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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not mean to labour this point, but will the total funding resource allocation change, even in its new form through Enterprise Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Rural development is very important and as the Minister knows, rural areas have probably suffered more from the downturn than many of the urban areas. The top ten counties in terms of unemployment are rural, with Donegal having the highest rate at approximately 26% unemployed. With the north west, one of the major challenges is access to transport, as it does not have a rail link. The A5...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not reject in any way these comments but the Secretary General of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation made a very important statement last week, his view being there would be a tightening of state aid. When we pushed him on what this would mean he stated that the Commission desired less state aid to be delivered to cover fewer people. Given the major unemployment problems...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Services Regulation (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts he has undertaken to reduce service costs such as legal on business. [3242/13]

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: He voted against the legislation.

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It is incomplete.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It is hard to discuss the Order of Business when we cannot even have order in the Chamber. This issue is of serious importance. Thousands of euro of debt hang over each citizen of the State. Taxes and the provision of public services are at stake. A generation is at tipping point. We need more than shadow boxing on this issue. We need a real debate, provided by the Government, on this...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle------

Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Táimid díreach in aghaidh Uimh. 1 san ord seo inniu. Tá muintir na tíre ag foghlaim faoin méid atá ag titim amach san ECB i dtaobh an promissory note ó Twitter agus ón Idirlíon. Ba cheart don Rialtas teacht os comhair na Dála inniu chun an idirbheart seo a chur faoi bhráid an Tí. We are learning via Twitter and the Internet today...

Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: What the people want to know in this situation is whether there will be a write-down of the debt, if there will be a reduction in the debt-to-GDP ratio-----

Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The hangover of the debt will last a lot longer than the hangover of some Labour and Fine Gael Deputies.

Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is playing fast and loose-----

Order of Business (7 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: -----with the democratic process of this country. It is extremely important that this contempt ends today. Will we have a debate on the issue today, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (6 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce legislation that would provide for the recognition of Traveller ethnicity. [6004/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Civilian Staff (6 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to increase civilianisation of the Gardaí in order to ensure they are freed from desk duties. [6005/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (6 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 13 February 2012, if he will identify, in tabular form, the location, building title, lease number, landlord, existence of upward only rent clause, whether under the supervision of National Assets Management Agency, and the rent paid on each lease for the years 2010, 2011 & 2012 in which a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Prompt Payments (6 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current interest penalty payable by statutory bodies under section 10 of the Prompt Payments of Accounts Act 1997; and the value of penalties imposed for each year since 2007. [6139/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (6 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of leases with upward only rent clauses, that were in place by agencies under his Department at the start of 2011; and the number of such leases currently in operation. [6167/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Upward Only Rent Reviews (6 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of leases with upward only rent clauses, that were in place by agencies under his Department at the start of 2011; and the number of such leases currently in operation. [6168/13]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Waiting Times (6 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the waiting times for warm homes scheme, in view of the fact that an application (details supplied) has been informed that the process will take nine months. [6138/13]