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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na hoifigigh a tháinig isteach agus a rinne cur i láthair an-suimiúil. It is important when we talk about these issues that we contrast the position with what we are up against. We are in the midst of probably the worst enterprise and jobs environment this State has experienced in 50 to 70 years. For all the good that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: That was not a critique of Mr. Hayes's organisation. It was more an analysis of the environment in which we find ourselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: What about the export programmes and the necessity to hand-hold?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: They would not in general be from the micro employment sector - companies with ten employees or fewer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: County enterprise boards, CEBs, were mentioned. It is important to point out that morale in some of them is on the floor due to what has occurred in recent years. The Irish Exporters Association, IEA, referred to an inertia within the CEBs in terms of their dealings with small businesses. An emergency response unit was mentioned. Spicer's Bakery closed in Navan and 70 jobs were lost over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith ag na haíonna as teacht isteach. Aontaím go mór leo. Most of what the witnesses said has been properly articulated by previous delegations, although the witnesses have probably articulated the position in a stronger fashion. On the issue about the confused relationship between the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Most particularly, as Deputy Calleary said, we should request immediately that the stakeholders in the enterprise sector be given a role in the process and that proposal should be forwarded to the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The next stage will be legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Upward Only Rent Reviews (24 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps or proposals that are under active consideration by him to address the issue of the operation of upward only rents. [41613/12]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Foster Care (25 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made by the Health Service Executive in their efforts to ensure that all foster carers are fully compliant with all regulations and standards, including full vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46762/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance he total amount of vat collected at 13.5%, over the most recent year for which figures are available, for each of the following items; beauty treatments, massages, nail treatments, tanning or sunbed services, routine cleaning of residential property, non-oral contraceptive products, non-residential property building services related to non-residential property,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance the total amount of vat collected at 9%, over the most recent year for which figures are available, for each of the following items, green fees, membership of commercial and local government golf courses, admission to lap dancing, hot take away food and hot drinks, fair ground amusements and hair dressing. [47272/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance the total value to the economy of golf club membership fees; transactions of investment gold; hire of chauffeur driven vehicle; air craft leasing and directors fees; and the amount of VAT raised on these transactions. [47273/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the July programme in respect of a school (details supplied) [47816/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details in tabular form the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency; the number of jobs created in IDA supported companies and the value of grants refunded to the IDA for each of the past 10 years. [47274/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the grants refunded to the Industrial Development Agency by client companies includes grants that were not drawn down as well as grants returned due to failure to meet contractual targets. [47275/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total levels of grants awarded that were not drawn down by Industrial Development Agency client companies for each of the past 10 years. [47276/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ratify the International Labour Organisation Convention on Domestic Workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47674/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits by individual potential investors for each of the past 6 years. [47693/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Statistics (6 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs directly employed in the air craft leasing industry. [47694/12]