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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I was looking at the action plan for jobs recently and action 1.38 outlined that there would be a new system of strategic dialogue that will align funding of higher education institutions to performance in the achievement of national objectives for a system development and priorities in relation to skills development commencing in 2012 and it will be fully rolled out in the coming years....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I make no apology for repeatedly asking this question. On both a human and economic level this is a disastrous situation for hundreds of thousands of people. While it is possible to select sub-groups or micro-elements in the economy where there has been some level of improvement, the general figures speak for themselves. The net job loss was 33,000. Given that the Department of Finance...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the target of creating 100,000 additional jobs by 2016 as claimed in the action plan for jobs will be met [52081/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We can normally ask supplementary questions. Will that be the case today?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that four minutes for me to speak?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: So, the longer the Minister speaks, the less time I have to speak. It is important to bring reality back to the situation. Under this Government, unemployment is measured at 14% to 15% on the live register and long-term unemployment is at 60%. Despite some of the recent announcements, job losses continue to outnumber job gains. The only stabilising effect on employment figures in the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (22 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will account for the delay in implementing nine measures of the action plan for jobs that were due in Quarter three of this year. [51876/12]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the proposal agreed? Agreed. That concludes the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the proposal made by Senator Ó Clochartaigh agreed? Agreed. We wish the group in question the best of luck with the matter. The next petition is P00044/12 from Mr. Daniel Donovan for the revision of postal ballot rules and P00069/12, which seeks to have current legislation changed to allow Irish citizens who are temporarily based overseas to vote by post from their overseas...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the proposal agreed? Agreed. We will deal now with a number of petitions grouped together. The issue raised is the absence of legislation imposing height restrictions for trees. This is an important issue to a number of families. The petitions are P00050/12 from Mr. Michael Byrne, P00070/12 from Mr. Denis Moran and P00071/12 from Dr. Jean Clarke. Members have been circulated with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We are in public session. It is important at this stage to point out that we have received 44 petitions since this process was initially established. That demonstrates the level of demand among the public for a committee of this nature. The petitions are being examined so we can decide how best to progress them and establish if they are admissible to the committee currently. All members...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Reform (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has completed his review of the grading structure of the civil service and public service; and if he will provide details of his plan to reduce the number of management grades. [51555/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Proposed Legislation (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the amendments that he intends to make to the Construction Contracts Bill. [51554/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of non-residential business users with access to broadband across the State and the percentage of non residential users with broad band speed less than 1.99Mbps, between 2Mbps and 9.99Mbps and speeds in excess of 10Mbps. [51714/12]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services (21 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the levels of non-residential business users with access to broad band through DSL, cable, satellite or mobile platforms. [51715/12]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Payments (20 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of existing students that have received their initial grant payments from the 66 vocational educational committees and local authorities for the 2012/2013 academic year. [51341/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (20 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of jobs announced by the Industrial Development Agency; the number of jobs created in IDA supported companies and the value of grants awarded and the value of grants refunded to the IDA for each of the past five years. [51201/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (20 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form the number of jobs announced by Enterprise Ireland; the number of jobs created in Enterprise Ireland supported companies and the value of grants awarded and the value of any grants refunded to Enterprise Ireland for each of the past five years. [51202/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (20 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of each of the jobs announced or welcomed by his Department over the past five years; the numbers employed by the enterprise at the time of the announcement and the numbers currently employed by the enterprise. [51203/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (20 Nov 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the closing of the community welfare clinic in the Third Age Centre in Summerhill (details supplied) and to detail the way those with restricted mobility or living in poverty can access similar services. [50929/12]