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Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
337. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the grant aid or other payments made by his Department to Chambers Ireland, IBEC, ISME and the SFA for each of the past five years. [52173/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Peadar Tóibín
340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department or in bodies which fall under the remit of his Department whose annual remuneration including salary, pension and benefits at 31 December 2011 fell into bands of €400,000 and above, between €300,000 to €399,999, between €200,000 to €299,999 and between €150,000 to €199,000; and if he will provide a breakdown of the positions held by the staff in relevant pay brackets. [52514/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Departmental Staff Remuneration
Peadar Tóibín
341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has made any contacts requesting staff whose annual salary is more than €200,000 in his Department or in any body under the remit of his Department, to waive 15% of their salary or such amount in excess of €200,000 whichever is the lesser; if he has, the date on which he first made this contact; the number of staff who acquiesced to the request for the waiver; the number of staff who refused the request for the waiver and the number of staff who have not responded to the request for the waiver. [52515/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Invalidity Pension Application Numbers
Peadar Tóibín
362. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of outstanding applications for invalidity pension, broken down by months outstanding, the number of medical staff employed to conduct medical reviews and the number of additional staff deployed to clear the backlog. [52292/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Vaccination Programme
Peadar Tóibín
645. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the date on which a comprehensive set of supports will be in place for those affected by narcolepsy associated with the vaccine pandemrix; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52433/12]
Tue, 27 Nov 2012
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Vaccination Programme
Peadar Tóibín
646. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will detail his contact with the SOUND group dealing with sufferers of narcolepsy associated with pandemrix; and any commitment made to the group [52434/12]
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
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Small and Medium Enterprises Supports
Peadar Tóibín
5. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made in the establishment of local enterprise offices including the role of individual Irish small and medium enterprises and SME representative groups as part of the committee overseeing the development of the local enterprise offices. [52082/12]
Thu, 22 Nov 2012
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Action Plan for Jobs
Peadar Tóibín
38. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Wed, 21 Nov 2012
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Public Sector Reform Review
Peadar Tóibín
19. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Wed, 21 Nov 2012
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Proposed Legislation
Peadar Tóibín
50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Wed, 21 Nov 2012
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Broadband Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
146. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Wed, 21 Nov 2012
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Broadband Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
147. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Student Grant Scheme Payments
Peadar Tóibín
133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
316. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
317. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
318. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Community Welfare Services
Peadar Tóibín
340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked 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]
Tue, 20 Nov 2012
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Community Welfare Services
Peadar Tóibín
341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of maintaining the community welfare clinic in the Third Age Centre in Summerhill (details supplied) and to detail any savings generated from its proposed closure. [50930/12]
Thu, 15 Nov 2012
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Public Sector Staff Increment Payments
Peadar Tóibín
53. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the full remuneration packages currently being paid out to the previous four Secretaries General of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50242/12]
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
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Trade Missions
Peadar Tóibín
33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the recent trade mission that he led to Malaysia; and the expected economic outcomes of the trade mission. [50098/12]
Wed, 14 Nov 2012
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Economic Policy
Peadar Tóibín
34. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline any expected economic benefits arising from the Africa Ireland Economic Forum hosted by his Department; and his plans to increase trade with Africa in 2013. [50102/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Carer's Allowance Eligibility
Peadar Tóibín
111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending to 19.5 hours the number of hours a recipient of carer's allowance can work outside the home. [49846/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Free Travel Scheme Administration
Peadar Tóibín
114. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the companion travel pass for persons in receipt of disability allowance to cover a companion on the portion of the round trip during which the disabled person may not be present. [49847/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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FÁS Training Programmes
Peadar Tóibín
254. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in detail the number, type, location and spaces available on FÁS courses in County Meath available to the unemployed. [49779/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
305. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 322 of 6 November 2012, if he will publish the Departmental review or assessment of the success of a school programme (details supplied) as part of the July provision scheme and any assessment of the changes to circumstances of children and parents that would prohibit involvement in the scheme at the same level for the coming year. [50013/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Employment Rights Issues
Peadar Tóibín
326. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will confirm the date on which the Protection of Employee (Temporary Agency Workers) Bill 2011 came into effect and the steps taken to ensure that all agencies, employers and agency workers are fully informed of their rights and responsibilities. [49443/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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FÁS Training Programmes
Peadar Tóibín
375. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if unemployed persons who have taken up FÁS training courses are excluded from consideration for Tús supervisor positions within 12 months of completing the course. [49780/12]
Tue, 13 Nov 2012
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Carer's Allowance Applications
Peadar Tóibín
397. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and the target time taken to process such applications. [50020/12]
Thu, 8 Nov 2012
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Departmental Reports
Peadar Tóibín
40. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the date on which he will publish the Small Hospitals Report Securing the Future of Smaller Hospitals: A Framework for Development; if he will confirm that this report recommends the closure of the ICU and full ED services at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath, as well as at eight other sites; if he will provide an update in the proposed development of a new regional hospital in the Health Service Executive North East area; if he will commit to maintaining ICU and full ED services at Our Lady's Navan until such a facility is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48979/12]
Thu, 8 Nov 2012
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Energy Conservation
Peadar Tóibín
51. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health in view of the Health Service Executive budget overrun and consequent cuts in essential services, his views on whether the energy costs across the health sector, estimated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland at €80 million a year at least, should be reduced by up to 20% on an urgent basis; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that existing voluntary projects show the potential for such savings by implementing targeted and low-cost energy efficiency programmes; the measures he and the HSE are taking to ensure that such savings are made within the next two years instead of unnecessary cutbacks to essential services and thus make these cuts that do not hurt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48980/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Tax Yield
Peadar Tóibín
191. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance he total amount of vat collected at 13.5%, over the most recent year for which figures are available, for each of the following items; beauty treatments, massages, nail treatments, tanning or sunbed services, routine cleaning of residential property, non-oral contraceptive products, non-residential property building services related to non-residential property, including installation, routine cleaning of non-residential property, photographic services including photographic prints, works of art, antiques and literary manuscripts, cosmetic surgery, tattoo artists, tree surgery, valet cleaning of cars, collectors items and faith healers. [47271/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Tax Yield
Peadar Tóibín
192. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the total amount of vat collected at 9%, over the most recent year for which figures are available, for each of the following items, green fees, membership of commercial and local government golf courses, admission to lap dancing, hot take away food and hot drinks, fair ground amusements and hair dressing. [47272/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Tax Yield
Peadar Tóibín
193. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the total value to the economy of golf club membership fees; transactions of investment gold; hire of chauffeur driven vehicle; air craft leasing and directors fees; and the amount of VAT raised on these transactions. [47273/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Special Educational Needs Services Provision
Peadar Tóibín
322. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the July programme in respect of a school (details supplied) [47816/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
413. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details 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 refunded to the IDA for each of the past 10 years. [47274/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
414. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the grants refunded to the Industrial Development Agency by client companies includes grants that were not drawn down as well as grants returned due to failure to meet contractual targets. [47275/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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IDA Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
415. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total levels of grants awarded that were not drawn down by Industrial Development Agency client companies for each of the past 10 years. [47276/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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International Agreements
Peadar Tóibín
423. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to ratify the International Labour Organisation Convention on Domestic Workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47674/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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IDA Site Visits
Peadar Tóibín
424. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency sponsored visits by individual potential investors for each of the past 6 years. [47693/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Job Statistics
Peadar Tóibín
425. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs directly employed in the air craft leasing industry. [47694/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
605. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual saving to the Exchequer of shared services between Gaeltacht programme organisations which receive core funding from his Department, Údarás na Gaeltachta or Foras na Gaeilge. [47264/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Departmental Expenditure
Peadar Tóibín
606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the annual saving to the Exchequer of shared offices between Gaeltacht programme organisations which receive core funding from the Department, Údarás na Gaeltachta or Foras na Gaeilge. [47265/12]
Tue, 6 Nov 2012
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Radio Spectrum Management
Peadar Tóibín
623. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department together with its sectoral regulator Comreg, has commenced the bid/auction stage of the Multiband Spectrum award process and if he anticipates that any Revenue will accrue to the Exchequer in the current financial year. [47277/12]
Thu, 25 Oct 2012
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Foster Care Provision
Peadar Tóibín
34. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the progress being made by the Health Service Executive in their efforts to ensure that all foster carers are fully compliant with all regulations and standards, including full vetting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46762/12]
Wed, 24 Oct 2012
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Upward Only Rent Reviews
Peadar Tóibín
31. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the steps or proposals that are under active consideration by him to address the issue of the operation of upward only rents. [41613/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Mortgage Arrears Report Implementation
Peadar Tóibín
71. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to make the mortgage to rent scheme more accessible for persons struggling to keep their home. [46201/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Local Government Reform
Peadar Tóibín
91. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for strengthening the reserved functions of elected members; the timeframe for these changes to be implemented; and if legislation will be required. [46078/12]
Tue, 23 Oct 2012
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Commercial Rates Valuation Process
Peadar Tóibín
430. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline any proposals currently being developed by him to ensure that the commercial rates of a business reflect the ability of a business to pay. [41608/12]
Thu, 18 Oct 2012
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Job Creation Issues
Peadar Tóibín
153. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide in tabular form, for each jobs announcement by an Industrial Development Agency client company, the number of additional jobs expected to be created and relevant timeframe, any amendment to the number of jobs created as per adjustments to grant aid; the number employed at the client company at the time of the announcement; and the numbers employed at the last time such data was available for each of the past five years. [45475/12]