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Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Estates: Unfinished Housing Estates (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 42: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will make allowances for the financial implications for the relevant local authority of taking unfinished housing estates in charge. [13077/12]

Public Sector Numbers: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Last week in reply to an oral question put by my colleague, Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, outlined his view of his job and priorities. He said: I am fixated with two things, namely, restoring the economic sovereignty of the State, which is a job I have been given, and reforming the public service. We will do both and are in...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Last year 76,000 people emigrated from this State, which is roughly 1,400 a week. Some 210 people have emigrated every single day of this Administration so far. Some 12,000 were wrapped around the RDS in Dublin in a queue last weekend in a effort to leave this country to obtain work. We saw thousands of people queueing from early hours in Cork yesterday morning to do the same. The curse...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Children are being pulled out of schools. Grandparents are not getting a chance to see their grandchildren.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Families are currently fire-selling their houses and the GAA generation is being deleted from communities throughout this country. The Government has let go 9,000 people from the public service in the past six weeks and, as far as I can remember this is the largest private sector job losses ever to hit the country.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: As has been said, other banks are up back behind that at present. The majority of these people feel like they are falling off a cliff. If one contrasts this desperately sad situation with the back-slapping fest that went on yesterday within Government, it was unbelievable to see. Will the Tánaiste admit at this stage that in many way he has become the Minister for emigration and that...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The edifice of spin comes falling down when one looks at the facts. The Government has decided to pay €3.1 billion into a promissory note at the end of this month-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: -----into a bank that has no customers. This is a completely jobs-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a completely jobs free investment. The Government is spending seven times more money on this promissory note than all the money it will spend in the IDA, Enterprise Ireland, Shannon Development and the county enterprise boards for one year in total. That shows us directly where the priorities of the Government lie. It is time the Government started investing in and fixing the real...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We need to find out why jobs and emigration are not the priority and why they are secondary.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste should check the record.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The emigration treaty; the unemployment treaty.

Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The programme for Government contains a commitment to reform current law on employees' right to engage in collective bargaining to ensure compliance by the State with recent judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. As the Tánaiste will be aware, the Strasbourg court has ruled that the right to join a trade union includes the right to bargain collectively. In his party's election...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (7 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the geographic gaps in which small and medium enterprises cannot properly access broadband; and if he will identify the way that this will affect these SMEs' ability to engage with cloud computing. [11313/12]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (7 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to reduce energy costs and support renewable energy. [11330/12]

Written Answers — Foras na Gaeilge: Foras na Gaeilge (6 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 75: To ask the Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cén buiséad a bheidh ag Foras na Gaeilge sna blianta 2012, 2013 agus 2014. [12561/12]

Written Answers — EU Programmes: EU Programmes (6 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 76: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the EU culture programmes that are running at present; the location at which these projects are based and the categories; the numbers employed on these projects; the total amount of funding that has been secured from the EU for same; the projected amount of the €70 billion of funding that Ireland hopes to secure during...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Appeals: Social Welfare Appeals (6 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding a widower's pension in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12320/12]

Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga (6 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Ní aontaíonn saineolaí teanga ar bith leis an Aire Stáit faoin ábhar seo. Dé réir na saineolaithe go léir, céim siar atá i gceist anseo don teanga. Tá pobal na Gaeilge agus eagraíochtaí na Gaeilge ar fud na tíre in éadan an chinnidh seo. Cé mhéid airgid a shábhálófar de bharr an chinnidh seo agus cén dochar a dhéanfaidh an cinneadh ar an Ghaeilge?

Caomhnú agus Forbairt na Gaeilge (6 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 57: To ask the Aire Ealaíon; Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cé chomh héifeachtach atá a roinn ag cothú na Gaeilge i gceantair Ghaeltachta timpeall na tíre i bhfrithshuí le Ranna Rialtais eile timpeall na cruinne a bhíonn i mbun athbheochan mionteangacha [12888/12]