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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...

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

Peadar Tóibín: That is not true. The troika acknowledged it and it is still our policy.

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

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the presentations that he has received calling for special provision to be made for senior executives in multinational companies; and if he will outline the business case developed by him to promote such special provisions. [24510/13]

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

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is right. Ireland is in a jobs crisis and we must do everything we can to promote jobs. What we need to do is create sustainable competitive advantages so that we can compete with any other country in the world with regard to foreign direct investment. However, on many occasions this Government has chosen the unsustainable competitive advantage route. The proposal for an...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Economic Competitiveness (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 41. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the Forfás report on competitiveness [24440/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Business Costs (22 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 51. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs that undermine business growth and employment creation; and his views on whether property rental costs are not an issue for business. [24441/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Progressive commercial rates would not be levied on retailers only. They would be levied on all businesses which currently pay commercial rates. From our perspective, the idea is similar to what happens in the North whereby various components are based on the type of business, the size of the building and the level of profitability of the business. Considering that Apple has been in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: My suggestion would be that the Assembly in the North and the Oireachtas would work together on a particular price. The price would likely develop to be different in the North of Ireland to that in Britain but given there is not a land bridge between the two, it is not likely that people will drive to Britain to avail of the cheaper price. It would contain the price on the island and reduce...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with National Federation of Retail Newsagents and Grant Thornton (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat agus fáilte roimh anseo anniu. I understand that retailers are in crisis. It has been mentioned that nearly 50,000 people have lost their jobs and another 30,000 jobs are in jeopardy in the sector. That proves that the sector is in crisis and, if the current economic climate continues, it has not reached the bottom unlike many other sectors. The State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Effects of Black Economy: Discussion with Construction Industry Federation (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It is clear that the experience of the industry is still pro-cyclical. In other words, pro-cyclical policies brought it to a production output of €38 billion annually but the flip side of those policies are to blame for its current output of €8 billion. Unfortunately the policies have not changed. It is interesting that we are discussing the black economy on a day that a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: EU-IMF Programme of Support Issues (21 May 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline Ireland's options on potentially leaving the Troika programme; and the way the use of outright monetary transactions would affect any exit. [23947/13]