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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim mo bhuíochas leis an finné as teacht anseo inniu agus as a chuid fianaise. I greatly welcome the evidence which the delegates have provided. One of my greatest fears with respect to the TTIP is the complete secrecy in which the process is being carried out and the lack of debate and information among the public in that regard. The European Commission has met about 600...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Discussion (26 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The first point Senator Quinn makes is good in that the existence of two different standards and two different regulations within Europe and the United States meant that in the United States at least, there was a capture of the threat posed by thalidomide. The problem is there no longer will be those two different standards and regulatory regimes and, therefore, there no longer will be two...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Provision (26 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 498. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the modelling works carried out to estimate the potential future demand for a rail line from Navan, County Meath to Dublin city; the inputs to this model in terms of population and so on; and the comparisons with other towns in the Greater Dublin Area. [2969/16]

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Statements (21 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: At the outset, I wish to correct some figures the Minister mentioned with regard to jobs. According to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, 120,000 jobs have been created in the State since 2011, not 135,000. In addition, during that time, the number of people in activation schemes has risen from 50,000 to 80,000 and, therefore, it is reasonable to believe a good part of the aforementioned...

Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Will we be here?

Order of Business (21 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: The debate has been closed down in each committee.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: What about emigration?

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: It does not have enough resources, that is the issue.

Leaders' Questions (21 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not the staff, it is the resources.

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire agus le foireann na Roinne mar gheall ar an mBille seo. Is trua é go mbíonn meon an Rialtais maidir le tuairimí an Fhreasúra dúnta i gcónaí. Rinneamar a lán iarrachta feabhas a chur ar an mBille seo, ar feadh trí uair a' chloig, agus níor éist an Rialtas linn ag an am. Chuir sé bac ar ár...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the great failures of this Government concerns credit to small business and the debt distress that exists among thousands of small business owners. It is a fact that, in creating two pillar banks, the Government created an oligopoly. It should be no surprise that those pillar banks display oligopolistic behaviour. In other words, they have great supplier power while customers right...

Other Questions: Employment Rights (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Consultation; a report.

Other Questions: Employment Rights (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Perhaps we should set up a committee to discuss it and somehow kick it down the road.

Other Questions: Employment Rights (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the actions he will take before the end of this Dáil Éireann to prevent workers from being forced into bogus self-employment and forced self-employed contracts. [2067/16]

Other Questions: Employment Rights (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: As this Government's term in office draws to a close, the cancer of bogus self-employment still exists within the State - in the construction industry and many other sectors. It has hollowed out the working conditions of ordinary workers around the country. In some sectors, direct labour is becoming rarer and is also affecting the Government's tax income. Recently, the Labour Party stated...

Other Questions: Employment Rights (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Lord give the workers rights but just not yet. There are 365,000 RTCs in the State and it is estimated that approximately 80% of them are bogus - in other words, they are workers who should be directly employed but are subcontracting. This means that employers get to shirk their responsibility with regard to the minimum wage, employer PRSI, illness benefit and jobseekers' benefit. The...

Other Questions: Employment Rights (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: ICTU has estimated that €600 million has been lost in taxation revenue since 2007, which is a multiple of the water charge income for the State. There are 27,000 sole traders paying approximately €2,886 in PRSI payments in an Exchequer year. Not only does this really hurt families in those sectors but it also hurts the income of the State. The Minister of State said that he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation given the high level of job activation and high levels of unemployment, the steps he will take to create more jobs in the economy. [2147/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Every job that is created is good news, and we welcome the improved figures. However, we must examine the situation honestly. Ireland is still suffering from an unemployment crisis, with 81,000 people on job activation schemes, 106,000 people who are under-employed and 147,000 people having emigrated. If one looks at all of the figures, the truth is that the Government has not yet made a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (20 Jan 2016)

Peadar Tóibín: Let us look at the figures more closely. The Minister says 135,000 jobs have been created, but he takes the base year as 2012. The Government took office in 2011. In that period, supposedly 120,000 jobs have been created. In the same period of time, the number on activation courses has jumped from 50,000 to 80,000. Of the 120,000 is it safe to assume that 30,000 are activation jobs or...