Results 1,101-1,120 of 16,285 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín
- Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: The point is that I was entitled to more than two minutes.
- Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: I am entitled to it in a democracy.
- Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Must I wait until the end of July to ask my supplementary question?
- Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: That is grossly unfair.
- Public Procurement (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Why not?
- County Enterprise Boards (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: We spend a lot of time in this House discussing issues like the ESM and the debt where the Government acts like a passive bystander and refuses to do any work but when we come to an issue like county enterprise boards, there is an opportunity for the Government to get stuck in. This whole area has been in flux since Batt O'Keeffe was Minister and suggested the reform. The sword of Damocles...
- County Enterprise Boards (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: I have spoken to county enterprise boards up and down the State and they have no idea what is happening. There have been no operational changes and there is no understanding of the plan of action and how it will be implemented. Will there be a centralised structure for the administration of grants? Will it reduce regional flexibility, which is very important? The Minister of State...
- County Enterprise Boards (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Will bidding make a change in the level of funding received by certain county enterprise boards?
- Job Losses (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday, as the Minister said, 177 jobs were lost at Pfizer in Cork. This is a significant blow to the employees and also to the Cork area and should act as a wake up call to the Government regarding the patents cliff, on the edge of which we are perched. A large proportion of the State's GDP comprises products that are coming off patent and this will threaten jobs, growth and our GDP and...
- Job Losses (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: The chemical-medical sector is pivotal for the State but there is an overdependence on it. A total of 60% of our exports emanate from this sector. Putting all our eggs in one basket, as happened previously in the construction sector, is dangerous and could be catastrophic. I asked previously at joint committee meetings what targets the Government has for the creation of patents and the...
- Job Losses (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: We are in terms of exports but not jobs.
- Job Creation (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: I agree with the Minister of State that it is impossible to reverse the jobs crisis overnight. However, the reality is that some 450 nights have passed since this Government took office. Every time I ask the Minister and his colleagues questions about the action plan for jobs, their answers are phrased largely in the future tense.
- Job Creation (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: We are told that various matters are being reviewed. Is it not the case, including in the matter of procurement, that what is needed, instead of round-table discussions, analyses, meetings and the provision of some training, is action? The Go-2-Tender programme has been in place for some years now, yet we remain seven times out of kilter with the European average on public tendering. Does...
- Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium enterprises that he hopes to target with the recently released guidelines on cloud computing, entitled, SWiFT 10: Adopting the Cloud â decision support for Cloud computing. [27307/12]
- Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that small and medium enterprises across rural Ireland can benefit from cloud computing. [27308/12]
- Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (7 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Question 105: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the assistance available to householders who find asbestos in their homes; if his Department can offer any help to householders who cannot afford to take the asbestos from their homes; if the only assistance available is made through the local authority housing aid grants; and if he will make a statement on...
- Companies (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (12 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh mÃle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Is rud iontach tabhachtach à infheistÃocht ó thar lear agus braitheann an tÃr seo uirthi. I mo thuairim, braitheann an geilleagar an iomarca ar infheistÃocht ó thar lear. Foreign direct investment is extremely important to this State and brings massive positive benefits in regard to jobs, output, GDP and taxation and also in respect of...
- Written Answers — Domiciliary Care Allowance: Domiciliary Care Allowance (12 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Social Protection when she expects her Department's policy review of the domiciliary care allowance to conclude; the person who is heading up this work; the process including the nature of consultation that has and will be undertaken. [28033/12]
- Written Answers — Carer's Allowance: Carer's Allowance (12 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Question 141: To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans regarding the half-rate carer's allowance; and the changes that she is considering. [28034/12]
- Written Answers — An Teanga Gaeilge: An Teanga Gaeilge (12 Jun 2012)
Peadar Tóibín: Question 324: To ask the Aire Coimirce Sóisialaà cad iad na bearta a rinneadh maidir leis an sárú atá déanta ar scéim teanga na Roinne; agus cad atá i gceist aici a dhéanamh ina leith. [27967/12]