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Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: That is according to the HSE, not according to the family.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister is giving one view.

Leaders' Questions (5 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Trolleys are not the solution.

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Before we adjourned this debate to take Leaders' Questions, I was speaking about outputs of the health service and the budget and how the health service, as a key public service, was being seriously negatively impacted by Government policy. Since 2008, approximately €3.3 billion worth of funding has been gouged out of the health service, a large chunk of it by this Government. 1...

Credit Guarantee (Amendment) Bill 2015: Second Stage (5 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the big failures of the Government has been its inability to create a functioning credit market. The dysfunctional credit market is a significant player in many of the problems we have in the State, for example, in the housing market where we have not been able to get credit into the hands of builders to meet the demand for housing. It has also played a significant role in the...

Order of Business (10 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The Construction Contracts Act was introduced in the Oireachtas 1,800 days ago but it is still not functioning. It was introduced in an effort to ensure that subcontractors were not stuffed by those higher up the food chain. The chair of the organisation was selected last July but we still do not have a board of adjudicators in place to provide this badly needed service. Can the Taoiseach...

Single Resolution Fund: Motion (10 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas as ucht an deis labhairt ar an rún seo. Since the crash, we have heard many times that the Government seeks to break the link between the sovereign and the bank and that link needs to be separated fully. Here we are, almost in 2016, and the final pieces of this process are coming together, but what we have is something that is watered down beyond recognition....

Hospital Emergency Departments: Motion [Private Members] (10 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: The health service has gone through five years of sustained vandalism. The current and previous Governments have gouged €3.3 billion and 9,000 staff out of the health service. As a result, the points of access for citizens into the health service have been severely restricted. In my constituency we have Navan hospital and we have a hospital in Drogheda. So far this year, 7,700...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Services (10 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 598. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will meet with this Deputy to discuss the lack of progress of the Navan to Dublin rail line. [39395/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Review Office Report: Discussion (10 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis na finnéithe as a gcur i láthair. For a long time, my view has been that the banking market in Ireland has been an oligopoly. It is a very limited supply side and, therefore, it is a suppliers' market with regard to the entire banking system. I think Mr. Trethowan alluded to how tight it is when he said that it was obviously useful that Ulster...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Credit Review Office Report: Discussion (10 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It has nothing to do with Government-led policy objectives with regard to contracting of balance sheets.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 128. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath to find out what happened, and to ensure that it does not happen again; and if he will ensure that any future convalescence and care costs associated with looking after this person are covered by the Health Service Executive [39745/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Applications (12 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that a person (details supplied) in County Meath is provided with a mobility scooter. [39868/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Rates (17 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 582. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will fill the €21 million funding gap remaining after the reduction in the global commercial rates revaluation to ensure that local authorities are not left underfunded. [40576/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (17 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 642. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action she is taking to resolve the ongoing issue in Portaneena in County Westmeath, which has been previously brought to her attention by a person (details supplied). [40464/15]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the issues my party has with what the Government has done to the USC is that it seems to have had the effect of widening the gap between rich and poor. Social Justice Ireland indicated that the gap between those who are on social welfare and those who earn €50,000 has widened because of these measures and the measures the Government has implemented. It is quite shocking that...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand what the Minister is saying and that elsewhere in the budget there could be provision to ameliorate the incidents of greatest benefit on upper income holders through USC. However, those who earn over €200,000 will get a break of €902 due to this cut in USC. That €902 is an opportunity cost to the State when the State is finding it difficult to allow for a...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: If a person works hard, uses his or her "smarts" and takes responsibility and risk, he or she should be economically compensated. One needs that spark within an economy for the economy to function. Ireland has one of the biggest disparities between rich and poor internationally. I am not just talking about making sure that people who work hard and use their smarts get properly paid, with a...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: That is an argument for what I have just said. Direct transfers are needed to ameliorate the disparity between rich and poor. That makes my argument.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Finance: Finance Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Nov 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I move amendment No. 3:In page 8, between lines 23 and 24, to insert the following:“3. The Minister shall, within one month of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before Dáil Éireann a report on options available for removing the USC liability for all workers earning less than €19,572 a year”. The purpose of this amendment follows on from the discussion we...