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Climate Action: Statements (17 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. Tá súil agam go bhfuil sé go maith. Obviously, climate change is very real and we have seen ten of the warmest years on record happen since 1998. We have seen the CO2 of hundreds of millions of years of organic growth stored in the ground literally being put into the environment in the space of approximately 100 years, radically changing the...

Housing (Temporary Provisions regarding Short-term Lettings) Bill 2020: First Stage (16 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to temporarily suspend the provision of short-term lettings in certain cases, with the objective of increasing the number of dwellings available for rent; and to provide for related matters. We do not get too much speaking time here and I ask that maybe we could have the full attention of the Minister of State, Deputy...

Housing (Temporary Provisions regarding Short-term Lettings) Bill 2020: First Stage (16 Sep 2020)

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

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Almost one in four taxi drivers currently are over the age of 66 and they are being denied income support from the State. They are told it is because they are over the qualifying age. That is incredibly wrong. Anybody whose income has been reduced by such a level should have a situation where the State should be able to help them. There should not be discrimination between different...

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is incredible. There is a door outside.

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I have great respect for the Deputies who are making the noise at the moment but telephones are going off in this Chamber regularly. Conversations such as this cause difficulty when people are trying to focus on representing the taxi sector. I was surprised by how reasonable the demands of the taxi sector were. The taxi drivers know the State is in chaos at the moment. They know that...

Taxi Industry: Motion [Private Members] (16 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta O'Rourke mar gheall ar an rún atá os comhair na Dála agus mar gheall ar an ábhar uafásach tábhachtach seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. The taxi driver sector has suffered chronic neglect and abandonment over the past number of years. It has been forgotten about, mistreated and failed by elected representatives....

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: First Stage (15 Sep 2020)

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

Equitable Beef Pricing Bill 2020: First Stage (15 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to ensure the provision of an equitable price for beef to farmers operating in that sector in order to ensure that it is a sustainable means for them to earn a livelihood; and to provide for related matters. Many farmers in the country are finding it increasingly difficult to survive. Teagasc reckons that a third of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to come in on the same point. People in Navan who have been identified as possibly having Covid have also been told they cannot get the test in Navan and have to travel, which does not make sense from any perspective. The idea of people with Covid circulating on the public transportation system or in any manner does not make sense. We are asking people to stay put as much as...

Ministers and Ministers of State (Successors) Bill: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: We believe there is no constitutional problem with the Bill. We have sought legal advice from constitutional lawyers on it and we use language in the Bill that is fully sympathetic to the language of the Constitution. The words were chosen to meet the needs of the Constitution. The Bill seeks that a new Dáil select and appoint Ministers. This is a key point. The Constitution demands...

Ministers and Ministers of State (Successors) Bill: Second Stage [Private Members] (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am very glad that the Ministers and Ministers of State (Successors) Bill has reached Second Stage. A lot has happened since I first put the Bill forward. It seems like an age has passed in the history of the country since the Bill was tabled way back in the middle of the lockdown. We had a very strange situation following the...

Public Health, Well-being and National Drugs Strategy: Statements (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish the Minister of State well in his role. It is not an easy role but it is a vital one. It is also important to say that he should grab this opportunity and treat it like the opportunity of a lifetime. His actions could radically alter the lives of hundreds and thousands of people in towns and villages throughout the country. Drugs are affecting nearly every walk of life....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 205. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 23 October 2018, the input provided for neurorehabilitation and allied neuroclinical services in County Meath; the budget allocation for such services for 2021 in line with the documents (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23045/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 206. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 2 October 2018, the number of persons with disabilities (details supplied) in County Meath; and the number of persons with neurodisability in County Meath waiting for neuro-rehabilitation services [23046/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 207. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 2 October 2018, if the funding has been provided year on year since 2018; if so, the services that have been provided as a result of the funds in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23047/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the HSE provides backup services for clinical staff such as physiotherapists, occupational therapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists in cases in which a clinician is absent for most of their tenure and are allocated but not available and staff are on leave, for example, if a staff member takes paternal leave for a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Neuro-Rehabilitation Services (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 209. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no neuropsychology service for persons with acquired brain injury (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23049/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 210. To ask the Minister for Health when a day service for persons with acquired brain injury will be established in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23050/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (10 Sep 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 211. To ask the Minister for Health when staff will be returned to their regular positions providing services to persons with disabilities in the community teams in which clinicians that normally provide services have been redeployed due to Covid-19 related work; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the situation has had a detrimental impact on the well-being and health of...