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Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like to ask a supplementary question.

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like the Minister of State to address an important question. The Credit Review Office has overturned the decision in 55% of the applications it has received. It, by definition, is saying that in the sample size of the applications with which it is dealing there is a breakdown in more than half of the applications with which the banks are dealing. I believe that the Minister and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not just me - it is the enterprise organisations.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Representatives of ISME and the SFA told the committee they were completely opposed to this.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Small businesses see the local authorities as cost centres, regarding planning applications, rates, enforcement etc. They do not regard local authorities as having a culture of enterprise. Representatives of the SFA and ISME have told the committee that it would be disastrous if this proceeds. The Minister of State has left it very late to consult these organisations, but given that he is...

Other Questions: Job Retention (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Leitrim has received one of the lowest levels of grant aid in the State, which is indicative of a bigger problem. Leitrim has not had a single IDA Ireland client company visit in the past three years. There is a swathe of rural counties that is not receiving any visits from IDA Ireland client companies. If they are not even receiving visits from these organisations, how in God's name are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made in the establishment of local enterprise offices including the role of individual Irish small and medium enterprises and SME representative groups as part of the committee overseeing the development of the local enterprise offices. [52082/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I was looking at the action plan for jobs recently and action 1.38 outlined that there would be a new system of strategic dialogue that will align funding of higher education institutions to performance in the achievement of national objectives for a system development and priorities in relation to skills development commencing in 2012 and it will be fully rolled out in the coming years....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I make no apology for repeatedly asking this question. On both a human and economic level this is a disastrous situation for hundreds of thousands of people. While it is possible to select sub-groups or micro-elements in the economy where there has been some level of improvement, the general figures speak for themselves. The net job loss was 33,000. Given that the Department of Finance...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the target of creating 100,000 additional jobs by 2016 as claimed in the action plan for jobs will be met [52081/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We can normally ask supplementary questions. Will that be the case today?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that four minutes for me to speak?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: So, the longer the Minister speaks, the less time I have to speak. It is important to bring reality back to the situation. Under this Government, unemployment is measured at 14% to 15% on the live register and long-term unemployment is at 60%. Despite some of the recent announcements, job losses continue to outnumber job gains. The only stabilising effect on employment figures in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will account for the delay in implementing nine measures of the action plan for jobs that were due in Quarter three of this year. [51876/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the proposal agreed? Agreed. That concludes the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the proposal made by Senator Ó Clochartaigh agreed? Agreed. We wish the group in question the best of luck with the matter. The next petition is P00044/12 from Mr. Daniel Donovan for the revision of postal ballot rules and P00069/12, which seeks to have current legislation changed to allow Irish citizens who are temporarily based overseas to vote by post from their overseas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the proposal agreed? Agreed. We will deal now with a number of petitions grouped together. The issue raised is the absence of legislation imposing height restrictions for trees. This is an important issue to a number of families. The petitions are P00050/12 from Mr. Michael Byrne, P00070/12 from Mr. Denis Moran and P00071/12 from Dr. Jean Clarke. Members have been circulated with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We are in public session. It is important at this stage to point out that we have received 44 petitions since this process was initially established. That demonstrates the level of demand among the public for a committee of this nature. The petitions are being examined so we can decide how best to progress them and establish if they are admissible to the committee currently. All members...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has completed his review of the grading structure of the civil service and public service; and if he will provide details of his plan to reduce the number of management grades. [51555/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the amendments that he intends to make to the Construction Contracts Bill. [51554/12]