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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Tragic, difficult, challenging situations face mothers, fathers and unborn children every day which create enormous stresses and strains in their lives. Many people experience a level of darkness and difficulty that I will never experience myself. I believe that our approach to these families - our friends, our neighbours and our relations - should be founded on compassion. While it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Business of Joint Committee (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Níl leithscéal ar bith faighte ó éinne. Iarraim ar gach éinne a ngutháin phóca a mhúchadh mar cuireann siad isteach ar an gcóras fuaime agus ar chraolachán na cruinnithe. Beidh comhrá againn inniu le h-oifigí ón Roinn Cultúir, Oidhreachta agus Gaeltachta agus ón Roinn Oideachais agus Scileanna maidir le h-obair...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh gach uile dhuine. Gabhaim míle buíochas leo as teacht isteach inniu agus as an turas a rinne siad go dtí Teach Laighean. I welcome Mr. Feargal Ó Coigligh, assistant secretary at the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Ms Tania Banotti, Creative Ireland programme director, and Ms Sinéad Copeland. I also welcome Mr. Eamonn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Míle buíochas as an cur i láthair iontach - fair play. I understand that we will not have a presentation from the witnesses from the Department of Education and Skills but that they are open to questions. I might start the questions if there are no takers just at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Fair play. I congratulate Ms Banotti on her new role in which I wish her luck. It is a great opportunity for her and for the sector. The issue of citizen engagement is an important one. I notice it is one of the larger investment levels from the Department. There is engagement for the purpose as has been laid out, but there is also engagement for the purpose of Government engaging with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate the importance of co-ordination in all of this. A common complaint at the committee is that different Departments and organisations often work in silos but there is great energy in collaboration. In the funding allocated to different streams, the Irish language receives €79,000 of €2 million, which is approximately 3%, and while I understand Creative Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Mr. Ó Coigligh will have another opportunity to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: One voice, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We thank the witnesses for coming here today. It has been very helpful for us. There are questions and debates to be had and policy decisions to be made. We wish the witnesses luck in the work that they have in front of them and look forward to having them in again at some stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Creative Ireland: Discussion (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the witnesses. We greatly appreciate it. We will suspend while our guests leave the room. We have a little work to do in private session.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Signage (17 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a road sign to highlight the birthplace of a person (details supplied) will be erected. [42649/18]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Coistí Rialtais (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Taoiseach cá mhéad uair a tháinig an Coiste Rialtais ar an nGaeilge agus ar an nGaeltacht le chéile gach bliain le trí bliana anuas; an bhfuil sé fós ina Chathaoirleach ar an gCoiste sin; agus cá mhéad uair a d’fhreastail sé ar chruinnithe coiste ó toghadh ina Thaoiseach é. [42157/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 464. To ask the Minister for Health if hip replacement operations have come to a halt or slowed in number in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; the number of hip replacement operations carried out at Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, in each month in the past two years; and if persons who are on the Navan hip replacement list are having their operations carried out in other hospitals here or outside the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 496. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the necessary rehabilitation and physiotherapy is being denied to a person (details supplied). [42398/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 596. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline in tabular form the number and detail of the recipients of the outdoor rural recreation fund for 2017 and to date 2018; and the amount approved. [41779/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 682. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí ar an eolas go bhfuil go leor oibrithe i bhForas na Gaeilge, atá ar phá laghdaithe ar threoir a Roinne, nach bhfuil ar Aguisín 2A de Chiorclán 22/2017, cé gur fostaíodh iad i ndiaidh 1995 atá ag íoc ÁSPC d’aicme A agus atá ag íoc pinsin; agus an...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 684. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na príomhtháscairí feidhmíochta atá ag Foras na Gaeilge don ghearrthéarma agus don fhadtéarma. [42152/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 685. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na príomhtháscairí feidhmíochta atá á mbaint amach go rialta ag Foras na Gaeilge. [42153/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 686. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cé na gníomhartha atá á mbaint amach ag Foras na Gaeilge, ag eascairt as an eolas atá bailithe acu maidir le dul chun cinn, nó a mhalairt, a gcuid príomhtháscairí feidhmíochta. [42154/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (16 Oct 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 687. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na príomhtháscairí feidhmíochta le haghaidh na n-eagraíochtaí atá ag fáil deontas ón bhForas agus conas a dhéantar a n-aschur a thomhas. [42155/18]