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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputies Lyons, Lawlor and I met representatives of human rights NGOs with regard to the difficulties occurring in Colombia. There are major issues with access to land and resources. There is extreme poverty in the country and it is the most dangerous country in the world in which to be a trade unionist - hundreds and even thousands of trade unionists have been killed there. With the onset...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is that the trade committee that would be central to the trade agreement with Colombia is not the proper committee to deal with the human rights issues involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (24 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I have an issue with this proposal. The situation in Ukraine is very difficult. It is very complex and it probably needs more time for discussion than we are able to deliver here. I also believe, obviously, that Ukraine is at a critical juncture in how it resolves its relationships with the EU and Russia. Everybody would support the Ukrainians in their efforts to deal with that. Russia...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (24 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 688. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding for road repair delivered by central Government to each county in the State each year for the past five years. [27031/14]

Order of Business (18 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: My question was asked by Teachta Ó Caoláin.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (18 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 75. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular format the number of persons who have accessed the insolvency payment scheme for each year between 2003 and 2013. [26203/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (18 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 76. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular form the total amount paid to persons under the insolvency payment scheme for each year between 2003 and 2013. [26204/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Payments (18 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 77. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in a tabular form the amount paid to persons under the insolvency payment scheme for each year between 2003 and 2013, broken down by pay, holiday pay, pay in lieu of statutory notice and all other entitlements that are owed to the employees by the employer. [26205/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Will Mr. Blackwell give us an English perspective on this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Ideally one would like to grow the retail economy to a level that fills the town centre and provides a good living for out-of-town businesses. The difficulty arises when the retail business is not growing at a sufficient rate and when one wants to rebalance it, it becomes a zero sum game. If one wants to bring more people into the town centre, they must change their spending patterns to a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This is very insightful. Oftentimes one hears the large theory but not the detail. I have always been of the view that the retail sector has been ignored by the local authorities and the enterprise development organisations. While the county enterprise boards were generally good organisations, they did not play a role in the retail sector at all. In my experience, there was no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it available online?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the delegates for their views on the rates issue. In our efforts to resolve the issue, it seems like a mission impossible because there are so many vested interests who do not want to deal with it. The Revenue Commissioners do not want to get involved because rating small businesses according to profit is very difficult. There is also an argument that if this were done, it would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Growth and Job Creation in Town and Village Centres: Discussion (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil le Mr. Lynam, Mr. Sealey agus Mr. Parker as a gcur i láthair. The Government has a big role to play in this issue. The under-funding of local authorities has pushed local authorities to obtain their funding from two areas, business rates and car parking charges. These often kill the goose that lays the egg in the first place. It is...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Live Register Data (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 111. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons formerly employed in the various construction trade categories who are on the live register; if he will provide a breakdown of these persons by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25564/14]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Capital Programme Expenditure (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 120. To ask the Taoiseach the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his Department between 2008 and to date in 2014; if he will provide the information on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25545/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Capital Programme Expenditure (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of the €7 million designated to foreign affairs and trade group for direct Exchequer capital funding according to the Government Estimates for 2014 is expected to go towards construction-related projects; if he will list the projects; if he will provide an update on any of these projects; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Programme Expenditure (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his Department between 2008 and to date in 2014; if he will provide the information on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25539/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Capital Programme Expenditure (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance to detail the amount of the €5 million designated to the finance group for direct Exchequer capital funding according to the Government Estimates for 2014 that is expected to go towards construction-related projects; if he will list the projects; if he will provide an update on any of these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capital Programme Expenditure (17 Jun 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total amount of capital spending on construction projects carried out by his Department and by bodies operating under the responsibility of his Department between 2008 and to date in 2014; if he will provide the information on an annual basis in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25537/14]