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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 399. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will implement the LCR 19293 judgement and provide for pension entitlements for former community employment supervisors now retired; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21445/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (13 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes. I wish to speak to the proposal which I believe infringes on the area of subsidiarity. It could allow the European Union to stray into areas such as social welfare and taxation which are competencies we need to maintain here. The issue of undeclared work is very important. However, it is probably best dealt with on a national basis, unless there are data and evidence that show there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach agus gabhaim buíochas le Mr. Fielding as an gcur i láthair a chuir sé os ár gcomhair. I thank Mr. Fielding for all his work in this area. In recent years there have been quite divergent messages from various groups regarding the experience on the ground among SMEs as they try to access credit. As elected representatives, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The strategic investment bank and the strategic investment fund were part of the programme for Government. Has ISME had negotiations or discussions with the Government or the Department on how the strategic investment fund could be used for SMEs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Táim buíoch as an chur i láthair. I agree on the technology and whiskey sectors, which present great opportunities. It sometimes seems that the banking industry is behind the curve with regard to emerging opportunities. Sometimes the banks say those looking for loans are not skilled enough with finance to be able to apply correctly. What have the delegates been doing to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that translating to increased knowledge by the bank staff who engage with the different industry sectors?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: (Resumed) ISME, IBEC and SFA (13 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I asked about the price of loans and the effect that was having on their understanding of demand and the impact of demand on cash flows.

Discretionary Medical Cards: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Some 1 million people in the State have been pushed into poverty and low-income and allowing some of these people to have medical cards is not a claim to fame, but a claim to shame in reality. Discretionary medical cards have been withdrawn - there is no argument about that. In the past three years 18,810 discretionary medical and GP-visit cards have been withdrawn. There is not a Deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (14 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 96. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish draft heads of the Workplace Relations Bill. [21740/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 95. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his Department has received and assessed the recommendations of the OECD Regional Development Working Paper 2013/20, The Case of Ireland - Northern Ireland - Regions and Innovation: Collaborating Across Borders; and the actions to be taken by his Department to implement the reports recommendations. [21904/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Delays (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 110. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been refused unemployment assistance on the basis that their parents income has been repeatedly incorrectly assessed and on that basis the application has been rejected, the waiting time for an appeal of this decision could take up to a full year; if his attention has been drawn to such cases; and if she...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: At the heart of the Bill and the Government's approach should be the prevention of abuse of supplier power and buyer power within the market. Different sections of buyers and suppliers need to be able to engage commercially in a fair manner with their counterparts. I have in mind small convenience stores and so on that engage with an oligopoly in the provision of newspapers. It is...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This is not just related to the State and there are examples of monopolies or oligopolies which exert unfair influence in their negotiations with small multiple organisations. If the Minister is worried that some price fixing or a cartel could emerge, he could within the legislation propose that if the groups came together they could only represent a portion of the sector. Alternatively,...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is making a point about trying to stop groups colluding and we are making the same one. We are trying to stop groups colluding. Newspapers are delivered by two wholesalers and because of their market dominance, they have a very powerful influence over the terms, conditions and price in the engagement with the plethora of newsagents around the country. As a result of the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not being enforced, which is a key issue.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Due to a lack of funding, the Competition Authority is in a very difficult position and simply focuses on business to consumer type practices. It does not really have the function to deal with business-to-business type practices. I have been using the example of newsagents, which were forced to bring a High Court injunction into their interactions with one of their suppliers at a cost of...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Why two years and not seven years?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 5: In page 9, line 28, after "Act" to insert "no later than 3 months following enactment of this legislation".The Minister's last words regarding amendment No. 4 were "legal certainty". By not having a date for the establishment of the legislation, it creates legal uncertainty. The purpose of the amendment is to create legal certainty. As the Minister stated, the...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 10: In page 18, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following:"(9) Vacancies of the Commission membership will be filled within 3 months.".The Government has a poor record on filling vacant positions. Over Christmas, there unfolded an issue with the Standards in Public Office Commission, SIPO, not having positions filled thereby reducing its ability to do its job and...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage (15 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 13: In page 26, to delete lines 5 to 21 and substitute the following:"Comptroller and Auditor General, give evidence to that Committee.".The section verifies the accountability of the chairperson to the Committee of Public Accounts. There is a feeling at the moment that the Government is secretly uneasy with it and the role that it is undertaking. I thought it was...