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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Law Review Group (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 145. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the dates on which the company law review group has met between March 2011 and 2015 to date, and the group's work programme for 2014 to 2016. [25329/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Company Closures (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 146. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will publish his report into the sudden closure of Clerys before Dáil Éireann goes into recess in July 2015. [25330/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff Remuneration (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 162. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies under his aegis. [25351/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff Remuneration (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 165. To ask the Minister for Defence the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies under his aegis. [25354/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff Remuneration (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 169. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in her Department and the bodies under her aegis. [25358/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Living Wage (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 182. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies under his aegis. [25352/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centre Provision (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the building of a primary care centre in Navan in County Meath. [25335/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies Expenditure (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 229. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in her Department and the bodies under her aegis. [25355/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Yield (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 240. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by reintroducing and doubling the non-principal private residence tax. [25273/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tax Collection (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 241. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual revenue that would be raised from introducing a 3% levy on vacant sites. [25300/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Remuneration (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 253. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies under his aegis. [25356/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Exploration Licences (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 256. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the revenue that would be raised for the Exchequer by extending the findings of the Wood Mackenzie report, which the Government plans to apply to new licences issued, for example, for exploration and resource drilling. [25262/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of introducing a living wage or minimal-threshold gross salary of €11.45 per hour in his Department and the bodies under his aegis. [25360/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the completion of the railway from Navan in County Meath to Dublin. [25371/15]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the amendments the Minister of State is discussing affect the issue of pensioners? Pensioners, for example the former Tara Mines workers, have already lost money through the pension levy and now, by way of section 50 of the Pensions Authority order, are losing a proportion of their funds. Will the amendments govern that issue?

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I concur with Deputy Calleary. There is a disastrous situation across the State regarding pensioners, and examples include Irish Airline Staff Superannuation, IASS, ESB Retired Staff Association and Tara Mines, which is close to my area. Section 50 supersedes the trustee deeds to which these workers signed up and in which they invested money over a long period of time. These people have no...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: In the case of Tara mines, the majority lies with those who have the interests of the company at heart, and who seek to reduce the exposure of the company. Notification in that process is really not worth a damn, because it just tells individuals what is going to happen. With amendment No. 24 as is, if we take a case of a Tara mines worker who is 20 years retired and who has had a pension...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The problem exists right across labour law that, if the law allows for companies to reduce exposure and costs and increase their profits, no matter what consultations or moral responsibilities may apply, those companies will employ individuals specifically to seek out the legal gaps to maximise their profit levels. Therefore, it is our responsibility in this Chamber to make sure those gaps do...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 8:In page 12, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“(g) subsistence,”.We discussed this on Committee Stage. It is important to emphasise that there is no opposition from the contractors to the inclusion of this provision. It is consistent with existing practice in the construction sector in the payment of what is called country money, which is...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 9:In page 14, between lines 5 and 6, to insert the following:“(e) the percentage of workers in the identified economic sector earning two-thirds or less of median income; (f) the pervasiveness of part time and/or short hour contracts in the identified economic sector;”.Much of the focus of the debate has been on the fact that many workers are not getting a...