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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (13 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1005. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address three specific matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) [28496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1203. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 590 of 24 January 2023, if any price agreement has been reached between the HSE and a drug company (details supplied) for Sunosi in the treatment of narcolepsy or obstructive sleep apnoea; if so, if he will provide an update and indicate a timeframe when the drug will be available in Ireland; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1253. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE sought to acquire any of the private nursing homes for use as HSE public community nursing homes prior to them being granted permission to transfer change of use for alternative accommodation other than for residential care of the elderly; if so, how many; if the HSE plans to acquire other private nursing homes which cease operating in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1268. To ask the Minister for Health how many private and public nursing homes beds are registered in the State for each of the past five years; how many nursing homes have opened and closed in each of the past five years; how many nursing homes places are needed in the State now and for each of the next seven years; the average cost of a nursing home bed in the public and private sector; how...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meals-on-Wheels Services (13 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1318. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 621 of 9 May 2023, if he will increase the level of guaranteed ring-fenced annual funding for a meals-on-wheels service to an amount requested (details supplied) to ensure the long-term survival of a vital community service meeting the nutritional needs of a local elderly population in County Meath as outlined to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1333. To ask the Minister for Health the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best practice guidelines...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Data Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if he can provide a copy of the remote working best...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Data Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1420. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the security protections in place for remote workers within civil and public service organisations to safeguard against personal information of members of the public in audio, text and electronic form being inadvertently exposed to unauthorised third parties within the remote setting; if she can provide a copy of the remote working...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach's trip to Washington this year was defined by gaffes and mistakes. I was alarmed when he said about human trafficking: "It's not a particular issue for us in Ireland because our seas are so vast that people can't get there on small boats." I had to read it twice when I saw it reported from Washington. It will have come as a shock to anyone in the United States Government,...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes, we know that.

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: No, I am not.

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not saying that at all. If the Minister of State had listened to what I said, he would know I did not say that. Rather, I am saying that the child himself or herself is not involved in a criminal activity if he or she is being exploited sexually. The penalties in the Bill are weak. Child criminal exploitation is a form of human trafficking and should be considered a serious form of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Swords has good representation.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is hard to overstate the anger among people about the increases in fuel today. We are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis, a situation where people are in poverty, and where people are in arrears with bills. We are also in a situation where the Government has never taken in as much fuel tax in the history of the State, yet Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party are hiking...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to know why the Green Party, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil are fleecing families at this time of need.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The working poor.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: A harsh one.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 48. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a differential in cancer survival rates between patients diagnosed in the public and private health services in the State; and if so, if he will provide details on the differential. [25791/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Departments (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 49. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons who left the emergency department of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, without being seen, in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25790/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Jun 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of spaces available on the third-level access course in each of the past five years and in the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/23]