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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]

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

Peadar Tóibín: 366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the 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 between 2010 and 2015 and between 2016 and 2020, in tabular form. [38563/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 626. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to put in place a support service for male victims of domestic abuse in the greater Dublin area in which 1.5 million persons reside but which has no service. [38537/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Domestic Violence Services (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 627. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to remedy the disparity in funding for services for male victims which amounted to less than 2% of total funding in 2017 although males comprise at least one third of all victims; and if an organisation (details supplied) will be designated the national support service. [38538/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that applied for a SUSI grant in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the number of students that were granted and refused a grant in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38742/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 677. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of letters and emails received regarding students that had issues with their SUSI grant applications in each of the past five years. [38743/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services Provision (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 764. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent study (details supplied) in which a series of interviews with doctors carrying out abortions in Ireland reveals that babies born alive after failed abortions have been left to die; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38951/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 765. To ask the Minister for Health when he proposes to set a date for the mandatory three-year review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018. [38954/20]