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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?

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?