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Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like a response to my question on the cost of the indemnification.

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: First, I welcome the indemnification of teachers by the State in the context of this year's leaving certificate. Aontú has been calling for such indemnification for weeks and welcomes the good news in that regard. I would like the Minister to tell the Dáil what money has been set aside for the indemnification and whether it will come from the Department of Education and Skills. My...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1017. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans and recommendations in place for non-essential businesses and workers allowed to return to work on 8 June 2020 but childminding services for this category cannot operate until 20 July 2020; the way in which this issue is intended to be addressed in circumstances in which there is a gap in childminding provisions; and if she...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the most controversial decisions made by the Government around the handling of Covid-19 was on international travel because it is obvious that international travel seeded the virus in Ireland. At the time, many countries were stopping international travel. New Zealand is probably the best case in point. It prevented much of the virus coming into the country. I remember asking the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Those countries that restricted international travel did a lot better than Ireland.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to interrupt and I apologise but my point, which Mr. Breslin makes in his own statement, is that NPHET gave the advice that there should be mandatory legal self-isolation for international travellers for the first 14 days. That has not been implemented by this Government two months later. We also have a situation whereby we were told by the Chief Medical Officer that the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: On public transport, I have a quick question to ask of the representative of the NTA. What will be the cost to the public transportation system of the reduction in traveller numbers in the system in recent months? What will be necessary to pump into that system for the rest of the year to make sure that the capacity, the number of buses and the timetables are adhered to?

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sorry. The situation is not the same as for typical, normal Estimates. These are in direct contradiction to the Government's commitment to continue the Covid payments. By definition, these Estimates are hocus pocus. We in the Opposition are being blackmailed. We either stand over these hocus pocus social welfare Estimates or the whole social welfare system grinds to a halt. What...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The reason I am convinced that the Government is going to make changes to the Covid payment in the future is that both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have stated that it is not logical for the payment to compensate certain workers for more than the income they actually lost. There is no doubt in my mind that we will reach a situation where some workers will receive the Covid payment in the...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I encourage the Ceann Comhairle to get one of those Zoom mute buttons for the Dáil in the future to make his life a little bit easier. It is 110 days since the general election and still the Dáil remains in a democratic twilight zone. I do not mean this in a personal way - I do not imagine the Minister is particularly comfortable or satisfied with the situation either - but it is...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 900. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community groups that qualified under the terms of the Covid-19 Stability Fund for Community and Voluntary, Charity and Social Enterprises; the nature of the organisations which met the objectives; the way in which their eligibility was determined; if he will broaden the criteria to allow more community groups apply;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (27 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1062. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, entitled "Report of the Committee on the Title of Architect"; if consideration will be given to recommendations 1 and 7 for the inclusion of a grandfather clause and that formal...

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Not the report I quoted.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: For digital finds.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I note the same conversation was had five years ago in this Chamber and we are no further along in that regard. The matter I raise was also raised five and ten years ago in this Chamber and we are still no further along. Moore Street is the birthplace of the Irish Republic. The lanes and buildings that surround the street reverberate with the heroism of the people who were out in 1916....

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising (20 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 9. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on online advertising or digital content including social media (details supplied) from 1 January 2020 to 12 May 2020; and the breakdown of the spending. [6511/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising (20 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 10. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on advertising from 1 January 2020 to 12 May 2020; and the breakdown of the spending. [6512/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (20 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason Defence Forces personnel are not able to return from oversees in view of the fact that hundreds of seasonal workers travelled here during a pandemic. [6703/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Dublin Airport Authority (20 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he engaged in or received correspondence with the management team at Dublin Airport or the Dublin Airport board of directors in relation to flights from northern Italy from January 2020 to date; if so, the nature of the correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6530/20]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 554. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the estimated costs to businesses for March and April 2020 with regard to Covid-19 closures and reductions in business activity; and the estimated monthly costs to businesses nationwide for May, June, July and August 2020 due to the announced restrictions. [5693/20]