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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am startled at these figures. The Minister mentioned fluctuating numbers of people receiving fuel allowance. The price of fuel is fluctuating upwards only. There has been a massive expansion in the number of people in fuel poverty yet we have rigid figures for the number of people in receipt of fuel allowance. The Minister talks about expansion of the means test. That is because there...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will reopen a full-time social protection office in Castlepollard, County Meath. [15407/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Castlepollard is a vibrant, strong rural town. It has a hinterland that stretches for miles. Like many other rural towns, it has been devastated in recent years by the closure of a number of key businesses and services within that town. It lost banks, it has lost shops, etc. The latest blow to Castlepollard has been the closure by Fine Gael of the full-time social welfare office in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is saying on one level that she did not close it and on another level that it is only operational two days a week because there is not enough business to go through it.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is responsible for the delivery of that service in towns such as Castlepollard. The Minister goes on to say people can travel down the road to Mullingar. The Minister may not be aware that in many regional rural towns there are difficulties with public transport. There are definitely difficulties with private transport currently for many people on lower incomes given the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister should not mention post offices because her party has closed hundreds of them over the past number of years.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Offices (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In fairness, the Government's approach to rural Ireland is not about keeping key services functioning in those towns so that people will come into them and then spend and shop elsewhere, but is, as I stated previously, like a landlord of old, to throw money up in the air and let the peasants tip around the ground and see can they pick up those pennies. That is a culture of dependency. What...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Last week, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party voted against a humane and common sense Aontú amendment, which sought protection for cohorts of vulnerable people in the context of eviction. The parties voted against a tenant or a member of his or her family who has a disability being protected from eviction. The parties voted against a tenant or a member of his or her family...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on her recent visit to London. [15131/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 158. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14732/23]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 159. To ask the Taoiseach the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14721/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses, associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14722/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14734/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14723/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Travel (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 237. To ask the Minister for Finance the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St Patrick’s Day; and if a breakdown can be provided on travel costs, accommodation costs, country/state visited, number of departmental staff accompanying him, and the duration of the trip, in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14729/23]