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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken by his Department, or relevant State agency, to safeguard the jobs and production at the Diageo site in County Waterford. [18017/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total investment of public moneys in the Diageo site in County Waterford; and if he will confirm if any claw back clauses will be enacted if the site is closed. [18018/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken by his Department, or relevant State agency to promote the Diageo site in County Waterford for future investment if the company ends production at the site. [18019/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Lending (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives taken by his Department to address the market failure of bank lending to small and medium enterprises; and the cost to date of these initiatives. [18627/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Lending (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It might be noted that I tabled a number of questions to the Minister on the stimulus package and the jobs likely to be created from it. I also tabled questions on legacy debt for small businesses but his Department decided not to answer those and they were forwarded to the Department of Finance. I ask the Minister to request that these job-centric questions be answered properly by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Lending (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the major breaks on this economy is debt overhang and the ability to access credit. It is one of the reasons we in Sinn Féin have insisted time and again that stimulus by the Government is necessary. In other words, when private investment is paralysed, the State must invest. There is no doubt in my mind that the Government will come around to that view but the issue is how...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Lending (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: May I put another supplementary question?

Other Questions: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: We have been talking about this issue since the formation of the current Dáil. We are seeing a lost generation of young people leaving our shores. People have referred to the reduced voter turnout in the Meath East by-election, but if one looks at the statistics, one will see that approximately 5% of the electorate have left the constituency owing to emigration. This shows how serious...

Other Questions: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes. It should not just be about putting people on schemes but actually getting people back to work.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets for loan applications and rates of successful loans under the Microenterprise Loan Fund; and the cost to date in the administration or management of this scheme. [18609/13]

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Three questions were taken together. Does that not mean the cumulative amount is greater?

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Every second week we hear of another plan to create so many jobs. When the Government came to power it said it would create 100,000 net new jobs. In fact, in the past year, 1,200 net new jobs were created. It also said it would create 10,000 net new jobs in financial services but approximately 10,000 net jobs have been lost in this sector. This week we heard about 20,000 new jobs in...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: How many new jobs have been created in the ten months of this scheme?

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Supported jobs are not created jobs. Supported jobs are already in existence and are being supported.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree there can be value in this project. I am not arguing that point. Sinn Féin welcomes and supports this project. We do not believe it should be a supplement for what should be happening in the banking industry but we see the value in it. The question I asked, and which the Minister has not been able to answer, is how many new jobs have been created in the ten months of this...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: That is the information I was asking for.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: There are nine people emigrating from the State every hour; the Government's programme has created six jobs every month.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Central Statistics Office.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Most emigration is forced emigration.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: When one goes from door to door, one learns about the number of people struggling with emigration. I cannot come in here and highlight the negative effects of emigration enough. One might say people between 18 and 21 have chosen to take a few years out and travel the world but many people emigrating are my age and older, and they include people with children. People are taking children out...