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Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I will explain the matter in clear terms. We voted in favour of the initial guarantee, which related to bailing out depositors. The Minister of State is winking at me, which is testament to the sleight of hand shown.

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: When it became clear that Fianna Fáil wanted to introduce a blanket guarantee, we voted against it. The Minister of State is not stupid and knows this. The fact that he continues to allow people to think we supported the bank guarantee is testament to the type of politics in which he involves himself. It is important that the Government examine the issue of monetary financing. The...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: The programme for Government committed to dealing with the legacy of upward-only rents. Yesterday, 300 jobs were lost in HMV and another 600 jobs under threat in B&Q. These numbers are in addition to job losses in other organisations such as Black Tie, La Senza, Game, Pamela Scott, Atlantic Homecare and numerous other smaller Irish businesses-----

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: A total of 50,000 jobs have been lost in this sector in the past four years. Last week the Government published the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Bill which recognises in its preamble that the common good may require permanent or temporary interference with the rights, including property rights, of persons. When will the Government bring legislation to deal with this serious disaster in...

Order of Business (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: It was promised in the programme for Government.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Support Agency (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will outline proposals to transfer clinical psychologist posts from the Health Service Executive to the new Child and Family Support Agency; if she will detail the consultation and engagement with professional bodies and unions which have taken place in advance of this proposed move; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7310/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will outline the way the figure of 12,000 jobs created in the private sector as stated in the Action Plan for Jobs Progress Report was arrived at; and the number of these jobs that are part-time, full-time and temporary/casual. [7741/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Enterprise Support Schemes (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number and value of applications made to the International Start-up Fund: and the value of investments made to date. [7743/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total value of fees paid under the diaspora, job finders, fee scheme as part of succeed in Ireland; and the number of applications made and the total number of new jobs now in place as a result of this scheme. [7744/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by Enterprise Ireland under the High Potential Startups for each year since its establishment: and the total value of supports offered per year issued to High Potential Startups. [7745/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Numbers (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs lost and jobs created by Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland on a county by county basis for the last year. [7746/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Foreign Direct Investment (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the percentage of FDI investments in the Dublin and Cork and other regions. [7747/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Properties (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 28 March 2012 if he will detail in tabular form, the number of leases, location and the number of leases with upward only rent clauses for each year since 2010 in which his Department is the lessor. [7704/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the number of applications under the Immigrant Investor Bond and the Start-up Entrepreneur Programme since the programmes were opened to application; the number of pending applications; the number of successful applications; and the value of investments made under each programme. [7636/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Leases (13 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question 629 of 24 April 2012 if he will detail in tabular form, the number of leases. location and the number of leases with upward only rent clauses for each year since 2010 in which the Department is the lessor. [7760/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I have two questions for clarification purposes. When the CEBs mutate into an LEO, will they lose any of their staff complement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Will funding remain the same in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not mean to labour this point, but will the total funding resource allocation change, even in its new form through Enterprise Ireland?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Rural Communities Report: Discussion with Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Rural development is very important and as the Minister knows, rural areas have probably suffered more from the downturn than many of the urban areas. The top ten counties in terms of unemployment are rural, with Donegal having the highest rate at approximately 26% unemployed. With the north west, one of the major challenges is access to transport, as it does not have a rail link. The A5...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not reject in any way these comments but the Secretary General of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation made a very important statement last week, his view being there would be a tightening of state aid. When we pushed him on what this would mean he stated that the Commission desired less state aid to be delivered to cover fewer people. Given the major unemployment problems...