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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I commend InterTradeIreland, which has carried out a lot of work on this in the past number of years. It had an excellent tender programme, Go-2-Tender, for many years to deliver training to people who sought to enter the tendering system. It was the only organisation to jump into that space in a positive way. It is a credit to the enabling and empowerment of Irish business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: To make a brief point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask your indulgence, a Chathaoirligh. There will be an investigation by NERA and the Revenue Commissioners, but the building site will be finished and complete before those investigations finish.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I respectfully disagree. This issue is part of the experience, because there are good contractors who cannot pitch-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Where does the figure of 28% come from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: We are dealing with such widely different figures here and this is a massive deal because the difference between 5% and 28% is about €2 billion. The Government announced a stimulus plan of €2 billion over three years so we are actually talking about a massive issue for ourselves. Would Mr. Quinn refute the figure of 28%?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: We are only at the second question out of about seven. It is important.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It would have to be the most complete data set.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: At the beginning, it was mentioned that there was €8.5 billion of public expenditure, with €5 billion within the remit of public procurement. The witness has now given a figure of between €12 billion and €13 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the items of information that has struck me is that the Government has not yet fully collected information on State spending. For any enterprise looking in, to imagine that we have not been collecting this information to date is quite shocking. One cannot manage if one cannot measure. From working with small businesses, it is clear the procurement system in this country is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the figure refer to the value or number of the contracts?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Public Procurement Contracts: Discussion (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis na bhfinnéithe as ucht a gcuir i láthair. I was self-employed before I became a Deputy, so I know the experience of self-employment. Tomorrow's dinner is based on the fact that one actually earns a living today. It is a hand-to-mouth experience, in general. I find it really frustrating that the Government has imposed laws which are effectively...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to reiterate in a public session that a number of the members of this committee have met with representatives of human rights organisations and unions in Colombia. They have articulated, very harrowingly, the level of human rights abuses in Colombia currently, the number of killings - killings that are often linked to groups supportive of the state - and the number of people from a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 208. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person who is in mortgage distress may cancel a compulsory annuity scheme and receive the cash balance in order to pay the mortgage. [39886/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights (21 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of criminal prosecutions which have been brought by National Employment Rights Authority in respect of breaches of employment legislation in each of the past five years; the number of these prosecutions that resulted in convictions; the average fine imposed for breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Seanad Reform: Motion [Private Members] (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Maidir leis an McNulty affair, níl dabht ar bith i meon na ndaoine ná go bhfuil Fine Gael agus Páirtí an Lucht Oibre ciontach mar gheall ar chabhair fabhair. Cé a mhúin na ceachtanna seo i dtaobh cabhair fabhair don Taoiseach agus d'Fhine Gael? Seas suas, Fianna Fáil - ó tús an Stáit, bhí Fianna Fáil ciontach as an gcóras...

Order of Business (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The point is that it will be unaffordable.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is less than 10% of the housing stock.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: That was not the question.

Other Questions: Military Exports (16 Oct 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: How can any fair system export these items to Israel?