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Other Questions: Retail Sector (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to draw particular attention to the diverging two-tier society that has developed in the State. Inside the M50 there are some stirrings of activity, but the rest of the country is unaffected. This means people in the Border, midlands and west are more likely to be in poverty or unemployed, or more likely to emigrate. According to the last census, the population of these areas fell....

Other Questions: Retail Sector (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Another issue is the detachment of local authorities from the experience of workers, traders and businesses throughout the State. Typically, local authorities just see a euro sign when they look at this sector of society. In the North, local authorities do tremendous work in the provision of training programmes for businesses, traders and workers. Such training programmes must be developed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Meath County Council will be notified of and have access to the centrally allocated funds for housing adaption and mobility grants; and if these moneys will include an allocation for Housing Aid for Older People. [34338/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the dates on which she, her Ministers of State or Department officials have met with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to discuss the exclusion of workers from the insolvency payments scheme where a company ceases trading and, in effect, is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to publish the 2013 report carried out by internal auditors in her Department which found that her Department has no comprehensive policy for pursuing outstanding debt from employers regarding redundancy and insolvency-related payments; and the actions she has taken to remedy these failures over the past 12 months. [34422/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate, in tabular form, the moneys paid out by her Department from the insolvency payment scheme and the redundancy payment scheme in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date 2014. [34423/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategy Statements (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 402. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide his Department's statement of strategy 2014 to 2016. [34394/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 403. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to include all those in statutory apprenticeships. [34395/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 404. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Workplace Relations Bill 2014 is fully compliant with EU anti-discrimination law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. [34396/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 405. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the annual saving of €2 million arising from the new workplace relations bodies following the enactment of the Workplace Relations Bill 2014. [34397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 406. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current number of whole time equivalents working across the workplace relations bodies; and the number that will be employed in the two replacement bodies following enactment of the Workplace Relations Bill 2014. [34398/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 407. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an employee is entitled to trade union representation when attending the Early Resolution Service, Mediation Service and the Workplace Relations Commission as set out in the Workplace Relations Bill 2014. [34399/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 408. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will complete the revision of The Code of Practice: Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures, S.I. No. 146 of 2000, under the Industrial Relations Act 1990, to take into consideration the small owner-managed business as stated in the Blueprint to Deliver a World-Class Workplace Relations Service of April 2012. [34404/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 409. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the workplace relations commission registrar can dismiss any case for any reason seeking submission for a hearing by either party involved. [34405/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Equality Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 410. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the details of the meetings that have taken place between his Department and the Department of Justice and Equality since 2011 to discuss the inter-relationship between the Workplace Relations Commission and the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the safeguards, checks and balances that have been put in place to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 411. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the award due to an employee arising from a Labour Court decision will be affected in any way by the introduction of fixed payment notice's as set out in the Workplace Relations Bill 2014. [34407/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 412. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the further action that will be taken by the Labour Court in the event that an employer pays in full with the specified time frame a fixed payment notice but does not in part or in full discharge the award to a current or former employee to which the notice relates to. [34408/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 413. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the decision to conduct Workplace Relation Commission mediation and adjudication hearings otherwise than in public is in contravention of Article 47 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union which states that everyone has a right to a fair and public hearing. [34409/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 414. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to seek the necessary approval of Dáil Éireann for the free trade agreement between the European Union and Colombia. [34410/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 415. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there will be a Dáil Éireann debate on the proposed free trade agreement between the EU and Colombia. [34411/14]