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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the witnesses very much for coming in and for all the work they have done for the State and the people over the years. It is greatly appreciated. I have been listening intently to the evidence they have been giving. I have experience of working with people who have produced and submitted protected disclosures. The organisations involved were everything the National Museum of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: What also struck me about this is that sending a protected disclosure to a Department that could have been involved, or could have an overview of the difficulties that have arisen, is in itself problematic. Everybody knows if you ask an organisation to investigate itself, it will not do an independent job. An external investigation is the best way to make sure things are investigated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I agree with Mr. McGree. My point is that the whole process should be taken out of the Departments' hands. The terms of reference should be in the hands of a separate organisation within the State whose job it is to do this. I do not want to cast any aspersions over external organisations, but the person who pays any organisation will exert some level of influence over it whether it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Absolutely. There is no doubt that creating massive time spans with regard to these investigations is a form of denial of justice. Regarding protected disclosures, we have experienced instances where they have not worked. Are there any examples where they have worked or where we have seen people achieving justice for themselves, in addition to significant reform within their workplaces?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I raised the question of antigen testing.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Denmark, Germany and every other European country opened in a manner-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of funding Ireland is set to receive from the EU recovery fund; his views on the amount of funding Ireland is set to receive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45183/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The total cost of the Government's handling of Covid, when the taxation measures, wage subsidies, grant supports and liquidity schemes, etc., are taken into consideration, for 2020 and 2021 was €41.3 billion, which is a phenomenal figure. The Comptroller and Auditor General's estimated cost of the banking bailout was €41.7 billion. These are two figures which are very similar....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Minister tell us why this amount is so low and how we can improve on it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Covid is obviously a real illness and we needed to be careful regarding the management of that illness. However, Ireland took a role which was an extreme outlier role compared with every other European country. No other European country's restrictions were as severe or as long as those introduced by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. In financial terms, for example, our annual spending in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It reminds me of Ireland's instincts during the banking crisis when we were seen to be the best boy in the class. We do not shout loud enough for what we need.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Sometimes we are very insular and inward looking in this country. We handled this crisis in a radically different manner from every other European country. Yes, we had a crisis here. The majority of people who died of Covid caught it in a nursing home or hospital, which were the epicentre of the Covid crisis in this country. This area was radically mismanaged by the Government and we need...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (20 per cent Provision of Social and Affordable Housing) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The depth of the housing crisis over the past ten years has been incredible. It is having the effect of gutting families and putting enormous pressure and stresses on families across the country. It is a humanitarian crisis. The idea that the word "crisis" could be so long-term is unbelievable. It shows a real inability on the part of the Government to focus on policy that will resolve...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Engagements (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his recent meeting with his European counterparts in Croatia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45213/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2022 (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on his most recent engagements or correspondences with the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, particularly in advance of Budget 2022. [45258/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance the current level of employment in the State as a percentage of pre-pandemic levels of employment. [45259/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Data (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance the study he or his Department undertook before he concluded that Ireland’s employment levels will be back to pre-pandemic levels by 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45260/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 551. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allocate funding in budget 2022 to voluntary mental health and suicide prevention charities not already in receipt of funding from his Department given the increased demand for such services due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [44566/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Mental Health Services (21 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 703. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to increase funding in Budget 2022 for voluntary mental health and suicide prevention charities due to extra demand for such services arising out of the Covid-19 pandemic. [44577/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 Sep 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 242. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications that have been made for phenylketonuria; and the number of applications that have been rejected in each of the past five years. [44284/21]