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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will detail the occasions when he has raised directly with the banks their failure to deal with lending to the small and medium enterprise sector; and if he has provided advice to the economic management group to direct the banks to increase lending to SMEs. [18611/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance the initiatives that his Department has put in place in order to assist businesses who are among those with €25 billion worth of impaired loans. [19132/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Small and Medium Enterprise Sector (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 182. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to ensure that all enterprises have access to affordable credit. [18626/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Job Initiatives (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected impact on job creation in the short to medium term of the proposed €6 billion stimulus package. [19133/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 174. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 7 May 2013, the number of press enquiries dealt with by the public relations company; the number of press releases issued; the number of media briefings organised and hourly rate and total hours paid for public relations services, for each year 2010, 2011 and 2012. [24051/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Numbers (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 175. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of press officers employed by his Department; the grades of same; and the overall cost of the press relations for his Department. [24052/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff Numbers (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 176. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to shared press office services between his Department and agencies under its remit. [24053/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with Construction Industry Federation (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It is clear that the experience of the industry is still pro-cyclical. In other words, pro-cyclical policies brought it to a production output of €38 billion annually but the flip side of those policies are to blame for its current output of €8 billion. Unfortunately the policies have not changed. It is interesting that we are discussing the black economy on a day that a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat agus fáilte roimh anseo anniu. I understand that retailers are in crisis. It has been mentioned that nearly 50,000 people have lost their jobs and another 30,000 jobs are in jeopardy in the sector. That proves that the sector is in crisis and, if the current economic climate continues, it has not reached the bottom unlike many other sectors. The State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: My suggestion would be that the Assembly in the North and the Oireachtas would work together on a particular price. The price would likely develop to be different in the North of Ireland to that in Britain but given there is not a land bridge between the two, it is not likely that people will drive to Britain to avail of the cheaper price. It would contain the price on the island and reduce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Progressive commercial rates would not be levied on retailers only. They would be levied on all businesses which currently pay commercial rates. From our perspective, the idea is similar to what happens in the North whereby various components are based on the type of business, the size of the building and the level of profitability of the business. Considering that Apple has been in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the presentations that he has received calling for special provision to be made for senior executives in multinational companies; and if he will outline the business case developed by him to promote such special provisions. [24510/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is right. Ireland is in a jobs crisis and we must do everything we can to promote jobs. What we need to do is create sustainable competitive advantages so that we can compete with any other country in the world with regard to foreign direct investment. However, on many occasions this Government has chosen the unsustainable competitive advantage route. The proposal for an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: In Sinn Féin's view, in order to achieve a real, sustainable, competitive advantage, the cost of doing business must not be prohibitive. I refer to utility costs which are higher in Ireland than the average in the rest of Europe, such as waste management and water costs. There is a need to provide an educated society so we can attract jobs but funding is being pulled out of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not true. The troika acknowledged it and it is still our policy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the steps taken to create employment for young people; the impact of these initiatives in terms of employment outcomes; and his views on whether emigration is a life style choice. [24511/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: At the last Question Time, the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry, stated that emigration was matter of choice for many people leaving the State. Choice is about options and having the ability to choose between working here or working abroad. With the level of unemployment here, for many it is not a choice. In the two years to the end of 2012, 25,000 people under the age of 25 lost their...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: That is startling figure and a shocking reflection on what is happening in society. It is very important people realise the gravity of what is involved. I ask the Minister of State the timescale for replacing the jobs lost by 25,000 people until the end of last year. When will the youth guarantee be implemented and will part of it be a guarantee of a job?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Many of the people in the figures are not Irish nationals. They may be Polish or Lithuanian people who came to Ireland, worked here for ten years, put down roots, raised families and then find themselves unable to get a job. We are entitled to use those figures to reflect the economic situation. These people should not be left out of the economic figures when trying to get an understanding...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: But this is an unnatural trend.