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- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the fact that jobs are the number one priority for the Government, if he will identify the target for job creation for this year; and the target unemployment rate and the additional resources committed to promote and retain jobs. [3566/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: I asked what were the Minister's targets for job creation and the unemployment rate this year. Despite the wonderful amount of information the Minister of State gave the House, neither of those two questions were addressed. The Government objective was not to create 100,000 jobs by 2016. It was to create 100,000 additional jobs by 2016. At present, 335,000 people are unemployed, of whom...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: I do not say there have not been positive actions by the Government, but they are not proportionate to the size of the problem. The Government has created one job for every 34 people unemployed. The Minister of State speaks about competitiveness. There are major infrastructural gaps that necessitate investment. Such investment plans would increase the growth rate above 2% and would...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to support business at risk from closure. [3567/13]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: Last week, HMV and the Old Darnley Lodge in Athboy closed. I went out to the Old Darnley Lodge in Athboy and sat in with the workers while they were involved in their sit-in on Thursday and Friday last. I spoke at length to the workers in that situation. They are devastated at what has happened. Holiday pay is owed. Some staff have wages still outstanding and they are not confident about...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: It is obvious that HMV's product offering is meeting technological changes which is making the company less competitive, but it must be remembered that HMV is still operating in England. It is believed that upward-only rent has had an effect on its ability to trade. It is interesting that another trader, Mr. John Corcoran, was forced to close a couple of weeks ago because of upward-only...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: Why not have a referendum?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: It is a serious question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: If the Government believes a constitutional referendum is necessary and that upward-only rents are wrong, why does it not hold a referendum?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: Then it should just focus on the one aspect at the moment.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State should focus on the one aspect about which I am asking.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: Honestly-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: It is only a question.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: Nobody is saying that.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: The question is not on the RDS.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: The question I am asking-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: If the Government is in favour of the abolition of upward-only rents and there needs to be a constitutional referendum-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Services (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: -----why would it not have a constitutional referendum?
- Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: We in the Chamber have not got our heads around how serious is the issue of emigration. We seldom debate the issue in depth. In the past four years, six out of ten jobs among those between the ages of 15 and 24 have been wiped out. A total of 70,000 people in the demographic have emigrated since the Government took office, with 134,000 people in the same demographic emigrating in the past...
- Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Jan 2013)
Peadar Tóibín: On balance it is negative.