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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will list the occasions over the past twelve months in which Government Departments have requested additional funds from his Department; the purposes of these requests; which ones were granted; and which were refused. [52077/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision on their application for disability allowance. [52180/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person who applied for disability allowance before Christmas, but will not receive a decision until after Christmas, will be entitled to back payments to the date of application; and whether these back payments will also include the Christmas bonuses, lump sums and fuel allowance entitlements which accompany the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a response will be issued by her Department to this Deputy in relation to a query regarding a household benefit claim (details supplied). [52207/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of a domestic violence incident in each county, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [51884/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 411. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of flights arriving into each international airport in Ireland that have been attended by immigration officers as passengers disembark; how many passengers travelled without passports and documentation; their country of origin; how many were detained, and how many were denied entry and placed on return flights, in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 412. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many passengers arriving into each international airport in Ireland were found to have false passports and documentation at the point of entry, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [52054/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 422. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently serving a custodial sentence in the State where a declaration was made to the courts and/or the prison services as having an official diagnosis of a disability or health condition under categories (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52442/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 423. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons served with the Probation of Offenders Act 1907 in the State where a declaration was made to the courts as having an official diagnosis of a disability or health condition under categories (details supplied), in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 618. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown in tabular form of the number of private nursing homes by county owned by domestic and international private investment firms, respectively; the names of each investment group; and the number of years of ownership of each nursing home. [52221/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 634. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in completing the development of the primary care centre in Ballyhaunis, County Mayo; the reason the development on the project has ceased, given it was due to be operational in 2021; the person or body responsible for the delay; the steps the HSE is taking to recommence building works; at what stage are negotiations between the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Órfhlaith. Go raibh maith ag na finnéithe ar fad as ucht an cur i láthair iontach sin. Bhí sé an-suimiúil. I had a prior engagement to which I had to attend so I apologise for missing a bit at the start of the meeting but I thank the witnesses for the details that have been given. There is a lack of data, North and South, on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (23 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: From my perspective, FDI is typically considered as an interim economic policy. Ideally, countries normally use FDI to get to a certain stage of development, and then start to develop their own indigenous economy, which is obviously far stickier, less mobile and more stable. Obviously, that is the route the economy in the South needs to go on. It is surprising in a way that the North has...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Commissions of Investigation (23 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Commissions of Investigation (23 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 129. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of tribunals, public investigations and commissions of investigations in process; the length of time each has been underway; when each will conclude; the cost to date of each; and the estimated cost of each at completion. [44814/23]

Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Irish neutrality is a foreign policy tradition that stretches back over centuries. Irish political leaders from Wolfe Tone to O'Connell and James Connolly have advocated neutrality as the best way to serve the common good and to oppose militarism in society. Small countries have always been naturally sceptical of big military blocs because such blocs orientate their foreign policy around...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit freisin as an gcur i láthair sin. On the Government's approach to public procurement and capital development, I think there is a major problem with its ability to deliver on capital projects throughout Ireland. There are major difficulties in this regard, and this situation is costing the State greatly in terms of money and in terms of...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Are any constraints in terms of the delivery of public projects emanating from the lack of existing planning resources? Would the Minister of State not admit there is a major problem regarding planning resources?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Is there a problem with planning resources in Ireland?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Can I ask the Minister of State a question? He mentioned-----