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Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the scheme be in place by the end of this month?

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: James Connolly is often quoted as stating that the measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable. By that measure, Irish society has failed shockingly in respect of those who were resident in the Magdalene laundries and the Bethany Home. There is little need for me to detail the abuse, neglect, incarceration, systemic oppression, institutionalisation, deprivation in the context...

Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Under this Administration, thousands of businesses are going bust every year, in many cases as a result of the suffocating demands associated with the Government's policy of austerity. The Government has promised to introduce a credit guarantee scheme. What is necessary at this stage to put such a scheme in place? When will that be done?

Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Some 33,000 jobs have been lost.

Order of Business (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the scheme be in place by the end of this month?

Magdalene Laundries: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: James Connolly is often quoted as stating that the measure of a society is how it treats its most vulnerable. By that measure, Irish society has failed shockingly in respect of those who were resident in the Magdalene laundries and the Bethany Home. There is little need for me to detail the abuse, neglect, incarceration, systemic oppression, institutionalisation, deprivation in the context...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Strategic Investment Fund Capital (26 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding held within the Strategic Investment Funds; the level of fund earmarked for particular projects; and the amount of funds spent to date from the SIF on infrastructure projects. [40796/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (27 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health the progress made, if any, in the development of primary care centres in each case at Kells, Laytown/Bettystown and Drogheda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41005/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Bed Numbers (27 Sep 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health the current in-patient bed capacity in the North-East region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41006/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is on track to create the additional 100,000 extra jobs as committed to in the action plans for jobs. [41824/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand how difficult a job it is to chair these events but will it be possible to ask a supplementary question after this one? I will do my best to ensure time remains for it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: In the past four years Ireland has lost more jobs per capita than any other western country since the great depression. This is a phenomenal indictment of the Government's policies and those of the previous Government. A total of 87,000 people emigrated last year, which is more than the number that sat the leaving certificate last year. Emigration and unemployment are the burning issues in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, but it was money that went into the Irish State.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Yesterday, Spicers Bakery in Navan closed its doors. It has been in operation since 1834 and survived the Famine, the Black and Tans war, two world wars and every recession in between. It has not survived the policy of this Government. A total of 70 jobs in the bakery have been lost over the past two years. It seems that in respect of this entire sector, Spicers Bakery is symbolic of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation Issues (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: A total of six net jobs were created by Enterprise Ireland last year. What did the Minister do to stop Spicers Bakery closing down? If it was a foreign business operating here, one would have had a task force and a number of agencies already in place seeking to retrain those workers. This is an example of 1,400 other businesses that close down on a monthly basis in this State.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline when the new local enterprise offices will be established and operational. [41825/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The beginning of the jobs plan states that governments do not create jobs. That is certainly true of this Government. The majority of the State's employment is found in small to medium-sized enterprises, SMEs. Some 2,200 new businesses open every month. However, 1,400 businesses also close every month. Whenever we discuss this issue with the Government, it tells us that steps forward are...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State mentioned a number of bureaucratic changes but the fact is that with the interaction of businesses at the coal face, and where it counts, the exporters' association has indicated that chief executive officers have not been replaced in county enterprise boards and there is considerable inertia in the system. Companies and small businesses are paying for this. Currently,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: That is coming from the enterprise boards.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Local Enterprise Offices (2 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: That is not the view of the county enterprise boards.