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Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: We are at the most controversial element of the Bill for many people. We know that massive damage has been done over the past 40 years to Irish wildlife. We know that modern society is particularly bad when it comes to diversity and its impact on nature. We currently see billions of tonnes of plastic in either landfill or in the sea, killing diversity there. We know that as a society, we...

Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 15:In page 12, to delete lines 1 to 22.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parish boundaries will be recognised when places on school buses are being allocated. [28765/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 328. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase the level of pay in line with international comparators (details supplied). [29016/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water Administration (3 Jul 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a customer (details supplied) of Irish Water will be facilitated to pay large connection fees by increment. [28999/18]

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Again, the Minister of State lumped Meath in with that mid-east region. I identified in my first contribution that there are radical inequalities even within that mid-east region. The second thing the Minister of State did was what his Government does regularly, namely, when we show a systematic problem, a Minister points to the exceptions that prove the rule. Of course there are...

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Louth has a smaller population. Louth and Wicklow-----

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State will find-----

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: What is the Department figure for Kildare?

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no divisional headquarters-----

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State cannot argue with the facts I gave him.

Topical Issue Debate: Enterprise Support Services Expenditure (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath is a great county. It is well located and has good land. Its people are well educated, industrious, creative and conscientious. While it is a given that every Member will regularly come into this Chamber and claim that his or her county needs further funding, this is not a typical Member's whinge. Meath is unique in that it is an outlier when it comes to State funding and investment....

Child Homelessness: Statements (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: There are 3,826 children homeless in this country. Between April 2017 and April of this year, the numbers of children homelessness increased by about 50%. That is the single biggest increase in child homelessness on record in the State. As my colleague, Deputy Ó Broin, stated, these figures are an underestimate of the true numbers of children living in homelessness as they do not...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Meetings (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will meet with a person (details supplied) in view of the delay in the case. [28450/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Functions (28 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a matter will be addressed regarding a conference (details supplied). [28422/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (27 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 274. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a suspected mass Famine grave behind a location (details supplied); her plans to ascertain whether it is in fact a mass grave; and if, in the event it is found to be a mass grave, her plans to ensure that its location is marked appropriately. [28216/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta (27 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na socraithe a bhí i bhfeidhm don toghchán deireanach le haghaidh Údarás na Gaeltachta in 2005 ó thaobh ionaid chomhairimh, foireann toghcháin agus ábhar breise a bhaineann leis na toghcháin sin, ar nós páipéir bhallóide; agus cén costas a bhí...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (26 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of VAT paid in relation to concerts performed by foreign resident music artists here in each of the past five years; and the rate of VAT that they pay. [27837/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (26 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the use of land at a location (details supplied). [27913/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Jun 2018)

Peadar Tóibín: 310. To ask the Minister for Health the future of a centre (details supplied) in County Meath; and if the centre will be properly funded. [27419/18]