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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga 2012: Díospóireacht (5 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: An cheist a chuir mé ná cé mhéad foireann sa bhreis atá ag an Roinn? Mar gheall ar chomhlíonadh an dlí, níl na comhluchtaí ag comhlíonadh an dlí de réir an Achta. Mar sin tá siad ag briseadh an dlí. Nach bhfuil sé sin fíor?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga 2012: Díospóireacht (5 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: An bhfuil an t-Aire Stáit sásta nach bhfuil siad ag comhlíonadh an dlí?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga 2012: Díospóireacht (5 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: An bhfuil siad ag comhlíonadh an dlí?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga 2012: Díospóireacht (5 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Níl mé ag caint faoi na comhluchtaí sin. Tá mé ag caint faoi na comhluchtaí nach bhfuil scéim teanga reathach acu ag an mbomaite. An bhfuil siadsan ag comhlíonadh an dlí nó an bhfuil siad gan an dlí a chomhlíonadh?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga 2012: Díospóireacht (5 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá an t-Aire Stáit lán-sásta go bhfuil gach ceann acu ag comhlíonadh an dlí ag an mbomaite?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga 2012: Díospóireacht (5 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Cé mhead foireann sa bhreis atá ag an Aire Stáit chun cabhrú leis na comhluchtaí poibli?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga 2012: Díospóireacht (5 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: A Chathaoirligh, an féidir linn díriú isteach ar an phlé atá ar siúl againn seachas na seanscéalta a chloisint?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Tuarascáil an Choimisinéara Teanga 2012: Díospóireacht (5 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Ni rabhas ag iarraidh droch mheas a thaispeáint don Aire Stáit ach níl a lán ama againn agus tá a lán le plé againn. Ní rabhas ach ag iarradh díriú isteach ar an ábhar. An bhfuil aithne ag an Aire Stáit ar aon Ombudsman eile a sheas siar óna phost de bharr easpa thacaíocht Rialtais nó de bharr bhriseadh dlí?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Many Deputies have had conversations with representatives of IDA Ireland, focusing on the likes of Meath having such a low level of IDA investment, for example. The response is generally along the lines of telling people to drive up the road. The lack of that type of investment has a material effect on society in counties such as Meath, as we have a lower rates base, for example, than other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I spoke to an engineering company in Donegal which wanted to employ individuals at a certain wage, maybe approximately €14 per hour. When it went to employ individuals for this role, many of the individuals who had families, perhaps four children in school who were receiving back-to-school allowances and other supports, found their income was not materially improved by taking on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The issue of regional enterprise jumps out. Over the past few action plans for jobs, the targets in this regard have been deleted while the IDA reports at the end of each year highlight a collapse in investment outside the two major urban areas in the State. That is having a significant effect in both areas with regard to pressure on property prices and services and loss of services where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no doubt that in certain areas, such as workers' rights, there is a necessity for a team effort across the EU to develop certain standards. If there are certain standards, it is easier for countries to compete on other issues because they share a level baseline with regard to workers' rights. As to other areas, there is a continuous push to homogenise the tools we use to develop...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Regarding political reform, because of the scheduling of this debate over the next three days, the Sinn Féin spokesperson on arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht will not have an opportunity to question the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for another five weeks. In the month when the Irish language movement found its voice with 10,000 people on the streets to support it, I, as...

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is more Sinn Féin Deputies.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the appointment system for booking NCT tests will be reviewed in view of the fact that the current system does not allow customers to book appointments more than six weeks in advance, operating more according to staffing schedules rather than the needs of the customer. [10870/14]

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: For the past three years, the Government's economic policy has favoured all sectors of job creation other than local indigenous business, even though the latter is the most productive and sustainable sector in the long run. We certainly welcome foreign direct investment, but an over-reliance on FDI is dangerous in the longer term. In its press statement today regarding the Action Plan for...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a no-brainer, in fact. The obvious thing to do is have people with the relevant experience at the coalface of enterprise in specific positions within the development of these new LEOs. At the start of this legislative process, there was no input from enterprise. It was only when we on the opposition benches kicked up such a fuss that an infrastructure was put in place to allow...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Some points follow from this. Enforcement of employment law is far from adequate in the State. Anyone who believes that enforcement of labour law is adequate is not living in the real world and has not spoken to the people at the coal-face. When did employment law become too onerous for the Government to seek to enforce in this way? When did a person's right to work for proper pay and...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "(c) A local authority will only provide financial support by way of loan or grant aid to a company that is compliant with all employment law and labour court judgements.".We had a discussion on Committee Stage on the importance of ensuring that where possible workers' rights are maintained within all...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Lease Agreements (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify issues relating to the ownership and lease arrangements in place on a property (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [10132/14]