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Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not practice to have clarity on this process and one of the reasons we are here is to change that practice. The Minister said on our local radio station recently that she was only asked to fill one Supreme Court position. Who asked her to do that?

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Chief Justice asked the Minister to only fill one particular role on the court. Is that correct? Given that there are thousands of cases in the system, increasing by the year, and that the courts system is underpowered as regards judges, it is very hard to understand why, with multiple applicants and access to different lists, the Minister would not fill more than one position on the...

Judicial Appointments Process: Statements (26 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Everybody listening to this debate at home will be familiar with the recruitment process for a job and most will have been through some type of recruitment process in their own work. Everybody understands that a recruitment process should be fair, open and transparent and that the person with the best knowledge, experience, character and skill should be selected for the job. We live in a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (25 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider offering psychological supports and counselling to women who have had abortions and to doctors and medics who have performed abortions, given the findings of a study (details supplied). [38952/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (25 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ministerial notifications he has received under the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if all ministerial notifications that identify the termination of pregnancy as having taken place under section 11 of the Act had, at the time of receipt by him, been signed off by two medical practitioners. [38953/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (25 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 202. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has been contacted by doctors or medics who have expressed concerns regarding failed, botched or unsuccessful abortions; and if so, if he will detail the nature of that correspondence. [38955/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (25 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if he or his Department have been contacted by doctors or medics who have expressed a concern regarding conscientious objection; the details of these concerns; and the quantity of correspondence received on this matter since the rollout of abortion in January 2019. [38956/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority and to approved housing bodies to construct social housing for persons with disabilities; and the amount provided to each local authority for each of the past five years. [38636/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: People with disabilities are more than twice as likely to face discrimination relating to housing and they are 1.6 times more likely to live in poor conditions. They live in damp housing and housing that lacks central heating and they also live in areas with significant problems. A total of 25% of people forced to live homeless on our streets have a disability. This is a rate far higher...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important to look at the facts. Between 2,000 and 4,000 people with disabilities are living in congregated settings with ten or more people. This is before we look at the hidden homeless, who are people with disabilities living in the homes of family or friends. Many of them have no expectation of independent living because of the fact those homes may not be suitable for them. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the fact there has been an increase in funding over recent years. Typically in recent years when Governments have quoted increases, they have come from a phenomenally low base. These budgets were slashed significantly after 2011 and stayed extremely low until 2013 and 2014. Independent Living Movement Ireland has assessed local authorities on a sliding scale with regard to how...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland is the sixth most restricted country in the world and this is despite the fact that we have the second lowest level of Covid in Europe. This means that 97% of all the countries in the world have chosen strategies that are less restricted than Ireland. Ireland is a significant outlier in international terms and this has given rise to a massive human cost. The WHO has stated that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: By his refusal to allow for questions to be asked in an open and transparent fashion, the Taoiseach is giving the impression to the general public that there is something to hide. That will be the impression with regard to his Government if he continues to stonewall on the opportunity for the Opposition to ask questions. The Taoiseach actually has an opportunity to change the culture of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The recruitment process for all positions in the State should be completely transparent, none more so than that of a judge on the Supreme Court. The idea that political horse trading plays any part in this is the biggest threat to the separation of powers. There were two vacancies on the Supreme Court in July. Only one was filled. Questions are now being asked in public about why the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been procured or built by the State for persons with disabilities in each of the past five years in each county. [38201/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a system of quotas or statutory imposed ratios in the provision of housing for persons with disabilities; the average length of time persons with disabilities are spending on housing waiting lists compared to persons on housing waiting lists who do not have disabilities. [38202/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Court Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of scaffolding that has been positioned around the dome of the Four Courts for the past number of years. [37773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the strategy for housing for persons with disabilities. [38560/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting time nationally for a person with a disability to be allocated social housing. [38561/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the ratio of housing for persons with disabilities by which local authorities have to build or procure housing for persons with disabilities. [38562/20]