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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 11. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by her Department to increase the tourism potential of County Meath. [16807/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: County Meath is blessed with many internationally recognised heritage and historic sites, including Trim Castle, Bective Abbey, the Hill of Tara, Donaghmore Round Tower, Slane Castle, Slane Hill, and Brú na Bóinne, including Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, our own valley of the kings in this country. We also have the Battle of the Boyne site, Mellifont Abbey and Drogheda. This does...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Walking and cycling tourism, which I imagine would be supported by the Minister, is becoming exceptionally popular throughout the world. The Santiago de Compostela walk is a perfect example of where people can actually visit cultural and religious heritage sites and walk in the beautiful landscape of Galicia in northern Spain. I believe that this type of tourism will help County Meath. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tourism Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The Hill of Tara is of enormous significance historically and heritage wise in this country, yet when people go to the Hill of Tara, it is actually very badly managed. Most people are slipping and sliding in muck there and potentially doing damage to the monuments that exist up there. The parking and all of the services are very poor and there definitely needs to be far more work in the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have registered for asylum in Ireland for each of the past ten years, including each month of 2024. [17161/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Deportation Orders (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deportation orders that have been issued in the past five years and for each month this year; the number that have been actioned directly by the State in these years and these months; and the location of those immigrants who have received a deportation order that have not been actioned to date. [17162/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have entered the country for the past five years and each month this year without a passport or travel documents; and the number of them who have been charged for breaking the law. [17163/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons registering at the IPO in Dublin for each of the past five years and for each month this year; if she will provide a breakdown of the routes immigrants are taking into the country; and the proportion of persons who came through these routes in the past five years. [17164/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers who have come from Britain through the North of Ireland to the South of Ireland in the past five years and for each month this year. [17165/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminals who have changed their name by deed poll over the past ten years; her plans to stop sex offenders and violent criminals changing their names by deed poll; and the number of non-Irish citizens who have changed their name by deed poll over each of the past ten years. [17186/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 274. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on IPAS accommodation for each of the past ten years; the amount spent on direct provision for each of the past ten years; the amount spent on the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian citizens for each of the past three years; and the average cost of accommodation per night per person for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (18 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: 287. To ask the Minister for Health the longest duration any patient has spent on a hospital trolley in each public hospital nationwide in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17130/24]

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: Road deaths are rising because the Government is failing to employ gardaí. That is a stark fact and it must be addressed. The reply to an Aontú parliamentary question indicated there were 1,046 road traffic gardaí in 2009, compared with just over 600 today. That is a collapse of 40%. Drink driving is no longer a source of stigma in many parts of the country because people...

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is enforcement.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: That is a weakness

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: The people with the Taoiseach's political background probably said in 1921 that it was fanciful for a small country like ours to go it alone and be sovereign. This is the key issue here. The point is-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I asked the Taoiseach how much it would cost the State to sign into the EU migration pact and he stated, in front of the Dáil, that he does not know. That is an absolutely disgraceful answer from a Government that has already made a political commitment to sign up to that pact. It is an incredible situation. This is potentially the Taoiseach's first blank check with respect to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: -----that have not worked a day because someone forgot to put in the planning application for them. Now, the Government is saying to the people of Ireland-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: -----that it does not know how much it will cost. That is an absolute disgrace. How much will it cost the citizens to pay for the EU migration pact in the future?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: I was in Fianna Fáil, as was the Taoiseach, once upon a time.