Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Public Procurement Regulations

Peadar Tóibín

18. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reforms he has introduced since taking office to ensure a greater portion of all public procurement could go to small medium enterprises. [17834/13]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

38. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the percentage of supplies and services public contracts that have been awarded to micro-enterprises which have collaborated on public sector tender through a joint bidding or consortium formation year on year over the past three years. [17835/13]

Bank Charges

Peadar Tóibín

57. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the changes in cash handling charges by the Allied Irish Banks; and if he, or representatives of his Department, have raised this matter with the bank. [18035/13]

Bank Charges

Peadar Tóibín

58. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the cost impact on the small medium enterprises sector of the changes in cash handling charges by the Allied Irish Bank; and if he will confirm if his Department was consulted with regard to these changes. [18036/13]

Bank Charges

Peadar Tóibín

65. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if his Department was consulted with regard to changes in charges for cash handling by the Allied Irish Bank. [18038/13]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance his views on certificate 2 in respect of persons (details supplied). [18214/13]

Jobs Protection

Peadar Tóibín

124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken by his Department, or relevant State agency, to safeguard the jobs and production at the Diageo site in County Waterford. [18017/13]

Jobs Protection

Peadar Tóibín

125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total investment of public moneys in the Diageo site in County Waterford; and if he will confirm if any claw back clauses will be enacted if the site is closed. [18018/13]

Jobs Protection

Peadar Tóibín

126. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken by his Department, or relevant State agency to promote the Diageo site in County Waterford for future investment if the company ends production at the site. [18019/13]

Nursing Homes Support Scheme Eligibility

Peadar Tóibín

243. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will review the operation of the fair deal scheme to allow people to have the option to be cared for 24 hours a day in their own homes as an alternative to nursing home care [17821/13]

Children in Care

Peadar Tóibín

127. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if all children in care now have a care plan; if not, the number of the total who do not; the reason for same; if every child in care now has a social worker; if not, the number of the total who do not; the reason for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17284/13]

Child Care Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

142. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will report on the progress made towards the introduction of a statutory right to after care for all young adults leaving the care system who seek and require continuing support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17265/13]

FÁS Local Training Initiatives Eligibility

Peadar Tóibín

372. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills the support available through FÁS or other Government agencies to support the training and reskilling needs of the 70 former employees of a company (details supplied) who were made redundant. [17225/13]

School Equipment

Peadar Tóibín

397. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [16407/13]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

503. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and total value of advertised contracts for supplies and general services of up to €125,000; and the number and total value of advertised contracts for works and work related services with a value up to €250,000 for each year from 2008 to present. [16117/13]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

504. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and total value of advertised contracts for supplies and general services in excess of €125,000; and the number and total value of advertised contracts for works and work related services in excess of €250,000 for each year from 2008 to present. [16118/13]

Departmental Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

505. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number and total value of framework agreements entered into for the provision of goods and services for each year from 2008 to present. [16119/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

549. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created to date, excluding those in administering the scheme, by loans made form the microenterprise loans fund. [16402/13]

Departmental Bodies

Peadar Tóibín

550. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional staff posts created in Microfinance Ireland to promote and process applications from the microenterprise loans fund. [16403/13]

Local Authority Funding

Peadar Tóibín

804. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the services persons living in an estate (details supplied) in County Meath will receive as a result of paying property tax in view of the fact that they already pay privately for their services. [16845/13]

Departmental Funding

Peadar Tóibín

840. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason there is a stop on the granting of funds (details supplied); and when this stop on grants will be lifted. [17416/13]

Human Rights Issues

Peadar Tóibín

17. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any plans to issue a policy response to the endorsement by the Human Rights Council of the United Nations framework and guiding principles on business and human rights; and if the response will also address the European Commission's call for EU member states to develop national plans for the implementation of the guiding principles. [15539/13]

Ministerial Travel

Peadar Tóibín

26. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide information on the Invest in Ireland business forum, for IDA clients and target companies, that he hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, during his recent visit to America. [15523/13]

EU Regulations

Peadar Tóibín

67. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the danger posed to the wheelchair accessible SPV fleet by new noise requirements being brought forward by the EU resulting from the Ouzky report; the steps he will take to argue for exemptions which will allow Irish wheelchair accessible SPV's to continue to operate. [15056/13]

