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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]

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]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like to comment briefly. Two reports - the Too Old to be Equal report and the motorised transport grant report - have been referred directly to this committee. I suggest that the two reports give us a basis to review the dealings of the Department and the HSE in each case. The two reports give us a door to open up our work to deal with the cultural aspects of the HSE. We can leave...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I wanted this meeting to happen before Christmas. I am cognisant that if it is too broad, it will not be possible to deal with some of these issues before Christmas. It has been suggested that we should bring in the Minister, the Secretary General, the HSE and the legal team of the Houses of the Oireachtas before Christmas to discuss this case, as outlined by Senator O'Keeffe. I think we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: It is fair to say at this stage that the committee will use the full extent of the power it has to ensure there is full compliance with the law. We will ensure that citizen's rights are vindicated. We propose to invite the Minister, the Secretary General and the HSE to come before the committee. We will ask the legal team of the Houses of the Oireachtas to brief us on the situation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: People are shocked that if they flout the law, it will always be enforced, but that if the State flouts the law, there is no natural mechanism of enforcement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a very interesting report and I commend the work the Ombudsman's office has done on it. It seems quite shocking that the State would be flouting the law. We as a committee have come across that experience already in our engagement with An Coimisnéir Teanga. If the State does not function on the basis of law, that is a threat to the democratic nature of the State. This committee...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the Ombudsman to respond to those two questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Like all members I have had representations from constituents. I know of one person who had to emigrate because the option was not available to him. We need a knowledge economy so we should be creating pathways for individuals to return to education or back to work. Many people fall between the two stools. The system is not designed for people; they are expected to fit into the system....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The committee is now sitting as the Joint Sub-Committee on the Ombudsman. I ask all present to ensure that all mobile phones are switched off as they interfere with the recording of proceedings. The sub-committee is to consider two items. First, the report by the Ombudsman entitled, Too Old to be Equal? - A Follow Up. This is an investigation by the Ombudsman into the refusal by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (6 Dec 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: It is an important petition. I am not referring to the individual petition in this regard but in general. A large section of Irish society is having remarkable difficulty financially and they are having difficulty seeing a way out of these problems. Many of them believe that they are not achieving justice with regard to their circumstances and how they relate to the financial system here....