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Wed, 22 May 2013
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Business Costs
Peadar Tóibín
51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the costs that undermine business growth and employment creation; and his views on whether property rental costs are not an issue for business. [24441/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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EU-IMF Programme of Support
Peadar Tóibín
101. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline Ireland's options on potentially leaving the Troika programme; and the way the use of outright monetary transactions would affect any exit. [23947/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Tax Collection
Peadar Tóibín
118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will re-examine the €1.25 million VAT cash receipts accounting threshold in view of the small number of companies that can benefit from the change in budget 2013. [23948/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Small and Medium Enterprises Sector
Peadar Tóibín
161. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail proposals from his Department as to the way in which the banking sector can address the overhang of property debt that is impacting on viable small medium enterprises. [18612/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Small and Medium Enterprises Sector
Peadar Tóibín
162. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance his views on the impact that the legacy of impaired property loans is having on the small and medium enterprise sector. [18613/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Credit Availability
Peadar Tóibín
163. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the occasions when he has raised directly with the banks their failure to deal with lending to the small and medium enterprise sector; and if he has provided advice to the economic management group to direct the banks to increase lending to SMEs. [18611/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Small and Medium Enterprise Sector
Peadar Tóibín
164. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the initiatives that his Department has put in place in order to assist businesses who are among those with €25 billion worth of impaired loans. [19132/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Job Initiatives
Peadar Tóibín
165. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the expected impact on job creation in the short to medium term of the proposed €6 billion stimulus package. [19133/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Public Relations Contracts Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
174. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 7 May 2013, the number of press inquiries dealt with by the public relations company; the number of press releases issued; the number of media briefings organised and hourly rate and total hours paid for public relations services, for each year 2010, 2011 and 2012. [24051/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Departmental Staff Data
Peadar Tóibín
175. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of press officers employed by his Department; the grades of same; and the overall cost of the press relations for his Department. [24052/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Departmental Staff Data
Peadar Tóibín
176. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if consideration was given to shared press office services between his Department and agencies under its remit. [24053/13]
Tue, 21 May 2013
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Small and Medium Enterprise Sector
Peadar Tóibín
182. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the steps taken to ensure that all enterprises have access to affordable credit. [18626/13]
Thu, 16 May 2013
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Foreign Conflicts
Peadar Tóibín
15. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the suspected use of chemical weapons by Government and opposition forces in Syria; and if he has discussed this with his European counterparts. [23227/13]
Wed, 15 May 2013
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Departmental Bodies
Peadar Tóibín
32. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact assessments he requires agencies under his control to undergo when implementing cutbacks resulting from plans and budgetary measures put in place by his Department; and if these include the potential threat of industrial action. [22904/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Mental Health Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
94. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the range of mental health services available for adults, adolescents and children across the Dublin/North East Region; if he will outline plans for further developments already signed off on but yet to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22570/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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General Practitioner Services
Peadar Tóibín
120. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if legislation is currently being drafted to extend free general practitioner care to any section of the population; and if he will outline the scope of the legislation [22571/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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IBRC Liquidation
Peadar Tóibín
207. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the taxpayer of the recent sale of the Quinn Building, Johnstown, Navan, to Meath County Council. [22704/13]
Tue, 14 May 2013
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Public Service Contracts
Peadar Tóibín
302. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason a more expensive contract was awarded to a company (details supplied); if he will detail the method by which the prices tendered by competing companies are aggregated for the purposes of scoring the price section of a tender. [22413/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Children in Care
Peadar Tóibín
21. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the steps she is taking to help reverse the increase of deaths by suicide of children in care, children known to the Health Service Executive’s child welfare and protection service and young persons in aftercare in 2012 or the 2011 number of cases notified to the National Review Panel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21773/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Banking Sector Issues
Peadar Tóibín
41. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the impact on the small and medium enterprises sector in charges to bank changes including interest rates changes, over the past two years; and the steps taken by his Department to address this matter with the banking sector. [21935/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Employment Rights Issues
Peadar Tóibín
105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the protections that are in place to ensure that au pairs are not exploited in work; and if he will identify the relevant sections of legislation that excludes au pairs from such protections. [21927/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Employment Rights Issues
Peadar Tóibín
106. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if au pairs recruited and placed by an agency are covered by the provisions of the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Workers) Act; and if not if he will identify the relevant sections of legislation that excludes such workers. [21928/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Employment Rights Issues
Peadar Tóibín
107. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of au pairs currently working here; and the steps taken to regulate this employment. [21929/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Banking Operations
Peadar Tóibín
108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he raised the adverse impact of changes to cash handling and the additional costs associated on small and medium enterprises when he recently met with the AIB. [21934/13]
Thu, 9 May 2013
