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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 4:In page 77, line 34, after "activity" to insert "and be managed and controlled".The first two amendments are interrelated. They detail the classification of the type of company to be established in the State. The current proposals mean that a company must conduct some activity in the State. I believe this provision was established in 1998 and the idea was to stop the...

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

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State observed it is under the remit of the Department of Finance to focus on this issue. He also stated this amendment could do damage to Ireland's interpretation. I do not know whether the Minister of State has been watching the same television shows or reading the same newspapers as have I, because Ireland's reputation international has been trammelled. While this issue...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 6:In page 79, line 13, after “administration” to insert “, management and control”.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 55:In page 163, line 11, to delete “one, at least,” and substitute “a majority”. I am sure the Minister of State will just agree to these amendments and reciprocate my good wishes. Amendments Nos. 56 to 58 deal with the bond of €25,000 in circumstances where there is no director resident in Ireland. A more realistic approach would be...

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

Peadar Tóibín: There is serious exposure of employees right through the system. We have seen a plethora of employees in recent years having to fight very hard to ensure they get their entitlements. These amendments seek to ensure that workers who have expended their energies, brain power and efforts to make a profit for a company or business are protected. They would be protected using the mechanism...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 56:In page 163, line 14, after “€25,000” to insert “or 4 per cent of turnover or the total wages paid, whichever is the greater”.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 57:In page 163, line 18, to delete “purpose” where it secondly occurs and substitute “purposes”.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 58:In page 163, line 22, after “accordingly)” to insert the following:“or in the case of unpaid remuneration the amount payable under the redundancy and insolvency schemes”.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 59:In page 165, line 37, after “on” to insert “and managed and controlled”.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 60:In page 166, line 17, after “trade” to insert “and is managed and controlled”.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 78:In page 228, to delete lines 16 to 35, to delete page 229, and in page 230, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following:“226. The Act of 1990 is amended by inserting the following in Part X:“205E. (1) In this section— ‘amount of turnover’ and ‘balance sheet total’ have the same meanings as in section 8 of the...

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

Peadar Tóibín: The fight against red tape and extra costs will always be and has always been the argument for getting rid of regulation. By its nature, regulation has an extra cost and creates a level of red tape for businesses. Nobody is arguing that we should get rid of regulation totally. Irish businesses would be more competitive if they were not required to write up health and safety statements or...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 85:In page 264, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(d) a certificate of tax compliance,”.I have dealt with a number of businesses in my constituency over the past number of years. One example of such businesses concerns a young man with a young family who set up a construction company and sub-contracted work to a contractor. Over a period...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 89:In page 274, line 40, to delete “or at such other place as the directors think fit”.This is another effort to ensure compliance. This amendment would restrict the holding of all returns to the company office. It is an effort to maintain high standards, accountability and ease of access to records for the authorities of the State.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Branch Closures (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 273. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of bank retail outlets that have been closed in the State in the past three years; the locations of these banks; the amount it would cost the State to take ownership of these premises; and the estimated annual running costs. [14165/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 445. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will seek to convert a number of bank retail units that have no other immediate viable retail opportunity into enterprise centres for start up businesses for a nominal rent. [14165/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Private Rented Accommodation Provision (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 536. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provisions being put in place to deal with the rent allowance shortfall and the fact that many hard-pressed tenants are forced to make additional monthly top up payments to secure the rental property in the first instance; and the way this impromtu solution leads to a distortion of actual rent figures and the allowances needed by social...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Correspondence (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 559. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if citizens' applications for welfare and pensions and their associated files are sent via e-mail or post, the processing times for all forms of applications to her Department; and the associated postage costs. [14054/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 1042. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide clarification on two matters related to waiting lists for hospital care; if he will provide a breakdown of figures regarding waiting times for a consultant visit in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in all the regional hospitals; and if he will provide a similar itemisation for waiting times for treatment for the same years again in the same...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 1051. To ask the Minister for Health when a night consultant will be employed at Navan Hospital emergency department. [13128/14]