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Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that and I have no doubt there are many good people in Fianna Fáil who share my objectives with regard to Irish unity, but there is a chasm between those people and me, on the one hand, and the current Taoiseach, on the other, because he has informed me in this Chamber that he refuses to pursue the objective of Irish unity. He has stated that he does not agree with the...

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: He has said that. We cannot go through with this Brexit crisis without coming to an understanding that partition is a threat to our national interest. We should be able to create a new Ireland forum at which we bring people from civic society and political society North and South together to talk about ways in which we can fight the worst excesses of Brexit and start to talk about planning...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has carried out a study on the environmental benefits of a Dublin-Navan rail line. [34742/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I want to ask similar questions. Has the Government done any work on what will be the tax take of this particular initiative? Has it done any work with regard to the level of income reduction that has been experienced by people who have been forced onto these particular payments? Is it not incredible that the Government would force people out of work, force significant reductions in...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand 300,000 people to be in receipt of the PUP as of today. Those people are in receipt of the PUP due to the restrictions the Government has introduced. The Government has therefore taken their ability to earn an income from them. The restrictions in this country are, for better or worse, the sixth most severe on the planet at the moment. A significant number of these...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: House prices have increased by €100,000 since the Minister came into government in 2011. In Dublin they have increased by €160,000 on average since 2011. This is an incredible legacy for a Fine Gael Party that has been in government on two occasions since then. With all of the competing negative legacies coming from the housing sector we forget about this one. This average...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is interesting that we know more in this country about the selection process of Supreme Court justices in the United States than we do about the process here. It is interesting as well that we look down on the political manner in which it is done in the United States, and we do not see that manner in this State. My advice was not to proceed in the manner initially being put forward by...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a feeling among the public that the selection of judges can be a political quid pro quo. People are selected and given positions by the Taoiseach of the day having regard to the negotiation his party has with other political parties and not necessarily on the basis of judicial experience and so forth. As a result of this crisis, it would be very useful for Members and the public to...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: First Stage (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to protect children from viewing pornographic material on the internet; and to provide for related matters. The proliferation of pornography in recent years has been immense with regard to children. Right now, throughout the State, children as young as eight and nine years old are consuming explicit, hardcore material...

Protection of Children (Online Pornographic Material) Bill 2020: First Stage (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if a review has been conducted relating to the security of documents within his Department in view of the controversy surrounding the sending of a document to the head of a union (details supplied). [34745/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a very important issue. Two weeks ago during a debate with the Tánaiste I asked him if he had ever leaked confidential Cabinet information. In his response he prevaricated and said "nothing of this nature". In other words, there was an acceptance that information from the Cabinet had been given out. Has the Taoiseach ever conducted a review of the security of documentation...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I asked about the Tánaiste breaking Covid restrictions last May. Has the Taoiseach spoken to him about that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Data Protection (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Will the Taoiseach speak to the Tánaiste about it?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with a group (details supplied); and the reason the approach to religious services here during the Covid-19 pandemic is different from the approach adopted in most other European countries. [34744/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: This is a serious illness so when people raise this issue they are not saying they are looking for zero restrictions. Ireland, however, has the second lowest incidence of Covid in Europe but the sixth most severe restrictions in the world. People might say that those two issues are related but the fact is that restrictions come with a massive cost. Religious practice is one of those costs....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 332. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the circus sector has been excluded from the Covid-19 support scheme and Arts Council funding; if she will put in place a financial support package for the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36445/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 607. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the date on which he plans to publish the final report of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36176/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 679. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in County Tipperary is not responding to phone calls or emails from elected representatives and members of the public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36943/20]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I must apologise to the committee because I have not been able to participate in the debate for most of the day. There is a small change under this section which brings candles into the VAT net. Given what is happening to many people around the country and the fact that churches are closed which means that there is a lack of funding going into that sector, this seems a little petty. Is...