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Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Supported jobs are not created jobs. Supported jobs are already in existence and are being supported.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree there can be value in this project. I am not arguing that point. Sinn Féin welcomes and supports this project. We do not believe it should be a supplement for what should be happening in the banking industry but we see the value in it. The question I asked, and which the Minister has not been able to answer, is how many new jobs have been created in the ten months of this...

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Three questions were taken together. Does that not mean the cumulative amount is greater?

Other Questions: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: We have been talking about this issue since the formation of the current Dáil. We are seeing a lost generation of young people leaving our shores. People have referred to the reduced voter turnout in the Meath East by-election, but if one looks at the statistics, one will see that approximately 5% of the electorate have left the constituency owing to emigration. This shows how serious...

Other Questions: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes. It should not just be about putting people on schemes but actually getting people back to work.

Other Questions: Microenterprise Loan Fund (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets for loan applications and rates of successful loans under the Microenterprise Loan Fund; and the cost to date in the administration or management of this scheme. [18609/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Lending (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: May I put another supplementary question?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Lending (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives taken by his Department to address the market failure of bank lending to small and medium enterprises; and the cost to date of these initiatives. [18627/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Lending (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It might be noted that I tabled a number of questions to the Minister on the stimulus package and the jobs likely to be created from it. I also tabled questions on legacy debt for small businesses but his Department decided not to answer those and they were forwarded to the Department of Finance. I ask the Minister to request that these job-centric questions be answered properly by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Bank Lending (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the major breaks on this economy is debt overhang and the ability to access credit. It is one of the reasons we in Sinn Féin have insisted time and again that stimulus by the Government is necessary. In other words, when private investment is paralysed, the State must invest. There is no doubt in my mind that the Government will come around to that view but the issue is how...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Statistics (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the total number of jobs in the exporting enterprises, the public service and in non exporting enterprises. [18520/13]

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

Peadar Tóibín: 117. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he intends to monitor the number of jobs created by his initiatives to ensure that the number created matches those expected such as the microenterprise loans scheme. [18608/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Guarantee (23 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 393. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way that she intends to generate employment as an option under any youth guarantee scheme. [18614/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Regulations (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reforms he has introduced since taking office to ensure a greater portion of all public procurement could go to small medium enterprises. [17834/13]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Contracts (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of supplies and services public contracts that have been awarded to micro-enterprises which have collaborated on public sector tender through a joint bidding or consortium formation year on year over the past three years. [17835/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the changes in cash handling charges by the Allied Irish Bank; and if he, or representatives of his Department have raised this matter with the bank. [18035/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance the cost impact on the small medium enterprises sector of the changes in cash handling charges by the Allied Irish Bank; and if he will confirm if that his Department was consulted with regard to these changes. [18036/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Charges (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if his Department was consulted with regard to changes in charges for cash handling by the Allied Irish Bank. [18038/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on certificate 2 in respect of persons (details supplied). [18214/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Protection (18 Apr 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken by his Department, or relevant State agency, to safeguard the jobs and production at the Diageo site in County Waterford. [18017/13]