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General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I asked whether the Tánaiste had ever leaked confidential Cabinet information. I would like that question addressed.

General Practitioner Contract: Statements (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Many people will be taken by, and disappointed by, the long pause before the Tánaiste's initial answer to that question. This is a very serious issue. The reason it is so serious and important is that if the very head of a government is involved in actions of this kind, it gives license to everybody else in government to act in the same way. It gives license to everybody else, at all...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Nursing Education (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 121. To ask the Minister for Health the reason student nurses have not been paid for the front-line placements in which they have taken part during the pandemic despite suggestions to the contrary. [31370/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 679. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount paid annually for the past three years to private airline companies for the movement of Irish military personnel to and from overseas missions; if consideration is being given to the procurement of a national asset to perform this function; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33084/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 680. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if cadets that have been deployed again to the front line as contact tracers and contact tracing trainers and have had their their training suspended again will be paid the military service allowance (details supplied). [33085/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 681. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the Defence Forces at the end of September 2020; and the number of personnel in full-time induction training in terms of recruits, two star training cadet training or apprenticeships and therefore non-deployable. [33086/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 682. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel on overseas service at the end of September 2020, by rank. [33087/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 984. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there is an expedited testing regime for the childcare sector to keep providers open; and the reason teachers can receive the flu vaccine for free while operators in the childcare sector must pay. [31375/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1372. To ask the Minister for Health the public health evidence in relation to the closure of restaurants, cafés and pubs for indoor business (details supplied). [29968/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (3 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 1405. To ask the Minister for Health the extent of the backlogs experienced in the symptomatic breast and prostate services referred to in the HSE's winter plan; and the length of time it will take to clear the backlog. [33653/20]

Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (4 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sharing time with Deputy Fitzpatrick. At first glance, the Finance Bill looks like legislation for the ultimate Ross O'Carroll Kelly budget. When one looks more closely, it is clear that a phenomenal number of sectors have been left out of its provisions. In the case of older people, for example, who are most vulnerable and exposed in this particular crisis, there is not even a tenner...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (4 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of the Traveller community that have applied to become members of An Garda Síochána; and the number of members of the Traveller community that have graduated as a member of An Garda Síochána. [34013/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (4 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 109. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Shelta or Cant language can meet the requirement of a second language within the Garda recruitment application process in circumstances in which a person is applying to become a member of An Garda Síochána has an exemption in the secondary school system from other languages except English. [34014/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (5 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of supplementary pension entitlements for post-1995 retirees within the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34393/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 25. To ask the Taoiseach the number of small to medium enterprises that have ceased trading as a result of the pandemic lockdown to date; and the estimated number that will have closed by the end of 2020. [34717/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I did not hear any reference to the question that I put in which is, obviously, grouped with these questions. I take it my question is being taken after these.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: As far as I understand it, we are discussing Questions Nos. 23 to 26, inclusive. My question is Question No. 25.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Census of Population (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. The point of my question is that there are so many victims of the current Covid restrictions in this country that it is hard to separate them but, obviously, small businesses have been massacred because of Covid and because of the restrictions over the past six months. We have seen a large amount of pubs close which have left the isolated even further...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: This matter is important because Ireland has been racked by insider circles for decades. Insider circles are not a victimless crime. They have a radical influence on the development of a society and everyone else's ability to live in that society. Either we call insider circles out or give licence to them. If we vote confidence in the Tánaiste, the Dáil will give licence to that...

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 56. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the details of each of the funding supports available to small and medium businesses and enterprises; and the amount each fund has drawn down to date. [34716/20]