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Other Questions: Local Cultural and Heritage Events (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Three quarters of the Irish language schemes that finished last year were not renewed. Only nine language schemes were put in place last year which will take 12 years to complete. How will we resolve the issues with the official language if it is going to take this long?

Other Questions: Local Cultural and Heritage Events (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: On a point of order, if two Members come in on one question, is the amount of time apportioned doubled?

Other Questions: National Monuments (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will refrain from making any decision regarding the proposed works on the National Monument 14-17 Moore Street by chartered land in advance of the forthcoming report of Dublin City Council’s Moore Street Advisory Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13124/13]

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I refer to the Minister of State's charge about empty rhetoric. He should note that it is the people, our families and friends, voters and communities, who are being forced into unemployment and emigration. We take this issue very seriously and want to see the Government acting to promote job creation. On the point about cross-Border trade, IntertradeIreland is an outworking of the Good...

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It is the figure for the Twenty-six Counties. According to the CSO, a total of 87,000 people emigrated from the Twenty-six Counties.

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not even one fifth or one tenth of that number.

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I will deal with that point later. It has never been our contention that the Government has been doing nothing. The evidence shows that its policies and strategy are failing. Last year the Taoiseach promised the creation of 100,000 net new jobs by 2016. Last year the economy lost 12,800 full-time jobs, with an increase of 14,000 part-time jobs. The increase in the number of jobs was on...

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: He has been given the responsibility of promoting job creation at a time when the Government is shedding public service jobs, left, right and centre. He is responsible for the creation of employment at a time when we are witnessing some of the deepest retrenchment policies in any western democracy. He has been left on Titanic with only a mop and a bucket. It is an impossible position.

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister has talked about the importance of improving productivity. If he says job creation is his No. 1 goal, his productivity is poor, with a rate of 100 part-time jobs a month. On the question of priorities, a total of €64 billion has been piled into the banks in recent years. In sharp contrast, the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is operating on a reduced...

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I encourage the Deputies opposite to listen to the National Competitiveness Council which has stated there are severe infrastructural gaps which significantly reduce competitiveness. Six months ago my team and I met the troika which also acknowledged that there were infrastructural gaps. Fixing them would create sustainable efficiencies and enhance competitiveness in the future, making...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Comharchumainn Ghaeltachta (13 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá á dhéanamh ag an Roinn chun cabhrú le Comharchumainn Ghaeltachta atá faoi bhrú le fiacha móra. [13091/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (20 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding the provision of home help hours in the Health Service Executive Dublin North East area; if the technical adjustment will mean that 400,000 hours will be lost in this region; if he will reassure service users that their service will remain in place and that those who have lost hours in the past 12 months will have them...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Smaller Hospitals Framework (20 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail plans for service change at Navan Hospital, County Meath, for the full year 2013; the services that will be lost and gained; if he will detail staff changes expected for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13772/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by Irish Aid in Malawi for the 2012 and the projects that were supported. [13971/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Loan Book (20 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will list the locations and properties that have loans acquired by National Assets Management Agency in County Meath. [13962/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Delays (20 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the process, including target time, to resolve the backlog of 80 student appeals in the Student Universal Support Ireland appeals process; and if he will ensure that the appeals board meets more regularly to clear the backlog. [13794/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Issues (20 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the appeal decisions for reasonable accommodation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [13795/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Review (20 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details of the proposed new community employment scheme for workers in the childcare sector and the proposed budget for this initiative. [14229/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Action Plan for Jobs (20 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the Action Plan for Jobs 2013 quotes that the air transport industry directly employs 26,000 persons, if he will provide details of the levels of employment in each sector of the air transport industry, the geographic spread of these jobs and the number employed in each airport. [13655/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Youth Unemployment Measures (21 Mar 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance the extra financial support that is planned in the Multi Annual Financial Framework to tackle youth unemployment. [14073/13]