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Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 14:In page 6, line 8, to delete “3 months” and substitute “1 month”. The amendment is similar to amendment No. 13. I would appreciate if the Minister of State could recap. Is he saying that the firm would not be able to deliver or manage credit before authorisation is achieved?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: What exactly can the firm do in the three months?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: A brand new firm would have to get authorisation before it would operate at all. In that case, I withdraw the amendment.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Consumer Protection (Regulation of Credit Servicing Firms) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (27 May 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 17:In page 6, line 29, to delete “3 months” and substitute “1 month”.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: This is what happened in this place in the first instance - questions were not answered.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Because of prevarication.

Leaders' Questions (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: That questions be answered.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: As the quote goes, nothing has changed but the faces and the hairpieces. Both Government parties been dragged kicking and screaming to the point where they have accepted the Opposition demand for a commission of investigation. What we have seen is the politics of yesterday and a Government mess of today. In 2012 my colleagues, Deputies Gerry Adams and Pearse Doherty, submitted hundreds...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will complete a review of the case of a person (details supplied) who has sought access to the insolvency payment scheme. [22443/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the following public sector gross pay bands by 2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%; €0 to €15,000, €15,001 to €25,000, €25,001 to €35,000. [21463/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer if the first €17,500, €20,000, €25,000, €27,500, €30,000, €32,500, €35,000 of public sector gross pay was exempted from the pension related deduction on gross salaries of €0 to €25,000, €25,001 to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer if the first €17,500, €20,000, €25,000, €27,500, €30,000, €32,500, €35,000 of whole time equivalent public sector gross pay were exempted from the pension related deduction on gross salaries of €0 to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Same-sex Marriage (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 538. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the passing of the marriage equality referendum, if she will confirm the earliest date by which same-sex couples will have civil marriage available to them; and if a same-sex couple is registered for a civil partnership to take place in August, if the couple's partnership will be automatically transferred to a civil marriage, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual amount paid out in constraint payments to the hydro industry, as a result of letting wind onto the system over the past five years; and the amount for each hydro plant. [22215/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the National Strategic Environmental Assessment for Energy will be completed. [22216/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the figures for output of electricity onto the grid from the semi-State owned wind farm at Mount Lucas, County Offaly, to include the actual output, as opposed to the capacity. [22217/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of wind turbines currently in the State; the current number applied for; the additional number needed to reach the Government's 40% generation from wind target; and if he will provide these figures both in turbine numbers, capacity output and real-time output predictions. [22218/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the land mass required to host the number of turbines it would take to meet the Government's target of 40% electricity generation from wind. [22219/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has completed a hydro-geological study on the cumulative impact of the Government's proposal to produce 40% of our electricity from wind in view of the amount of concrete need for each turbine base, hard stand areas and associated road infrastructures required by turbines. [22220/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: First, it is interesting to hear from the witnesses' presentation and the history of Bord na Móna the opportunities that can be available to the State with regard to good semi-State companies that focus on particular areas. It is something positive and there is a need in this State for more focus on the opportunities provided by a semi-State for investment and development. The second...