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Broadband Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans there are for broadband roll out specifically for the Billinter/Bective area south east of Navan and all other rural areas in counties Meath and Westmeath. [21926/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of fees paid out by his Department and agencies under its remit, to PR companies; and if he will list the companies and the fees received for in the years 2010, 2011 and 2012 and to date in 2013. [21364/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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State Bodies Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, a list public relations companies that received payments from either the National Assets Management Agency, the National Treasury Management Agency, the National Development Finance Agency, the State Claims Agency or the National Pension Reserve Fund; the overall cost of these payments from each agency named and the level of payments made by each agency to each company listed in respect of work carried in the years 2010, 2011, 2012 and to date in 2013. [21365/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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State Bodies Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
146. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the number of companies or individuals that recently tendered for the renewal of the public relations contract for the National Treasury Management Agency; and if the NTMA secured a reduction in the rate charged in the previous contract. [21366/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme
Peadar Tóibín
156. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the 2000cc limit on the size of a viehicle that can be used by a person with a disability; and if he will change the regulations regarding same. [21536/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Staff
Peadar Tóibín
282. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the legislation used in the appointment process to the recently announced Equality Board. [21104/13]
Tue, 7 May 2013
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Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Staff
Peadar Tóibín
283. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the independent panel appointed to select commissioners and the chief commissioner has been stood down; and if this is the case the way he will ensure that the process to appoint the chief commissioner to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, will be independent, transparent and compliant with the UN Paris principles. [21105/13]
Thu, 2 May 2013
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Joint Policing Committees Remit
Peadar Tóibín
23. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he had consulted with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the way the existing joint policing committees aligned to town councils here will operate after those town councils are abolished next year. [20850/13]
Thu, 2 May 2013
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Legislative Programme
Peadar Tóibín
28. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when he will conclude a review of the existing legislation on prostitution here. [20849/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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Local Authority Housing Waiting Lists
Peadar Tóibín
22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has explored, in the interest of addressing the large housing waiting list, the possibility of purchasing some properties for social housing areas where demand and the drop in property prices suit same. [20492/13]
Wed, 1 May 2013
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Legal Services Regulation
Peadar Tóibín
194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the level of cost saving to enterprises arising from the changes to legal services. [18628/13]
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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State Examinations Issues
Peadar Tóibín
221. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) who appealed a decision for reasonable accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19798/13]
Tue, 30 Apr 2013
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Job Creation Numbers
Peadar Tóibín
275. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm that 60 new and additional posts have been created to date through the micro-enterprise loans fund; and if he will provide a breakdown of same on a county basis. [20105/13]
Thu, 25 Apr 2013
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Líomhaintí Drochúsáide
Peadar Tóibín
2. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta maidir le líomhaintí atá déanta le déanaí i gcoinne duine (sonraí tugtha), an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas maidir le cén déileáil a bhí ag a Roinn, nó ag a réamhtheachtaí, leis an duine sin, an míneoidh sé cén saghas déileála a bhí ann, an raibh aon teagmháil ag an duine le daoine óga uair ar bith le linn na déileála seo, an raibh aon eolas ag an Roinn nó ag a cuid oifigeach faoi aon líomhain i gcoinne an duine agus má bhí, cén gníomh a tógadh mar thoradh air sin agus an bhfuil an Roinn tar éis athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar a cuid polasaithe um chosaint leanaí de bharr na líomhaintí seo. [19566/13]
Thu, 25 Apr 2013
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Irish Language
Peadar Tóibín
24. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his views on the review of the Official Languages Act; if he will be publishing the submissions to the Act and arrange to have those submissions discussed; and if he will provide a timescale for the publishing of these submissions and the continuation of the review. [19281/13]
Thu, 25 Apr 2013
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Irish Language
Peadar Tóibín
39. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made as regards the proposal in the 20 year strategy to examine the feasibility of introducing a voluntary code for bilingual labelling and packaging of all goods sold here. [19282/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Departmental Reports
Peadar Tóibín
23. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 5 March 2013, the date on which the social impact assessment of the taxation and welfare changes announced in Budget 2013 was completed; the date on which it will be published; the number of persons within her Department who were tasked to complete this work and their positions within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18840/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Youth Guarantee
Peadar Tóibín
48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of her implementation plan of the Youth Guarantee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18841/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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National Procurement Service Savings
Peadar Tóibín
108. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the contrast in price and service between the mandatory Viking contract for stationery consumables for schools and existing community based purchasing groups such as that provided by a company (details supplied) in County Meath.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19303/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Job Creation Data
Peadar Tóibín
113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created, and jobs sustained, by each county enterprise board for each year since 2007. [19307/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Invalidity Pension Appeals
Peadar Tóibín
140. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for invalidity pension (details supplied) [19377/13]
Wed, 24 Apr 2013
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Sports Funding
Peadar Tóibín
273. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant to a sports club (details supplied) in County Meath. [19472/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Credit Availability
Peadar Tóibín
89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the initiatives taken by his Department to address the market failure of bank lending to small and medium enterprises; and the cost to date of these initiatives. [18627/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way he intends to monitor the number of jobs created by his initiatives to ensure that the number created matches those expected such as the microenterprise loans scheme. [18608/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers
Peadar Tóibín
129. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the targets for loan applications and rates of successful loans under the Microenterprise Loan Fund; and the cost to date in the administration or management of this scheme. [18609/13]
Tue, 23 Apr 2013
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Jobs Data
Peadar Tóibín
312. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the total number of jobs in the exporting enterprises, the public service and in non exporting enterprises. [18520/13]