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Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: An allegation was made.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: You cannot have allegations like that being made.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government has that.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is sitting on the review.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 79. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will seek a debate with the necessary approval of Dáil Éireann for the free trade agreement between the European Union and Colombia before the Christmas recess. [45577/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when assessing a student for eligibility of a school bus ticket, if it is the shortest distance between the home and the school that is calculated when determining eligibility or if it is the total distance travelled by the bus, having picked up all students on that route inevitably making the journey longer, that is measured. [45665/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the methodology applied to measure the distance from home to school to determine school bus eligibility. [45666/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (27 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she accepts that the nature and ethos of a school must be taken into account by her Department when deciding the school closest and therefore deemed by her Department to be most suitable for a student to attend in order to apply for school bus travel. [45667/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Sometimes we have a pro-cyclical experience whereby, straight after a crash, there is a movement towards a drying-up of credit, etc. It makes the cycle deeper and worsens it. It seems to me that the things we do in a recession, we should be doing at the top of the market, and the things we do at the top of the market we should do during recessions. We actually get it wrong, and this is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I deal with about three or four new mortgage distress cases on a weekly basis. To bring them to fruition takes weeks. To be honest, a large proportion of them involve incompetence within the banks. For example, staff member A is dealing with a case, but the next time something happens staff member B or C deals with it, until about ten different people have dealt with the issue in the space...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of Banking Sector: Central Bank (26 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas as an cur i láthair. I cannot say how shocking it is to Irish ears to hear sentences to the effect that the ECB is not minded to attend the banking inquiry. The ECB played a significant role in Ireland’s economic crash. Professor Honohan would do a significant favour to the Irish people if he were to communicate robustly to the ECB the committee's view...

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Irrespective of income.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The meters are the electronic voting machines of this Government.

Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach said 1,800.

Other Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Before the legislation was brought into play, there was a wide-ranging consultation process. This consultation process is ongoing after the legislation has been passed and I cannot understand the need for it. The Government knew what was involved in regard to the legislation but it appears no preparatory work has been done. It seems likely it will take the full length of time this...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Data (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of civil servants employed annually in his Department between 2007 and 2014. [44362/14]

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Data (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This question relates to the case where a civil servant in the Department of the Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation submitted a witness statement to the Minister which was sought by the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation two years ago but which remained on a desk in the Department until recent weeks. It has led me to a query in regard to the resourcing of the Department itself. Will the...

Other Questions: Departmental Staff Data (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The reason I asked about resources was that we were led to believe that resources were a major issue in why this took so long. Mr. Ryan sent the Minister the statement via an assistant secretary in December 2012. When no action followed, he wrote to the Minister again in 2012 to complain that he had not forwarded this statement to the Garda Bureau of Fraud Investigation, as required of him....

Other Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 107. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the selection and appointment of a panel of adjudicators to effect the dispute resolution aspects of the construction contracts Bill, and the development of a code of conduct for adjudicators of disputes, in consultation with stakeholders will be complete. [44360/14]

Other Questions: Ministerial Appointments (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is four years since the construction contracts Bill commenced its journey through the Oireachtas. When will the panel of adjudicators be selected and appointed and when will the code of conduct for the adjudicators of disputes be completed?