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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The committee will now sit in its capacity as the Oireachtas Joint Sub-Committee on the Ombudsman to consider the annual report of the Office of the Ombudsman. I invite Ms O'Reilly to make her presentation with regard to that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Office of the Ombudsman Annual Report 2011: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Ms O'Reilly for the excellent and fascinating report and the work that has been done on it. As she noted earlier, her office does re-balance the power individuals experience vis-à-vis the State. I also thank her for her statement of intent with regard to co-operation with this committee. The issue of non-compliance arises on page 59 of the report. My understanding of this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I will bank the questions from the next two speakers because we have such a workload today. We have a number of petitions which we will discuss later. Members will be aware that one of them discusses the possibility of freedom of information being extended to two bodies in future, namely, the Office of the Ombudsman and the Central Bank. To help us in our examination of the petition we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To clarify, what is Ms O'Reilly's view on the Central Bank coming within the remit of the freedom of information provisions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand Second Stage was passed by the Dáil on 22 June 2010 and Committee Stage will be taken shortly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We appreciate the meeting the Deputy will have with the Government Chief Whip to ensure that happens as quickly as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I would prefer to hold a discussion on the Bill before dealing with the annual report. I thank Ms O’Reilly for her forthright and interesting presentation. As a new Deputy, it is shocking to see how long it has taken to prepare this Bill. I understand the frustration that must exist inside the Ombudsman’s office at this delay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008: Discussion with the Ombudsman (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: For the sake of the broadcasting and recording services, I request that members ensure their mobile telephones are turned off completely. Apologies have been received from Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl. The first part of today's meeting is to discuss with the Ombudsman the Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008 in the committee's capacity as the Joint Committee on Public Service...

Other Questions: Office of the Ombudsman Status (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will amend the Ombudsman (Amendment) Bill 2008 to extend the remit of the Ombudsman to prisons and all issues relating to asylum, refugees and naturalisation. [43490/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of the Ombudsman Remit (10 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for his decision to exclude an additional 50 agencies from the Ombudsman’s remit despite his Programme for Government commitment to ensure that all statutory bodies and all bodies significantly funded from the public purse will be covered by the legislation. [43491/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (9 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to require all schools in receipt of capitation funding to implement targeted energy efficiency programmes to cut wasteful usage of lighting, heating and electronic equipment; his views on the opinion that existing voluntary projects show the potential to save 15 – 40% of schools’ energy costs within two years, using models...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Redundancy Payments (9 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the continuing failure of his Department to pay outstanding redundancy and back pay owed to 28 former workers of St. Enda's Sports Complex, County Limerick, who were effectively employed by the State and who lost their jobs over 18 months ago as a result of a withdrawal of State funding from his Department. [43453/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Teanga Gaeilge (9 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform an bhfuil sé i gceist aige Gaeleagras a athbheochan; nó an bhfuil sé chun seirbhís dá shamhail a chur ar fáil. [41970/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Savings Schemes (4 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that could be rasied for the State if interest from savings bonds was not exempt from tax. [42266/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection Forecast (4 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance if an estimate has been made of the tax that could be raised for the State if Revenue audit activity was increased by 20% in 2013 specifically to target black market activity; and if there is a cost associated with increasing audit acitivity, for example, additional recruited staff for Revenue. [42265/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Expenditure (4 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if financial support from the Industrial Development Agency to client companies includes conditional targets for employment; and if he will provide an overview of the conditions of offer of support to client companies. [42366/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Expenditure (4 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of financial support held back from Industrial Development Agency client companies who have failed to meet employment targets. [42367/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Expenditure (4 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount of financial support claimed back from Industrial Development Agency client companies who have failed to meet employment targets. [42368/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Expenditure (4 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of all Industrial Development Agency client companies; the amount of public financial support offered to the company; the amount of public support drawn down by the company; and the total company employment figures for each of the years since 2007. [42369/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Expenditure (4 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will list all the jobs announcements made by the Industrial Development Agency since 2007; the number of respective additional jobs announced; the amount of public funds paid to the respective enterprise; and the total number of additional jobs realised as of August 2012. [42374/12]