Tourism Capital Investment Programme

Peadar Tóibín

81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide specific details of the way he envisages the real estate investment trusts assisting in the growth of the tourism product and in the provision of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15314/13]

Public Sector Staff

Peadar Tóibín

294. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidance and timeframe for the Office of Public Works to provide employment references for former employees. [15020/13]

Joint Labour Committees Review

Peadar Tóibín

297. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the time scale of the review of the JLCs as provided for under section 11 of the Industrial Relations (Amendment) Act 2012. [14857/13]

Joint Labour Committees Review

Peadar Tóibín

298. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide detail of any guidance, advice or submission by him, his Department or other State agency to the Labour Court in conducting the review of JLC's. [14858/13]

Joint Labour Committees Review

Peadar Tóibín

299. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the guidance given to the Labour Court in the event that consensus or agreement cannot be reached by parties to JLC's as part of the on-going review by the Labour Court of JLC's; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14859/13]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Application Numbers

Peadar Tóibín

300. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will detail, by county enterprise board, the number of applications to the microenterprise loan fund; the value of applications; the number of successful applications; and the value of successful applications. [14924/13]

Microenterprise Loan Fund Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

301. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the amount set aside for loans from the microenterprise loan fund from Government; and the amount leveraged from the private sector for 2013. [14925/13]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Peadar Tóibín

308. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection in view of the EU Council recommendation to introduce a youth employment initiative, if she will confirm the Minister that will take the lead in rolling out the initiatives for tackling youth unemployment, including the youth guarantee. [15281/13]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Peadar Tóibín

341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection following on from the June 2011 council conclusions, the cooperation that has been undertaken with the social partners, employment services and other labour market stakeholders and education and training providers to target youth unemployment and youth not in education, employment or training. [15276/13]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Peadar Tóibín

342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection as part of the Europe 2020 strategy, the legal and administrative obstacles that were identified to ensure that all young persons are in a job or further education within four months of leaving school. [15278/13]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Peadar Tóibín

343. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the way the Government is identifying the appropriate timescale for implementation of youth guarantee in Ireland's current employment and budgetary circumstances; the criteria being used; the way a youth guarantee will be phased in; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15280/13]

Youth Unemployment Measures

Peadar Tóibín

20. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the extra financial support that is planned in the multi-annual financial framework to tackle youth unemployment. [14073/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta

Peadar Tóibín

145. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of Udarás na Gaeltachta owned business units; and the total number of such units that have access to fibre based high speed broadband. [14445/13]

Home Help Service Provision

Peadar Tóibín

98. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding the provision of home help hours in the Health Service Executive Dublin north east area; if the technical adjustment will mean that 400,000 hours will be lost in this region; if he will reassure service users that their service will remain in place and that those who have lost hours in the past 12 months will have them reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13771/13]

Smaller Hospitals Framework

Peadar Tóibín

167. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will detail plans for service change at Navan hospital, County Meath, for the full year 2013; the services that will be lost and gained; if he will detail staff changes expected for the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13772/13]

Overseas Development Aid

Peadar Tóibín

181. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by Irish Aid in Malawi for the 2012 and the projects that were supported. [13971/13]

NAMA Loan Book

Peadar Tóibín

223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will list the locations and properties that have loans acquired by National Asset Management Agency in County Meath. [13962/13]

Student Grant Scheme Delays

Peadar Tóibín

259. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the process, including target time, to resolve the backlog of 80 student appeals in the Student Universal Support Ireland appeals process; and if he will ensure that the appeals board meets more regularly to clear the backlog. [13794/13]

State Examinations Issues

Peadar Tóibín

260. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the appeal decisions for reasonable accommodation in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath. [13795/13]

Community Employment Schemes Review

Peadar Tóibín

303. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the proposed new community employment scheme for workers in the child care sector and the proposed budget for this initiative. [14229/13]

Action Plan for Jobs

Peadar Tóibín

559. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the fact that the Action Plan for Jobs 2013 quotes that the air transport industry directly employs 26,000 persons, if he will provide details of the levels of employment in each sector of the air transport industry, the geographic spread of these jobs and the number employed in each airport. [13655/13]

Tionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh

Peadar Tóibín

2. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an bhfuil aon phlé déanta aige leis an Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna maidir leis an tionchar a bheidh ar thionscal na gColáistí Samhraidh agus ar ioncam na mban tí sna ceantair Ghaeltachta mar gheall ar an ngearradh sa deontas d’ábhair oidí le freastal ar chúrsaí Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [13145/13]

Comharchumainn Ghaeltachta

Peadar Tóibín

22. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta cad atá á dhéanamh ag an Roinn chun cabhrú le Comharchumainn Ghaeltachta atá faoi bhrú le fiacha móra. [13091/13]

National Monuments

Peadar Tóibín

42. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will refrain from making any decision regarding the proposed works on the national monument at 14-17 Moore Street by chartered land in advance of the forthcoming report of Dublin City Council’s Moore Street advisory committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13124/13]

Local Authority Charges Application

Peadar Tóibín

121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government noting that self-declarations of the liability for the local property tax can be made in March 2013, with payments from July 2013 if there will be an impact on funds channelled to those local authorities that have a significant percentage of deferrals. [12816/13]

National Procurement Service Framework Agreements

Peadar Tóibín

263. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the multi-supplier framework agreement for the supply of monochrome and colour printers and multi-function devices is consistent with the Action Plan for Jobs 2013 commitment 206, to prioritise the reduction of barriers to entry for small and medium enterprises in competing for procurement opportunities; and the reason no social clauses have been considered as part of the process despite his commitment to promote such clauses. [12553/13]

National Procurement Service Framework Agreements

Peadar Tóibín

264. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will review the current managed print services framework to include the annual turnover requirements, to ensure that it is fully consistent with his recent commitments to promote small and medium enterprise involvement in procurement and reflective of social clauses. [12554/13]

National Procurement Service Framework Agreements

Peadar Tóibín

265. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of his commitment to promote social clauses and small and medium enterprise take up of Government procurement, the steps being taken to design tender documents and evaluation criteria that reflect these commitments. [12555/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Properties

Peadar Tóibín

362. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of leases held by Udarás na Gaeltachta to which they are the lessor and the total of such leases that have upward only rent clauses. [12588/13]

Údarás na Gaeltachta Funding

Peadar Tóibín

363. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost per job created and cost per job retained by Udarás na Gaeltachta. [12589/13]

Broadband Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

364. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of Udarás na Gaeltachta business units that have broadband; the number with broadband access with download speeds less than 5 Mbps; between 5 and 10 Mbps; between 10 to 30 Mbps; between 30 to 70 Mbps; between 70 to 100 Mbps; and more than 100 Mbps. [12590/13]

Teaching Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the numbers of teachers, on a county basis, who in the 2012-13 academic year have been employed on a temporary basis; and the action being taken to address the problems arising from the casualisation of work practices in the teaching profession. [11993/13]

Teachers' Remuneration

Peadar Tóibín

56. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will list in tabular form the respective pay scales of post-primary school teachers and the way this has been affected by pay cuts and pension levies introduced since 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11992/13]

NAMA Property Leases

Peadar Tóibín

70. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance in view of the state of the public finances, if he will make a direction to National Asset Management Agency to have leases in which Departments or State agencies are the tenants, reviewed to reflect current market value. [12164/13]

NAMA Property Leases

Peadar Tóibín

71. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will detail in tabular form the leases for which National Asset Management Agency has an interest, where a Department or State agency is the tenant; and if he will give details to include location, identification of State agency, annual leasing cost, if the lease includes an upward only rent clause, owner, lease start date and lease term time. [12167/13]

Judicial Council Legislation

Peadar Tóibín

41. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce a judicial complaints mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11566/13]

Sentencing Policy

Peadar Tóibín

50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to introduce sentencing guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11565/13]

Action Plan for Jobs

Peadar Tóibín

119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will correct the jobs action plan which claims that 12,000 net jobs were created in the private sector, to reflect the findings of the Central Statistics Office in the recent quarterly household survey that found the number of employees in the private sector reduced by 400 during the year. [11807/13]

Domiciliary Care Allowance Review

Peadar Tóibín

113. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the review of the domiciliary care allowance; the number of refusals of DCA in each of the years since the payment was transferred from the Health Service Executive; if there has been an increase in refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11376/13]

