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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 659. To ask the Minister for Health the purpose of the nursing registration fee; if he will outline the way the funds raised from the fee are spent; to whom the fee is paid; and the amount raised by the nursing registration fee in each of the past ten years. [58869/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 667. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances in which family members of Covid-19-positive hospital in-patients were incorrectly recorded as consenting do not resuscitate orders being placed on their loved ones; when his attention was drawn to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58924/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (30 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 774. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of remote working hubs built in Ireland as of November 2021 by county; and the number of remote working hubs to be built by 2025 by county. [58815/21]

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I pay tribute to Deputy Gino Kenny on his speech. He always speaks from the heart. He made a very important contribution to the record of the Chamber today. Cuirim fáilte roimh an deis labhairt ar an ábhar seo. I, like most Deputies, have received emails and telephone calls from survivors, including people born in a mother and baby home and women who gave birth in one. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: First, many people who are working in child protection services are doing the best they can under the circumstances they are in, but there are things we can do to fix this. In the first place, there is a major correlation between economic and societal disadvantage and some of these outcomes. As a State, we must lift these communities out of poverty and strengthen those families. There are...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Research we in Aontú carried out in recent times found that over 200 children who are known to child protection services have died over the past ten years. Some 42 children died while in State care and 164 children who were known to child protection services died. Half of the children who died while in State care died either by suicide or by drug overdose. Twelve children were...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: What are the limits?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 14,000 beds now, compared with 22,000 before.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of the pandemic unemployment payment, since its introduction and until its projected cessation. [57982/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for breaches of Covid-19 regulations in 2020 and to date in 2021. [57980/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of protected disclosures her Department has received from persons who work in the Irish Prison Service. [57981/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Investigation (25 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: That is no bother at all. First, I wish to add my sympathies regarding the tragedy that occurred in the English Channel today. It was horrific to see it happen. It is so hard to understand that such things are happening in the West in the 21st century. I agree with Deputy Connolly on the collapse of the debate on Second Stage. We had waited late into the evening to be able to...

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I will explain.

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government and Sinn Féin made a big play at the start of this Dáil that they should have speaking slots before Opposition parties. Now they are not filling the slots they demanded. As a result, the debates on Bills are concluding much faster and Opposition parties are not getting an opportunity to speak.

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: If Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael Deputies want to go home early to their constituencies-----

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: -----they should at least tell people that they are not going to participate in debate. I think that is very important.

Criminal Justice (Smuggling of Persons) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Earlier this year, the US State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report 2021 ranked Ireland as a tier 2 watch list country when it comes to human trafficking. Azerbaijan, Belarus and Romania are the only other European countries in that category. Last month, I asked the Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, for her reaction to this. She adopted a...

Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Aontú is an Irish republican party. We believe in a pluralist Ireland and an Ireland where everybody has a right to be who they are to the fullest extent without fear or favour. Diversity is a key foundation of a republic and our Republic comes from Wolfe Tone’s republicanism, where Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter can live together peacefully and where everybody can reach...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm reports that the Covid programme office at St James’ Hospital sent a text message to staff on 15 November instructing that all staff that are household close contacts may attend work if they are fully vaccinated and remain asymptomatic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57650/21]