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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.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Absolutely.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: That is good news.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Fáilte ar ais, a Cheann Comhairle. Much of the domestic economy is radically suffering. The hospitality, travel and entertainment sectors are in big trouble. Many have reopened after long closures just to find they either have to close again or partially close. Nightclubs opened on 22 October and then effectively had to close a month later. Pubs and restaurants are telling me they...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the progress made on the economic recovery plan published by his Department in May 2021. [58862/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 38. To ask the Taoiseach the level of peat produced in Ireland from 2016 to 2021; and the level of peat exported from Ireland from 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [59175/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Trade Data (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 39. To ask the Taoiseach the level of peat imported into Ireland from 2016 to 2021, by country in tabular form. [59176/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: State Bodies (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 40. To ask the Taoiseach the reason for the fees to counsel in the budget of the Office of the Chief State Solicitor; and the breakdown of the fees to counsel in tabular form. [59299/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will expedite a decision on an application for a work permit by a person (details supplied) given the exceptional circumstances of the person concerned. [59296/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes and business premises that have benefited from high speed fibre connection across County Meath since NBI started its contract; and the length of time it will take the remaining homes and businesses to be connected in the time ahead. [59302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes and business premises that have benefited from high speed fibre connection across County Cavan since NBI started its contract; and the length of time it will take the remaining homes and businesses to be connected in the time ahead. [59303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes and business premises that have benefited from high speed fibre connection across County Wexford since NBI started its contract; and the length of time it will take the remaining homes and businesses to be connected in the time ahead. [59304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance the efforts he and his Department have taken to lower insurance premiums or for insurance firms to honour their pledge to reduce premiums. [59173/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 77. To ask the Minister for Finance the level of profit from the insurance sector; the average insurance premium per type of insurance; and the level of payouts for insurance claims from 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form. [59174/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Dec 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses built in Ireland to date in 2021. by county in tabular form. [59297/21]