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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Data (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 183. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide in tabular form the annual number of persons refused disability allowance on the grounds of insufficient medical evidence due to an unclear diagnosis between 2011 and 2014. [3852/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Data (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 224. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 and 74 of 15 January 2015, if the Office of Government Procurement holds data on all public works and capital projects awarded by the State. [3289/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in tabular form the number of instances where a Department or agency has enforced the contractual remedy of non-payment or deduction of sums that were legally due to employees arising from non-compliance of the requirement set out in clause 5.3 of public works contracts; and the total amount withheld for the years...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Data (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 236. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in a tabular form the annual number of new jobs announced by the Government between 2011 and 2014; and the number of these jobs that were delivered in the same period. [3485/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staffing (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 331. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with representatives of Meath Fight for the Future Campaign with regards the cutting of special needs assistants from preschools in County Meath. [3290/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 918 of 14 January 2015 if local authority rents will increase from current rates following the introduction of the new local authority differential rent framework. [3565/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Rents (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 520. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 920 of 14 January 2015, the action he will take in the event a majority of elected representatives of a local authority vote against the implementation of the new differential rent framework and retain the existing arrangements. [3566/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Entrepreneurship and Related Issues: Irish Exporters Association (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: That was a very powerful presentation from which I have learnt a lot. My first question is on general exports. I have read that Denmark has ten times more exporting companies, both FDI and local, than Ireland has even though it has a similar economy. I ask the witnesses to cast some light on that. The witnesses are right that FDI is given a competitive advantage in this State over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important that the European Union engage in trade agreements and processes with countries in Africa not only to create advantageous trade for the Union but also to give African countries an opportunity to access European markets. It is also very important that any trade agreement with which the European Union is involved ensure human rights are respected within the countries with which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (27 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree. What is the timescale for this to proceed through Leinster House?

Free Trade Agreements between the European Union and Columbia and Peru: Motion (28 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Before I address this motion, I welcome to the Visitors Gallery the representatives of a number of NGOs and trade unions, who have engaged constructively with members of the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation over the past number of months to highlight the devastating impact of free trade agreements on human rights in Colombia. In December last year, the Joint Committee on...

Free Trade Agreements between the European Union and Columbia and Peru: Motion (28 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: -----in a committee would come to the view that this particular agreement should be voted down against the views of the Government. Sinn Féin does not support this motion. We do not believe that the Irish Government should ratify the EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement. To quote representatives of the people of the Putumayo province: "We are opposed to the EU's Free Trade Agreement...

Free Trade Agreements between the European Union and Columbia and Peru: Motion (28 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: We are talking here about the elected government of another state.

Free Trade Agreements between the European Union and Columbia and Peru: Motion (28 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The state in question is killing human rights defenders.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Eligibility (29 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the confusion and hardship arising from the requirement of local authorities to request proof from an applicant for housing that they do not own property in a country they have previously resided in; the required proof of the applicant; the circular number setting out for council staff...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Applications (3 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 252. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the total number of applications received under the home renovation incentive to date; the total value of activity under the scheme; if he will provide a breakdown of the activities carried out under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4647/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (3 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 286. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual relevant contract tax revenue collected and tax refunded between 2000 and 2007. [5019/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (3 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 301. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date of each visit by an Industrial Development Agency or Enterprise Ireland prospective client to the former NEC factory in Ballivor County Meath. [4387/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Site Visits (3 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 302. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the date of each visit by an Industrial Development Agency prospective client to each town in County Meath for each of the past five years. [4388/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (3 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary Question No. 508 of 20 January 2015, if the annual number of school build programme direct jobs created she has supplied are workers directly employed by the principal contractor of each of the projects accounted for in the annual period; and if not if she will provide a breakdown for each year of the way her...