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Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (20 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 27: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will make a statement detailing the consultancy reports or research commissioned by her Department in 2011; and the cost of same. [21325/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 35: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to reform the operations of FÁS in so far as it falls under her remit. [21324/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform how he plans to prioritise investment in school buildings, non-national roads, health care; and when this investment will commence. [21682/11]

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Finance if former miners will have their pensions reduced by 10% as a result of the 0.6% Government pension levy; the number of other pension plans and persons affected in such a manner; if it is legal that there is such a large pension reduction; if there is scope for the pension firms to take on some of this cost; and the steps he will take to help...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important to set the record straight and take a moment to outline how we ended up debating this Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill. If the issue of JLCs and employment regulation orders had been properly and adequately dealt with by the previous Government, the issue would have been resolved for the 190,000 families who now face the stress of dealing with the outworking of the High...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is on record saying that he wants to see a reduction in the wages of some workers covered by the JLC agreements. This policy inertia has been allowed to develop under the cover that the problem is too legally complex to deal with. The result is the Labour Party and Fine Gael will head off on their holidays while hundreds of thousands of lower income families are left to ponder...

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2011: First Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make further and better provision for promoting harmonious relations between workers and employers, to amend and extend the Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2004, to amend the Employment Permits Act 2006 and the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997, and to provide for related matters.

Industrial Relations (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2011: First Stage (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Job Creation (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: It has been reported that the Government's €20 million jobs initiative has only created eight internships despite advertising hundreds of positions. Can the Minister clarify the matter further?

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: It was in the fiction section.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: It was a fairy tale.

Leaders' Questions (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: We did not.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to seek an adjournment of the Dáil under standing order 32 to raise a matter of national importance namely, the need for the Minister for Social Protection to reverse the proposed cuts in the fuel allowance and household benefits package, which will bring further financial hardship to the most vulnerable is our communities, the very people who the Labour Party promised to protect with...

Job Protection (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 20: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the cost to businesses in view of the recent gas and electricity price increases; the number of jobs he expects that will be lost as a result of the price rise; his strategy to off set these costs; and the expected job losses. [21435/11]

Job Protection (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 23: To ask the Minister for Jobs; Enterprise and Innovation the cost to Irish businesses of the recent and proposed increase in interest rates; the number of jobs he expects that will be lost in the economy; and his strategy to off set these costs and job losses. [21436/11]

Job Protection (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Cost competitiveness is a major issue for small businesses throughout the State. It is often the case that the Government parties focus intently on the cost of labour when considering various costs. One reason for asking this question was to try to open the Government's mind to the fact that other costs affect small businesses. High inflation is doing significant damage to the ability of...

Job Protection (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Most of this inflation is because of increasing utility costs, not demand. The Government has control over many of these costs, but the Minister stated that it has no control over the pricing of electricity for small businesses. Can the Government start to effect such control? What mitigating activities is the Government taking to address the increasing price of oil, which is due to the...

Job Protection (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is a capable one and I understand that it will not be able to control international oil prices, but certain measures, such as creating an interconnector between Ireland and Britain and improving the grid on this island, would make the liquidity of energy more competitive and cheaper for local businesses. The interest rates issue is a massive one for Ireland. Individual...

Job Protection (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: With an eye on inflation in Germany.

Alternative Energy Projects (19 Jul 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: The green energy sector has lost a little bit of focus owing to the current major economic turmoil around the world, and possibly due to the demise of the Green Party in this House as well. It remains an untapped resource in Ireland. There were discussions in Britain about whether that country would look to Ireland to provide some of its energy from natural resources in future. Global...