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Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: They are emigrating now.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a chasm between what this Government thinks is happening and the reality in our society. What the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach said earlier is so different from the reality. Ireland has lost more jobs in the last four years than any other Western society since the Great Depression. More than 87,000 people have emigrated in the last year, the highest figure since the 1800s and a...

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is spending it on bailing out the banks.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: There are lower wages too.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: What about the Labour Party manifesto?

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: So says the Fine Gael Tory boy.

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Has the Government even tried to introduce a wealth tax?

Confidence in the Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: While they are emigrating.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the processing of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath and the reason for the delay to date. [55933/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (12 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the timeframe for the processing of an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Westmeath and the reason for the delay to date. [55933/12]

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...