Results 2,661-2,680 of 16,285 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 54: In page 81, between lines 39 and 40, to insert the following:"(a) subject to a grocery goods undertaking choosing to enter into a contract, relevant grocery goods undertaking shall have a contract with a grocery goods undertaking for the sale or supply of grocery goods,".

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

Peadar Tóibín: The same is the case with regard to this amendment.

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

Peadar Tóibín: A key element of the engagement between suppliers and buyers is the length of time for which credit is available. There is no doubt in my mind that a key pressure point for a supplier is the issue of terms. We have had the banks and many of the agencies dealing with credit in here and we know that credit flow and the supply of funds and working capital in businesses are a major danger at...

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

Peadar Tóibín: The danger is that, as Opposition TDs whose job it is to hold the Government to account and to scrutinise, we are being asked to go along with this on a wing and a prayer, or to buy a pig in a poke, but in reality, legislation is the place for this type of protection to be provided. It is not wrong to expect that people would get paid in time for what they provide. It is onerous that people...

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

Peadar Tóibín: Following on from that global attitude, there is a very strong view at the moment that the huge multiples have turnovers as great as nation-states and currently wield enormous power. Little by little nation-states are starting to withdraw from proper management of such organisations because the relationship between companies and states are becoming unbalanced. It seems to me a basic concept...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 61: In page 83, to delete lines 22 to 24 and substitute the following:“(i) to secure and retain shelf-space, to get better positioning, or to get an increase in the allocation of shelf-space, for the grocery goods of that supplier, or”.The desire is to copperfasten the end to "hello money". It is a stronger formulation of words for the Minister to put in...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 62: In page 83, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:“(iii) in respect of requiring a supplier to obtain any goods or services from a third party from whom the relevant grocery goods undertaking receives payment for this arrangement,”.The aim of the amendment is to prohibit contracts that compel suppliers to incur costs using third party...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 63: In page 83, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:“(iii) directly related to the value or volume of goods traded,”.The intention is to ban contracts that include long-term agreements which provide for the payment by suppliers of substantial off-invoice rebates at the end of the trading period. My understanding is that all of the rebates...

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

Peadar Tóibín: No; we have had a detailed debate on it.

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

Peadar Tóibín: It is the same as the previous amendment.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 71: In page 85, to delete lines 7 to 9.This is an important amendment. There is a number of grounds in the legislation on which the commission can decide not to investigate a complaint and one of them is that there were alternative means of redress available to the complainant. That is far too vague. It does not outline those alternatives and it is a very broad area...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I disagree with the Minister on that. It is necessary that we tighten up that space because it creates a weakness in the legislation. I am pressing the amendment.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 72: In page 85, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(7) The Commission must provide for anonymity and confidentiality of a complainant who reports a breach of the Regulations, and a complainant who waives anonymity must be protected from discrimination, disadvantage or unfair treatment as a result of the complaint subject to natural justice being...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I agree with the Minister that some part of what we are seeking to do is already in the Bill, and what we are seeking to do is not that far removed from the Bill as drafted. I agree that if someone makes a case against one, by the time it gets to court one has a right to know the identity of that individual. That is the reason the amendment states that when it reaches that stage,...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I will press the amendment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Unions (27 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the cumulative effect of lending restrictions on credit unions and the lack of clarity in the use of discretion by credit unions in lending is having a negative impact on the credit union movement’s ability to advance loans to their members and thereby contribute to economic recovery. [23121/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Unions (27 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: As the Minister is aware, the credit union movement is important and unique. It is at the centre of the financial ecosystem in most communities across the island of Ireland. Credit unions have been through a very rough period, but, unlike the banks, they are still held in high regard and respect among their members and wider society and we must commend their professionalism and commitment...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Unions (27 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Credit unions play a vital role in everyday life in urban and rural Ireland and those working within them have raised many concerns of which I am sure the Minister is aware. They have outlined these concerns to us and I have spoken to many other Deputies who have also heard them. The movement worked with my party and others in shaping the Credit Union Act. Some of its concerns flow from the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Unions (27 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Under section 35 the credit unions are being treated like the banks in terms of their being disallowed necessary discretion. Will the Minister allow for a common-sense approach to be taken with regard to the discretion credit unions should use in relation to the extension and restructuring of loans and offering further credit to those who can afford to pay?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Credit Unions (27 May 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The information we are receiving indicates that there is a lack of flexibility with regard to restructuring and the provision of additional credit. The figures provided by the Minister paint a clear picture but one in respect of the credit union movement as a whole rather than individual credit unions. The Commission of Credit Unions was of the view that a three-tier approach would work...