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

Peadar Tóibín: 1057. To ask the Minister for Health when the two consultant physicians who will be lost to Navan hospital in the next two months will be replaced by two permanent consultant physicians based in Navan. [13135/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 1071. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a consultant visit in respect of a person (details supplied). [13409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 1275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the ten most expensive Bus Éireann journeys in the State per kilometre; and the ten least expensive journeys in the State per kilometre. [13916/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Report on Access to Finance for SMEs: InterTradeIreland (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Bhí an cur i láthair sin an-suimiúil. I have many questions, and I will address some of the general ones on InterTradeIreland now. Has its budget been cut in the past while and what is the plan for future budgets? I am unsure of whether Mr. Gough has the freedom to answer my next question, but could InterTradeIreland do more if it had the resources? Is InterTradeIreland's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Report on Access to Finance for SMEs: InterTradeIreland (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Would Mr. Gough say it is excess demand?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (26 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the supply side, the level of FDI integration with the domestic economy for each of the past five years; and the way this compare to the EU average (details supplied). [14257/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Test Regulations (1 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail the questions which were answered correctly and incorrectly by a person (details supplied) in their last taxi test. [15359/14]

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 168:In page 488, line 2, after "due," to insert "or in the case of an employee or a group of employees a sum exceeding €1,500,".Legislation is complex at the best of times but this Bill is so cumbersome, it is very difficult to have proper oversight. I ask the Government not to produce any Bills this size again. Will the Minister of State be accepting any...

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: In the context of amendment No. 169, the Minister of State pointed out that the transgressions are not identified within the amendment. If those transgressions were identified in an amendment, would the Minister of State have a change of heart during the course of the debate in the Seanad on this Bill? I understand that the Minister of State is not seeking to create a body of employment law...

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to labour the point but we did not do that because, as the Minister of State pointed out, there could be a multitude of transgressions, most of which are encompassed within existing employment law. That is why the reference to employment law is in the amendment.

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, I am.

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 169:In page 488, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “572. Where a breach of employment law is committed by a body corporate or by a person acting on behalf of a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, a person who, when the breach...

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 175:In page 523, line 42, to delete “€10,000” and substitute “€40,000”.

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The number of people seeking housing advice as a result of losing their homes increased by 43% in 2013. Each week, between three and five new cases of families in mortgage distress present at my office. This is in addition to families already being processed by my office. For most of the families involved, dealing with this issue is a disaster. They experience the stress of potentially...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Many people in relationship breakdown do not have the funds to engage in the separation and divorce process. Many of the families involved are at their wits end. While some people may potentially have a legal claim to a property, owing to the difficulties they have left behind all they want to do is start afresh. I will give one example from the many cases with which I have been dealing....

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom míle buíochas a ghabháil le gach duine a ghlac páirt sa tasc ollmhór seo agus gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit as é a bheith críochnaithe, sa Teach seo ar aon nós. The issue of modernising company law has taken in many people and many different views. It has seemed like an impossible task, looking back on it. However, it...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available and the plans in place for grants to be given to citizens who purchase and install wood stoves and wood boilers for central heating for domestic use. [15563/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of time and money that was spent by the Health Service Executive on architects, solicitors and so on to have a property (details supplied) designed to its specifications; if a contract was entered into for the property; the reason the decision was made not to proceed; if an alternative site has been selected to service the needs of the local...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I strongly support the development of green, sustainable, environmentally friendly energy. I support the development of onshore and offshore wind energy when it is done in partnership with communities. Climate change is a reality. It is, and will continue to be, one of the most serious challenges faced by Ireland and the international community in the coming decades. Climate change is...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am asking if the Minister of State would honestly seek to purchase such a house if she had a choice.