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European Council: Statements (28 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State mentioned supports for businesses. The InterTradeIreland business monitor report found that 98% of firms, on either side of the Border, are still not making plans for Brexit. This information is up to date and dates from the past month. Were there any discussions on what was available to buttress small and medium Irish businesses against Brexit? It was reported in...

Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a serious problem developing in towns around the country. Significant areas within out towns are being ceded to thugs, to crime and to drug dealers. Certain public parks and playgrounds in towns such as Navan are taken over on sunny days by adults drinking cans and spirits. Drugs are openly sold and consumed in broad daylight in town squares in towns in Meath. Many families are...

Topical Issue Debate: Anti-Social Behaviour (28 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath is probably no different to many other counties and when we look at these issues, we sometimes try to benchmark them against the figures the Garda gives. People do not know what to believe with respect to figures they get from the Garda at present. The figures on breath tests were hocus pocus and now we see that the Central Statistics Office will no longer publish the homicide figures...

Leaders' Questions (29 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: Not in the regions.

Protection of Employees (Collective Redundancies) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (29 Jun 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: According to Oxfam, the richest 62 people in the world own as much wealth as half of the world's population. In Ireland the gap between rich and poor is increasing with approximately one third of the income located in the top 10% of earners. One in five people are low paid in the State and according to Professor James Wickham of the Think-tank for Action on Social Change, TASC, Ireland was...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 280. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda station in County Meath in 2016 and to date in 2017. [31011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 306. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been allocated for 2017 to increase the provision of Irish language naíonraí in line with the recommendations proposed by the policy on Gaeltacht education 2017 to 2022. [31002/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Early Childhood Care and Education (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 307. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been allocated for 2017 to increase the provision of training of qualified child care workers in the Irish language in line with the recommendations proposed by the polcy on Gaeltacht education 2017 to 2022. [31003/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 313. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the board of Screen Training Ireland is certified to deliver accredited training; and if it has been quality assured by Quality and Qualifications Ireland. [30973/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 319. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide either a permanent or temporary exhibition space within State-funded museums in Dublin as part of the State commemoration of the Great Famine. [31396/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if home help will be made available for a person (details supplied). [30828/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for home help by county; the average waiting time; and the longest times for waiting in each county. [30829/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 337. To ask the Minister for Health the amount being spent by the Ireland East hospital group on private ambulance operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30843/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 523. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the provision of bus services or bus licences from provincial towns directly to the main universities in view of the extraordinary costs of rents facing students from the regions who are living in Dublin. [30834/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 524. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the number of Bus Éireann journeys that have been cancelled in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; the main reasons for this; the number of Bus Átha Cliath journeys that are cancelled each year; the main reasons for this; if substitute bus drivers are available in the event of drivers calling in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 527. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has made an application for state aid exemption for runway works at Ireland West Airport Knock; the date it was submitted; the expected date for approval; and the details of the works. [31009/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Aid (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 528. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the additional state aid exemptions on infrastructure projects which the Government has sought. [31010/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (4 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funds currently owed by his Department to Meath County Council. [30981/17]

Other Questions: Tax Code (5 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to reform the favourable tax treatment provided to property investment funds operating here in view of the negative effect this treatment is having on the market in terms of them purchasing huge chunks of residential housing and commercial property, clogging the supply of residential housing and hoarding land banks. [31455/17]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (5 Jul 2017)

Peadar Tóibín: 64. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of reducing the marginal rate of tax to under half of taxpayers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31454/17]