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Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (9 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and-or families who have to date made claims against the State via the State Claims Agency in connection with the death of their loved ones, allegedly after they contracted Covid-19 in a hospital, nursing home or residential care setting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54623/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (9 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of recruitment agencies with which the HSE has entered contracts; the names of such agencies; the dates on which the HSE entered into each contract; the cost of each contract to date; and the projected total cost of each contract. [54779/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (9 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of agency staff and workers working for the HSE at present. [54780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (9 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 732. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current number of remote working hubs by county; the level of funding allocated to the building of these remote working hubs; and the status of plans to increase the number of remote working hubs. [54104/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: National Development Plan (9 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 733. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount as a percentage and in euro of the National Development Plan which was allocated to development outside of Dublin; and the amount as a percentage and in euro of Budget 2022 which was allocated to projects, schemes and developments outside of Dublin. [54105/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the crisis facing the Irish horticulture sector owing to the effective ban on indigenous peat harvesting; if he will seek the immediate publication of the report of the working group on the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53792/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address the crisis facing the Irish horticulture sector owing to the effective ban on indigenous peat harvesting; if he will seek the immediate publication of the report of the working group on the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horticulture Sector (4 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 385. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the crisis facing the Irish horticulture sector owing to the effective ban on indigenous peat harvesting; if he will seek the immediate publication of the report of the working group on the use of Peat Moss in the Horticultural Industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53791/21]

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not think so. I think that party supports them.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Why not antigen testing?

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is dodging the point.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is dodging the antigen question.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Why is the Minister dodging the antigen test question?

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The artful dodger.

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas a Cheann Comhairle. Cé mhéad am atá agam, le do thoil?

Finance Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas ach ní thógfaidh mé an méid sin. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as fanacht anseo le haghaidh na díospóireachta go léir. I appreciate that the Minister has stayed for the full debate, which does not often happen. I will focus on a number of brief issues. Ireland is becoming increasingly divided. It is not just divided by...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas freisin leis an Teachta Harkin mar gheall ar an mBille seo. Tá sé go hiontach go bhfuilimid in ann an t-ábhar seo a phlé anseo inniu. The Irish banking system is in crisis. It is a crisis different from the one that existed more than ten years ago but it is a crisis nonetheless. We have a banking market which has been radically shrunk. The...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 50. To ask the Taoiseach if he will meet with victims and survivors of the loyalist Glenanne gang. [50837/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Central Bank (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis na h-aíonna as teacht isteach anseo agus as an gcur i láthair a chur os ár gcomhair. I thank the witnesses for their presentation. We welcome this proposed legislation and hope it achieves a change of culture as outlined in the objectives relating to it. I wish to take the focus back a little, if I may. At the heart of this is the threat...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: General Scheme of the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2021: Central Bank (3 Nov 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I strongly believe that we suffered from light-touch regulation throughout the past 20 years, especially in the run-up to the banking crisis, and that cost us severely as a country. However, sometimes regulation can become cyclical and there can nearly be a pro-cyclical regulatory experience. After a major crash or difficulty, regulation becomes very tight. One can see that is almost the...