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Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: A police force operates on the currency of the confidence of the people. In this State, we have, for the most part, been blessed with a committed and honourable force. As a result, the public have repaid the Garda with confidence. It facilitates a mainly unarmed force operating in the hearts of communities. When such confidence breaks down its damages the citizen, the force and the rule of...

Leaders' Questions (20 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Everyone in the country understands it, except the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Expenditure (20 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to set out the cost of the building of the wall and car park at the front of an abbey (details supplied) in County Meath. [8823/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (25 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) in County Meath will have a teaching staff reduction from four to three. [9532/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (25 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 402. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the refusal of every application for social welfare in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [9399/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strengthening the Start-up Community: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I have worked in the enterprise sector over the years and one thing I have learned is that almost 80% of the people in the sector have a business idea. The majority of these people never act upon their idea because they feel there is a chasm between having an idea and getting to the other side and acting on it. I believe that where the State needs to come in is to ensure that as many of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strengthening the Start-up Community: Discussion (25 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Has any comparative analysis been done with regard to enterprise output by Irish people abroad and enterprise output by Irish people in Ireland? We hear that when Irish people go abroad, to the United States, for example, they have a far more enterprise-orientated outcome. Is there any information on that?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (26 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 157. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the reason Meath County Council, despite having one of the highest populations in the State, received the lowest amount of funding for the housing adaptation grants of the 34 local authorities. [9967/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (26 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 219. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a full-time residential placement used currently by a patient four nights a week cannot be shared by another patient willing to use it three nights a week; the number of times that full-time care is provided and only used part time; and the amount this costs the State. [9764/14]

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 1:In page 5, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following: "(c) A local authority will only provide financial support by way of loan or grant aid to a company that is compliant with all employment law and labour court judgements.".We had a discussion on Committee Stage on the importance of ensuring that where possible workers' rights are maintained within all...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Some points follow from this. Enforcement of employment law is far from adequate in the State. Anyone who believes that enforcement of labour law is adequate is not living in the real world and has not spoken to the people at the coal-face. When did employment law become too onerous for the Government to seek to enforce in this way? When did a person's right to work for proper pay and...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a no-brainer, in fact. The obvious thing to do is have people with the relevant experience at the coalface of enterprise in specific positions within the development of these new LEOs. At the start of this legislative process, there was no input from enterprise. It was only when we on the opposition benches kicked up such a fuss that an infrastructure was put in place to allow...

County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Report and Final Stages (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: For the past three years, the Government's economic policy has favoured all sectors of job creation other than local indigenous business, even though the latter is the most productive and sustainable sector in the long run. We certainly welcome foreign direct investment, but an over-reliance on FDI is dangerous in the longer term. In its press statement today regarding the Action Plan for...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Lease Agreements (27 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will clarify issues relating to the ownership and lease arrangements in place on a property (details supplied) in Dublin 4. [10132/14]

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is more Sinn Féin Deputies.

Government's Priorities for the Year Ahead: Statements (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Regarding political reform, because of the scheduling of this debate over the next three days, the Sinn Féin spokesperson on arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht will not have an opportunity to question the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for another five weeks. In the month when the Irish language movement found its voice with 10,000 people on the streets to support it, I, as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the appointment system for booking NCT tests will be reviewed in view of the fact that the current system does not allow customers to book appointments more than six weeks in advance, operating more according to staffing schedules rather than the needs of the customer. [10870/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no doubt that in certain areas, such as workers' rights, there is a necessity for a team effort across the EU to develop certain standards. If there are certain standards, it is easier for countries to compete on other issues because they share a level baseline with regard to workers' rights. As to other areas, there is a continuous push to homogenise the tools we use to develop...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The issue of regional enterprise jumps out. Over the past few action plans for jobs, the targets in this regard have been deleted while the IDA reports at the end of each year highlight a collapse in investment outside the two major urban areas in the State. That is having a significant effect in both areas with regard to pressure on property prices and services and loss of services where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (4 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I spoke to an engineering company in Donegal which wanted to employ individuals at a certain wage, maybe approximately €14 per hour. When it went to employ individuals for this role, many of the individuals who had families, perhaps four children in school who were receiving back-to-school allowances and other supports, found their income was not materially improved by taking on the...