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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: We have little more than a month in the southern State to act on this. Given that most of that month will be taken up with Christmas holidays, with elected representatives back in their constituencies and offices closed, there is really about a fortnight left of the period during which the Irish Government has to make a decision about this. It is critical. Heaping the responsibility on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas le Mr. Ó Muirigh faoi sin. I have just one last question. A year or so ago I brought a number of victims of the Glenanne gang to Government Buildings to meet the then Taoiseach, Micheál Martin. It was stated at that stage that the Garda, maybe because of some legislation or regulation, was not providing all the documents necessary for investigations in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: United Kingdom Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023: Discussion (7 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: No problem. Gabhaim buíochas le Mr. Ó Muirigh faoi sin.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 4,000 children currently homeless. That is the equivalent of 171 classrooms of children who are homeless within this State and quite a shocking figure. That homelessness is leading to hundreds of deaths currently. It is estimated that in the past five years 1,400 people in the State have died in homelessness, which is horrendous. It is leading to a rise of major difficulties...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [53697/23]

Immigration: Motion [Private Members] (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Irish people are decent and generous and want to do their best to help those who are in need. Most Irish people want to provide supports for people fleeing violence and war. It is also important to state that communities across the country have welcomed migrants successfully and that many migrants make a very important contribution to both Irish society and the Irish economy....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much money has EirGrid expended to date on the development of the North South Interconnector; and how much money has Eirgrid spent on the construction of the North South Interconnector. [54170/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 98. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any restrictions on planning for housing being built beside wind turbines. [54051/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (6 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will approve applications for the farmers who have submitted TAMS applications; how much of the €370 million earmarked for TAMS funding has been given to farmers to date; how long on average are farmers waiting for approval of their applications; the longest wait for approval of a TAMS application, given...

Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: There are now 13,179 people in emergency homeless accommodation in Ireland. The number of children in emergency accommodation is 4,000. The total population of emergency accommodation is equivalent to the whole population of Midleton in Cork, a full mid-size town in Ireland. If we look at the number of children who are homeless in the State, it is equivalent to 171 classrooms of children....

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Every year Deputy McEntee has been Minister, the number of gardaí has fallen. Garda morale has collapsed and Garda recruitment is on the floor. Every single day, a garda is violently attacked. Gardaí are getting rammed, bitten and assaulted and are having chemicals sprayed in their eyes. Garda retirements and resignations are on the increase. In October just past, for the first...

Confidence in the Minister for Justice: Motion (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Misogyny, as well.

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Middle East (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The recommencement of the war in Gaza is devastating. The IDF has admitted that yesterday was the most intense day since its ground war started in late October. UNICEF has said there are no safe zones anywhere in Gaza now. The World Health Organization, WHO, has said the situation is getting worse by the hour. Hamas has killed 1,200 people and taken 240 people hostage. That was a...

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [52068/23]

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In the past number of years, Aontú has introduced two animal welfare Bills. One related to puppy farms and the second to the stealing of pets from families. The reason we did so is because the entire animal welfare space in this country is in a bad place; so much so, that dog charities are currently at breaking point. The responsibility for animal welfare is split between four...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government is going into battle with hundreds of landowners in counties Meath, Cavan and Monaghan about the North-South interconnector. There are 409 pylons, 51 m in height, some of them only 13 m from people's homes. There is serious fear about the damage that could be done to health, the value of the properties, businesses, the equine industry and the tourism industry. Has EirGrid...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 386. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes and the type of crimes that have been reported in the north inner city in the past five years. [53369/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 387. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the gardaí track the country of origin of people who are convicted of crime in Ireland. [53370/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 388. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many people who have been issued with a deportation order have subsequently been naturalised. [53371/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (5 Dec 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are clinically discharged but who remain in hospital; the number of patients who are clinically discharged in hospital for six months or less, between six months and one year, between one year and 18 months, between 18 months and two years and for more than two years, by hospital. [53688/23]