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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: In the North of Ireland where Mr. Conor Murphy, MLA, was looking at the development of tenders in respect of roads, certain elements were put into contracts. They were broken up as much as possible without incurring extra costs on the state and ensured a certain level of local employment, including apprentices and individuals from the long-term unemployed. It worked successfully. With no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: My knowledge is not specific in this area but I have anecdotal evidence to suggest that the Companies Registration Office tendered at a level which was below the requirement for the European journal. Even when there was no requirement to open up tendering to jobs outside of Ireland, some public companies were doing that which, in effect, was likely to cost Irish jobs during the most acute...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I n respect of the specific problems that have been brought to my attention will we get a response back on them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand why it is necessary for companies that are tendering to have some level of track record because one wants to work with companies that will still be in existence while the contract is under way. We are regularly in contact with small businesses. I believe the Small Firms Association reckons that about 60% of people it surveyed indicated that they have had very negative...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The proportion of national procurement contracts going outside the State was raised. The Office of Public Works manages the National Procurement Service. What are the trends in respect of contracts outside the State in recent years? For how many premises does the Office of Public Works pay upward only rents and in how many cases does it charge upward only rents? I referred to an example...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: By value?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Ms McGrath mentioned that 95% of contracts remain within the State. That does not refer to the National Procurement Service, it only relates to OPW contracts. What is the percentage of other contracts that leave the State? The OPW pays upward-only rents on many of the buildings it currently uses and charges upward-only rents to people as well. What is the position in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Eligibility of Small Firms in Tendering for Capital Projects: Discussion with Office of Public Works (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom míle buíochas a ghabháil as ucht an cur i láthair cruinn. I am trying to get my head around a number of issues. What proportion of the complete public procurement within the State is carried out by the OPW? I understand it is responsible for the procurement of common goods within the State. On an annual basis, I believe that public procurements on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Rights of People with Disabilities (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54476/12]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seeker Accommodation (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has met with the Department of Children and Youth Affairs regarding the issue of separated children seeking asylum who are removed from Health Service Executive care at the age of 18 yeas at which point they enter accommodation funded by his Department; the legal barriers to allowing them to remain with their foster carers; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the difficulties that parents with different school aged children face with differing finishing times, if he will consider developing a single fare in addition to the return fare for school transport. [55127/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that he has taken to ensure that the school build programme in County Meath contributes to the local economy and job creation through the provision of local labour, local sourcing and other social clauses within the procurement process. [55182/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to ensure that the school build programme at Johnston, Navan, County Meath, contributes to the local economy and job creation through the provision of local labour, local sourcing and other social clauses within the procurement process. [55234/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Internship Scheme (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland client businesses that use the jobbridge scheme; and the numbers employed under this scheme by client companies. [55128/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Directives (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that all Government Departments have fully implemented the Agency Workers Directive and are fully compliant with the protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act. [55550/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Employment Rights (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers employed by the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, will receive their full entitlement under the Agency Workers Directive; and when back payments will be made [55548/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Employment Rights (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, has fully implemented the Protection of Employee (Temporary Agency Work) Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55549/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Employment Rights (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers employed by the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, will receive their full entitlement under the Agency Workers Directive; and when back payments will be made [55548/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Employment Rights (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, has fully implemented the Protection of Employee (Temporary Agency Work) Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55549/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Employment Rights (11 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Health when agency workers employed by the Health Service Executive in Navan, County Meath, will receive their full entitlement under the Agency Workers Directive; and when back payments will be made [55548/12]