Results 5,361-5,380 of 16,611 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Baby Christopher's certainly did.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Navan rail line assessment; and when the project will commence construction. [12105/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a confluence of crises happening at present. As the Minister knows there is a commuter hell experience for people living in County Meath in terms of trying to get to work in Dublin. There is a cost of living crisis with the increase in fuels. There is a global warming crisis happening at present. A rail line from Navan to Dublin would fix all of these issues. It has been spoken...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath is a special case. I know everybody comes in here thinking their own county is a special case. This morning, the majority of workers in County Meath left County Meath to go to work. This happens in no other local authority area in the 32 counties of this great country. People from Meath commute further to work than people in any other county. I know the damage it is doing to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Spatial development in this country is an absolute disaster. Ireland is a lopsided economy at present. Dublin is overheating. The Dublin commuter belt goes into Ulster, Connacht and Munster. Much of regional Ireland is being emptied of its young people. We have a situation where the average age in Baldoyle is 33 and the average age in Killarney is 45. Young people are being forced into...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of public transport spending per county from 2015 to 2021, in tabular form [12106/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the vetting procedures in place for approving properties for the purposes of HAP tenancies. [11267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Staff (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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 Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the statistics for adverse outcomes by category in each of the hospitals in the State that were made to the National Incident Management System in the past five years. [12203/22]

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is linne go léir an Ghaeilge agus is seoid í. Tá sí scríofa inár n-ainmneacha agus inár logainmneacha agus is teanga ársa í ach is teanga nua-aimseartha í freisin. Tá daoine ag tógáil clainne léi, tá daoine ag déanamh a gcuid gnó léi agus tá sí mar mheán cumarsáide ar Twitter, ar...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that what we are doing is a delicate and complex job. I commend the Minister on getting the Bill to the floor of the Dáil and seeking to progress it. Much work has been done in developing the legislation. Much discussion has gone into it as well. Nonetheless, as Opposition Deputies, it is our job to critique the Bill, identify failings in it and suggests improvements...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: -----but there are many families who genuinely do not know if they are related to one of these babies. I have been talking to my Dáil assistant, Mr. Luke Silke, who has also been in contact with the Minister's office. Mr. Silke comes from Tuam, and he thinks we would have a much better chance of successfully identifying the babies' remains if the invitation to provide DNA samples was...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [11389/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Irish fishing fleet is to be gutted by one third and 60 trawlers are to be scrapped by the Government, which will leave 100 vessels in the fleet. Fishing ports such as Burtonport, An Daingean, Schull, Baltimore, Kilmore Quay and Killybegs will be hit massively. The Irish fishing quota has been slashed from 20% to 15% and the remaining 85% of fish caught in Irish waters will go to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: How is it being policed?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 10. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [10079/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Functions (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I wanted to raise something with the Taoiseach in relation to a report that was delivered by Down Syndrome Ireland, DSI, in the past couple of days. It relates to the fact that services delivered to people with Down's syndrome have radically fallen over the past couple of years. Of those surveyed by DSI, 65% have received no speech and language therapy sessions in the past year, while 44%...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the international unit of his Department. [10078/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Bodies (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Currencyhas an article today on its website that indicates it has tracked about €13 billion domiciled in the IFSC by sanctioned Russian firms. The Irish Timeshas stated that about €34 billion is held in opaque Russian-linked shell companies registered in the IFSC. Colm Keena published a report in 2020 that showed a network of bank accounts allowing Russia to funnel money...

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: What is happening in Ukraine is an absolute disaster. Watching the ominous pictures of columns of military vehicles heading towards Kyiv is deeply chilling and Ireland should, obviously, do everything it can to help the people of Ukraine. I refer to everything in economic, financial and diplomatic terms to deploy pressure on Russia. I welcome much of what the Government has done and I do...