Results 13,301-13,320 of 16,316 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Jobseeker's Allowance Payments (23 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 105. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether it is reasonable that a 24 year old homeless unemployed person will receive €44 less a week in jobseeker's allowance than a 25 year old person in a similar position; and if she poverty proofed the reduction in the under 25s jobseeker's allowance payment before imposing the cut in Budget 2014. [35540/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Construction Contracts (23 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the construction contracts Bill will be enacted. [35247/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Programme Expenditure (23 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide in a tabular form the annual allocated capital expenditure spend for the years 2008 to 2014 and the accompanying percentage increase or decrease of this spend in comparison to the previous year. [35818/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Homeless Persons Supports (23 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 333. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the measures he will take to protect and support homeless young people; the interdepartmental work he and his officials have engaged in over the last 12 months. [35541/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Administration (23 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 366. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the current waiting list for approval of funding for the fair deal nursing home scheme which is running at approximately 15 weeks; the action he will take through his Department’s budget for 2015 to reduce this. [35543/14]

Other Questions: Retail Sector (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Another issue is the detachment of local authorities from the experience of workers, traders and businesses throughout the State. Typically, local authorities just see a euro sign when they look at this sector of society. In the North, local authorities do tremendous work in the provision of training programmes for businesses, traders and workers. Such training programmes must be developed...

Other Questions: Retail Sector (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to stem the growing commercial decay in town centres around the State. [30184/14]

Other Questions: Retail Sector (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Guím gach rath ar an Aire agus ar an Aire Stáit. Comhghairdeas leo ar a bpostanna nua. I hope the solutions the Minister talks about are not horizon solutions and that we will see them in the future. The housing crisis is one of the biggest crises in the State. The solutions need to be timescaled to the crisis. The crisis is now and the solutions have to be implemented now. ...

Other Questions: Retail Sector (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to draw particular attention to the diverging two-tier society that has developed in the State. Inside the M50 there are some stirrings of activity, but the rest of the country is unaffected. This means people in the Border, midlands and west are more likely to be in poverty or unemployed, or more likely to emigrate. According to the last census, the population of these areas fell....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 27. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Meath County Council will be notified of and have access to the centrally allocated funds for housing adaption and mobility grants; and if these moneys will include an allocation for Housing Aid for Older People. [34338/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Eligibility (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 142. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the dates on which she, her Ministers of State or Department officials have met with the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement, the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to discuss the exclusion of workers from the insolvency payments scheme where a company ceases trading and, in effect, is...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 143. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to publish the 2013 report carried out by internal auditors in her Department which found that her Department has no comprehensive policy for pursuing outstanding debt from employers regarding redundancy and insolvency-related payments; and the actions she has taken to remedy these failures over the past 12 months. [34422/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 144. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will indicate, in tabular form, the moneys paid out by her Department from the insolvency payment scheme and the redundancy payment scheme in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date 2014. [34423/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Strategy Statements (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 402. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide his Department's statement of strategy 2014 to 2016. [34394/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 403. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will amend the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 to include all those in statutory apprenticeships. [34395/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 404. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the Workplace Relations Bill 2014 is fully compliant with EU anti-discrimination law and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. [34396/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 405. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the annual saving of €2 million arising from the new workplace relations bodies following the enactment of the Workplace Relations Bill 2014. [34397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 406. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the current number of whole time equivalents working across the workplace relations bodies; and the number that will be employed in the two replacement bodies following enactment of the Workplace Relations Bill 2014. [34398/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 407. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if an employee is entitled to trade union representation when attending the Early Resolution Service, Mediation Service and the Workplace Relations Commission as set out in the Workplace Relations Bill 2014. [34399/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Workplace Relations Services Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 408. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will complete the revision of The Code of Practice: Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures, S.I. No. 146 of 2000, under the Industrial Relations Act 1990, to take into consideration the small owner-managed business as stated in the Blueprint to Deliver a World-Class Workplace Relations Service of April 2012. [34404/14]