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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: A quarter of a trillion euro.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: That is utter rubbish.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: No.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It has stabilised at a quarter of a trillion euro.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: A quarter of a trillion euro has a phenomenally significant impact within society. That money is owed as a State, in large part because of the decisions that have been made. On another related issue, what efforts is the Government making to recoup wage subsidies and supports that were paid to firms that made profits and paid dividends in this period of time? Again, all of this money comes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: No.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister knows that is not the case. I have already said that.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The outlier restrictions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The outlier restrictions

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 12. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of wage subsidies provided in 2020 and 2021. [6406/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government imposed the longest and most severe Covid restrictions in the EU. It shut schools, businesses, building sites, healthcare facilities and society for longer than any other country in the EU. In many ways, the scars of the shutdown are only becoming apparent. My question is to find out the total value of the wage subsidies provided between 2020 and 2021.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree that the funds provided by the Government have been absolutely necessary. There is no question about that. If a government is going to shut down a business and prevent its owner from making a living, it has to provide an income to that owner so he or she can live. If a government is going to tell workers they are not allowed to work, it has a responsibility to provide them with an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: We sought the use of antigen testing when the Government pooh-poohed it and refused to use it. We, like many other countries, knew antigen testing was a better way of stopping Covid from entering the hospitality sector and that the sector could be kept open through its use. We sought air filters in schools and extra hospital capacity so people's lives would be protected without having to...

Carbon Tax: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Utility bills are going through the roof right across the country. People are seeing gas bills coming through the door of €600 and €700. People are paying well over €1,000 to fill their oil tanks at the moment. These are eye-watering figures. These are amounts of money that people simply do not have. Many people are going into debt to try to cover these costs. I...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she and the private secretary of her Department will meet with a union (details supplied) to discuss the updating of the educational requirements for new SNAs working within the education system; when the review of the education requirements for SNAs will begin; and her views on whether the current educational requirements for SNAs is out...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 563. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the remaining service within a service (details supplied) given the tendering process under way for the new local area employment service, which is to replace the existing services provided by the local employment service and job clubs; if her Department still plans to publish a tender for this service; and,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department was alerted to correspondence between the CEO of HIQA and the CEO of the HSE relating to a matter (details supplied); if so, the date the attention of his Department was drawn to the correspondence; when his attention was drawn to the matter; and when the attention of the Ministers for State...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 580. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has received correspondence from the CEO of HIQA since he took office; and the dates on which he received the correspondence. [9417/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 581. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times he has met with the CEO of HIQA since he took office; and the dates on which such meetings took place. [9418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (22 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 582. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times the CEO of HIQA has requested to meet with him since he took office. [9419/22]