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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The REAs will not be worth the paper they are written upon if the trend of direct labour within the construction industry being transformed into subcontractor self-employed labour continues. There has been a significant increase in the number of relevant contracts tax, RCT, cases. The CSO figures for the second quarter indicated a 1.14% increase in the number of people working, yet a nearly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 97. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation whether the construction-related enterprise-level agreement proposed in the industrial relations (amendment) Bill 2014 will be binding on the construction sector as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44405/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I have been raising the Kishogue dispute directly with the Minister for weeks to little or no advantage. Will the construction-related enterprise agreements that are proposed in the industrial relations (amendment) Bill 2014 be binding on the construction sector as a whole? It is clear that the current crisis within the construction industry is pushing hundreds of workers into poverty. I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Industrial Relations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Construction Industry Federation has acknowledged that there is industrial relations instability at the moment because of the absence of registered employment agreements. It has said that this is causing reputational damage to the industry. Workers are being forced into bogus self-employment contracts. They are not getting the industry wage. They are being paid below the minimum wage...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: An Fochoiste um an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 agus Rudaí Gaolmhara: Supporting Minority Languages: Welsh Language Commission (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the language commissioner and thank her for her presentation. Have there been any efforts to measure which activities have had the greatest impact in strengthening the Welsh language? Intergenerational transition is probably one of the most important factors for languages. Have any activities proven to be particularly useful in that respect? I understand that in Wales, equal...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: An Fochoiste um an Straitéis 20 Bliain don Ghaeilge 2010-2030 agus Rudaí Gaolmhara: Supporting Minority Languages: Welsh Language Commission (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: What percentage of children in Wales receive Welsh-medium education?

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress that has been made by the social enterprise interdepartmental group, with the Office of Government Procurement, in examining the scope for the inclusion of social impact clauses in public procurement contracts. [44358/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 119. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Finance to increase small and medium enterprises' engagement with the Credit Review Office. [44361/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Low Pay Commission Establishment (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to publish the low pay commission legislation; and his plans to establish the commission on an interim administrative basis to carry out its functions as early as possible. [44359/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons considered for tax purposes to be sub-contractors in the State for each of the past five years; and if he will provide a breakdown of these figures into sectors. [45172/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 211. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has sought the inclusion of inter-state dispute settlements in the transatlantic trade and investment partnership agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44404/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Process (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 212. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Companies Bill 2012 will be enacted. [45023/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Regulations (25 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 214. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will amend the European Communities (Protection of Employees on Transfer of Undertakings) Regulations 2003 to provide that workers who do not want to transfer and instead remain employed with the transferor, and where the transferor has no alternative position to offer the employee and as a result the employee would be...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is hypocritical for Deputy "Elbows" Feighan to talk about how the Tánaiste was treated when he floored a political opponent in the Roscommon by-election not so long ago.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Labour Party is in disarray.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Protestations that the Minister, Deputy Alan Kelly's announcement yesterday-----

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I did.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The Deputy and the others passed comment on Deputy Paul Murphy.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: No, I will not withdraw it.

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (20 Nov 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: A Cheann Comhairle-----