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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (13 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 436. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if funding was returned to his Department after the last round of Leader, as part of the rural development programme; and if he is aware of any areas with underspend. [35611/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 463. To ask the Minister for Health the pathway for all categories of patients, most especially trauma patients, when Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in County Louth is off-call. [36250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Planning (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 683. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the Government’s policy to distribute in-date iodine tablets to each family in the State is still in place; and the plans in place in the case of an nuclear accident. [36084/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I congratulate Enterprise Ireland on the excellent figures presented to us today. I wish to focus on the LEOs. I have been advised that because of the change from county enterprise boards with CEOs leaving and roles changing there may have been staffing difficulties in the LEOs. About a month and a half ago some people told me that they were advised that the start-your-own business...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Previously, the county enterprise boards had a very uneven delivery of exporting programmes for microbusinesses. Has that changed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Is Enterprise Ireland's funding increasing or decreasing next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: There were significant discussions a few years ago about Ireland's exports to the BRIC countries and some of the growth figures were quite interesting. However, in real terms the figures were still extremely low. Enterprise Ireland is pointing to a 25% increase to Latin American countries and quite a decent increase to Asia. However, what proportion do those countries make of the overall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: What proportion would that be?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Of high-growth-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Mr. O'Donnellan mentioned geographical spread. We have seen in the media recently FDI companies such as PayPal mentioned there are difficulties about housing workers and they have called on staff to make rooms available for new employees. Have any Dublin clients of Enterprise Ireland communicated anything to the effect that the housing crisis in the city could act as a brake on expansion or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good. Funding was mentioned earlier. Are there any trends in that regard? In the past there was a bigger proportion of grant funding than equity funding, which would have been less, but the trend has gone towards equity funding in recent years. Is that situation continuing? What are the proportions of each currently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Very good. Mention was made of the competitive calls in which Enterprise Ireland has been involved. Are they any key characteristics of the successful companies within that process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Annual Report 2014: Enterprise Ireland (20 Oct 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Has Enterprise Ireland been involved in the development of the knowledge development box? Has it been advising or at least suggesting to the Government the best structure for that? I read recently that some of the research and development innovation can happen overseas for it to still fall within the knowledge development box.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Data (3 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she has considered postponing three-monthly and six-monthly community welfare reviews of rent supplement entitlements for tenants, which are providing landlords with the opportunity to increase the cost of the rent mid-lease; if she is aware that many persons are becoming homeless, having run into arrears, while their...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Universal Social Charge Exemptions (3 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 321. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of additional workers who would be removed from the universal social charge if the exemption rate was increased from €13,000 to €19,572. [37964/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cross-Border Co-operation (3 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 338. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the common chapter which formed part of the national development plan for the south of Ireland and the structural funds plan for the north of Ireland still exists; and, if so, the extent to which it is managed and implemented. [38385/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (3 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 373. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the integration, on a practical level, that exists between InterTradeIreland and the local enterprise offices, Enterprise Ireland, the Industrial Development Agency Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland. [38388/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (3 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 576. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of hours per week that Castlepollard Garda station is without a rostered garda; her plans to permanently increase the staffing complement; and the distance to the nearest available staffed Garda station when this station has no staff present. [37895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (3 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 661. To ask the Minister for Health when the building of a new laboratory in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Navan in County Meath will take place, as it has been on the estates management construction list for the past seven years. [37407/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Increasing Employment through Training: Innopharma Labs (3 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I congratulate Dr. Jones on the great work in which he is involved. In November 2011, Fasttrack to Information Technology, FIT, came before the committee. This organisation involves information technology companies which work together to ensure the skills gaps in the sector are met in some fashion. It always strikes me as bizarre that although this country is still in an unemployment...