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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (11 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 545. To ask the Minister for Health when the investigation into the ambulance service in counties Louth and Meath area will be concluded. [11964/14]

Gateway Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister alluded to the latest figure of 11.9% unemployed in the State. However, if we focus in on the figures, a different story emerges. If it were not for the abundance of these dubious activation schemes-----

Gateway Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: -----and record emigration, the unemployment rate in this State would be double the actual published figure, and would come in at 22.7%.

Gateway Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I will explain it very simply to the Minister so he will understand.

Gateway Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: To establish whether someone is employed, the quarterly national household survey asks the question: "Did you work even one hour in the last seven days ending on Sunday?" In addition, the survey manual states that a person on internships, Tús, JobBridge or community employment is considered to be in paid work. The unequivocal result is that the employment rate is seriously inflated by...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the level of investment that has been made into small to medium sized Irish manufacturers and internationally traded firms by his Department for each of the past five years; and the way this compares to the total investment into FDI in the State over each of the past five years. [12290/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Oireachtas Library Service carried out important research which showed that at the end of the third quarter in 2013, 3% - 60,000 people - of the employment figures were actually on activation schemes. There is not a focus on small and medium-sized enterprises, SMEs, as there should be. Foreign direct investment is still the golden child of the Government while SMEs are left behind.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am afraid there is not a good balance between the investment in indigenous and overseas business. Almost 70% of the people employed in the State are employed by SMEs. Despite this, the major focus of this Government and the previous Government has been on foreign direct investment. I accept this sector is important as it makes up 90% of our exports. However, there is vulnerability...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Grant Payments (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The ratio of State investment into indigenous versus foreign direct investment is not equivalent to the ratio of employment. In the indigenous sector it is far higher than its proportionate level of investment by the Government. The Minister mentioned the efforts the Government makes towards export-oriented companies. However, export performance is still poor among SMEs. Exports from this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs that have been created in each county in the State by Industrial Development Agency companies who were new to Ireland in 2013. [12291/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Delivery of the Government's enterprise policy is seriously uneven, with the development of a very clear two-tier economy. People in the Border area, the midlands and the west are far more likely to be in poverty, to be unemployed and to have someone in their family emigrate. The last census saw a population increase but these areas saw a population decrease. The National Youth Council of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is all the one. It is Government policy.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The new way questions are formulated makes it very difficult for a Minister to give an answer and for a Deputy to ask a question. Everybody is rushing to get his or her words out and it is not conducive to proper debate. The Minister said the question I asked is different from the written one. They are one and the same because, as the Minister said, FDI only produces a small proportion of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate any jobs that come into the country in these straitened times but a business typically wants a skilled workforce, an infrastructure and an ability to make a profit. In most parts of the country that exists. What we need in the areas that do not have those is Government attention focused on providing those into the future. Government direction is also needed. Up until now...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Therefore, the Minister agrees with me that there is the ability to provide these targets and such direction.

Other Questions: Employment Rights Issues (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I add my voice to that of Deputy Wallace. There has been an increase in underemployment under the Government, including in the last set of figures. There are thousands of workers who work to seven day, zero hours contracts with no guarantee of work, which is exploitative. It disproportionately affects those who are on very low incomes, in particular women. We must value care work in our...

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Cúpla bliain ó shin tháinig na páirtithe agus na heagraíochtaí agus an grúpa go léir le chéile chun Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge a chur i bhfeidhm. Is rud iontach é mar is annamh go mbíonn comhdhearcadh ag an méid sin daoine sa tír. Bhí tacaíocht ó gach cearn den Teach agus beagnach gach cearn den...

Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge: Statements (Resumed) (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Is maith an rud é go bhfuil a leithéid de dhul chun cinn déanta. Ceapaim gur cheart don Rialtas i bhfad níos mó bolscaireachta a dhéanamh sa chomhthéacs seo chun dul i dteagmháil le gach éinne atá ag iompar clainne, ní hamháin sa Ghaeltacht ach sa Ghalltacht freisin. Ba cheart go mbeadh fógraíocht i ngach ospidéal...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (13 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding assistance in respect of a family (details supplied). [12471/14]

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Minister of State confident all of the information shared with all member states will be treated properly, so that while there may be various methods of using information in other member states, all of the information shared will be respectfully used and managed?