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Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an rún tábhachtach seo agus gabhaim buíochas leis na Social Democrats as an rún a chur os comhair na Dála inniu. I want to focus on one particular issue. It has been reported in the media in the Middle East that the United States and Israel have agreed the United Nations interim force in Lebanon will cease its operations in southern Lebanon....

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: I live in a commuter hell along with hundreds of thousands of people spending two to three hours getting in and out of Dublin daily. There is a massive cost in terms of spending money on cars but also a human cost of the pressure that puts on families. I have no doubt the level of anxiety among children is rising at the moment because parents are leaving at 7 a.m. and not back until 7 in...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The date of 2024 to 2027 is given for that.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: The length of time it takes is a function of the number of people working on it. If you have one person working on all that it will take a long time but if you have a team of maybe 50 people it will take far shorter. How many people would be working on those types of projects, for example? Can we not get more people working on it to accordion the length of time?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Could we check that?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Even the railway order application is down for a number of years there too. My key concern around how long these projects are taking is this. If we put a team of, say, three or four consultants on a project then yes, it will take years to achieve. Obviously, there is a major cost in the absence of this infrastructure. It will cost the same amount of money if we pay three consultants over...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Are we over-regulated?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Going back to the point about the cost, we can say, if we do not regulate to this level, that there is a danger that this or that could happen and we can surmise the cost of that, but we are not counting the cost for the 80,000 people in one county who are living in excruciating circumstances annually because of the lack of that. In 12 years, Madrid built 112 km of metro. We have spent...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: A comparative analysis between our approach to metro north and how 112 km could be built in Madrid in a short time would be valuable to the committee. If we could get a report to the committee to say what saved time or money in Madrid-----

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Planning, Approving and Delivering Transport Infrastructure Projects: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: Is there any way that we can get an analysis of the level of regulations?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was aware of the issues facing many wheelchair users of the Bus Éireann many of whom have to book their place on a bus prior to travel; when this will no longer be the case for wheelchair users; the steps his Department is taking to address the matter; and if there will be a more equal access to public transport for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what the major issues are in relation to wheelchair users having to book online prior to travel; if he is aware that many users in the Meath area must attend either the Mater, Beaumont or St. James’s hospitals (details supplied). [30853/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Bodies (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of employees employed by ComReg yearly. [30996/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Bodies (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of employee salaries at ComReg. [30997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Bodies (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding ComReg receives yearly from the State. [30998/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Bodies (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of cases dealt with each year by ComReg; and the number of those cases for which there is an order against the companies involved. [30999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 303. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card patients seen through the MRI scanner in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan in the past two years. [30843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Inquiries (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 304. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no pelvis MRI scanning done for medical card holders in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan. [30844/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: 305. To ask the Minister for Health the MRI scans that are done in Navan for medical card holders. [30845/25]

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a record-breaking Government for all the wrong reasons. Under Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Independents, there is record-breaking homelessness, as well as record-breaking house prices and rents. Rents, incredibly, have doubled since the bottom of the crash. This must be the most pro-cyclical Government in the history of the State. Deputy Micheál Martin was a member of...