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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Costs (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs that undermine business growth and employment creation; and his views on whether property rental costs are not an issue for business. [24441/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Progressive commercial rates would not be levied on retailers only. They would be levied on all businesses which currently pay commercial rates. From our perspective, the idea is similar to what happens in the North whereby various components are based on the type of business, the size of the building and the level of profitability of the business. Considering that Apple has been in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: My suggestion would be that the Assembly in the North and the Oireachtas would work together on a particular price. The price would likely develop to be different in the North of Ireland to that in Britain but given there is not a land bridge between the two, it is not likely that people will drive to Britain to avail of the cheaper price. It would contain the price on the island and reduce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat agus fáilte roimh anseo anniu. I understand that retailers are in crisis. It has been mentioned that nearly 50,000 people have lost their jobs and another 30,000 jobs are in jeopardy in the sector. That proves that the sector is in crisis and, if the current economic climate continues, it has not reached the bottom unlike many other sectors. The State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with Construction Industry Federation (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It is clear that the experience of the industry is still pro-cyclical. In other words, pro-cyclical policies brought it to a production output of €38 billion annually but the flip side of those policies are to blame for its current output of €8 billion. Unfortunately the policies have not changed. It is interesting that we are discussing the black economy on a day that a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline Ireland's options on potentially leaving the Troika programme; and the way the use of outright monetary transactions would affect any exit. [23947/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the €1.25 million VAT cash receipts accounting threshold in view of the small number of companies that can benefit from the change in Budget 2013. [23948/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Sector (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 161. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail proposals from his Department as to the way in which the banking sector can address the overhang of property debt that is impacting on viable small medium enterprises. [18612/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprises Sector (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 162. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the impact that the legacy of impaired property loans is having on the small and medium enterprise sector. [18613/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the occasions when he has raised directly with the banks their failure to deal with lending to the small and medium enterprise sector; and if he has provided advice to the economic management group to direct the banks to increase lending to SMEs. [18611/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives that his Department has put in place in order to assist businesses who are among those with €25 billion worth of impaired loans. [19132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to ensure that all enterprises have access to affordable credit. [18626/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Initiatives (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact on job creation in the short to medium term of the proposed €6 billion stimulus package. [19133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 7 May 2013, the number of press enquiries dealt with by the public relations company; the number of press releases issued; the number of media briefings organised and hourly rate and total hours paid for public relations services, for each year 2010, 2011 and 2012. [24051/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Numbers (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of press officers employed by his Department; the grades of same; and the overall cost of the press relations for his Department. [24052/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Numbers (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to shared press office services between his Department and agencies under its remit. [24053/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Everybody here believes that in every case everything must be done to save the life of the mother, regardless of what side of the debate one takes. There are no ifs, buts or doubts about that. Many people are of the view, and they agree with the psychiatric evidence and the advice, that this should be done with a two patients solution, that both patients must be saved in that scenario. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes. I have a heavy cold so I probably asked the question very badly. My question was addressed to Professor McAuliffe. She predicted that there would be a very low number of individuals who would need this type of treatment in the cases of suicidality. We heard at similar hearings here in January that prediction accuracy for suicide is about 3%. Given that the legislation identifies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Much divides Members in the Houses, but much also joins them together. We all agree that mothers need more supports to help them to make the right choices for themselves and their children. This morning, Dr. Holohan stated - I hope that I am citing him correctly - that this Bill was a significant change from the status quo. There is no precedent for the treatment for suicidality to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Heads of Protection of Life during Pregnancy Bill 2013: Public Hearings (17 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The first question was whether there was a precedence for damage being done to another human being as a treatment for suicide in legislation in this State. The second question was about defining viability and what rights a child would have if the State was to disable the child by bringing him or her to term as a premature child.