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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am mostly referring to potential bank recapitalisation, maybe in that form. I am also referring to the treasury bonds, promissory note and other arrangements that are obviously part of our debt profile also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as an cur i láthair sin. While I support fiscal responsibility wholeheartedly, the key question concerns the manner in how it is achieved. Social justice and fiscal responsibility are not mutually exclusive in any way and at a time when people are dying on the streets, it is important that those elements are focused upon. One key point on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a specific question. On its own, a 1% reduction in the top rate of tax would breach the expenditure benchmark. Is this correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Would it not be more? Would it not be approximately €400 million?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I seek the precise figure because if it does expend the full expenditure, it is an important policy decision for the Oireachtas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Very well. The other part of the question pertains to the ramifications for the State if that benchmark is breached.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Assessment Report - November 2014: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not think I am officially a member of the committee as of yet.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the total annual budget allocation of her Department to provide for domestic violence related services between 2007 to 2014. [46525/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: HSE Funding (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 137. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide, in tabular form, the total annual budget allocation of his Department to provide for domestic violence-related services between 2007 to 2014. [46526/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Commission of Inquiry (4 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to include the Westbank Home in the terms of reference for the commission of inquiry into mother and baby homes. [46527/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (3 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of registrations for relevant contract tax refused by the Revenue Commissioners between 2008 and 2014. [45935/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (3 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 13. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual tax revenue collected and tax refunds relating to relevant contract tax between 2008 and 2014. [45936/14]

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: TTIP is a significant challenge to the Irish economy. It is likely that Ireland will lose a significant number of jobs as a result of its introduction. It may also mean the introduction of meat that has been treated with hormones, for example, chlorinated chicken, which is illegal in this country. It may also mean a reduction of regulation on food, workers' rights and safety. In Europe,...

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Roinn as an gcabhair a thug sé dom ón dtús. Gabhaim buíochas freisin leis an Aire Stáit agus guím gach rath air agus é ag tabhairt Bille don chéad uair tríd an Dáil. Ba cheart dúinn, sna laethanta amach romhainn, díriú isteach ar conas is féidir linn innovation agus...

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (2 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 3:In page 5, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “4. The Patents Act 1992 is amended by the insertion of the following new section after section 61:“Common good 61A. The achievement of the common good may require permanent or temporary interference with the rights, including intellectual property rights, of persons or corporate...

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (2 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not yielding on this occasion. The Minister of State will be very welcome to come in when I have finished. Perhaps he is becoming uneasy about his experience in government. As I stated, the proposition that the troika was in some way micro-managing the industrial relations environment in the State was laughable, but that is what the senior Minister in the Minister of State's...

Intellectual Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Instruction to Committee (2 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This is the second time in recent weeks that Ministers have sought to piggyback amendments to enacted legislation. What makes this more worrying is that the legislation the Minister of State seeks to amend here only passed the Dáil and Seanad a few short months ago, in effect. Specifically on the amendments, one of the major questions is when the Minister Communications, Energy and...

Order of Business (2 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: In a recent OECD report Ireland had the second highest proportion of low paid jobs in OECD countries. It also has the third highest rate of underemployed people in the European Union. In its statement published six months ago the Government promised to put a low pay commission on a statutory basis. The drafts heads of the Bill have not yet been seen. When will we see the legislation? ...

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The road to Damascus.

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is still less than 2007.