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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: We discuss general law here all the time without discussing the specifics of individual cases or concrete examples. I have given the Minister a concrete example but he does not want to refer to that. I am just giving him the example of a staff member being let go and the same owners opening up a parallel company employing a person to do exactly the same job for half the wages. Is that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 99. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether it is acceptable for employers to reduce staff hours, place staff on temporary lay-off or make them redundant while at the same time establishing an identical company under a different name to employ workers on lower wages to provide the same services as their existing company, such as in the case of a company...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Companies Law (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This question relates to the case of a qualified electrician, John Donnan, who was employed as an electrical fitter by a company called Jackson Power Systems Limited for approximately 15 years. He reached a wage of approximately €40,000. I have been told that as the recession hit his hours were reduced and he was put on temporary lay-off. I have also been told that a parallel company...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Bank of Ireland, Ulster Bank and AIB (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Depending on who one talks to, there are very different views on SME lending. It was indicated that 85% of lending applications had been approved at some level, while ISME, for example, would give a different figure of probably around 50%. They would indicate that there has been a fall-off in lending. Is any of the new lending indicated a roll-over of debt or financing of a previous debt?...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for each region of the State, and the percentage of inputs that are sourced in Ireland for each of the last five years by foreign direct investment firms operating here. [17717/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Union Movement (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 132. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will support in law the right of union leaders to articulate on behalf of their union members the likelihood of industrial action without fear of legal action. [17718/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (15 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 666. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review a medical card application in respect of a person (details supplied). [17994/14]

Order of Business (10 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The programme for Government commits to early intervention for people with mental illness problems and to the detection and treatment of people at risk of suicide. According to figures published by Pieta House yesterday, ten people take their own lives every week in the State. It calls for suicide to be given the same attention as road deaths. Will the Government now resource and prioritise...

Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Of the expanding number of crises emerging from this Government the most life-threatening is the ambulance crisis. Two weeks ago “Prime Time” broadcast an excellent programme on the collapsing ambulance service. The details were shocking. In 2008 there were 320 ambulances in this State. Last year that dropped to 265, only 137 during the day and 113 at night. That is when...

Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not sure the Minister heard me. I did discuss outputs. I indicated that 30% of people in life-threatening situations are receiving ambulances on time in this State, under this Government. That is an output. The Minister talks about change. There is change. Access to the health service is constricted at every level, including the ambulance service. The Minister also talked about...

Leaders' Questions (10 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: These targets take that into consideration.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (9 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the broadband roll out for rural areas of Navan, County Meath, where persons have been informed it may take ten years to reach their area, some of whom are forced to travel considerable distances to gain Internet access at libraries around their county, some of whom are unable to avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (9 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when money will be released to Meath County Council to enable them to begin urgent renovation work to council properties affected by pyrite in Cherry Court, Summerhill, County Meath. [16851/14]

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I am asking if the Minister of State would honestly seek to purchase such a house if she had a choice.

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a major issue. Given the option, when there are similar communities and landscapes around, very few people would seek to purchase a house that is next to a turbine for obvious reasons. The central point is that climate change is an urgent issue and the Government needs to respond in a proportionate and measured way, and it must be feasible from the point of view of community...

Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I strongly support the development of green, sustainable, environmentally friendly energy. I support the development of onshore and offshore wind energy when it is done in partnership with communities. Climate change is a reality. It is, and will continue to be, one of the most serious challenges faced by Ireland and the international community in the coming decades. Climate change is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the establishment of a gaelscoil in the Celbridge area of County Kildare in view of the fact that parents in this area cannot access places in the surrounding areas, especially for those children born in 2009 and in 2010. [16713/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoileanna Issues (8 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 235. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to deal with demand for Gaelscoil education in Kells and Oldcastle, County Meath; and his plans to deal with extra demand in Navan, County Meath. [16714/14]

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom míle buíochas a ghabháil le gach duine a ghlac páirt sa tasc ollmhór seo agus gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire Stáit as é a bheith críochnaithe, sa Teach seo ar aon nós. The issue of modernising company law has taken in many people and many different views. It has seemed like an impossible task, looking back on it. However, it...

Topical Issue Debate: Homeless Accommodation Provision (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Many people in relationship breakdown do not have the funds to engage in the separation and divorce process. Many of the families involved are at their wits end. While some people may potentially have a legal claim to a property, owing to the difficulties they have left behind all they want to do is start afresh. I will give one example from the many cases with which I have been dealing....