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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Competition Authority Investigations (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the difficulties I and many citizens have is the relationship between these large businesses and Fine Gael and other political parties in the State. It is a responsibility of Cabinet Ministers to fully exhaust the public good with regard to their engagements with these interactions. We know that officials in the Department of Finance had serious concerns about the Siteserv deal and...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: From the Seanad (Resumed) (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim mo mhíle buíochas don fhoireann as ucht an méid oibre atá déanta acu ar an mBille seo agus gabhaim mo chomhghairdeas don Aire. Bhí an seanchóras ró-chasta agus ró-dheacair do ghnáthoibrithe na tíre. Ba cheart slí níos éasca agus níos dírí a bheith ar fáil dóibh chun a gcuid cearta a bhaint...

Leaders' Questions (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: For now. That is the introductory charge.

Independent Planning Regulator: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Talk of Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalition is nonsense. There is no need for such a coalition when Fine Gael and Labour become day by day more Fianna Fáil than Fianna Fáil itself. Despite the lofty rhetoric of reform, the depressing truth is that it is business as usual. Gabhaim buíochas le mo chompánaigh as ucht an ábhar tábhachtach seo a chur os ár...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a list of the disability related action in the Government’s Action Plan for Jobs 2015. [18378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Investor-State Dispute Settlements Mechanism (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 36. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he supports the proposal of the European Commissioner, Ms Cecilia Malmström, to the European Parliament Committee on International Trade, that the European Union should work towards the establishment of an international investment court and appellate mechanism, in place of the existing investor-state dispute settlements...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Data (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 38. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will write to the Central Statistics Office to formally request it to compile official statistics regarding zero hour and low hour contracts here. [18379/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Construction Contracts (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the chairperson and panel of adjudicators, as provided for in the Construction Contracts Act 2013, have been appointed. [18380/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cross-Border Enterprise Initiatives (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 42. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will explore the development of a cross-Border development zone with the Assembly’s Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment. [18376/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis na bhfinnéithe as ucht a gcur i láthair. In their reply to the committee, they mentioned the fact that the Central Bank had written to the bank on 17 February with regard to the pricing of mortgages. In that respect, the witnesses were more forthcoming with that information than some of the other banks. Can the witnesses tell us what was the general...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The letter from the Central Bank to Permanent TSB was on the price of mortgages - mortgage interest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The information I have received was that it was dated 17 February and was on mortgage pricing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: There was no call to action by the Central Bank on the price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is a 99% shareholder in Ms. Masding's bank. Has he raised the issue of interest rates?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay, but he is a shareholder.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: He has never asked for a reduction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: If he were to, what would the bank's response be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Would Mr. Masding refuse him?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.