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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic (20 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the monthly costs for March and April 2020 with regard to all welfare supports as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown; and the estimated monthly costs for May, June, July and August 2020 with regard to all welfare supports as a result of the announced restrictions. [5692/20]

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I note the same conversation was had five years ago in this Chamber and we are no further along in that regard. The matter I raise was also raised five and ten years ago in this Chamber and we are still no further along. Moore Street is the birthplace of the Irish Republic. The lanes and buildings that surround the street reverberate with the heroism of the people who were out in 1916....

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Not the report I quoted.

Covid-19 (Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht): Statements (21 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: For digital finds.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 900. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of community groups that qualified under the terms of the Covid-19 Stability Fund for Community and Voluntary, Charity and Social Enterprises; the nature of the organisations which met the objectives; the way in which their eligibility was determined; if he will broaden the criteria to allow more community groups apply;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architects Register (27 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1062. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the implementation of the recommendations of the report of the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, entitled "Report of the Committee on the Title of Architect"; if consideration will be given to recommendations 1 and 7 for the inclusion of a grandfather clause and that formal...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I encourage the Ceann Comhairle to get one of those Zoom mute buttons for the Dáil in the future to make his life a little bit easier. It is 110 days since the general election and still the Dáil remains in a democratic twilight zone. I do not mean this in a personal way - I do not imagine the Minister is particularly comfortable or satisfied with the situation either - but it is...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sorry. The situation is not the same as for typical, normal Estimates. These are in direct contradiction to the Government's commitment to continue the Covid payments. By definition, these Estimates are hocus pocus. We in the Opposition are being blackmailed. We either stand over these hocus pocus social welfare Estimates or the whole social welfare system grinds to a halt. What...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (28 May 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The reason I am convinced that the Government is going to make changes to the Covid payment in the future is that both Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have stated that it is not logical for the payment to compensate certain workers for more than the income they actually lost. There is no doubt in my mind that we will reach a situation where some workers will receive the Covid payment in the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: One of the most controversial decisions made by the Government around the handling of Covid-19 was on international travel because it is obvious that international travel seeded the virus in Ireland. At the time, many countries were stopping international travel. New Zealand is probably the best case in point. It prevented much of the virus coming into the country. I remember asking the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Those countries that restricted international travel did a lot better than Ireland.

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I do not want to interrupt and I apologise but my point, which Mr. Breslin makes in his own statement, is that NPHET gave the advice that there should be mandatory legal self-isolation for international travellers for the first 14 days. That has not been implemented by this Government two months later. We also have a situation whereby we were told by the Chief Medical Officer that the...

Special Committee on Covid-19 Response: Travel Restrictions (2 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: On public transport, I have a quick question to ask of the representative of the NTA. What will be the cost to the public transportation system of the reduction in traveller numbers in the system in recent months? What will be necessary to pump into that system for the rest of the year to make sure that the capacity, the number of buses and the timetables are adhered to?

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (3 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1017. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans and recommendations in place for non-essential businesses and workers allowed to return to work on 8 June 2020 but childminding services for this category cannot operate until 20 July 2020; the way in which this issue is intended to be addressed in circumstances in which there is a gap in childminding provisions; and if she...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: First, I welcome the indemnification of teachers by the State in the context of this year's leaving certificate. Aontú has been calling for such indemnification for weeks and welcomes the good news in that regard. I would like the Minister to tell the Dáil what money has been set aside for the indemnification and whether it will come from the Department of Education and Skills. My...

Covid-19 (Education and Skills): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I would like a response to my question on the cost of the indemnification.

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The brutal murder of George Floyd in the US last week was heartbreaking to see on television. The fact that such racism exists in the US in 2020 is both heartbreaking and a cause of deep frustration. For a country such as ours that has such deep ties to the US, to see it burn night after night with such violence is distressing. It is radically important that there is justice for George...

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister will have his time. Could he give me a second?

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister mentioned the increase in the number of gardaí in County Meath. Yes, the number of gardaí in County Meath has increased in the past couple of years but the population of Meath is skyrocketing so the same point stands. Per capita, the Minister is not maintaining the same pace of growth with the number of gardaí. It is very frustrating as well because the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Jun 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 328. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a series of matters regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9750/20]