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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (30 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas faoin Athbhreithniú ar Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla, 2003 atá ar siúl faoi láthair; an ndéanfaidh sé amscála a chur ar fáil don athbhreithniú sin; agus cathain a bheidh sé i gceist aige na haighneachtaí a fhoilsiú. [4705/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (30 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain a bheidh sé ar intinn aige Bille nua um Theangacha Oifigiúla a fhoilsiú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [4706/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Seachtain na Gaeilge 2013 (30 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá eagraithe aige le haghaidh Sheachtain na Gaeilge 2013. [4709/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Can Mr. Murphy furnish this committee with the Commission's plans for tightening state aid? It seems to me that it would be an important piece of work for us. If it is going to be difficult for the Government to provide state aid, it is important that we should have a good debate on it in advance. I understand Mr. Murphy's point about the detailed events that are happening, but the issue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas do na finnéithe as teacht isteach inniu agus as an eolas seo a thabhairt dúinn. Many people watching the presentation or who have read the scrutiny report will have the impression that this is a large EU bureaucracy trundling along making unnecessary work for itself. One of the main objectives of this committee is the extreme job creation crisis in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU Scrutiny Report: Discussion with Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: I will take that on board. State aid is an issue and one that I have mentioned on a number of occasions at this committee. It is up for renegotiation this year. Ireland has been regionalised historically and each region has been allowed give a particular level of state aid to foreign direct investment, and also to indigenous investment. When those initial terms of reference were outlined,...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps taken by her to redress youth unemployment and her assessment of the impact of these steps. [3232/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Youth Unemployment Measures (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current levels of youth unemployment and the steps taken to address this matter. [51881/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Action Plan for Jobs (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the effectiveness of her response to long term unemployment. [3230/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Action Plan for Jobs (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps taken by her Department to arrest the increase in long term unemployment since she became Minister; and her assessment of the impact of these steps. [3229/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the actions taken by her Department to address the underemployment in the labour market. [51893/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps taken by her Department to tackle the issue of underemployment. [3231/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will detail the local government grant amount for each local authority, town and county, throughout the State as per capita; and if he will outline efforts to redress any differences between the local government grant allocated to Navan and Meath and the State average. [3962/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Fund (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the local government grant amount for each local authority, town and county, throughout the State per capita; if he will make efforts to equalise the difference between the local government grant allocated to Navan and Meath and the State average. [4192/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of cases awaiting a hearing the Court of Criminal Appeal; the average length of time awaiting a hearing at the Court of Criminal Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3994/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (29 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the additional resources allocated to the Court Service to deal with the backlog of cases to be heard by the Court of Criminal Appeal. [3996/13]

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: We in the Chamber have not got our heads around how serious is the issue of emigration. We seldom debate the issue in depth. In the past four years, six out of ten jobs among those between the ages of 15 and 24 have been wiped out. A total of 70,000 people in the demographic have emigrated since the Government took office, with 134,000 people in the same demographic emigrating in the past...

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: On balance it is negative.

Other Questions: Action Plan for Jobs (24 Jan 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: On balance it is negative.