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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (28 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the staff and financial resources provided for ambulance services in County Meath for each of the past five years. [25123/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (28 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will hold an investigation into the lack of resources available to the ambulance services in County Meath and the resultant threat to patient safety. [25887/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Social Clause (23 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration he has given to the inclusion of a social clause in capital public procurement projects to the value of €1 million euro or more. [24631/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (23 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a progress update on the work of the new National Procurement Office. [24630/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Funding (23 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 81. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total budget allocated and total amount distributed by each county enterprise board for 2007 to 2013; and if he will provide an explanation for allocation of funds to county enterprise boards [24872/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (23 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 82. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the multiplier effect on the economy for a job supported by the Industrial Development Agency; and the same for a job supported by Enterprise Ireland and the county enterprise board [24873/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (23 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 83. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost per job promoted by the Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise board for each year from 2007 to date in 2013. [24874/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (23 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 84. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of the jobs retained, jobs created and jobs lost by companies supported by Industrial Development Agency, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise boards [24875/13]

Other Questions: Credit Availability (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: One point we have raised over the past couple of years is the cost of credit. It is extremely prohibitive. Yesterday representatives of the national organisation for newsagents came before the Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. It indicated that while some Government systems were in place prices were too high. Banks are not passing on cuts in interest rates to homeowners...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: If I had asked this question 12 years ago, I probably would have received the same reply. That is the level of development that has taken place in the last 12 years. InterTradeIreland is an output of the Good Friday Agreement and the negotiations in which my party was involved. I worked for it indirectly 14 years ago. Everything in that reply regarding InterTradeIreland has had no input...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Nobody is arguing about the benefits InterTradeIreland brings to the table. However, InterTradeIreland would continue to function in the same way today if the Minister of State or Fine Gael did not exist. What has the Minister of State brought to the table with regard to the development of all-Ireland trade? Throughout the Minister's reply there is no detail about new developments...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I have worked for the companies.

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It was three years ago.

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is from a Border constituency.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: At the last Question Time, the Minister of State, Deputy John Perry, stated that emigration was matter of choice for many people leaving the State. Choice is about options and having the ability to choose between working here or working abroad. With the level of unemployment here, for many it is not a choice. In the two years to the end of 2012, 25,000 people under the age of 25 lost their...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: That is startling figure and a shocking reflection on what is happening in society. It is very important people realise the gravity of what is involved. I ask the Minister of State the timescale for replacing the jobs lost by 25,000 people until the end of last year. When will the youth guarantee be implemented and will part of it be a guarantee of a job?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Many of the people in the figures are not Irish nationals. They may be Polish or Lithuanian people who came to Ireland, worked here for ten years, put down roots, raised families and then find themselves unable to get a job. We are entitled to use those figures to reflect the economic situation. These people should not be left out of the economic figures when trying to get an understanding...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: But this is an unnatural trend.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Youth Unemployment Measures (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the steps taken to create employment for young people; the impact of these initiatives in terms of employment outcomes; and his views on whether emigration is a life style choice. [24511/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Tax Reliefs Application (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: In Sinn Féin's view, in order to achieve a real, sustainable, competitive advantage, the cost of doing business must not be prohibitive. I refer to utility costs which are higher in Ireland than the average in the rest of Europe, such as waste management and water costs. There is a need to provide an educated society so we can attract jobs but funding is being pulled out of the...