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Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Live Register Data (17 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 160. To ask the Taoiseach if the 2,635 jobseekers who have commenced on a Momentum programme in 2014 are included in the Central Statistics Office's live register activation programme figures; the scheme under which they are classified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6827/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (17 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 199. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 41 of 14 January 2015, if a decision has been made; if so, when the decision was made; and the nature of the decision. [6946/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Labour Court Recommendations (17 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to a decision by the principal contractor of a publicly funded college (details supplied) in County Dublin not to uphold a recent recommendation by the Labour Court; the confidence workers can have in the State’s industrial relations mechanism if a contractor, awarded multiple public works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (17 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a decision by the principal contractor of a publicly funded college project (details supplied) in County Dublin to ignore a recent recommendation by the Labour Court; the provisions that are contained within public works contracts to ensure that a contractor awarded such contracts adheres to such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (17 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a decision by the principal contractor of a publically funded college (details supplied) in County Dublin to refuse to adhere to a recent recommendation by the Labour Court; if she is satisfied that her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department, have awarded multiple public contracts to a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Jobs Data (17 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 551 of 3 January 2015, if she will confirm that her Department does not record the real time jobs, directly and indirectly created, arising from the Government's school building programme. [6783/15]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an Taoiseach as ucht an cur i láthair a rinne sé. Tá an Taoiseach tar éis foireann peile a thabhairt leis inniu, tá an méid sin daoine leis.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Tá go maith. At present, one in four new Irish graduates are working abroad; this figure is the highest level since the late 1990s. How many interns from JobBridge and other job activation schemes are currently working within the Department of the Taoiseach or any offices that are being discussed by this committee today? What kind of roles have those interns been given? What kind...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: So there are no JobBridge or other interns in any of the offices?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Are there interns in any of the offices that are under discussion today?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: With regard to the Action Plan for Jobs, if exact figures regarding job creation are not identified it will be difficult to perform the proper analysis, and if there is no proper analysis it will be difficult to develop appropriate policies. If one looks at the CSO figures, between March 2011 and February 2015 58,600 new jobs were created by the State. There is a significant discrepancy...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree with the Taoiseach that there have been improvements with regard to job creation, but I would argue that the rate of job creation has not been ambitious enough to deal with the crisis that we are in. If full employment is to be achieved by 2018, the Government, over the next three years, will have to triple the rate of job creation that has occurred over the past four years. We wish...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is inadequate.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not being applied.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I have just one more question.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The subcontractor law is not being applied. It has not been fully completed as the adjudicators have not been selected. Therefore, it still has not been of any use to any of the subcontractors in the State, although it has spent four years making its way through the Houses. On the programme for Government, the Taoiseach referred to the completion of the work of the Constitutional...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (18 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I came across an astounding figure last week. I was researching the unemployment figures and I found that 7,500 people over the age of 65 who are unemployed are not counted in the live register. There has been a change in the past number of years with regard pensions and the pension age has been increased. The CSO counts these individuals but they are not included in the live register. To...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Equality Issues (19 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 14. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the public refusal by landlords to accept tenants in receipt of rent allowance is a discriminatory act under the Equal Status Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6971/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobs Data (19 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide, in tabular form, the current number of JobBridge participants working in each of the local authorities. [7534/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (19 Feb 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of whole-time-equivalent and full-time staff in each local authority, at the end of December in 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; and 2014. [7581/15]