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

Peadar Tóibín: It is a major issue. Given the option, when there are similar communities and landscapes around, very few people would seek to purchase a house that is next to a turbine for obvious reasons. The central point is that climate change is an urgent issue and the Government needs to respond in a proportionate and measured way, and it must be feasible from the point of view of community...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a gaelscoil in the Celbridge area of County Kildare in view of the fact that parents in this area cannot access places in the surrounding areas, especially for those children born in 2009 and in 2010. [16713/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with demand for Gaelscoil education in Kells and Oldcastle, County Meath; and his plans to deal with extra demand in Navan, County Meath. [16714/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (9 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the broadband roll out for rural areas of Navan, County Meath, where persons have been informed it may take ten years to reach their area, some of whom are forced to travel considerable distances to gain Internet access at libraries around their county, some of whom are unable to avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when money will be released to Meath County Council to enable them to begin urgent renovation work to council properties affected by pyrite in Cherry Court, Summerhill, County Meath. [16851/14]

Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Of the expanding number of crises emerging from this Government the most life-threatening is the ambulance crisis. Two weeks ago “Prime Time” broadcast an excellent programme on the collapsing ambulance service. The details were shocking. In 2008 there were 320 ambulances in this State. Last year that dropped to 265, only 137 during the day and 113 at night. That is when...

Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not sure the Minister heard me. I did discuss outputs. I indicated that 30% of people in life-threatening situations are receiving ambulances on time in this State, under this Government. That is an output. The Minister talks about change. There is change. Access to the health service is constricted at every level, including the ambulance service. The Minister also talked about...

Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: These targets take that into consideration.

Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The programme for Government commits to early intervention for people with mental illness problems and to the detection and treatment of people at risk of suicide. According to figures published by Pieta House yesterday, ten people take their own lives every week in the State. It calls for suicide to be given the same attention as road deaths. Will the Government now resource and prioritise...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether it is acceptable for employers to reduce staff hours, place staff on temporary lay-off or make them redundant while at the same time establishing an identical company under a different name to employ workers on lower wages to provide the same services as their existing company, such as in the case of a company...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This question relates to the case of a qualified electrician, John Donnan, who was employed as an electrical fitter by a company called Jackson Power Systems Limited for approximately 15 years. He reached a wage of approximately €40,000. I have been told that as the recession hit his hours were reduced and he was put on temporary lay-off. I have also been told that a parallel company...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: If a firm allows a person to have statutory redundancy on having let him go over a period and then employs another individual to replace him, it is generally regarded as grounds for a case of constructive dismissal and against the law. If the Minister does not want to refer to the particulars in my question, he might simply refer to its spirit. As the law stands, an individual can set up a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: We discuss general law here all the time without discussing the specifics of individual cases or concrete examples. I have given the Minister a concrete example but he does not want to refer to that. I am just giving him the example of a staff member being let go and the same owners opening up a parallel company employing a person to do exactly the same job for half the wages. Is that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: That provides for a loophole.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 102. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation what is the euro per jobs ratio with regard to the Government’s research and development and innovation budgets for each of the past five years; the way this compares with other EU countries for the same years; and if he will detail the level of research and development and innovation spend per county for the past five years....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is generally understood that research, development and innovation are necessary for all companies. Large companies are great at ensuring all elements of the whole product life cycle are not left to chance. The effect of research and development on small and medium enterprises, and its use by them, is another question. Like everything else, we need to analyse the output obtained per euro...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am supportive of research, development and innovation, which are important elements of the economy. There is an understanding that investment in research and development allows foreign direct investment to be tied closer to the local economy. In addition, it allows for the development of products and services in future which are most likely to be created locally. I understand that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The application form for a research and development grant or tax break should require companies to identify, in a logical manner, supported by information, the number of jobs and output they expect to deliver. When the investment is subsequently made, companies should have a responsibility to communicate to the Department the number of jobs created and the turnover increases which have...

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 130. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the increased number of small and medium enterprises which are dissatisfied with the Government's enterprise policy. [17715/14]

Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: What is unfolding here highlights the ludicrous scenario that Question Time has become, whereby Opposition spokespersons such as Deputy Calleary and me, who are tasked to hold the Government to account, have seen a reduction in the number of questions we can submit to Ministers while Government Deputies are being given a stronger opportunity to do so. It is obvious that Members on the other...