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Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: When we have this debate Government Ministers, unfortunately, tend to identify some successful things that have happened in particular areas. Undoubtedly some successful things are happening but, on balance, the Government is failing disastrously. Areas such as Offaly, Wexford, Carlow, Laois, Longford, Roscommon, Cavan, Westmeath and Monaghan have experienced the highest increases in...

Other Questions: Industrial Development (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The IDA is failing our heartlands with regard to job creation. Those areas that gave the most votes to Fine Gael in the last election are receiving the least number of IDA visits.

Other Questions: Unemployment Levels (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Long-term unemployment is at a critical level. Since the Government has taken office, we have moved from 50% of those who are unemployed being long-term unemployed to 60%. The activities the Government has been involved in have had a negative effect. Long-term youth unemployment in Ireland is at the highest level in Europe. The Government is tinkering around the edges. This Government...

Other Questions: Youth Unemployment Numbers (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The youth unemployment figures are unbelievable. A total of 5 million young people are unemployed in Europe currently while, in this State, 30% of young people are unemployed with 50% long-term unemployed. The Minister mentioned the preparatory action. The Commission has allocated €4 million for this, which equates to 80 cent per unemployed youth in the State. That is laughable if...

Other Questions: Youth Unemployment Numbers (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Perhaps he should address this one first.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State mentioned a number of bureaucratic changes but the fact is that with the interaction of businesses at the coal face, and where it counts, the exporters' association has indicated that chief executive officers have not been replaced in county enterprise boards and there is considerable inertia in the system. Companies and small businesses are paying for this. Currently,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: That is coming from the enterprise boards.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not the view of the county enterprise boards.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline when the new local enterprise offices will be established and operational. [41825/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The beginning of the jobs plan states that governments do not create jobs. That is certainly true of this Government. The majority of the State's employment is found in small to medium-sized enterprises, SMEs. Some 2,200 new businesses open every month. However, 1,400 businesses also close every month. Whenever we discuss this issue with the Government, it tells us that steps forward are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, but it was money that went into the Irish State.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday, Spicers Bakery in Navan closed its doors. It has been in operation since 1834 and survived the Famine, the Black and Tans war, two world wars and every recession in between. It has not survived the policy of this Government. A total of 70 jobs in the bakery have been lost over the past two years. It seems that in respect of this entire sector, Spicers Bakery is symbolic of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: A total of six net jobs were created by Enterprise Ireland last year. What did the Minister do to stop Spicers Bakery closing down? If it was a foreign business operating here, one would have had a task force and a number of agencies already in place seeking to retrain those workers. This is an example of 1,400 other businesses that close down on a monthly basis in this State.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is on track to create the additional 100,000 extra jobs as committed to in the action plans for jobs. [41824/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand how difficult a job it is to chair these events but will it be possible to ask a supplementary question after this one? I will do my best to ensure time remains for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: In the past four years Ireland has lost more jobs per capita than any other western country since the great depression. This is a phenomenal indictment of the Government's policies and those of the previous Government. A total of 87,000 people emigrated last year, which is more than the number that sat the leaving certificate last year. Emigration and unemployment are the burning issues in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Wage-setting Mechanisms (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has carried out research into the effect of the dissolution of the Sunday premium on the working poor. [41594/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has analysed the cost structure of Irish business and developed methods of reducing the cost base to allow businesses create jobs. [41593/12]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Minimum Wage (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Taoiseach the number of workers currently employed, by sector, with a remuneration level equal to the national minimum wage. [41250/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Joint Labour Committees Agreements (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of workers employed, by sector, in contracts governed by Joint Labour Committee agreements. [41251/12]