NAMA Property Leases

Peadar Tóibín

79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he has directed, or will consider requesting, National Asset Management Agency to adjust relevant lease terms to reflect current market values for properties in which Departments or State agencies are leasees. [10777/13]

NAMA Property Leases

Peadar Tóibín

80. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he has directed or will consider requesting the National Asset Management Agency to remove upward only rent review clauses from relevant leases in which Departments or State agencies are leasees. [10778/13]

NAMA Property Leases

Peadar Tóibín

81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to transfer from the National Asset Management Agency to the State properties in which Departments or State agencies are leasees. [10779/13]

NAMA Property Sales

Peadar Tóibín

82. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider, or believe it appropriate, to request the National Asset Management Agency to sell or transfer the current Harcourt Street Garda Station, Dublin, to the ownership of the State. [10780/13]

Garda Stations Expenditure

Peadar Tóibín

121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current combined annual cost of leases for Harcourt Garda station, Dublin; and if he will confirm that these leases include upward only rents clauses; and the length left to run on each lease. [10774/13]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

122. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current annual costs of leases in which a Department or State agency is the leasee which are currently under the control of National Asset Management Agency. [10775/13]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

123. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has sought a write down to market value and or the removal of upward only rent review clauses from leases managed by the National Asset Management Agency in which a Department or State agency is the leasee. [10776/13]

Departmental Properties

Peadar Tóibín

125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the annual rent paid by the Government or State agencies relating to Carrisbrook House, Dublin; the total rent paid by the Government or State agency to date on the relevant leases; the date on which the relevant leases were signed; the dates on which the property was occupied by a Government Department or State agency; the date from which the property has not been occupied by a Government Department or State agency; the length of time left to run on the relevant leases; and if relevant leases include upward only rent review clauses. [10782/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

127. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the Industrial Development Agency announcement of 200 additional jobs and 250 associated construction jobs at Allergan, County Mayo' in January 2012, the number of construction jobs delivered in the project; the number of increased jobs delivered with the company; and if any grants have been returned or failed to be drawn down due to not meeting employment targets. [10784/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

128. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the Industrial Development Agency announcement of 1,000 additional jobs at the Paypal site in Dundalk, County Louth, the number of additional jobs realised to date at the site; the timescale for recruiting the full complement of 1,000 additional workers; the number recruited from outside the State; and if any grants have been returned of failed to be drawn down due to not meeting employment targets. [10785/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

129. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the Industrial Development Agency announcement of 20 additional jobs at the Diaceutics Dundalk, County Louth, the number of additional jobs realised to date at the site; the timescale for recruiting the full complement of 20 additional workers; the number recruited from outside the State; and if any grants have been returned or failed to be drawn down due to not meeting employment targets. [10786/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

130. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the Industrial Development Agency announcement of 250 temporary additional jobs at National Pen, Dundalk, County Louth, the number of additional jobs realised to date at this site; the length of time of these temporary jobs; and if any grants have been returned or failed to be drawn down due to not meeting employment targets. [10787/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

131. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the Industrial Development Agency announcement of 120 jobs at the Yapstone, Drogheda, County Louth, the total number recruited to date; and the number to be recruited on a yearly basis as a condition of grant support. [10788/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

132. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation following the Industrial Development Agency announcement of 125 jobs at the Nextag, Drogheda, County Louth, the total number recruited to date; and the number to be recruited on a yearly basis as a condition of grant support. [10789/13]

IDA Jobs Data

Peadar Tóibín

133. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will reconcile the figure of 1,515 jobs announced for County Louth by the Industrial Development Agency in 2013, with the actual figure of jobs created in the county by IDA supported companies of 386 for the same period. [10790/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

134. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an annual target for the creation of jobs already announced in Industrial Development Agency supported companies for the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 for which grant aid has been committed. [10791/13]

Public Procurement Tenders

Peadar Tóibín

10. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in view of the National Procurement Service annual survey's 2012 acknowledgement that the challenges facing micro enterprises include particular barriers to participation in the public procurement market the action he will take to reduce existing barriers and increase micro enterprise participation in the public procurement process. [10431/13]

Office of Public Works Properties

Peadar Tóibín

48. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of all properties for which the State has a long-term rental agreement. [10427/13]

Unemployment Levels

Peadar Tóibín

75. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance following budget 2013, the level of unemployment forecast for the end of year 2013. [3247/13]

