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Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I give a céad míle fáilte to the Minister of State and thank him for joining us.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree with my colleague that the Government is showing enormous disrespect for the excellent motion moved last night. People throughout the State are agog with disbelief about the Government's decision to hand over this amount of money. The failure of an individual who plays a particular role - he has been identified already - to attend the debate is a disgrace. We are handing €1.5...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a huge amount of money to take out of the State. I will explain the normal way the multiplier works. Every €1 invested in the economy normally adds up to a multiplier of €1.25 over the course of a year. Over four years one would expect a sum of approximately €4 to develop from one's initial investment of €1. As the reverse is also the case, we will have a negative in this...

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Perhaps the Deputy did not hear us on this side.

Promissory Notes: Motion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Of course.

EU Funding (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the action taken by him to develop a scheme to draw down support from the EU Progress Micro Enterprise fund to support start up and small businesses. [4336/12]

EU Funding (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: As the Ministers and Deputies on the other side of the House will be aware, a good chunk of the reason so many businesses and individuals are finding it so difficult is the credit system is frozen. The Government has announced a microfinance fund on a number of occasions, yet nothing has happened. The Minister of State indicated how the finance system would work, but the initial budget was...

EU Funding (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 180,000 micro-businesses in the country, some of which employ up to ten people. The European Investment Fund programme has been open for tenders on its website since last March. How much of the funding has the Government drawn down to date? This is a serious consideration and the failure to answer the question shows a deep disrespect for the 180,000 businesses mentioned, of which...

EU Funding (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: How much of the fund has been drawn down to date?

EU Funding (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: How much of the fund has been drawn down to date?

EU Funding (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: From this fund?

EU Funding (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Therefore, the answer is nothing, no money has been drawn down.

Employment Rights (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Could I give my time to Deputy Boyd Barrett to ask his supplementary question?

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: There are significant regional disparities in the State-aid provided through the IDA and Enterprise Ireland. For example, County Meath has 4% of Ireland's population but receives 0.3% of IDA funding. In three of the past five years, counties Cavan and Monaghan received no IDA funding. Last year, Meath received two IDA visits in total. My issue relates to Deputy Wallace's questions. When...

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 2: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation if he will establish an emergency enterprise task force within one of the enterprise development agencies in order that such a task force should be able to intervene in businesses that are in serious financial difficulty before they are forced to close and shed workers. [4335/12]

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government's priority is not job creation. There were €20 million worth of new job creation ideas in the last budget but 150 times that amount is going into bailing out the banks. The Government's priority is the inverse of what the Minister says. Its priority is the opposite of job creation. The Government is prioritising the bailing out of banks. There is an avalanche of...

Job Creation (25 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister reminds me of an estate agent who tries to sell a famine cottage as a rustic residence with character. The Government's policies are hollow. They are merely tinkering around the edges. The cost of each additional person on social welfare is €20,000. I have given the Minister an example of a business with which the Department and the enterprise agencies are not engaging....

Written Answers — Public Sector Pay: Public Sector Pay (24 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 78: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he intends to take to end the pay, pension and abatement arrangements for current Secretaries General. [3795/12]

Written Answers — State Agencies: State Agencies (24 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 89: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish a list of all State agency board appointees, and the annual fee received, on his Department's website. [3794/12]

Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (24 Jan 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 120: To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to provide stamp duty exemption for persons with disability wishing to live independently; and if he will return tax exemption on vehicles for wheelchair users. [3386/12]