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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Online Business Voucher Scheme (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 7. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual trends regarding the level of investment in e-commerce by indigenous Irish business; and the numbers of persons employed in the sector. [29883/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Online Business Voucher Scheme (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Retail is one of the forgotten sectors of the economy, although it has probably suffered the most outside of construction in recent years. It has lost approximately 50,000 jobs recently and representative organisations state those in another 30,000 are clinging on by their finger tips. We are seeing a radical reorientation of people's spending patterns from the shop to online purchasing and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Online Business Voucher Scheme (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister will agree that the figures are startling. People are spending €8.5 million every day online; while 43% of the population had bought something online. Millions of Irish people now regularly orientate towards online shopping. The figure of €6 billion given in the Minister of State's reply is up from €2.9 billion in early 2012 and it is reckoned that it will...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Online Business Voucher Scheme (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: We are talking about an annual spend of approximately €32 billion. We expect €21 billion of this to be accounted for by the spend online by 2017, with 75% of it going abroad. It is reckoned that every 1% of that spend we win back boosts the local economy by approximately €40 million. Every time we have this debate the Government rightly states it is doing something...

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the most significant outputs of the economic crisis has been the collapse of private and public investment, and that has become one of the major causes of the length of time of the economic crisis. From the outset, Sinn Féin has argued for stimulus. In our response to the Fianna Fáil emergency budget of 2008 we published alternative revenue and expenditure proposals and a...

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Statements will not achieve that.

Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Roimh an briseadh, bhíomar ag caint faoin geilleagar agus na fadhbanna atá againn, go háirithe an fhadhb atá againn mar go bhfuil an córas infheistíochta tar éis briseadh síos go hiomlán. Tá an tóin tar éis titim amach as na bainc agus as an Rialtas mar gheall ar an fhadhb seo. Tá fadhb mhór againn de bharr easpa...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tobacco Control Measures (10 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 38. To ask the Minister for Finance the margins of error with regard to the Ipsos MRBI annual cigarette consumption surveys; and if the same margin applies in each of the past four years. [30429/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Creation (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 70. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the policies she aims to put in place to resolve growing unemployment among young persons and to resolve the high long-term unemployed figures. [30949/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Programme (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 351. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish the workplace relations Bill before the Dáil Éireann summer 2014 recess. [31306/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Applications (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 457. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when the allocation of funding for housing grants for people with disabilities and the elderly will be released to Meath County Council who are anxious to distribute these funds as a matter of urgency to successful applicants. [30683/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the delegation for the presentation and congratulate it on the successes achieved by Enterprise Ireland throughout the year. One point we would make on a regular basis is that indigenous exports are the smaller relation as opposed to FDI exports. On a policy level, from our perspective, there is a major need to redress that balance. I wish Enterprise Ireland luck in that objective....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: May I offer some feedback? I was speaking to someone from a firm recently who mentioned that where expertise of client managers in the target market offices is high in a particular sector, their experience has been very positive, but where that knowledge is uneven it has posed challenges for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2013 and Microenterprise Policy: Enterprise Ireland (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: There was one final question, which was about the report in The Irish Times.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Chairman Designate (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Mr. Divilly’s curriculum vitaeshows extensive involvement with many companies at a high level. I am sure he will meet this challenge too. Not wishing to change the sentiments expressed, I ask everyone who presents in these situations whether they have been a member of a political party.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Chairman Designate (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This question is not directed only at Mr. Divilly but at all chairpersons designate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Personal Injuries Assessment Board: Chairman Designate (15 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that. There is absolutely nothing to be ashamed of in being a member of any political party. I wish Mr. Divilly the very best in his new role.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: An Teanga Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá á dhéanamh ag an Rialtas chun cabhrú le tuismitheoirí a bhfuil Gaeilge acu a dteanga a sheachadadh go dtí an chéad ghlúin eile. [31640/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: An Teanga Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom comhghairdeas a ghabháil leis an Aire agus leis an Aire Stáit, ach, faraor, caithfidh mé a rá nach féidir liom sin a dhéanamh mar go bhfuil sé dochreidte nach bhfuil Gaeilge fheidhmeach acu, cé go bhfuil dualgas i leith na Gaeilge ar an Roinn. Mar is eol don Aire Stáit, tá na saineolaithe tar éis a rá nach bhfuil ach...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Quesitons: An Teanga Gaeilge (16 Jul 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I have no doubt about the Minister of State's commitment to learning the language at this stage. However, the ministerial responsibility for the Gaeltacht-----