over the...

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Every time we raise this question, the Minister sticks to the line that military export licence applications "are carefully assessed ... having regard to the end use and the end user and against well-established criteria". He always tells us that "such applications are subject to rigorous scrutiny and are considered in the light of ... the 1998 EU code of conduct on arms exports". He also...

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am saying it is wrong.

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I remind the Minister that Ban Ki-moon has said the destruction of Gaza was "beyond description". The physical effect of Israel's attack on Gaza is beyond description. It is impossible to give it words, but I will make an effort. A total of 2,152 people were killed and more than 10,000 were injured during the 51-day war against Gaza. Families were killed in the most barbaric...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Availability (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total level of new credit facilities created for enterprises in the past four years and the draw-down to date. [39085/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Availability (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I cannot believe we are still talking about the issue of credit, given that we are three and a half years into the life of this Administration. One in four SMEs is in arrears for more than 90 days. The total loan balance in arrears is at 41%, which is a colossal break on the development of the economy and people's lives. Despite the contortions of the Government in the past few years, we...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Availability (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: One can make hundreds of billion of euro available to the economy, but unless it is accessible to businesses, in practice, it will not find its way into the bloodstream of the economy. I refer to the ISME credit survey carried out in September. The figure for delays in making bank decisions on applications was at 21%. Some 18% of initial bank decisions were made within one week, which...