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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be generated from the removal of exemptions relating to horses and horse breeding. [26037/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 250. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be generated from a reduction of pension fund allowable for tax purposes on retirement from €2.3 million to €1.2 million. [26038/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 251. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue that would be generated from having 2% stamp duty on all property in excess of €500,000. [26039/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, the revenue that would be generated by providing a full pay-as-you-earn credit to self-employed persons with income up to €70,000, a reduced credit by 5% per €1,000 for gross income between €70,000 and €90,000, and a 0% credit on gross income in excess of €90.000. [26378/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 286. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected annual cost to the Exchequer of providing the option of opting into the spouses' and children's contributory pension scheme to current civil servants who were serving prior to 1984 and who have since entered into a civil partnership-same sex marriage. [26295/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 299. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason the Copenhagen Economics "TTIP impact in Ireland" study commissioned by him used 2011 as a baseline year for all sectoral projections but 2013 as the baseline year for gross domestic product. [26396/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 371. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in Ireland, given that her Department is to submit its revised plan to the Commission in June 2015 following consultations with community and voluntary organisations; when this will be completed; and when Ireland will be in a position to make a call for...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (30 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 600. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to give details of the persons and bodies responsible for the main sewers servicing housing estates that run underneath gardens. [25740/15]

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 14:In page 17, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Union entitled to represent members’ interests 20. (1) A trade union, at the request of the employee, may represent the employee in relation to the employee’s rights and entitlements under a registered employment agreement and sectoral employment order. (2) A union is entitled to...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 15:In page 17, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“Access to workplaces 21. (1) A trade union official is entitled, in accordance with this section to enter a workplace for purposes related to:(a) monitoring compliance with the operation of a registered employment agreement and sectoral employment order; (b) monitoring compliance with other Acts...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 16:In page 19, between lines 33 and 34, to insert the following:“Regulations 20. The Minister may by regulations provide for a mechanism to provide for representation by or on behalf of retired employees, including organised groups of retired employees, in relation to his, her or their pensions, deferred or otherwise.”.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the issues that attracted a great deal of attention in this House in recent months was the crisis at Kishoge Community College, which involved a State contract awarded to a private developer. Individuals working at that site were forced into subcontracting status and there was wholesale abuse of the relevant contracts tax, RCT, system. When those workers totted up their wages at the...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 13:In page 17, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:“(6) The Minister may authorise other persons, including designated union officials, to carry out inspections and monitoring of Registered Employment Agreements, Registered Employment Orders and Employment Regulation Orders. (7) The Minister may make regulations providing access, for union officials,...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 11:In page 16, between lines 29 and 30, to insert the following:“(a) trade union membership or activity,”.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: We often hear from the Government benches that all we on this side of the House are interested in is critique, giving out and populism, yet when we create solutions to problems or potential problems they are completely ignored, as was the case when I introduced legislation to pierce the corporate veil in this Chamber, which, in large part, would have resolved the experience of the Clerys...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 10:In page 16, line 29, after “not” to insert “blacklist,”.As the Minister is aware, there are major issues internationally regarding blacklisting. Large companies operating within Ireland have been identified as having been previously involved in blacklisting. The process of blacklisting is very dangerous and negative. Where an individual...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The problem is these piece of legislation are all is skewed. They all seek to take into consideration certain elements of the balance between the employee and employer and ignore and leave out the major issues of levels of pay and levels of underemployment in the economy. They take into consideration competitiveness but they do not look at the other side of the equation, which is the wages...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2015: Report Stage (25 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 8:In page 12, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:“(g) subsistence,”.We discussed this on Committee Stage. It is important to emphasise that there is no opposition from the contractors to the inclusion of this provision. It is consistent with existing practice in the construction sector in the payment of what is called country money, which is...