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Order of Business (22 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: Crime.

Referendum on Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: Where is Deputy Ross?

Referendum on Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union: Statements (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Deputy had a chance, but he ran away from it.

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Quarterly National Household Survey, QNHS, is the official source of estimates of employment in the State. The most recent figures available are for the fourth quarter of 2011. The data requested by the Deputy in respect of employment is presented in a table. The number of persons in employment peaked at 2,149,800 in the third quarter of 2007. The first annual decline in employment...

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I am not surprised to hear Deputy Boyd Barrett's rhetoric. One would expect nothing less. I assure the Deputy that the Government's priority is to create jobs. The first step is to stabilise the economy to sustain the jobs that we already have. We have halted the shedding of jobs experienced in 2008 to 2010. There have been a number of positive moves and the Government has developed a...

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I do not accept that the domestic economy is collapsing. I recognise that a considerable number of people are emigrating. I do not want to see people emigrating. I want to see job opportunities being created for our well-educated workforce so that people can remain in Ireland when they leave college. Nobody wants to see a brother, sister, niece or nephew - as I have - leave Ireland for...

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: Yes.

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The second quarter of 2011.

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: Yes.

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I will revert to the Deputy on whether the figures were set out in the budget. The Government has taken several positive initiatives since coming to power, including Pathways to Work, JobsBridge and the action plan for jobs. Everyone recognises that the retail sector is struggling but the issue of rates did not fall from the sky in the last 12 months. The issue existed when the Deputy was...

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: What action did Fianna Fáil take to deal with rates when it was in Government?

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: Fianna Fáil controlled the local authorities when the country was flush with money.

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: If we get rid of rates, how do the Deputies opposite propose to replace the funding?

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The Government's priority for its first months was to sustain existing jobs as well as put in place initiatives to create further employment. A number of these initiatives are already having an impact but the most important task is stabilising the economy and enticing overseas investment into Ireland.

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: Any unemployment figure is way too high. If it was under the previous Government, or five years or ten years ago, it would still be too high. I would like to see full employment in Ireland - unfortunately we do not have that. Hopefully in the future we can decrease the number of people who are unemployed. I do not accept there are more people unemployed now compared with 12 months ago. I...

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I can assure the Deputy it is not the rate he mentioned. The Government has introduced a number of plans, including the action plan for jobs and the JobBridge scheme. These are all positive initiatives to reduce the rate of unemployment. Since Saturday the Taoiseach has been in China, where 1.3 billion people live, in order to encourage foreign direct investment. This is all part of...

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The CSO have figures but not for employed people right up to the end of last year. When Deputy Mattie McGrath was part of the previous Government-----

Employment Levels (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: ----- the very same set of figures would have been shown.

Parliamentary Reform (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: The programme for Government sets out an ambitious agenda of Dáil reform, which will continue to be implemented over the lifetime of the Government. In July 2011, after just four months in office, the Government introduced a package of reforms which included: Topical Issue debates; special sittings on the first Friday of a month; time limits for the Order of Business; streamlining the...

Parliamentary Reform (27 Mar 2012)

Paul Kehoe: I will first answer the Deputy's last question about the Taoiseach spending less time in the Chamber. There is more substance out of this Taoiseach in the time he is here than from any of his Fianna Fáil predecessors who had that role.