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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00029/12, P00033/12, P00038/12 and P00053/12 (17 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I fully agree with the Deputy. This is a deficit in our system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00029/12, P00033/12, P00038/12 and P00053/12 (17 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: If the committee can resolve this issue by first shining a light on it and giving an opportunity to these people to articulate their view, perhaps we can in the future effect policy change. We should, first, write a letter to the Minister for Social Protection to ascertain whether she has a desire or a plan to resolve this issue. If she does, it is a bonus. If not, we may then decide to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received: P00029/12, P00033/12, P00038/12 and P00053/12 (17 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis labhairt ar an ábhar uafásach tábhachtach seo. Many families in this State are locked in pyrite homes that are a living hell for them. Each day they watch their most important investment and possession, their home, disintegrate around them. In other cases, families have been forced to leave their houses because of kitchen units falling out of...

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Like other Deputies, I have seen the damage that has been done. Cracks are appearing across supporting walls and door frames are starting to disintegrate. It is a heartbreaking experience for anybody. It is mainly affecting my generation. These are the people who were told to get on the property ladder a few years ago because, if they did not, it would cost too much for them ever to own a...

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Many of these families are still in exactly the same situation. It is unfortunate a solution has not yet been found. I implore the Government that this living hell should not be allowed to continue for these people. What must be done? The construction industry must be made responsible for this mess. The Government must step in to stabilise and repair the worst of this damage. It must...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, for each jobs announcement by an Industrial Development Agency client company, the number of additional jobs expected to be created and relevant timeframe, any amendment to the number of jobs created as per adjustments to grant aid; the number employed at the client company at the time of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the information requested by the Industrial Development Agency as part of the monitoring progress for financial assistance from client companies. [45476/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the average lead in time, from first engagement to a jobs announcement by the Industrial Development Agency client companies. [45477/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, for each jobs announcement by an Industrial Development Agency client company, the number of additional jobs expected to be created and relevant timeframe, any amendment to the number of jobs created as per adjustments to grant aid; the number employed at the client company at the time of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the information requested by the Industrial Development Agency as part of the monitoring progress for financial assistance from client companies. [45476/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the average lead in time, from first engagement to a jobs announcement by the Industrial Development Agency client companies. [45477/12]

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: In the midst of the greatest jobs crisis in generations, Fine Gael and the Labour Party have managed to devise a proposal that will cost jobs and erode the conditions of workers. Over the past four years, more jobs were lost in this State on a per capita basis than in any other western country since the Great Depression. All we see from the Government, however, are policies that will...

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government's remaining cohesiveness is rapidly evaporating. We are seeing two parties working against each other. On a regular basis the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, and the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Deputy Brian Hayes, are happy to fly their ideological flags to the advantage of their own parties-----

Statutory Sick Pay: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: -----and to position themselves when their respective old guards cash in their political pensions. The work of the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, is being neutralised by these additional costs, but the bulk of the cost will be met by the State through unemployment. The Government has failed to tackle upward-only rents or energy and insurance costs. It changed...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for strengthening the reserved functions of elected members; the timeframe for these changes to be implemented; and if legislation will be required. [46078/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make the mortgage to rent scheme more accessible for persons struggling to keep their home. [46201/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]