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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (24 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 186. To ask the Minister for Health how many times he has referred Parliamentary Questions to the HSE for response to Deputies directly in each of the past twelve months; how many times the HSE has issued responses to the Deputies who submitted the questions; if a specific breakdown can be provided in the case of this Deputy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3102/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meals-on-Wheels Services (24 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 188. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the allocation of funding for 2024 to each meals on wheels service in receipt of HSE funding, by name of service and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3112/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tribunals of Inquiry (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 85. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he met with the Women of Honour group before the terms of reference for the tribunal of inquiry into the Defence Forces handling of bullying, harassment and sexual assault allegations were agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2780/24]

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 9,409 adults currently homeless in the State, and 4,105 children are accessing emergency accommodation. That is equivalent to the full population of the town of Midleton in Cork. It is a significant number of Irish citizens who are currently in a state of homelessness. There is the equivalent of 117 classrooms of children homeless at the moment. It is an incredible situation....

Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: In Gaza, 25,000 individual human beings have been murdered since the horrendous attacks by Hamas on 7 October. This is the equivalent of every man, woman and child in a large Irish town such as Tralee being killed. More than 10,000 children have been killed in those attacks. That is the equivalent of 416 classrooms of innocent children murdered in that time. Women and children have been...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when he last met with church leaders in Ireland. [55133/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Religious leaders of all faiths are working overtime in this country at the moment. They do enormous work in helping the vulnerable, members of the Travelling community, victims of human trafficking, those in prison, those who are homeless, those with addictions, those who are grieving and so on, and in terms of integration and working with many in our migrant communities. They must,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The only country in Europe.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: We were an outlier.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 8. To ask the Taoiseach when the terms of reference for the inquiry into Covid-19 in Ireland will be produced. [55131/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 10. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the need for an inquiry into the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in Ireland. [2773/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I have received some incredible answers from different Ministers to parliamentary questions in respect of what happened during Covid. The Minister for Health confirmed to me that there were 10% fewer cancers diagnosed in 2020 than would have been expected for that year by the National Cancer Registry Ireland. That is an alarming revelation. In 2020, 60,000 fewer women were screened by...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: There is an alarming increase in the number of small businesses being forced to close. The owners of these businesses, who have invested blood, sweat and tears to make them function, are being hammered with massive costs. In fact, we have a two-tier economy. We have a very strong foreign direct investment sector but a comparatively weak indigenous business sector. The businesses to which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 7. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his Department’s new publication entitled Government Response to Ireland’s Competitiveness Challenge 2023. [55422/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The fishing industry was mentioned. It has been brought to my attention that the Minister for agriculture was offered a quota from the Danes of 3,000 tonnes of fish, but the Minister seems to have done the reverse of the loaves and fishes miracle and returned to Ireland with 1,500 tonnes of fish. It seems that the Minister is also in negotiations with Iceland about allowing its fishing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Tara Mines is the biggest lead and zinc mine in Europe. It is one of the largest employers in Meath and its closure has been one of the biggest economic blows to the east midlands area for a long period of time. A key element of the closure was the fact that electricity prices in this country are the highest in Europe. Tara Mines management has given a plan to workers. That plan is a race...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: We need to have a discussion about the Government's mismanagement of immigration policy. The absence of resources when it comes to accommodation is startling at the moment. The Government promised 700 rapid-build units back in June 2022. The majority of those have not been built. The Minister promised a community dividend of €53 million, but only €3 million has actually been...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times members of the Defence Forces have been involved in drug seizures or intercepting vessels containing drugs in each of the past ten years. [2781/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors or separated children currently seeking asylum in the State; and the types of care settings they are in, that is foster care, residential care, emergency accommodation, and so on. [2882/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (23 Jan 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently in State care who are in special emergency accommodation; the number who were in such settings at the end of each week for the past two years; and if a breakdown can be provided on the number of whom are separated children/unaccompanied minors and those who are not, in tabular...