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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 545. To ask the Minister for Health the amounts paid out in TAPS funding to nursing homes since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic by county. [29931/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 547. To ask the Minister for Health the reason numerous applications made by a nursing home (details supplied) for TAPS have been unsuccessful. [29933/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Next Generation of Political Representatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (6 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an coiste. I have a few quick questions. Regarding what Ms Groogan and Mr. de Faoite said about people in the South often not recognising the Irishness of people in the North of Ireland, sometimes the media on this island are also partitionist and the conversations we have are inward looking within the jurisdictions rather than about the bigger picture of the island...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: In fairness, this is related to small businesses, which are at the heart of this crisis and the target of much of what is in this Bill, if the truth be told. There has to be a solution brought forward. That solution has to follow what the likes of Denmark and Finland did in their countries. They looked at the science, made decisions and have opened up safely for more than two months now. ...

Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I will address a subject broached by my colleague about businesses that have fallen through the cracks. The circus sector has been left behind. It has been thrown from Billy to Jack, told to go to the Arts Council, and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, which has sent it back to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 34. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if clarity will be provided on the future of the leaving certificate grading process; and if the practice of school profiling will resume post-pandemic. [34498/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider taking action to reduce class sizes in primary schools in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has met with or engaged with employers in particular with small business owners who are experiencing difficulties with staff recruitment allegedly due to the fact that persons are reluctant to come off the pandemic unemployment payment. [34501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (1 Jul 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 183. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason no proof of unemployment was required when persons were applying for the pandemic unemployment payment; and the number of instances of fraud or attempted fraud in relation to the payment that were reported to her Department. [34500/21]

Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas. I appreciate the forbearance of the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach and the Rural Independent Group. One of the problems here is that Government Deputies are not taking their slots, which has pushed back the slots for Opposition Deputies. As a result, the timing is very hard to manage. Pensions should be sacrosanct in Irish society. Pensioners and people...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (30 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 21. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [33505/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Northern Ireland (30 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 35. To ask the Taoiseach if he or his Departmental officials have engaged or corresponded with clubs (details supplied) or communities in Northern Ireland to discuss the future of the agreed Shared Ireland, Shared Island initiative. [33225/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland is alone now in Europe in the banning of indoor dining and drinking. Pubs and restaurants here have been closed longer than in any other European country. Tens of thousands of hospitality workers are out of work at the moment and being pushed into poverty. Many businesses are operating in a zombie state, surviving on Government supports. Young people are now being threatened with...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it better to stay indoors and be afraid it may rain or walk outside because it may not rain in the future?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The decision that has been made today on hospitality is absolutely disastrous. It will push tens of thousands of people in the State further into poverty. It is completely wrong that this decision has not yet been the subject of democratic discussion in the Chamber. Either Irish restaurants and pubs are more dangerous than their counterparts in the rest of Europe or our Government is alone...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for the failure to implement the technical pay agreement negotiated in July 2019 between the Government and the Defence Forces. [34597/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 32. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will allow for personnel on post-1994 contracts to remain part of the Defence Forces if they are fit, healthy and capable as opposed to being automatically discharged if not sergeants by December 2022. [34598/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (29 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the current price of €647 for a student monthly train ticket from Galway to Dublin, the current cost of an adult monthly ticket from Galway to Dublin of €907 and the current cost of an adult single one-way ticket from Galway to Dublin of €37 are appropriate; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (29 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance when a decision on extending and increasing the banking levy will be made. [34392/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (29 Jun 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 148. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected under the local property tax per year since 2013; and the effect new changes to the tax is projected to have. [34393/21]