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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (21 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 551. To ask the Minister for Health the methods of communications the HSE has with the NHS in the north of Ireland to ensure that doctors who are found guilty of poor professional performance in one jurisdiction do not get work in the opposite jurisdiction (details supplied). [50976/23]

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister may be feeling a little bit uncomfortable with what I am saying and I can understand that.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I fully understand the discomfort the Minister feels in the circumstances. If I were sitting in her position, as a member of a Government that has done so little in relation to this, I would be equally uncomfortable.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Again, the Minister is interrupting me.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: At no point, as of yet, have we seen any definitive material action points on how this material is going to be blocked so that children cannot consume it.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I have read the Bill. I have read large chunks of the Bill.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I know of codes and I know of guidelines that are going to be produced. The Minister made the point that this Bill will not tackle the whole problem of pornography being pushed to children. If we cannot fix all of it, we will fix none of it. That seems to be the instinct here but that is rubbish. To be honest, Deputies and governments can only make marginal changes to society but those...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: When Homer Simpson ran for mayor, he ran on a motto of "Why can't somebody else do it?" That motto is all over the speech the Minister has just made. Instead of taking this serious issue and delivering on it, she stated it had been outsourced to Coimisiún na Meán, which is to create codes and guides in the future. When we try to work out what those codes or guides are, it is...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: We have one Deputy in the Dáil but when we have more, we will be able to do more.

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The other point I would like to make-----

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.” As the Minister will be aware, Ireland has become a very violent place in recent times. Sexual violence is increasing at a shocking rate and lives are being destroyed day in, day out, in Irish society. In 2011, 1,958 sexual offences were recorded whereas that figure had increased by 75% to 3,433 in 2021. In 2011, 447 rapes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken any study to determine the merit of a refundable tax on plastic bottles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49281/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Inquiries (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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 Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person can be put on a local authority housing list in Ireland if they have a house in another EU Member State; and if local authorities check this fact. [50325/23]

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: We are.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Outside of the political and media bubble, where many people live in towns and villages without the safety of Garda resources, they will ask themselves what is happening. That we are looking to take further Garda resources and reduce the level of peaceful and respectful protest in the country is wrong.

Health (Termination of Pregnancy Services) (Safe Access Zones) Bill 2023 (Bill 54 of 2023): Report and Final Stages (15 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: This week, a large number of Deputies in the Chamber decried efforts made by some British politicians to stop protests in Britain against the horrific war in Gaza. Many of those speakers rightly said that in no circumstance should the democratic right to protest be prevented and that protest was the foundation stone of a democracy. I, as an Irish republican, will always point to the North...

Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion [Private Members] (15 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The gross injustices that are unfolding at the moment in Gaza are an indictment against Israel but also against the international community. The international community is standing idly by in respect of what is happening in Gaza at the moment. It is an incredible issue on which many people have spoken very well here today. The fact is that more than 11,000 citizens, non-combatants, and at...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine an application for special education transport (details supplied). [50096/23]

Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: More than 11,000 people have been killed in Gaza since 7 October. Some 1,400 people were killed in Israel on 7 October and 200 Israelis remain as hostages. Approximately 4,000 children have been killed in Gaza, now at a rate of one child being killed every 15 minutes. We have seen 90 UN workers and 40 journalists killed so far. Aid has been reduced to a trickle on purpose. Gaza was...