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Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not even one fifth or one tenth of that number.

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I will deal with that point later. It has never been our contention that the Government has been doing nothing. The evidence shows that its policies and strategy are failing. Last year the Taoiseach promised the creation of 100,000 net new jobs by 2016. Last year the economy lost 12,800 full-time jobs, with an increase of 14,000 part-time jobs. The increase in the number of jobs was on...

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: He has been given the responsibility of promoting job creation at a time when the Government is shedding public service jobs, left, right and centre. He is responsible for the creation of employment at a time when we are witnessing some of the deepest retrenchment policies in any western democracy. He has been left on Titanic with only a mop and a bucket. It is an impossible position.

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister has talked about the importance of improving productivity. If he says job creation is his No. 1 goal, his productivity is poor, with a rate of 100 part-time jobs a month. On the question of priorities, a total of €64 billion has been piled into the banks in recent years. In sharp contrast, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is operating on a reduced...

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I encourage the Deputies opposite to listen to the National Competitiveness Council which has stated there are severe infrastructural gaps which significantly reduce competitiveness. Six months ago my team and I met the troika which also acknowledged that there were infrastructural gaps. Fixing them would create sustainable efficiencies and enhance competitiveness in the future, making...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Dúirt an tAire Stáit aréir go bhfuil an Rialtas ag cur an straitéis 20 bliain i bhfeidhm. Caithfidh mé a rá, i ndáiríre, nach bhfuil sa ráiteas sin ach praiseach amach is amach. Ní chreideann éinne ar an taobh seo go bhfuil an Rialtas ag cur an straitéis 20 bliain i bhfeidhm i ndáiríre. Níl aon cheann de na...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Ní chreidim é sin.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I ndáiríre-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Caithfidh mé ceist eile a chur.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá 25% de mhuintir na hÉireann ag iarraidh a gcuid páistí a chur chuig scoileanna lán-Ghaeilge, ach tá níos lú ná 5% ag fáil gaelscolaíocht dá bpáistí. Ní réabhlóid é seo ar chor ar bith. Níl ach trí nó ceithre leabhar sa phacáiste teaghlaigh. Nuair a fuair mé an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá an gearradh siar atá á phlé againn chun damáiste a dhéanamh do gheilleagar na Gaeltachta. Tá an tAire Stáit freagrach as sin. Ní bheidh ábhar oidí in ann dul go dtí an Ghaeltacht os rud é nach mbeidh an t-airgead acu. Beidh daoine ón ísealaicme ag fulaingt dá bharr. Ní rachfaidh an t-airgead isteach go...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá a fhios againn conas mar a fheidhmíonn SUSI.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Beidh siad ag fanacht le haghaidh dhá bhliain.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Coistí Rannach (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Níl.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon phlé déanta aige leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna maidir leis an tionchar a bheidh ar thionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh agus ar ioncam na mban tí sna ceantair Ghaeltachta mar gheall ar an ngearradh sa deontas d’ábhair oidí le freastal ar chúrsaí Gaeltachta; agus an...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Making a direct allegation.

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Comharchumainn Ghaeltachta (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá á dhéanamh ag an Roinn chun cabhrú le Comharchumainn Ghaeltachta atá faoi bhrú le fiacha móra. [13091/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector Report: Discussion with RGDATA (12 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agaibh. I welcome the delegates. The real economy is made up of businesses such as those before the committee and has not got the attention it deserves. In recent years, there has been a shift within the resourcing of local authorities. The local government grant has been reduced and as a result local authorities have leaned more on retailers as a source of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector Report: Discussion with RGDATA (12 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: What can local authorities do to incentivise the development of local strategies for retail? I assume the representatives have looked at the levy. What is their view on the progressive rate issue? I mentioned it to some enterprise organisations that represent the multiples. Obviously they have been less enthusiastic about it because they are minding their members' business. I would like...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Retail Sector Report: Discussion with RGDATA (12 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Only an element of it would be progressive. The whole of it would not be.