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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a new Department being created dealing with rural development and it will have its own secretariat and Secretary General. It will be completely separate from the Department dealing with arts, heritage and the Gaeltacht. We do not know what the name of the Department will be.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: It may be but there has been no decision on whether the Gaeltacht will feature as a separate name. All of this must be fleshed out and we must wait for the Government to come back with its picture.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I will ask a few questions but I concur with Senator O'Donnell both on the points she made and how she made them. Mr. McGuinness is a brave man who has made a stand of conviction, which is not regularly visible in this country, unfortunately, and in these spaces. When the witness was here representing the Western Development Commission with some of the staff, I was so impressed with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not wish to be political and the witness states he does not wish to make this overly political either. A Minister of State asked if a turf war was being sought when Mr. McGuinness simply sought to identify what exactly would constitute an enhanced role. It seems we cannot necessarily ask the Civil Service to reform itself, but elected representatives have the responsibility to reform...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay. With regard to the Departments, would it be a good idea to have a recruitment policy that would bring in far more people from outside the Civil Service on a regular basis? This could lead to a churn of people developing in the system and those coming from outside who may have different types of experience, perspectives and approaches.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The Western Development Commission stated before that it wanted to have a presence in Brussels so as to be able to draw down European funds or be involved with the development of funding or development programmes. That also seems to have been prevented.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a farce if funds that are identified to help materially individuals struggling with regard to income, job prospects and enterprise development have a bureaucratic line drawn around them to prevent them being spent. It is shocking. People outside the political world ask me and, I am sure, other elected representatives every day how the State can be so impractical in its delivery of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Ba mhaith liom freisin míle buíochas a ghabháil le Mr. McGuinness. Beidh an t-eolas go léir curtha isteach inár gcuid tuairisc. We really want to thank him sincerely for coming in and for taking the stand he has taken and highlighting and putting a red line under this matter. It is our job, and the job of the political parties represented on the committee, to make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat. We will suspend for two minutes and on resuming we will go into private session to discuss committee business.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Some 98% of businesses have no plans.

Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: What about the customs union?

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a very important Bill. It has many ramifications. We need to make sure that we consider carefully all the interests concerned. We should seek to accommodate those who have genuinely held concerns with regard to road safety, the protection of biodiversity and the interests of landowners and farmers so we can have meaningful accommodation for all relevant interests appropriate to a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Gaeltachta (22 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cé mhéad scoil atá i dteideal a bheith aitheanta mar Scoil Ghaeltachta; agus cé mhéad scoil a chuir iarratas isteach ar an scéim aitheantais mar Scoil Ghaeltachta. [29307/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge (27 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cad iad na costais bhreise a bhaineann le scoil lán-Bhéarla a iompú ina scoil lán-Ghaeilge lasmuigh de limistéar na Gaeltachta. [29983/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Policy (27 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 328. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she conduct an evaluation outcome assessment of the actions that were contained in the CEDRA report. [30071/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (27 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 394. To ask the Minister for Health the hours of opening of the new mental health day service in Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, County Meath; the staff working at this service; the staff that are necessary; the timeframe for the full complement of staff to be working at the service; the service that is being delivered; and the timeframe for the full service to become available. [29833/17]

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: There has been an enormous amount of talk about this particular Bill. Certainly any changes to any part of our liberal democracy need to be made in a measured, thoughtful and educated manner, but this Bill is extremely limited in its scope. While it is flawed in places, it only makes marginal improvements to the system. No one in this State should be immune from analysis or constructive...

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a couple of questions.

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat. I want to congratulate the new Minister of State and wish her luck. She might need it, given that some of her votes have been given to the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, overnight. They might go to Deputy Ó Caoláin - we never know.

European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The Paris Agreement on climate change was discussed at the European Council meeting. Ireland is currently on track to face financial penalties of up to €600 million by 2020. This would account for a significant proportion of the available fiscal space. Ireland is facing between €3 billion and €6 billion of penalties by 2030. Our climate targets involve a 20% cut in...