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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cells that have been upgraded in Garda stations nationwide in the past five years; the amount spent on cell upgrades in each of those years; the number of cells that are yet to be upgraded; the estimated cost of the work that is left outstanding; and the counties that have been completed and that have yet to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 491. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23569/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff in the Louth Meath mental health services that provide dialectical behaviour therapy; the number of persons waiting for same; the waiting list for County Meath; his plans to reduce the waiting list for those in need of the therapy urgently such as a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22941/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that provide dialectical behavioural therapy in each mental health service nationally; the number of persons waiting in each county; the waiting time by county; his plans to reduce the waiting list nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22942/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23572/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the decision making process for the new distribution of area aid payments; when the decision will be made; the details of the per farmer redistribution amount if the upper limit was brought down from €60,000 to the average farm income of €24,000; and the steps he will take to ensure that there is not a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 699. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23568/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 711. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23577/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 113. To ask the Minister for Health when those under 16 years of age with complex medical needs including their in-home caregivers will receive the vaccine in circumstances in which it has been medically supported by a consultant such as in the case of a person (details supplied). [22380/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: With all due respect, that is an atrocious answer. Traditional circuses are not being funded. They are not getting any money from the Arts Council. I have put a dozen questions in to the Department. The Department has told me to go to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. I have put questions in to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment and it told me to go to...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister has not clarified it.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister's answer is ignoring the actual, physical, material experience of circuses now. That information may have been gleaned through the Department or the Arts Council but the circuses are not getting the money. The Arts Council confirmed this week that it is not providing traditional circuses here with meaningful funding to counteract the devastation caused by Covid. Whatever the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: That was not-----

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Not as part of Covid supports.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason Covid enterprise supports have not been provided to the circus sector here. [22307/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Arts Funding (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Maidir leis an gceist roimhe seo, tá súil agam go mbeidh an próiseas críochnaithe faoi mhí Mheán Fómhair ar aon nós. I wish to raise the issue of circuses. Circuses have been unfairly treated by the Department and the Arts Council. In practical terms, circuses have been singled out with regard to the lack of funding being given to them over the...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: -----including hearing confession, is deemed to be a criminal offence. Therefore, the Dáil has been bypassed as a matter of routine. That is wrong. I ask the Government to ensure that in developing restrictions, the law in general and the criminal law in the weeks to come, it desist from criminalising these two aspects of practice within Irish society. It is really important that we...

Criminal Justice (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to focus on the issue of sexual violence. 6 o’clock Figures I obtained recently show a shocking increase in the level of sexual violence in Ireland in recent years. While the figures were down marginally in 2020 because of Covid-19, between 2016 and 2019 there was a massive increase. The Central Statistics Office, CSO, recorded 2,520 sexual offences in 2016. That figure...

Planning and Development, Heritage and Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: In the wake of the vandalism and illegal destruction by developers of the home of the revolutionary hero, The O'Rahilly, I submitted a question to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, asking whether an investigation had been carried out in relation to this destruction. I expected that the Minister responsible for heritage, having seen the level of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Apr 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 18. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent discussion regarding vaccines with the President of the United States of America. [17076/21]