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Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 16:In page 31, line 4, after “contract” to insert “(and the sub-contracting chain)”.As the Minister should be aware at this stage, many aspects of the construction industry in this State are broken. There is wholescale migration from direct employment towards RCTs, in an effort by construction companies to gain a competitive advantage with...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the Minister for proposing to do that on Seanad Stage. The logic is very clear. The rights of a worker on a site who is employed by a subcontractor rather than the principal contractor should not be any different from someone employed by a principal contractor. If we do not do that, we are saying that employing a sub-contractor, and thereby diffusing responsibility, gives the...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 17: In page 33, line 9, to delete “42 days” and substitute “28 days”.This amendment has already been discussed with amendment No. 12.

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 18:In page 33, line 11, to delete “€2,000” and substitute the following:“€4,000, save and except in the case of failing to pay the National Minimum Wage under section 23 of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 a sum not exceeding €20,000 per employee”.The maximum penalty should be at least €4,000. Revenue applies a...

Workplace Relations Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The purpose of this amendment is to pierce the corporate veil. There is a major difficulty in society whereby companies are created to defend moneys or individuals in their responsibilities to employees. For example, I know of local authorities that have tendering processes for waste disposal services whereby one company applies for the contract, that is, the company with the assets, while...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat. With regard to the collation of information, Mr. Quinn has stated that he is not collating information from capital projects now. Is it his intention to collate this information in the future? If not, will it be the case that the Departments will collate the information because there is an information deficit? The second question concerns a report on the review of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Departments be doing so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Operations and Functions: Office of Government Procurement (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Unfortunately, it does not have the ability to work in a timely fashion. With regard to the site at Kishoge, the process has been ongoing since last July and we are no further on.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann Services (21 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bus Éireann plans to withdraw bus services to Pelletstown, County Meath, to Dublin leaving those without a car unable to travel to and from their employment in the capital city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2916/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of PAYE construction workers and the tax paid by these workers between 2008 and 2014. [2244/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual amount of self-employed PRSI collected from construction subcontractors registered under the relevant contract tax for the years 2008 to 2014. [2245/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual amount of universal social charge collected from construction subcontractors registered under the relevant contract tax for the years 2008 to 2014. [2246/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the annual number of investigations the Revenue Commissioners have initiated into abuse of the relevant contract tax system between 2008 and 2014; and the number of cases of tax evasion identified in the same period. [2250/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 235. To ask the Minister for Finance the average turnaround time for the Revenue Commissioners to issue a contract confirmation letter to subcontractors following notification by a principal contractor through the electronic relevant contract tax system of a contract entered into. [2318/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide in tabular form the number of audit interventions initiated by the Revenue Commissioners into non-resident construction contractors between 2012 and 2014; if these audits have concluded; if on conclusion tax evasion was found to have occurred; and the value of the yield where tax evasion occurred. [2319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 275. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to increase the national minimum wage during the lifetime of this Government. [2683/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Minimum Wage (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 277. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will limit the remit of the low pay commission to considering the national minimum wage. [2760/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 276. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the findings of the EU Commission consultation process, if he will reconsider his support for the provision of investor state dispute settlements in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. [2688/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Ireland (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 281. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland jobs in each county in the State for each of the past five years; and the monetary value of EI investment in each county in the State for the past five years. [2811/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Commencement of Legislation (20 Jan 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies Bill 2012 will be enacted. [2838/15]