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Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meetings with the First and deputy First Ministers of Northern Ireland. [61917/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to raise the issue of Richard O'Halloran. As the Taoiseach knows, Mr. O'Halloran has been in China for more than 1,000 days at this stage. He has spent another Christmas in China and is being held against his will. He is the only Irish citizen ever to be subject to a Chinese exit ban, which has been implemented upon him even though he is not accused of any wrongdoing. There is no...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I have.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I have spoken to Mr. O'Halloran directly.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit of his Department. [61918/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: He should come to the Dáil Chamber.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Some 40,000 people in this State have had fines brought against them for breaching Covid-19 regulations. People have gone to jail. Many have been forced to bury their loved ones in isolation over this period. The regulations the Government created have been enforced everywhere across the country except, it seems, among the political class itself. We have this really strange situation...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: -----yet we have not had the Minister come before the Dáil to answer questions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Minister for Foreign Affairs come before the Dáil to answer questions with regard to an event that broke regulations within his Department during the past 18 months?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am looking for time to be made available.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the work permit exemption is still in place for international contracted circus artists working for Irish traditional circuses greater than 90 days in the State in cases in which they fall outside the criteria of the atypical working scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63192/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatalities on Irish roads in each county in the State in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [2188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who died in car accidents on Irish roads who were not wearing seat belts in each county in the State in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [2189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance if a farmer who sells rights to a phone mast on their land to a private company is exempt from paying VAT on the sale of the phone mast by virtue of the fact that they are a farmer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Traveller Accommodation (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the funding set aside for Traveller accommodation which has been drawn down in each of the past five years; and the amount drawn down by each local authority during that time period in tabular form. [1012/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I had to go to the Chamber for a period, so I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht teacht isteach. Throughout the Covid crisis, there has always been some section of enterprise that has been left out of Government supports. At one stage, it was the taxi drivers. At another, it was barristers because they did not have business...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I will pass the information on to Minister, if he would like. I just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I will pass the information on to the Minister's office and he might look into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Have the Minister and his Department done any work on the question of how many jobs will be lost and how many businesses will close completely? The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland has stated that approximately 40,000 jobs will not exist in 2022 that did exist in 2019. The elephants in the room are the 8 p.m. closing time for hospitality and theatre and other performance arts and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I will ask a few short questions. The €2.9 billion in warehoused taxes is an outstanding figure. It will be difficult for businesses to work their way through that. What plan has the Government to help them to do so?