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Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: They were not.

Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It was between myself-----

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Are these amendments grouped or are we on amendment No. 1 only?

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There is probably very little I can add that has not already been articulated extremely well by Deputy Connolly, other than to say that people are still stunned as to why the Minister is bringing forward this Bill, especially in view of the fact that the necessary consultation with the residents and survivors of the mother and baby homes has not taken place. It feels like the Minister is...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (22 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The process of this Bill and the Minister's work has not changed at all. He has come to the Chamber and said clearly that he refuses to listen to the arguments put forward and he will accept no amendments from the Opposition. That fits perfectly with the process so far, which has refused to listen to the Opposition, to the women and to the people who were born in those homes. Hundreds...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The great civil libertarian Stephen Donnelly is introducing a law in the Dáil to fine people for playing golf, attending a sneaky mass, swimming or going to a gym. Basically, the Government is raising the white flag. It has lost the good will of the people and now it is seeking to coerce them. Covid-19 is a serious illness for sure, and we need to do all we can to reduce the...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to pick up on something the Minister said. What has happened in nursing homes has been one of the most heartbreaking aspects of this whole crisis. The most vulnerable have been the most exposed. They make up the majority of those who have lost their lives to Covid-19. Yesterday, I raised the issue of the nursing home in Galway at which 26 of the 28 residents tested positive for...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 4. To ask the Taoiseach the number of meetings and phone calls between his Department and the offices of the First Minister and deputy First Minister in the Executive in Northern Ireland since the election in February 2020. [31373/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Am I right in saying there were four communications between the Taoiseach and the First Minister and deputy First Minister of the North of Ireland since the start of September? It would be useful to detail the meetings before that as well. The question says "since the election in February", and the Taoiseach has so far detailed four occasions when he was in contact with the First Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: We can say we know of six occasions since the election in February where the Taoiseach of the South has been in contact with the First Minister of the North. Dr. Gabriel Scally, who I am sure is held in high regard on all sides of this Chamber, has said that "if this was an animal disease ... there would be an integrated effort North and South". When he was asked if he felt there was...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is clear that the Tánaiste's conduct and actions have been unethical, underhand and deceitful. His actions may also have been illegal. Indeed, I believe the Garda has been notified on two occasions regarding what the Tánaiste has been involved in. I am amazed that he is even seeking to create confusion here because the facts are obviously clear that this is a confidential...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Was it a public document or a confidential document?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: If this was a confidential document, there were other parties to the document and to the agreement that was being made in confidence. Was their confidence not broken when the Tánaiste released the document to a third party without their permission?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste has agreed here today that it was a confidential document, it was understood as a confidential document by the parties to the document, and that he broke that confidence. Is it not a very serious issue that the Taoiseach of the day broke the confidence of major parties with which the Government was negotiating? Every time the Tánaiste was asked why he did not do this...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, this is irrelevant.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The reason I say the act of distributing this confidential document was secret is that the Tánaiste never told the then Minister who was charged with negotiating and developing the contract about it. He never told anybody about it. That is startling. Nobody was told about this particular action. Did the Tánaiste include a cover letter with the document that was posted?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste left no paper trail whatsoever. There was no cover letter and he told absolutely nobody. He sent the document, breaching the confidence of those participants in the contract, to a friend. He said that there was no material benefit involved, but of course there was; knowledge is power. When an individual gives confidential information to someone, it increases his or her...

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I am referring to the secrecy element. I am not asking about the Taoiseach's motivation for briefing a rival organisation to the IMO. Such a briefing could have been carried out publicly, formally or even in a published document. I am asking the Tánaiste about his motivation for doing so in secret.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The Tánaiste is asking us to believe that Dr. Ó Tuathail's judgment on the document would be materially affected by receiving it in a secret fashion rather than a formal or public fashion. How would his understanding of that document have been in any way affected by the method in which it was received?

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sorry but that is not believable to anybody in this Chamber, not least those on the Tánaiste's own benches. Has the Tánaiste ever leaked confidential Cabinet information?