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Tue, 28 May 2013
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Foreign Direct Investment
Peadar Tóibín
339. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the advice offered to companies in the Apple group with regard to tax measures by the Industrial Development Agency or if they were referred to the Revenue Commissioners. [25944/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Foreign Direct Investment
Peadar Tóibín
340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of inquires from Industrial Development Agency client companies with regard to tax reduction; and to outline how these enquiries are handled. [25945/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Foreign Direct Investment
Peadar Tóibín
341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the meetings between Industrial Development Agency officials and representatives or directors of Apple Operations Ireland or Apple Sales International. [25946/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Youth Guarantee
Peadar Tóibín
426. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the provisions that she is making to ensure that employment creation and retention forms part of any youth guarantee scheme. [24442/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Youth Unemployment Measures
Peadar Tóibín
427. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the actions her Department is taking to tackle youth unemployment; if she will give an assessment of the effectiveness of these actions; and the targets for increased youth employment. [18615/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Pre-Term Births
Peadar Tóibín
618. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of unborn children that have been brought to a pre-term birth in Irish hospitals as a result of a mother who experienced suicidal tendancies due to the fact that she was pregnant in each year since 1992; if any health or disability complications were experienced by each of these children; if there were any health or disabilities caused to these children by the induced pre term births and the steps that have been taken to support these children. [25054/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Ambulance Service Provision
Peadar Tóibín
626. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the staff and financial resources provided for ambulance services in County Meath for each of the past five years. [25123/13]
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Ambulance Service Provision
Peadar Tóibín
690. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will hold an investigation into the lack of resources available to the ambulance services in County Meath and the resultant threat to patient safety. [25887/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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Public Procurement Contracts Social Clauses
Peadar Tóibín
11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the consideration he has given to the inclusion of a social clause in capital public procurement projects to the value of €1 million euro or more. [24631/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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Public Procurement Contracts
Peadar Tóibín
35. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a progress update on the work of the new National Procurement Office. [24630/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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County and City Enterprise Boards Funding
Peadar Tóibín
81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total budget allocated and total amount distributed by each county enterprise board for 2007 to 2013; and if he will provide an explanation for allocation of funds to county enterprise boards [24872/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the multiplier effect on the economy for a job supported by IDA Ireland; and the same for a job supported by Enterprise Ireland and the county enterprise boards. [24873/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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Job Creation
Peadar Tóibín
83. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the cost per job promoted by IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise boards for each year from 2007 to date in 2013. [24874/13]
Thu, 23 May 2013
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Job Creation Data
Peadar Tóibín
84. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total number of the jobs retained, jobs created and jobs lost by companies supported by IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and county enterprise boards. [24875/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Tax Reliefs Application
Peadar Tóibín
2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the presentations that he has received calling for special provision to be made for senior executives in multinational companies; and if he will outline the business case developed by him to promote such special provisions. [24510/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Youth Unemployment Measures
Peadar Tóibín
5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail the steps taken to create employment for young people; the impact of these initiatives in terms of employment outcomes; and his views on whether emigration is a life style choice. [24511/13]
Wed, 22 May 2013
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Economic Competitiveness
Peadar Tóibín
41. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the Forfás report on competitiveness. [24440/13]
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]