Results 741-760 of 16,547 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 348. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to incentivise Irish medical staff back from Australia and Canada to work in the HSE. [6934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of young people emigrating; and the professions from which those emigrating are leaving. [6933/25]

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Three weeks ago, I asked the Taoiseach to set up an Oireachtas committee on the issue of AI. He said "No" and that he has no responsibility for the issue. This is a big mistake because this issue is of such importance that we need the whole of the Oireachtas working towards it. We talk about minute procedural issues, which affect nobody, forever and a day in this House, yet the biggest...

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish the Ministers of State good luck in their roles in this important space. I will detail the experience of Damien. He has had schizophrenia for the past eight years and has been in hospital for a number of months in those years. In the past year, things have got worse for the family and they have gone to great lengths to get help. Their son is in the fields until 3 a.m., up to his...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pension Provisions (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an appeal of a pension decision (details supplied) can be examined to see if the matter could be resolved. [6141/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 513. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he plans to recommend a sentencing review to address unduly lenient sentences. [6930/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the nationality of all persons charged, summonsed and who receive an adult caution, is recorded on the Garda Pulse system. [5556/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of sentences served concurrently in each of the past ten years; and whether he will seek a change in the law to prevent sentences being served concurrently. [5596/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional staff were hired by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal in 2023 and in 2024; the number still working in their role; and the average cost of training a new staff member for these roles. [6142/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 565. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional staff were hired by the International Protection Office in 2023 and 2024; the number still working in their role; and the average cost of training a new staff member for these roles. [6143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average cost to the State to train each staff member in IPO or IPAT offices; the budget put in place for training new staff, in 2022, 2023, 2024 and the projected budget for 2025, and if he will make a statement on the matter and the issues involved (details supplied). [6150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 682. To ask the Minister for Health the medical-evidence basis for the investment by the HSE into an organisation (details supplied). [5458/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 805. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time for a qualification to be recognised in Ireland through the CORU system. [6207/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 806. To ask the Minister for Health the number of the applications for recognition by CORU received in 2024 waiting three to six months, six to nine months, and more than 12 months. [6208/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 807. To ask the Minister for Health if CORU evaluates on a weekly basis new applications or if it is dealing with applications in bulk. [6209/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 808. To ask the Minister for Health the frequency with which the CORU qualification recognition board meets throughout the year to evaluate decisions. [6210/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a policy sometimes on the part of senior Ministers to hear no evil and see no evil and to say "Oh, we didn't know what was happening." The Tánaiste mentioned that before. It is the responsibility of a Minister to know what is happening in his or her Department. You cannot insulate yourself from crises such as this by pleading ignorance over and over again. That is not an...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: It will move on. Nobody will lose their job.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste says there should not be a consequence-free zone. This Government is a consequence-free zone. This Government is an accountability-free zone when it comes to waste. You speak about the Arts Council IT waste as some kind of shock, as if you are a passenger on the ship of State. You are at the helm of the ship of State in the context of these issues. I could spend the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Exchequer Returns (13 Feb 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: -----given Ireland is the most exposed country in Europe?