Unemployment Levels

Peadar Tóibín

76. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the level of long-term unemployment forecast for the end of 2013. [3222/13]

Tax Code

Peadar Tóibín

77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance his views that businesses operating in the domestic economy would benefit from effective tax rates as being paid by multinationals in this State. [3227/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Peadar Tóibín

78. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to deal with the issue of debt overhang that is impacting on the small and medium sized enterprise sector. [3223/13]

Small and Medium Enterprises Supports

Peadar Tóibín

79. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the meetings that he has had with representatives of the banking sector to address the problem of debt overhang impacting on the small and medium enterprise sector especially amongst small business and micro business. [3224/13]

Íocaíochtaí Deontas

Peadar Tóibín

197. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Peadar Tóibín den Aire Ealaíon, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta an ndéanfaidh sé liosta a sholáthar de na hirisí agus de na nuachtáin a fuair cúnamh deontais ó Roinn na Gaeltachta, Bord na Gaeilge, Foras na Gaeilge nó Údarás na Gaeltachta ó 1980; agus an ndéanfaidh sé faisnéis a sholáthar i bhfoirm tábla maidir leis an dá bhliain dheireanacha a raibh foilseacháin i gcló lena linn, nó leis na blianta 2011 agus 2012 i gcás foilseacháin atá fós i gcló, is faisnéis i dtaobh cén deontas a fuair na foilseacháin sin, cad é líon na ndaoine a bhí fostaithe leo, cad é líon na gcóipeanna a díoladh i siopaí de réir an eagráin (go laethúil, go seachtainiúil, go míosúil nó de réir cibé minicíochta foilsitheoireachta a bhí acu) agus cad é líon na gcóipeanna a cheannaigh síntiúsóirí de réir an eagráin (go laethúil, go seachtainiúil, go míosúil nó de réir cibé minicíochta foilsitheoireachta a bhí acu). [10586/13]

Business Regulation

Peadar Tóibín

226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts he has undertaken to reduce service costs such as legal costs on business. [3242/13]

Broadband Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

124. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will review the spectrum policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9971/13]

Broadband Services Provision

Peadar Tóibín

144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has identified the source of funding for the rollout of broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9970/13]

Public Procurement Contracts

Peadar Tóibín

294. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps his Department intends to take to ensure that Government procurement impacts directly on both youth and long term unemployment. [3248/13]

European Arrest Warrant

Peadar Tóibín

523. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the extradition proceeding in respect of a person (details supplied) if he will instruct his officials to seek a negotiation between the Irish and Hungarian authorities that ultimately yields a solution, agreeable to all the parties involved; if he will confirm that his officials have exhausted all possible options to facilitate the serving of the sentence here without first having to travel to Hungary; and the extent to which he can take the lead in seeking a mutually satisfactory conclusion to this tragic affair, by virtue of Ireland’s current role as EU president. [10233/13]

Hospital Procedures

Peadar Tóibín

695. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the position regarding surgery in respect of a person (details supplied). [10041/13]

Local Enterprise Offices Remit

Peadar Tóibín

11. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is willing to revisit the proposals to establish LEOs in view of the opposition of the small business sector. [9046/13]

Job Creation Data

Peadar Tóibín

54. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of jobs created by Industrial Development Agency Ireland in County Laois during the past year; and the number of jobs lost in IDA Ireland-supported industry in County Meath in the same period. [9047/13]

Global Economic Forum

Peadar Tóibín

61. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide up to date achievements of the Global Irish Economic Forum; if any more progress been made in the creation of jobs through the connect Ireland scheme; if there are plans to hold a third Global Irish Economic Forum; and when the forum will take place. [8856/13]

Employment Data

Peadar Tóibín

189. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will detail the levels of employment for each year from 2007 to 2012 in respect of each of the following sectors: agrifoods, digital gaming, ICT, medical devices, financial services, manufacturing, tourism and industry. [7742/13]

Job Losses

Peadar Tóibín

193. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the number of jobs lost by sector; and the number of jobs created by sector for each region since 2007. [7883/13]

Company Registration

Peadar Tóibín

194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of new start-up companies registered by region for each year since 2007. [7894/13]

Company Registration

Peadar Tóibín

199. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of companies that have closed or gone into receivership or administration by region for each year since 2007. [7893/13]