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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of closures of childcare providers in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form. [13149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports, accommodation and other necessities in place currently for Ukrainians forced to flee to Ireland and the supports, accommodation and other necessities that will be introduced in the following weeks and months. [13284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations, gardaí, civilian personnel and other Garda resources by county in each year since 2017, in tabular form. [13285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 175. To ask the Minister for Health if the 103 adverse incidents reported to the State Claims Agency in relation to the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 will be discussed as part of the ongoing three-year review of the Act. [13146/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 176. To ask the Minister for Health if the latest announcement from the UK Government that it will soon end telemedicine abortion will inform Irish public policy on this issue in view of the HSE acknowledgement that it relies upon literature from the UK to inform the policy of telemedicine abortion. [13150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 185. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that MyOptions does not provide advice on socioeconomic supports to mothers who call their councillors (details supplied). [13181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if it is official policy for MyOptions to provide abortion as the first option in the advice that it gives; and if it is official MyOptions policy for mothers to be referred to abortion doctors even in cases in which they have not made a decision to proceed with an abortion (details supplied). [13182/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (9 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the tendering process was not used to select the chair of the abortion review given that tendering allows for all citizens to apply on the basis of merit for State jobs; the reason that persons were excluded from applying for this State job; if he met with the chair of the abortion review prior to the selection process; the financial...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress update on SUSI reform. [12782/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sure the Minister has listened to the concerns of students during his visits to universities around the country. Students are asking me and, I imagine, many others in the House, what material difference students who apply for the SUSI grant next month will notice. How much has the threshold changed?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: No worries.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Students have been radically hammered by the cost of living crisis. For the last two years, many students have suffered significantly through the housing crisis so many have been forced to live at home and travel great distances to college daily. I know of many people throughout rural Ireland who do not have the public transport to access universities. Many of them have their parents drive...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that a grant increase of €200 in total?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: That €200 will be consumed very quickly in the increased costs in fuel etc. that students will experience. Can the Minister give clarity on the issue of transportation? I know it is not his Department but it is frustrating for students who were told they would get this and are waiting for it to happen. There is no clarity on when it will happen and it is happening at a snail's pace....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There is €250,000 in the Department each year for special advisers.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Apologies.

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is shocking to say that in 2022 Ireland is still not a place of equality for people with disabilities. There is an ocean of window dressing in this State when it comes to inclusivity but the truth is that hundreds of thousands of citizens are excluded from life in this country daily. Given the assessment waiting lists, lack of access to services and transport, and young people trapped in...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Ashling Murphy. It has been a while since her death. It is horrendous that when Deputies discuss this shocking event they bring into question the role of the education system in this country. They bring into question the role of the curriculum, the teachers and the people who have been delivering education in this country. There is no link...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: For the last three months, Aontú has been calling for a decrease in excise duties and VAT on fuel. The reduction of VAT and excise duties would drastically reduce the cost of fuel immediately. Many other countries have done it, yet this Government appears not to have even asked the European Union if it can do it. Also, with regard to OPEC, what pressure is this country and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a practical question for the Taoiseach. How many employees of Departments are currently working remotely, in percentage terms or in real terms? Every time I, one of my staff or even a constituent picks up a phone to seek to talk to somebody within a Department, we are met with an answering machine. Strangely, many of these answering machines actually declare the messages will not be...