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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....

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

Peadar Tóibín: The number of people seeking housing advice as a result of losing their homes increased by 43% in 2013. Each week, between three and five new cases of families in mortgage distress present at my office. This is in addition to families already being processed by my office. For most of the families involved, dealing with this issue is a disaster. They experience the stress of potentially...

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

Peadar Tóibín: In the context of amendment No. 169, the Minister of State pointed out that the transgressions are not identified within the amendment. If those transgressions were identified in an amendment, would the Minister of State have a change of heart during the course of the debate in the Seanad on this Bill? I understand that the Minister of State is not seeking to create a body of employment law...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to labour the point but we did not do that because, as the Minister of State pointed out, there could be a multitude of transgressions, most of which are encompassed within existing employment law. That is why the reference to employment law is in the amendment.

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

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, I am.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 169:In page 488, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “572. Where a breach of employment law is committed by a body corporate or by a person acting on behalf of a body corporate and is proved to have been so committed with the consent, connivance or approval of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, a person who, when the breach...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 175:In page 523, line 42, to delete “€10,000” and substitute “€40,000”.

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

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 168:In page 488, line 2, after "due," to insert "or in the case of an employee or a group of employees a sum exceeding €1,500,".Legislation is complex at the best of times but this Bill is so cumbersome, it is very difficult to have proper oversight. I ask the Government not to produce any Bills this size again. Will the Minister of State be accepting any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the grants available and the plans in place for grants to be given to citizens who purchase and install wood stoves and wood boilers for central heating for domestic use. [15563/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (2 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 239. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of time and money that was spent by the Health Service Executive on architects, solicitors and so on to have a property (details supplied) designed to its specifications; if a contract was entered into for the property; the reason the decision was made not to proceed; if an alternative site has been selected to service the needs of the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driving Test Regulations (1 Apr 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 652. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will detail the questions which were answered correctly and incorrectly by a person (details supplied) in their last taxi test. [15359/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (26 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: 98. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation on the supply side, the level of FDI integration with the domestic economy for each of the past five years; and the way this compare to the EU average (details supplied). [14257/14]

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 89:In page 274, line 40, to delete “or at such other place as the directors think fit”.This is another effort to ensure compliance. This amendment would restrict the holding of all returns to the company office. It is an effort to maintain high standards, accountability and ease of access to records for the authorities of the State.

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: The fight against red tape and extra costs will always be and has always been the argument for getting rid of regulation. By its nature, regulation has an extra cost and creates a level of red tape for businesses. Nobody is arguing that we should get rid of regulation totally. Irish businesses would be more competitive if they were not required to write up health and safety statements or...

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 85:In page 264, between lines 32 and 33, to insert the following: “(d) a certificate of tax compliance,”.I have dealt with a number of businesses in my constituency over the past number of years. One example of such businesses concerns a young man with a young family who set up a construction company and sub-contracted work to a contractor. Over a period...

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 78:In page 228, to delete lines 16 to 35, to delete page 229, and in page 230, to delete lines 1 to 6 and substitute the following:“226. The Act of 1990 is amended by inserting the following in Part X:“205E. (1) In this section— ‘amount of turnover’ and ‘balance sheet total’ have the same meanings as in section 8 of the...

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 55:In page 163, line 11, to delete “one, at least,” and substitute “a majority”. I am sure the Minister of State will just agree to these amendments and reciprocate my good wishes. Amendments Nos. 56 to 58 deal with the bond of €25,000 in circumstances where there is no director resident in Ireland. A more realistic approach would be...

Companies Bill 2012: Report and Final Stages (25 Mar 2014)

Peadar Tóibín: There is serious exposure of employees right through the system. We have seen a plethora of employees in recent years having to fight very hard to ensure they get their entitlements. These amendments seek to ensure that workers who have expended their energies, brain power and efforts to make a profit for a company or business are protected. They would be protected using the mechanism...