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Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Joan Burton, has opposed every hard-won welfare state choice created.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: If the employer stands up for the employee-----

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I have referred to Deputy Lawlor in the third person, which means I am speaking to the Chair.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The point I am making is that the employer has to smash the relationship he has had with the employee and collect the money. If he does not, the party opposite will fine him. Not satisfied with burdening employers with the role of debt collector, the Government is stipulating employers will have to go to the courts as part of normal employment behaviour. For an employer to determine...

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Second Stage (3 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Where an employee against whom an attachment order has been made changes employment, the new employer must notify the court. Setting aside for a moment the excessive administrative burden the Government is imposing on employers, imagine the impact of this measure on an employee-employer relationship. In a difficult economic environment, many such relationships are already fraught and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat. I am delighted that the witnesses are present. I am the rapporteur for the very important report on the all-Ireland economy. It is very interesting to hear the information from the witnesses. The background to this issue, which people do not necessarily realise, is the level of economic deprivation, displacement and emigration that exists in rural and urban communities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: All-Island Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is the British exit from the EU.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The soup kitchens will be the Taoiseach's legacy.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Emigration will be his legacy.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Million-euro profits for the banks.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Where does the Executive power lie?

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Low-pay and vulture funds.

Leaders' Questions (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It is progressive taxation.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme Data (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 62. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons availing of the home renovation scheme; the cost of the scheme to date; the average individual benefit from the scheme; and if the Revenue Commissioners have compiled any geographical analysis of where the scheme is being availed of. [27763/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Home Renovation Incentive Scheme (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 63. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans for the home renovation incentive grant; and if he plans to expand the grant. [27764/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has explored the area of tax incentives for the renovation of old homesteads and abandoned dwellings in rural areas; and if there are estimates concerning the costs of such incentives. [27765/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 149. To ask the Minister for Health the reason ambulance drivers were directed to bring a child (details supplied) with emergency cardiac problems to the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, County Louth, against protocol, when the emergency originated two minutes from Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, County Meath [27734/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 213. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a study has been undertaken to provide homeless services outside the main urban centres; and the strategy in place for persons who become homeless in rural Ireland who do not want to be displaced to cities. [27766/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who commute into Dublin from the locations to the north west of Pace, that is, counties Meath and Cavan; the projected figures for the next five years; the annual cost of the subsidy paid by the State to the owners of the toll at Black Bull Cross in County Meath; the volume of vehicles necessary for that subsidy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Quantitative Easing: Discussion (8 Jul 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The presentation so far has been very interesting. The country has recently experienced a deleveraging by the banks and by citizens, which has a counter-effect on the process. The witnesses mentioned how cash and currency can be created. We are seeing the opposite effect in the economy with regard to that. I have a question on the Irish banks. Are they soaking up this quantitative easing...