Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Taxi Regulations

Peadar Tóibín

224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure that the taxi service and the transportation of citizens in hackneys in Trim, County Meath, is adequately policed. [47420/13]

Rent Supplement Scheme Eligibility

Peadar Tóibín

281. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding rent allowance in respect of separated persons (details supplied); if the social welfare regulations introduced in 2011 regarding same are a result of legislation or a decision she took; and if she will reverse the decision. [44558/13]

Preschool Services

Peadar Tóibín

472. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of additional preschool inspectors that will be employed State wide and in each county up to December 2014 as a result of the €4.5 million budget increase; and the proportion of that investment that will be spent on preschool mentoring and support staff training in that period. [44607/13]

National Procurement Service Savings

Peadar Tóibín

92. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his position regarding the negative consequences of the national procurement service; the average size of a supplier to a State agency in 2012 and in each of the past five years; the total number of suppliers to State agencies in 2012 and in each of the past five years; the average size in monetary terms of State agency contracts in 2012 and in each of the past five years; the number of contracts supplied by firms located outside the State in 2012 and in each of the past five years; and if he has undertaken any research into the impact of the policies of the national procurement service on the small to medium-sized enterprise sector. [43313/13]

Organ Removal

Peadar Tóibín

188. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason a hospital (details supplied) in the early 1990s took the organs from stillborn babies; the reason they were taken without the knowledge or permission of mothers; where those organs went and what was done with them and the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42809/13]

Diplomatic Representation Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

53. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the individual cost for each of Ireland's embassies for each of the past five years; the budget breakdown for each embassy in 2012; the number of jobs that are directly attributed to each of Ireland's embassies; and the cost per job for each of Ireland's embassies. [42758/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

54. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of jobs that have been created here that are directly attributable to his Department for each of the past two years. [42761/13]

Ambulance Service Provision

Peadar Tóibín

188. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health what the pre-hospital emergency key performance indicators are for the region containing County Meath for the past five years; and what the ambulance services KPI's are for the region containing County Meath for the past five years [42612/13]

Job Initiatives

Peadar Tóibín

276. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total funds that are available in the stimulus plan announced on 17 July 2012; the amount that has been spent; what it has been spent on; the number of jobs that have been created as a result; the amount that has been left unspent; and the plans regarding same. [42315/13]

IDA Site Visits

Peadar Tóibín

288. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency visits here in 2012; the way the figure compares to each of the past five years; the average cost of these visits in 2012 and for each of the past five years; the conversion rate for these visits for each of the past five years; the staff numbers and cost of Industrial Development Agency offices located abroad for 2012 and each of the past five years; the work that has been done with other enterprise development organisations on the island of Ireland to create efficiencies and savings within these foreign offices; the number of IDA visits to each county here for 2012 and each of the past five years and the individual county conversion rates for those years. [42304/13]

Companies Statistics

Peadar Tóibín

289. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland high potential start ups that occurred here in 2012; the way the figure compares to each of the past five years; the average cost of these start ups for 2012 and for each of the past five years; the attrition rate of each of these high potential start ups for the past five years; the staff numbers and cost of each Enterprise Ireland office located abroad for 2012 and the past five years; and the work that has been done with other enterprise development organisations on the island of Ireland to create efficiencies and savings within these foreign offices. [42306/13]

Companies Statistics

Peadar Tóibín

290. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland supported firms in each county here for 2012 and each of the past five years; the Enterprise Ireland investment figure for each county in 2012 and for each of the past five years; and the annual employment totals for Enterprise Ireland supported companies in each county for 2012 and each of the past five years. [42307/13]

Companies Statistics

Peadar Tóibín

291. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Enterprise Ireland HPSU in each county here for 2012 and each of the past five years; the Enterprise Ireland HPSU investment figure for each county in 2012 and for each of the past five years; and the annual employment totals for Enterprise Ireland HPSU companies in each county for 2012 and each of the past five years. [42308/13]

Ministerial Meetings

Peadar Tóibín

41. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail the outcomes from his series of meetings in Northern Ireland on Friday, 27 September; the persons he met and the content of his discussions. [41512/13]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

99. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he has or will put in place a tax break for families who have outgrown their current home or have had to move in order to work (details supplied); if there is legislation pending to provide assistance to those in negative equity who have no other means to exit their unsuitable domiciliary situation.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41310/13]

Ambulance Service Provision

Peadar Tóibín

249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health in view of the fact that the Health Information and Quality Authority does not receive or publish key performance indicators on a regional basis regarding the delivery of the ambulance service, and this means that the management of the service cannot see or respond to regional variances in service provision, if he will instruct HIQA to collect and publish these KPIs. [41272/13]

Child Care Services Inspections

Peadar Tóibín

605. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of staff who are employed in each county as child care facilities inspectors; the number of new staff who have been employed in each county by the Health Service Executive as child care facilities' inspectors since the Prime Time Investigates exposé entitled A Breach of Trust in view of the fact that new legislation will strengthen regulations in this sector; and the number of new staff who will be employed to inspect these new regulations. [40931/13]

Housing Assistance Payments Implementation

Peadar Tóibín

104. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a commitment as to when the transfer of responsibility for rent supplement to local authorities will be complete; and if he will provide an update on the work needed to achieve this. [33783/13]

Job Losses

Peadar Tóibín

116. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of net job losses in the economy for each year from 2006 to 2013. [34710/13]

Income Data

Peadar Tóibín

117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of the average weekly income in the south of Ireland in comparison with Northern Ireland and Britain for the most recent five years for which information is available. [34727/13]