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Covid-19: Motion [Private Members] (10 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Táim buíoch don deis labhairt ar an ábhar tábhachtach seo. Covid-19 has radically impacted on the health and well-being of people around the country. Many families have lost loved ones in tragic circumstances and many families listening to this debate are in bereavement or serious grief. The country needs to do everything it can to make sure we reduce the incidence of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Nursing homes have been the ground zero of the Covid crisis. A total of 1,543 people have died in nursing homes since the start of the crisis and 369 people have died in nursing homes with Covid just in the last month; and my deepest sympathy goes to each and every one of those families. I am not aware of so many people dying so quickly in any other institutions in the history of this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: If the Tánaiste wants to contradict the medical professionals I have spoken to in some of these nursing homes with regard to the timing of delivery of vaccines into those nursing homes, he can, but timing is key, and every single nursing home that is experiencing the wave at the moment will tell him that timing has been absolutely shocking. Things could not have been worse with regard...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (4 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the current length of time for processing each of the main tax reliefs and in the case of a person (details supplied) in tabular form. [6105/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (4 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018 will be extended beyond the end of 2021; if so, when they will expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6155/21]

Reappointment of the Ombudsman for Children: Motion (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This State has carried out very important and good work in the past number of years in investigating and researching how previous generations have treated young children and mothers. Some of the findings that have been published so far are shocking and heartbreaking. It is important that this generation does not overlook the many young children who are in very difficult straits at this...

Oireachtas Members (Economic Justice) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: May I raise a point of order?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a point of order. I very rarely raise points of order. There was 30 minutes assigned to Questions on Promised Legislation. Every Tuesday, one particular Deputy takes up ten minutes of that time-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: -----and the rest of the Deputies-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Deputy Boyd Barrett had literally one third of the time-----

Oireachtas Members (Economic Justice) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide, in the interest of public solidarity, for the reduction of salaries of Oireachtas members during the currency of certain restrictions implemented in connection with Covid-19; and to provide for related matters. The object of this Aontú Bill is to bring about a 25% cut in the salaries of Deputies and...

Household Utility Bills Support: Motion [Private Members] (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Last January was the coldest January in the past ten years. Sub-zero temperatures are again forecast for the coming weekend, which means the cold will be eating into many people's homes around the country. Right around Ireland, people are choosing whether to heat their homes or feed their families and whether to turn on the heating or purchase clothing for their families. It is incredible...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports his Department will provide to the airline industry in view of the tighter travel restrictions. [5637/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the sign off on the completion of the delivery of the Coonagh-Knockalisheen Road, County Limerick has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5889/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 223. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to carry out a review of 60 major charities which receive €4.2 billion funding and 1,500 non-profit organisations which receive €1.7 billion; his plans to rationalise the number of State agencies which dispense public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the supports her Department will provide to the tourist industry in view of the tighter travel restrictions. [5637/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 461. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women and children who have been referred to the parent and infant unit in Bessborough for residential support and assessment in each of the past five years. [5084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of units for residential support and assessment for parents operational nationwide; the location of each facility; and if Tusla refers women and-or children to Northern Ireland or overseas for parental assessment or support. [5085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (3 Feb 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women who have availed of and been through parental assessments that have subsequently had their children placed in State care; and the number of women who have retained custody of their children. [5086/21]