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Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the test that was taken in Ireland suffice even after the person has travelled to another country and come back?

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: You could go to South Africa.

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I think it is incredible that a Bill that is supposed to be about the saving of lives has seemingly turned into a debate about the ending of other individual human beings' lives. Many people watching the debate will be quite confused. On Government powers, if you give Government powers, as sure as night follows day, the Government will use those powers. That has been the way of every...

Health (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The first question is whether mandatory quarantine works. Mandatory quarantine was introduced at a time when people were talking about zero Covid and when there was a strong belief, at the start of the whole process, that it was possible to put a fence around the country and protect it from incoming viruses and variants. I do not think anybody would agree that zero Covid could possibly work...

Finance Bill 2021: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I put in an amendment on the particular point I am going to address but unfortunately I, like many others, was restricting my movements during Committee Stage of this Bill and was not able to attend from outside the precincts. Therefore we were not able to put this amendment on today's paper but it relates to the amendment being discussed at the moment as it concerns VAT on fuel. This is a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: What list are you on?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Taoiseach is running at €600,000 raffle with a licence that is meant for a charity. Is it not cynical and extreme that Fianna Fáil, a party that reaped €3.4 million from the State last year, is now applying specifically under a charities licence to raise funds? A charities licence is for people who are in real need. You could not make this up. I ask the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: For a maximum of €10. It is a maximum of €10, but if it is a charity, it goes to €20.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 168. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any perceived increase in cancer diagnosis during the Covid-19 pandemic. [59768/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commissions of Investigation (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the actual and projected cost of each commission of investigation. [54098/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 171. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to the advertising of abortion services and the My Options HSE number that provides free and confidential information and counselling to persons experiencing an unplanned pregnancy subsequent to the enactment of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and the person or body that has received this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the number of volunteers working at HSE vaccination and testing centres; if the €7 subsidised meal allowance was withdrawn from these volunteers by the HSE; and the amount the HSE saved from the withdrawal of the allowance. [59653/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas le Margaret Urwin agus Alan Brecknell as an gcur i láthair sin. We greatly appreciate their presentation and the work they have done over the years in this regard. I met the Taoiseach this week along with the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I am happy to stick with that rotation. There is no problem there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a proposal for the committee to consider but I will wait for the rotation space.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the witnesses for their informative presentations. I will raise a couple of issues. We met with the Taoiseach on Monday. I met with members of the Mullen family, the daughters of Denis Mullen, who was murdered by the Glennane gang, and a member of the O'Dowd family. We put the questions to the Taoiseach around the sharing of information. It is mind-blowing that information in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Staff in the Taoiseach's office said they were scanning the legislation to see if a mechanism existed and, if that mechanism does not exist, legislation would be forthcoming. Urgency is critical here so it does not drag on for months or longer. Sometimes we talk about these things as ancient history but in many ways they are alive in people's lives today. I think of Councillor Denise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: When we met the Taoiseach, we tried to impact on him the necessity for the Government to raise the priority of these cases with the British Government. Obviously, the British Government in its current iteration has an ideological opposition, in many ways, to justice in the North of Ireland. There is still a necessity for this State to push the envelope when it comes to putting pressure on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Justice for the Forgotten (2 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank both Ms Urwin and Mr. Brecknell for the work they do and I urge them to keep up the good work.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have supported some health measures. My job is to challenge and hold to account.