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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Most particularly, as Deputy Calleary said, we should request immediately that the stakeholders in the enterprise sector be given a role in the process and that proposal should be forwarded to the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The next stage will be legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: County enterprise boards, CEBs, were mentioned. It is important to point out that morale in some of them is on the floor due to what has occurred in recent years. The Irish Exporters Association, IEA, referred to an inertia within the CEBs in terms of their dealings with small businesses. An emergency response unit was mentioned. Spicer's Bakery closed in Navan and 70 jobs were lost over...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: They would not in general be from the micro employment sector - companies with ten employees or fewer?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: That was not a critique of Mr. Hayes's organisation. It was more an analysis of the environment in which we find ourselves.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: What about the export programmes and the necessity to hand-hold?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Micro-Enterprise and Small Business Unit: Discussion with EI, ISME and SFA (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na hoifigigh a tháinig isteach agus a rinne cur i láthair an-suimiúil. It is important when we talk about these issues that we contrast the position with what we are up against. We are in the midst of probably the worst enterprise and jobs environment this State has experienced in 50 to 70 years. For all the good that...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for strengthening the reserved functions of elected members; the timeframe for these changes to be implemented; and if legislation will be required. [46078/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make the mortgage to rent scheme more accessible for persons struggling to keep their home. [46201/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Many of these families are still in exactly the same situation. It is unfortunate a solution has not yet been found. I implore the Government that this living hell should not be allowed to continue for these people. What must be done? The construction industry must be made responsible for this mess. The Government must step in to stabilise and repair the worst of this damage. It must...

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis labhairt ar an ábhar uafásach tábhachtach seo. Many families in this State are locked in pyrite homes that are a living hell for them. Each day they watch their most important investment and possession, their home, disintegrate around them. In other cases, families have been forced to leave their houses because of kitchen units falling out of...

Report of the Pyrite Panel: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Like other Deputies, I have seen the damage that has been done. Cracks are appearing across supporting walls and door frames are starting to disintegrate. It is a heartbreaking experience for anybody. It is mainly affecting my generation. These are the people who were told to get on the property ladder a few years ago because, if they did not, it would cost too much for them ever to own a...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, for each jobs announcement by an Industrial Development Agency client company, the number of additional jobs expected to be created and relevant timeframe, any amendment to the number of jobs created as per adjustments to grant aid; the number employed at the client company at the time of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the information requested by the Industrial Development Agency as part of the monitoring progress for financial assistance from client companies. [45476/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the average lead in time, from first engagement to a jobs announcement by the Industrial Development Agency client companies. [45477/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, for each jobs announcement by an Industrial Development Agency client company, the number of additional jobs expected to be created and relevant timeframe, any amendment to the number of jobs created as per adjustments to grant aid; the number employed at the client company at the time of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Industrial Development (18 Oct 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the information requested by the Industrial Development Agency as part of the monitoring progress for financial assistance from client companies. [45476/12]