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Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I would be able to put my question in the time allocated if I was not being continually interrupted.

Other Questions: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: It is unfair.

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 11 o’clock One of the major legacies of this Government with regard to health care is that access to health care is reducing. Little by little, access is becoming more difficult in every route to health care. This can be seen at GP and ambulance levels, in overcrowded emergency departments and with regard to waiting lists. This State had 601 people on trolleys in a single day....

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is using 2014 as a baseline. The Government took office in 2011.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste has been in government since 2011, not since last year.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Tánaiste familiar with it?

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: It is still inaccessible.

Leaders' Questions (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Less than the cuts that were made.

North-South Interconnector Bill 2016: First Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to regulate the North-South interconnector providing regulations for erection adjacent to dwellings and public places, rerouting of disputed interconnector parts underground following opposition during public consultations and related matters. I am proposing the North-South Interconnector Bill 2016 in conjunction with my...

North-South Interconnector Bill 2016: First Stage (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Availability (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he will take to reduce the cost of credit to small and medium enterprises, and to fix the broken flow of credit from State-created credit facilities. [41755/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will legislate to allow the Central Bank of Ireland to cap interest rates charged by banks on mortgages, particularly standard variable rate mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1334/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Administration (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 29. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has carried researched the likely increase in local property tax that will be faced by liable residents if this tax is not abolished and if the deferral of valuations for the purpose of the tax is not renewed in 2019. [1336/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions Regulation (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 32. To ask the Minister for Finance if and why he supports the imposition of a €100,000 upper limit on credit union savings; and if he accepts the overwhelming view of the credit union movement that it is unacceptable. [1335/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Jobs Data (14 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 135. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of new jobs and the total number of jobs supported by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, by county, for the past five years. [1666/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (19 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection when a decision on the allocation of a carer's allowance to a person (details supplied) in County Louth will be made. [1834/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (19 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 318. To ask the Minister for Health why a person (details supplied) in County Monaghan has had an application for a renewal of a medical card rejected. [1874/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Zero-Hour Contracts: Discussion (19 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as ucht a chur i láthair. I thank the Minister of State for the presentation. The CSO indicated recently that about 106,000 people were what was termed "under-employed". These are people who work for a few hours a week, but want to work full-time. We know that life can be very difficult for them. Making ends meet is tough because they...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given the high level of job activation and high levels of unemployment, the steps he will take to create more jobs in the economy. [2147/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Every job that is created is good news, and we welcome the improved figures. However, we must examine the situation honestly. Ireland is still suffering from an unemployment crisis, with 81,000 people on job activation schemes, 106,000 people who are under-employed and 147,000 people having emigrated. If one looks at all of the figures, the truth is that the Government has not yet made a...