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Job Losses (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We are in terms of exports but not jobs.

Job Creation (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree with the Minister of State that it is impossible to reverse the jobs crisis overnight. However, the reality is that some 450 nights have passed since this Government took office. Every time I ask the Minister and his colleagues questions about the action plan for jobs, their answers are phrased largely in the future tense.

Job Creation (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We are told that various matters are being reviewed. Is it not the case, including in the matter of procurement, that what is needed, instead of round-table discussions, analyses, meetings and the provision of some training, is action? The Go-2-Tender programme has been in place for some years now, yet we remain seven times out of kilter with the European average on public tendering. Does...

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium enterprises that he hopes to target with the recently released guidelines on cloud computing, entitled, SWiFT 10: Adopting the Cloud – decision support for Cloud computing. [27307/12]

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that small and medium enterprises across rural Ireland can benefit from cloud computing. [27308/12]

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance available to householders who find asbestos in their homes; if his Department can offer any help to householders who cannot afford to take the asbestos from their homes; if the only assistance available is made through the local authority housing aid grants; and if he will make a statement on...

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to implement the findings of the procurement innovation group entitled Using Public Procurement to Stimulate Innovation and Small and Medium Enterprise Access to Public Contracts, as published by his Department. [27559/12]

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Today's figures from the CSO are frightening. They show there are 18,000 fewer people in the workforce in the first quarter of this year compared with the last quarter of 2012. They also show an increase in unemployment to 14.8%. That is despite the fact approximately 70,000 people are emigrating these shores annually. Today marks the 450th day in government for the Minister, and that is...

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The major economies – Italy, Germany, France and Spain - are all lower than that. It is a scandal at a time of severe economic recession that so much public funding is going abroad. We have seen how Balfour Beatty won the Bord Gáis contract. Will the same thing happen with the children's hospital? The time for talking is over. Will the Minister of State set targets for the agencies...

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Am I not entitled to ask a supplementary question?

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I did not get a chance to ask a supplementary question.

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Do I lose out?

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: With respect, should that be divided equally between speakers?

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: On a point of order-----

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I only used one third of the allotted time.

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I only have one opportunity every month to put questions, which are of national importance.

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The point is that I was entitled to more than two minutes.

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I am entitled to it in a democracy.

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Must I wait until the end of July to ask my supplementary question?

Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: That is grossly unfair.