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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Did the Taoiseach raise the matter with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Accountability and democracy should not be victims of Covid. They are more important now in this crisis than they ever were. Ministers are being insulated from accountability within this Chamber due to the lack of opportunity available to the Opposition to debate the crisis in areas such as nursing homes, vaccines roll-out, education and housing. I appeal to the Government to support a...

Insurance (Restriction on Differential Pricing and Profiling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: For how long have we been talking about insurance in Leinster House and the Dáil? How many years have passed in which Private Members' Bills, motions, discussions, questions and hot air have been produced en masseon the issue of insurance in Ireland? What level of actual reform has happened in the intervening time? One of the most frustrating things about being an elected...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount in annual funding given to the media in Ireland inclusive of the TV licence; the breakdown of the recipients of this funding; the amount they receive; and the items on which the funding is spent. [7906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken with regard to the political policing that has been delivered by the PSNI most especially on the Ormeau Road, Belfast, County Antrim (details supplied); if he has raised it with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; if so, the response; if he has raised the issue with other persons; and his views on whether...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount her Department paid in fees to a company (details supplied) to manage public relations following the errors found in the leaving certificate 2020 calculated grades system. [7907/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Maintenance Payments (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date of the child maintenance review group; when the public consultation process will begin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7955/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions for sexual assault, sexual violence or rape since 2011 in each county; and the sentences attached to each conviction. [7904/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reports (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the report in relation to the difficulties experienced by a person (details supplied) in a prison will be published; if the Director General of the Irish Prison Service has issued recommendations on the basis of the report; if she actioned these recommendations; if so, the recommendations actioned; and the actions that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Protected Disclosures (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the protected disclosures that have been made in relation to Portlaoise Prison and the Irish Prison Service; and if she will meet the author of the protected disclosure. [7951/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 730. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 275, 276, 283 and 284 of 16 December 2020, if the situation (details supplied) will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8191/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1023. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will end the 30-month rule, the 70-day residency rule, the four-movement rule and break the cartel oligopoly in the beef sector. [8652/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tuberculosis Eradication Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1024. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on the testing for and the eradication of TB in agriculture for each of the past ten years; the number of animals that have been killed as a result of TB for each of the past ten years; the number of these animals that were subsequently found to have TB or lesions for each of the past ten years; the reason it has...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1025. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the sale of cattle dosing products will not be taken off the agricultural merchants; and if he has estimated the economic damage to agricultural merchants of this proposed step in terms of jobs and turnover. [8654/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1026. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the proposed food ombudsman office will be established and operational; the number of staff the food ombudsman office will have; the enforcement ability this office will have; and if this office will tackle the cartel that exists in the beef sector. [8655/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Carbon Tax Yield (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which the carbon tax being charged on agriculture is being spent (details supplied); and if he will ensure that farmers have an alternative in order to reduce exposure to carbon taxes,as otherwise the tax is purely punitive. [8656/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1028. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that CAP payments are focused on productive farmers rather than non-active landowners. [8657/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1029. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the revised REPS scheme reflects the value today of the initial scheme that existed in 1994; and if he will include reseeding for beef farms in this scheme. [8658/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1030. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that any financial aid to the beef sector does not have the outcome of reducing the price to the farmer (details supplied). [8659/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (17 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1031. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that will be put in place to ensure there is targeted help for suckler farmers. [8660/21]