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Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the increased number of small and medium enterprises which are dissatisfied with the Government's enterprise policy. [17715/14]

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: What is unfolding here highlights the ludicrous scenario that Question Time has become, whereby Opposition spokespersons such as Deputy Calleary and me, who are tasked to hold the Government to account, have seen a reduction in the number of questions we can submit to Ministers while Government Deputies are being given a stronger opportunity to do so. It is obvious that Members on the other...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not making excuses for any Opposition Deputy who fails to turn up in this Chamber. The Minister of State is trying to deflect attention from his own Deputies who failed to turn up. The critical point is that the new rules have reduced the Opposition's opportunity to hold Ministers to account.

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: A recent report indicated that owners of small and medium enterprises are becoming increasingly dissatisfied with the Government's SME policies. There has been an overall reduction in the level of credit afforded to small businesses in their efforts to grow. Will the Minister give his view on why the SME sector is becoming increasingly divergent from the Government's policies in this area?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The application form for a research and development grant or tax break should require companies to identify, in a logical manner, supported by information, the number of jobs and output they expect to deliver. When the investment is subsequently made, companies should have a responsibility to communicate to the Department the number of jobs created and the turnover increases which have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I apologise for missing most of the presentation. I have just come from Oral Questions and, bizarrely, it is running concurrently with this meeting. The witnesses mentioned that 94% of formal loan applications are successful. Is there any method of filtering potential clients before that formal application? How many are filtered out before making a formal application? What is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: In the mortgage book, Ulster Bank often reduces the interest rate from 5% to 0.5%, which makes it more accessible. Has a similar thing been done in business lending? Has business debt been written down? Working closely with clients in advance of seeking loans makes them more prepared for the loan. This is positive but the negative aspect is that an undefined amount of people are filtered...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: What percentage of write-downs have been made?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation what is the euro per jobs ratio with regard to the Government’s research and development and innovation budgets for each of the past five years; the way this compares with other EU countries for the same years; and if he will detail the level of research and development and innovation spend per county for the past five years....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is generally understood that research, development and innovation are necessary for all companies. Large companies are great at ensuring all elements of the whole product life cycle are not left to chance. The effect of research and development on small and medium enterprises, and its use by them, is another question. Like everything else, we need to analyse the output obtained per euro...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am supportive of research, development and innovation, which are important elements of the economy. There is an understanding that investment in research and development allows foreign direct investment to be tied closer to the local economy. In addition, it allows for the development of products and services in future which are most likely to be created locally. I understand that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: That provides for a loophole.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: If a firm allows a person to have statutory redundancy on having let him go over a period and then employs another individual to replace him, it is generally regarded as grounds for a case of constructive dismissal and against the law. If the Minister does not want to refer to the particulars in my question, he might simply refer to its spirit. As the law stands, an individual can set up a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: We discuss general law here all the time without discussing the specifics of individual cases or concrete examples. I have given the Minister a concrete example but he does not want to refer to that. I am just giving him the example of a staff member being let go and the same owners opening up a parallel company employing a person to do exactly the same job for half the wages. Is that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether it is acceptable for employers to reduce staff hours, place staff on temporary lay-off or make them redundant while at the same time establishing an identical company under a different name to employ workers on lower wages to provide the same services as their existing company, such as in the case of a company...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This question relates to the case of a qualified electrician, John Donnan, who was employed as an electrical fitter by a company called Jackson Power Systems Limited for approximately 15 years. He reached a wage of approximately €40,000. I have been told that as the recession hit his hours were reduced and he was put on temporary lay-off. I have also been told that a parallel company...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Depending on who one talks to, there are very different views on SME lending. It was indicated that 85% of lending applications had been approved at some level, while ISME, for example, would give a different figure of probably around 50%. They would indicate that there has been a fall-off in lending. Is any of the new lending indicated a roll-over of debt or financing of a previous debt?...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for each region of the State, and the percentage of inputs that are sourced in Ireland for each of the last five years by foreign direct investment firms operating here. [17717/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Union Movement (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support in law the right of union leaders to articulate on behalf of their union members the likelihood of industrial action without fear of legal action. [17718/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [17994/14]