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Maternity Care (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Maternity Care (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ensure that mothers receiving maternity care may be accompanied in hospital during childbirth and on occasions prior and subsequent to the birth; and to provide for related matters. As I said in the context of the previous business, it is frustrating when we put questions to Ministers. On six occasions in recent...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I will shortly introduce a maternity care Bill, which will deal with the crisis in the maternity sector. First, I will raise the issue in Navan hospital. Its emergency department is set to be closed by this Government and the HSE. Over the past 20 months, the frontline of Covid has been emergency service beds and ICUs. The Minister has even mentioned the reason we cannot have normal rules...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Minister commit to protecting the services in Navan hospital?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This is an important point of information. I never do this, but-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have been told by at least five Ministers they will get back to me-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Ministers never get back to me on any questions I have asked from this side of the Dáil. The Tánaiste said the Minister, Deputy Donnelly, would get back to me on this question just last week and nobody ever comes back. It is purely for theatre and the frustration-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is out of order for a Minister to say people will come back, when they never do.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: They never come back.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister cannot have it both ways.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: He cannot say he supports it and then say something different.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an gcuirfidh sí cúrsa pleanála faoi chúram Údarás na Gaeltachta ar fáil sa Ghaeltacht. [48608/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cathain a bheidh dlí pleanála nua maidir le tithíocht sa Ghaeltacht curtha i bhfeidhm chun an Ghaeilge a chosaint sa Ghaeltacht. [48676/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén fáth a bhfuil maoiniú TG4 chomh híseal is a tá sé. [48609/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to sustainably develop tourism on Tara Hill and Loughcrew, Oldcastle, County Meath. [48610/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her tourism plans for north County Westmeath. [48611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tourism Industry (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 36. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the tourism aspect of the Moore Street State investment will be open to the public. [48607/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 136. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a standard process for selecting candidates to panels for the position of healthcare assistants within HSE hospitals; if so, the details of the process; if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48488/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Closures (6 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will meet with members of a campaign (details supplied) to discuss the HSE plan to close the accident and emergency department in a hospital overnight. [48489/21]

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland is simply an outlier in terms of how little State funding is spent on childcare. UNICEF recommends that at least 1% of GDP be invested in childcare. The OECD average is 0.7%. The optimal amount is 2%. Ireland invests a mere 0.3% in childcare. We cannot simply provide high-quality childcare if we are not prepared to fund high-quality childcare. It is not rocket science. I have...