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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (25 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 411. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the independent report on the North-South interconnector will be published (details supplied). [38698/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rent Controls (25 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether rent in towns in west County Meath are too high; when rent caps will be imposed in these towns; and the reason it has not been done to date. [38427/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (25 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 528. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase housing assistance payment, HAP, rates for single persons in County Meath to assist in meeting the new market realities; and if so, when the increase will be made to same. [38503/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Labour Activation Programmes Data (25 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 554. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of persons employed by the eight national cultural institutions under the labour activation schemes, on zero-hour contacts and unpaid internships; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38693/18]

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I ask the Minister not to reply to me now but, rather, to send me a short reply by email stating whether she agrees that the Moore Street battlefield site is a national monument. If she, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and Independent Deputies all believe it is, let us make it such.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is the sad thing. Members stood up here today and-----

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Members have lauded the campaign groups. The campaign groups want it to be recognised as a national monument. This is Irish politics to the core - saying one thing, embracing a campaign and then doing the opposite. There is no reason commercial development could not take place on the site if it is made a national monument. I want commercial development to take place on it because it will...

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: If Members agreed with that report, they would vote in accordance with its recommendations. Unfortunately, they are refusing to vote to make those recommendations a reality, which is a pity.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: There is great disappointment on this side and among many of the campaigners with regard to the Government's decision on the matter. The only reason Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael would refuse to recognise Moore Street as a national monument is to leave the door open to development in Moore Street that is not in sympathy with a national monument. If that were the case, Members would simply...

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: That is true. For ages we have seen excuse after excuse from the establishment of this State for not simply making Moore Street a national monument. It is incredible. The parties will always find a reason. I was told during the Government's appeal of the High Court case that it was not about Moore Street and its importance as a national monument, it was simply about planning issues...

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It is an interesting question.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: It is the central question relating to the issue.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is not going to answer the question.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We are already in conversation here.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Do I need to wait for a Minister?

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Minister of State stick around until the Minister arrives?

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." The stories of the Irish State and of the Moore Street battlefield site mirror each other in many ways. Moore Street has been said to be the birthplace of the Irish State. The lanes and buildings that surround the street reverberate with the heroism of the people who were out in 1916. That action was the precursor to an independent...

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We might as well do that.

National Monuments (The Moore Street Battlefield) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The stories of the Irish State and of Moore Street are very much mirror images of each other. It is often said that the battlefield site is the birthplace of the State. The lanes of Moore Street reverberated with the heroism of 1916 which set in train the events leading to the freedom of this part of the island and the end of hundreds of years of occupation and exploitation. Moore Street...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (20 Sep 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I take the Minister of State's point with regard to jobs. Meath is a commuter county and comparator counties are Louth, Kildare and Wicklow, all of which get far more jobs from the IDA per capita than Meath. I too would pair the population with jobs if I was in the Government's position. Let us look at the population statistics. Between 2006 and 2016 the population of Navan increased...