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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Líomhaintí Drochúsáide (25 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le líomhaintí atá déanta le déanaí i gcoinne duine (sonraí tugtha), an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le cén déileáil a bhí ag a Roinn, nó ag a réamhtheachtaí, leis an duine sin, an míneoidh sé cén saghas déileála a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (25 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made as regards the proposal in the 20 years strategy to examine the feasibility of introducing a voluntary code for bilingual labelling and packaging of all goods sold here. [19282/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (25 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 24. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the review of the Official Languages Act; if he will be publishing the submissions to the Act and arrange to have those submissions discussed; and if he will provide a timescale for the publishing of these submissions and the continuation of the review. [19281/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Reports (24 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 23. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 March 2013, the date on which the social impact assessment of the taxation and welfare changes announced in Budget 2013 was completed; the date on which it will be published; the number of persons within her Department who were tasked to complete this work and their positions within her Department; and...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (24 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 48. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the details of her implementation plan of the Youth Guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18841/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Procurement Service Savings (24 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the contrast in price and service between the mandatory Viking contract for stationery consumables for schools and existing community based purchasing groups such as that provided by a company (details supplied) in County Meath.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19303/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (24 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 113. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created, and jobs sustained, by each county enterprise board for each year since 2007. [19307/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Appeals (24 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 140. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension (details supplied) [19377/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (24 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant to a sports club (details supplied) in County Meath. [19472/13]

Companies Bill 2012: Second Stage (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Bille seo agus molaim an obair atá déanta ag an Company Law Review Group. Tá sé tar éis Bille íontach, tabhactach and cuimsitheach a chruthú. I fully endorse the approach taken. It is unusual that the Minister and I are on the same side for three Bills in a row. I am sure normal business will resume soon enough. The work...

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Bruton wants a tax cut.

Other Questions: Retail Sector (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Town centres are facing a really difficult challenge. Many shops in towns are closed. The local government grants which used to fund local authorities have been reduced over the years and local authorities must generate funds from car parking fees. That pressure would not be there if the Government funded local authorities properly. Will the Minister of State consider the Sinn Féin...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government has a target of locating 50% of FDI projects outside Cork and Dublin. However, last year 75% of investments in FDI projects were in these cities. Only 9% were outside Cork, Dublin, Galway and Limerick. The Government plays a role in this regard. One might sometimes say it is market-led, but the botox firm located in County Mayo did not choose to locate in that county on the...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: That is the information I was asking for.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: There are nine people emigrating from the State every hour; the Government's programme has created six jobs every month.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The Central Statistics Office.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Most emigration is forced emigration.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: When one goes from door to door, one learns about the number of people struggling with emigration. I cannot come in here and highlight the negative effects of emigration enough. One might say people between 18 and 21 have chosen to take a few years out and travel the world but many people emigrating are my age and older, and they include people with children. People are taking children out...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Every second week we hear of another plan to create so many jobs. When the Government came to power it said it would create 100,000 net new jobs. In fact, in the past year, 1,200 net new jobs were created. It also said it would create 10,000 net new jobs in financial services but approximately 10,000 net jobs have been lost in this sector. This week we heard about 20,000 new jobs in...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: How many new jobs have been created in the ten months of this scheme?