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Other Questions: Departmental Staff Data (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This question relates to the case where a civil servant in the Department of the Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation submitted a witness statement to the Minister which was sought by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation two years ago but which remained on a desk in the Department until recent weeks. It has led me to a query in regard to the resourcing of the Department itself. Will the...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Data (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The reason I asked about resources was that we were led to believe that resources were a major issue in why this took so long. Mr. Ryan sent the Minister the statement via an assistant secretary in December 2012. When no action followed, he wrote to the Minister again in 2012 to complain that he had not forwarded this statement to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, as required of him....

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach said 1,800.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Irrespective of income.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The meters are the electronic voting machines of this Government.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made by the social enterprise interdepartmental group, with the Office of Government Procurement, in examining the scope for the inclusion of social impact clauses in public procurement contracts. [44358/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Finance to increase small and medium enterprises' engagement with the Credit Review Office. [44361/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Establishment (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to publish the low pay commission legislation; and his plans to establish the commission on an interim administrative basis to carry out its functions as early as possible. [44359/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons considered for tax purposes to be sub-contractors in the State for each of the past five years; and if he will provide a breakdown of these figures into sectors. [45172/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has sought the inclusion of inter-state dispute settlements in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44404/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies Bill 2012 will be enacted. [45023/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Regulations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will amend the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 to provide that workers who do not want to transfer and instead remain employed with the transferor, and where the transferor has no alternative position to offer the employee and as a result the employee would be...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: An Fochoiste um an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 agus Rudaí Gaolmhara: Supporting Minority Languages: Welsh Language Commission (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the language commissioner and thank her for her presentation. Have there been any efforts to measure which activities have had the greatest impact in strengthening the Welsh language? Intergenerational transition is probably one of the most important factors for languages. Have any activities proven to be particularly useful in that respect? I understand that in Wales, equal...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: An Fochoiste um an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 agus Rudaí Gaolmhara: Supporting Minority Languages: Welsh Language Commission (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: What percentage of children in Wales receive Welsh-medium education?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas as an cur i láthair. I cannot say how shocking it is to Irish ears to hear sentences to the effect that the ECB is not minded to attend the banking inquiry. The ECB played a significant role in Ireland’s economic crash. Professor Honohan would do a significant favour to the Irish people if he were to communicate robustly to the ECB the committee's view...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Sometimes we have a pro-cyclical experience whereby, straight after a crash, there is a movement towards a drying-up of credit, etc. It makes the cycle deeper and worsens it. It seems to me that the things we do in a recession, we should be doing at the top of the market, and the things we do at the top of the market we should do during recessions. We actually get it wrong, and this is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I deal with about three or four new mortgage distress cases on a weekly basis. To bring them to fruition takes weeks. To be honest, a large proportion of them involve incompetence within the banks. For example, staff member A is dealing with a case, but the next time something happens staff member B or C deals with it, until about ten different people have dealt with the issue in the space...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government has that.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is sitting on the review.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The allegation has been made.