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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Ireland Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: What will the Government do to rebalance the economy to ensure a far larger volume of exports will come from the indigenous sector?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Ireland Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It should be 12.5%.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Ireland Funding (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The effective corporation tax rate should be 12.5%, but it is not; it is far lower than this. The point is that a foreign direct investment economic model is normally seen as transitional for an economy. Normally, a country uses the FDI model to start to build its indigenous economy. While the Minister of State indicates some increase in net jobs through Enterprise Ireland companies, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the margins of error with regard to the Ipsos MRBI annual cigarette consumption surveys; and if the same margin applies in each of the past four years. [30429/14]

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Mar is eol don Taoiseach, tá úinéirí Greyhoud Recycling tar éis laghdú uafásach - 35% - a dhéanamh ar thuarastal na n-oibrithe. Tá siad tar éis iad a ghlasáil amach as an bhfoirgneamh freisin. Tá na hoibrithe tar éis cabhair iontach a thabhairt do na húinéirí go dtí seo. Ghlac siad le níos mó...

Order of Business (9 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The workplace relations legislation. Deireann an comhlacht go bhfuil an LRC tar éis 35% a chinniúint, ach níl sé sin fíor. Given that this is so important and that the Taoiseach signed off on the legislation yesterday, which I welcome, can he commit to the House that it will be published before the end of this term? We have been waiting for it for three years. A...

Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach will be aware that Greyhound Recycling has decided unilaterally to cut the wages of its staff by 35%. The company has effectively locked its staff out of work. I am sure that like me the Taoiseach will find it unacceptable that this has happened, particularly considering that the workers and the representatives are fully engaged with the industrial relations mechanism.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am speaking about the workplace relations Bill, which was supposed to be in place prior to the end of this term. Will the Taoiseach ensure that it is in place before the end of the next term? Despite that the workers and representatives are fully engaged with the industrial relations process the employer has thrashed their wages.

Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not working.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Administration (8 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Student Universal Support Ireland has recently added the additional requirement of providing a copy of a passport with the multitude of other documentation provided by applicants including a PPS number, thereby adding an additional cost to parents. [29682/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (8 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the legislative action he will take to tackle the increasing problem of delayed payment of outstanding invoices by businesses. [29759/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (8 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 649. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason Gardaí were called out to police a SIPTU picket on a company (details supplied) in County Limerick; if it was the former Garda Commissioner who made the request; the reason a Garda car is parked at the company in County Roscommon in a supervision role; and if it is normal that An Garda Síochána get involved in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 751. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money that is spent by his Department in the area of mental health in each of the 26 counties of the State last year and for each of the previous four years. [29562/14]

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Fifth Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It might be more like a game of snakes and ladders than a game of chess. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na hoifigigh go léir sa Roinn a thug cabhair dúinn, go háirithe ar Chéim an Choiste. Bíonn deacrachtaí ann i gcónaí, ach b'fhéidir go raibh níos mó deacrachtaí i gceist sa chás seo. Is Bille uafásach...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 54:In page 53, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:"(6) Section 20 of the Act of 2006 is amended by inserting the following subsection after subsection (5):"(5A) The Minister may, on application made to him or her, waive the prescribed fee.".".There is a strong view that the fees relating to the process are inordinate. The Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 56:In page 58, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:"(10) Where an employer has failed to provide a P45 or other relevant document to a foreign national to whom an employment permit in respect of the purpose referred to in section 3A(2)(a) has been granted further to a dismissal by reason of redundancy within the meaning of section 7(2) of the Act of 1967 the...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Amendment No. 40 deals with an issue we discussed on Committee Stage. The purpose of the amendment is to break the bondage element of the permit where a worker is tied to an employer. The Minister has stated that the purpose of the permit is to bring a foreign national into Ireland to fill an identified gap in a sector. It is not intended to benefit a particular employer directly. If a...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 40:In page 27, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following:“(c) in the sector specified in the application.”.”.

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 28:In page 15, line 12, to delete "or civil partner," and substitute the following:", civil partner, or the former spouse or civil partner where a separation has occurred during the period of employment in the State".This is to achieve equity and address the difficulty faced by individuals who have been working in Ireland and who have had to separate through no fault of...

Employment Permits (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (3 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 29:In page 15, line 12, to delete "referred to in section 3C(2)" and substitute "in respect of the purpose referred to in paragraph (a)".