Results 4,861-4,880 of 16,285 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (5 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 894. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quota of fishing vessels from European Union member states in Irish territorial waters under the Common Fisheries Policy by European Union member state and species in tabular form. [17504/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (5 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 895. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the value of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy; the number of recipients of payments under the Common Agricultural Policy in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [17505/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ministerial Staff (5 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 969. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in her Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Commissions of Investigation (5 Apr 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 970. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of her Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each in tabular form. [12559/22]

Women's Health Action Plan: Statements (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the opportunity to contribute on the women's health action plan. First, CervicalCheck screening is not 100% accurate. There needs to be a public information campaign on this to ensure women who have symptoms do not ignore them because their screening test was clear. It is vital that if a woman has symptoms of cervical cancer that she goes to see her GP regardless of whether she...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There were 22,000 beds-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Anybody can point to a year or two and claim increases in those years. Twenty years ago, there were 22,000 hospital beds in this State; today, there are only 14,000. The Minister should do the maths. Ten years ago, it was stated that there was need for 500 ICU beds in this State; today, there are only 300. We have one of the lowest rates of the OECD. The Minister cannot hide and talk...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There were 105,000 adverse incidents in the hospital system last year. This means people were misdiagnosed, mistreated and given the wrong medication. It means people died or were disabled by those actions and that people are extra sick because of the misactions of the HSE. Which one of the Minister's extremely well-paid staff is responsible for this increase? Is there any accountability?...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: We are being told different.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister needs to talk to the doctors in the RCSI Hospital Group.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has undertaken with staff or management in Navan hospital regarding the future of the emergency department in the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16021/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Overcrowding in hospitals throughout the State is out of control. While this is in part because of the current wave of Omicron infections, it is also significantly out of control because there are not enough resources in the State. Overcrowding is not new. Indeed, there has been overcrowding in our hospitals for the past 15 years. Last September, the Minister announced that he wanted to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 72. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 731 and 732 of 22 February 2022, if any of the National Independent Review Panels reviewed numbered 1, 2 and 3, which have been completed to date and which have generated reports; the findings of these reviews; the types of services that have been reviewed; and the number of National Independent Review Panels currently...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Staff (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 130. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister, in tabular form. [11393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Commissions of Investigation (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of commissions of investigation under the remit of his Department currently ongoing in the State; the cost of each commission to date; and the projected costs of each, in tabular form. [12559/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Asset Management Agency (31 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he records the details of private firms that former employees of NAMA are working in; the number of NAMA staff who are currently working in private property-related firms; and if he will provide details of the level within NAMA that these staff were working. [17177/22]

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is hard to find words to describe the horror of the war in Ukraine. Undoubtedly, this shocking invasion has led to a strong desire among Irish people to help in any way we can. Ukraine and Ireland share many parallels between their histories. Ukraine is lodged right up against a large colonial power, has suffered from extensive and devastating famines because of the decisions of that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Significant parts of the childcare sector are facing collapse at the moment. In response to a parliamentary question submitted by Aontú, we found out that 789 childcare providers have closed their doors since 2007, predominantly ECCE and small providers. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government decimated provider income while shackling providers with massive debt. A total of 338...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is lowering the funding for providers and they are closing.

An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the Bill. Ireland has a long history of neutrality which goes back centuries, to the days of Theobald Wolfe Tone, Daniel O'Connell and James Connolly, who all advocated neutrality for Ireland as a way of protecting the common good and preventing militarism. Historically, small countries have always been sceptical of the intentions of military blocs. In general, historically,...