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Written Answers — Credit Guarantee Scheme: Credit Guarantee Scheme (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 22: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the credit guarantee scheme will be in place. [33849/12]

Written Answers — Credit Guarantee Scheme: Credit Guarantee Scheme (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 24: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he believes the first guarantees will be issued to business through the credit guarantee scheme. [33850/12]

Job Creation (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation in view of the 14.9% unemployment rate for the month of June, the effect this may have on his plans to create 100,000 additional jobs. [34247/12]

Job Creation (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We are at a crisis point on this issue. It is the biggest problem facing the State and it is progressively getting worse under the stewardship of the Minister's Government. The human face of this crisis is that 450,000 people are unemployed in this State. It is estimated that another two citizens are usually linked to the unemployed person. The crash in income experienced by those...

Job Creation (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Money is needed and also proper targets. What targets has the Minister in mind to ensure that the promised 100,000 additional jobs will be achieved? Given the current economic situation, how will those targets be achieved?

Job Creation (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: People will note the Government is listing the number of its action plans when people would prefer the Government to deal with the jobs problem. While the Government's jobs action plan has some good points, the proportion of the problem and the proportion of the proposed solution are not meeting up, unfortunately. Enterprise Ireland created a net number of six new jobs last year. This is a...

Credit Availability (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken by him to address the issues of credit within the small and medium enterprise sector. [34248/12]

Credit Availability (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Credit comprises one of the four pillars of a properly functioning enterprise sector, in addition to keeping costs down, ensuring there is not over-regulation and that regulation is fair, and ensuring demand. Demand is extremely important. Credit in this State is dysfunctional, for a number of reasons. The primary reason is that the troika dictates that the banks must have accelerated...

Credit Availability (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The major issue for me is that the European Central Bank reduced its rate to 0.75% this week, yet the lowest rate we could find for businesses was 6%. The previous Government put €64 billion into the banks and is a major shareholder therein. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Richard Bruton, said he met the banks. Has he asked them to reduce the rate of interest...

Credit Availability (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to make two key points. The Irish Small and Medium Enterprises Association, ISME, claims that almost 50% of its members still have difficulty getting credit. When the European Central Bank, ECB, started reducing rates for domestic mortgages, there were interesting pictures of an emboldened Taoiseach claiming that the Government had put it up to the banks to get them to reduce the...

Credit Availability (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State is not answering my question.

Credit Availability (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Has the Minister asked the banks to reduce their interest rates?

Credit Availability (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Another credit question will be taken shortly.

County Enterprise Boards (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: This question relates to the experience of CEBs. Today, an individual told me that his CEB had no money when he went to it in April 2011. He did not want to return to it this year because he figured that it would still have no money. When I contacted the CEB recently, it stated that it had money. There is a great deviation between CEBs' first quarter results. Some have spent 90% of their...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ask the Government of Bahrain to make public its policies and procedures for the issuance and use of tear gas by its security forces. [32295/12]

Written Answers — Gníomhaireachtaí Rannach: Gníomhaireachtaí Rannach (11 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 146: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé mhéid airgid a chaith Foras na Gaeilge ar an tSamhail Nua Mhaoinithe, idir comhairleoirí seachtracha, obair inmheánach, cruinnithe poiblí agus costais eile.. [33814/12]

Written Answers — Residency Permits: Residency Permits (11 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the conditions with which a person in this State on stamp 2 visa must comply; the further conditions that a person on stamp 2 conditions must do to remain in the State should their visa expire; the conditions under which a person can remain in the State; if a person can stay in the State if their partner is on a stamp 1 visa; and if...

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Report Stage (10 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We welcome the initiative and the work of the Government on this facility. We probably differ on two issues, the first of which is the ambition of the project, bearing in mind that we understand the Government is under financial pressure and that it seeks to protect the taxpayer, as we do, from exposure. Given the 14.9% unemployment rate, the number of businesses that collapse everyday, the...

Written Answers — Departmental Functions: Departmental Functions (10 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 29: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position regarding the dialogue between her and the Department of Justice and Equality regarding the transfer of certain youth justice functions to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33330/12]

Written Answers — Children and Family Services: Children and Family Services (10 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question : To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the details of evaluation that will take place of the two pilot projects providing out of hours social work assistance to children; and the timeframe during which this will take place. [33331/12]