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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 3 and 4, to insert the following:"(c) A local authority will only provide financial support by way of loan or grant aid to a company that is compliant with all employment law and labour court judgements.”.Compliance and regulation are very important issues in this whole process. One of the major problems we have in this country is that...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: By putting that requirement in the procedures manual, what strength will it have? Will it be watertight? Why not give it the force of law while we are at this stage of the process and have it as a guaranteed right for employees where if they are working for a company that is not compliant, that company will not have opportunities to draw down taxpayers' money to either grant aid or support...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the Minister think that businesses that are not compliant with labour law should be grant funded?

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County Enterprise Boards (Dissolution) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (18 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: This is an opportunity missed. We could, at little or no cost to the State, incentivise good practice among businesses and encourage companies to treat their workers with respect. All we are asking is that companies abide by employment law, which is not an onerous task. We do not propose penalties but that additional benefits such as grant funding and supports would be withheld from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Competitiveness Council: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (18 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The issue I wish to raise does not relate exactly to the subject of this presentation. I refer to the idea of increasing our proportion of manufacturing. One of the major threats to manufacturing is the fact that so much money is being funnelled towards assets, whether such assets be properties in south Dublin or assets on a stock exchange elsewhere. It is with those assets that we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Forthcoming Competitiveness Council: Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (18 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an Cathaoirleach agus an Aire. I welcome the presentation. Like my colleague, I take the view that the document is high on aspiration and low on detail. How does the Minister envisage that the industrial proportion of GDP will be increased in the coming period? What key barriers to competitiveness have been identified? Has there been any...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (18 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 401. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will appoint a sponsor to work in tandem with the Meath Job Club so that the job club can continue to provide this essential service, or failing that, allow it to self-administer the fund in order that its viability is guaranteed. [8149/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Pension Provisions (13 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 133. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding community employment supervisors' entitlement to a pension scheme in view of the fact that the Labour Court recommended that FÁS implement a pension scheme in 2008 and some CE supervisors who have finished work still have no pension scheme in place. [7219/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Does Mr. O'Mahony believe there are any other barriers to growth?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Access to Finance for SMEs: Discussion (11 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Gabhaim buíochas leis na finnéithe as ucht an cur i láthair. Tá brón orm go bhfuil mé beagáinín déanach. This is a really interesting and important new sector. It is good because it democratises the ability for people to loan money. Also, shocking though it is, there are people who are investing...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation Provision (11 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 386. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount of money spent for each of the past five years on emergency accommodation for persons with housing needs. [6510/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (6 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 110. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Castlepollard was left out of the new Lakelands Treasures app (details supplied). [5959/14]

Companies (Amendment) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an mBille. Tá an Teachta Donnelly tar éis chuid mhaith obair a dhéanamh ar son gnólachtaí na hÉireann. Ag amanna mar seo, séanann an Rialtas smaointe maithe ón bhFreasúra. Iarraim ar an Aire glacadh leis an mBille seo agus na smaointe atá ann. Strong indigenous enterprise sectors are the backbone of economies...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (5 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 86. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will raise the cap on rent allowance in view of increasing rents throughout certain parts of the country. [5760/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 672. To ask the Minister for Health if support pay will be given to the elderly parent of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [5376/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 673. To ask the Minister for Health the resources that will be provided to each county through the progressing disability dervices for children and young people programme in the next two years. [5378/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Equipment (4 Feb 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 674. To ask the Minister for Health the vehicles that have been purchased by the national ambulance service in the past 12 months; the purpose of these vehicles; and if any of these vehicles are being used for private purposes by staff. [5393/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (29 Jan 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting time for the processing of a naturalisation application; the measures being taken to reduce the waiting time; the cost on average of each naturalisation process; and the cost to the State for each month an applicant has to wait. [4536/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (29 Jan 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has waited since the first quarter of 2011 for their naturalisation to be processed an a decision made [4550/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Reviews (28 Jan 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Meath has been waiting for a review of their medical card application since September 2013. [3797/14]