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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: AIB is in rude health at the moment and I imagine that is something to be proud of in Dr. Hunt's position. It is far more profitable for banks to operate online than to have a physical presence and it is an objective of the bank's shareholders for the bank to be profitable. There is no doubt that the decision to withdraw cash services from these banks was made on the basis of increasing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: AIB closed 15 branches last year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There were 15 branches closed last year. Another element to this is that Ireland is also undergoing a spatial crisis. The capital is overheating and the commuter belt is sprawling into Ulster, Connacht and Munster, with all of the focus on the capital, while regional towns and villages are emptying out. There are towns in my constituency where you could play hurling on the main street at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: My question relates to creating more competition. Would AIB support the development of local public banking? Part of this relates to getting cash circulating in these small towns. I think of Castlepollard in Westmeath where the community had to chase the bank to have an ATM fitted in the local branch to keep cash circulating. How can AIB help with the circulation of cash in towns and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: However, AIB's interest rates have been higher than those in Europe so the balance----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Issues: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is also down to the lack of competition in the sector.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken any study to measure the increase in costs for green diesel and the burden that this is having on farmers. [38213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings that he has held with the owners of beef factories since he took office; the dates upon which these meetings took place; and the purpose of the meetings. [38214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken by her Department to assist parents of school children with the costs associated with children returning to school in September. [38777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased since her Department was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Bodies (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has given approval to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s documents titled an inclusive approach to SPHE/RSE – LGBTI+ identities and the use of inclusive and respectful language which appear on her Department’s website and is advice for teachers of national school children; if it is her policy that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has made any changes to the family income supplement scheme since she took office. [34033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased or decreased in each of the past ten years. [34034/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Thousands of people marched in Navan last weekend to protect the emergency department in Navan, which provides life-or-death treatment and services for the people of County Meath. There was palpable anger that, at a time of key overcrowding, the Government was going to take capacity out of the system. Amazing data that blow the HSE figures out of the water have been provided by 23 hospital...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The data come from the integrated patient management system.

Rent Reduction Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I support the premise of the Bill. The idea that people are paying 30%, 40%, 50%, 60%, and sometimes 70%, of their income on rent is incredible. There needs to be a tight relationship between the income people earn and the rent they pay for accommodation. This proportion is way out of whack in terms of people's ability to live. The Bill seeks to reduce rents by limiting them to a maximum...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Functions (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 27. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit within his Department. [32077/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 37. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the leader of the British Labour Party. [35867/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Apologies (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies that he has issued since he assumed office. [35868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that the Office of the Revenue Commissioners researched the level of empty homes in each county in Ireland; the reason that its figures are at odds with those produced by the Central Statistics Office by over 100,000 homes; if it is his contention that the CSO is wrong in its quantification of empty homes; and the rate of tax that he will apply to...