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

Peadar Tóibín: Religious practice is a human right under the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Obviously, it is a practice that has been mainly deleted for approximately 1 million people each week in this country. Those candles are used. People light candles and pray for a dead loved one or an issue of great importance to them. Faith can offer strength to people to deal with some of the darkness...

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

Peadar Tóibín: I add my support for Deputy Doherty's amendments. REITs are given a competitive advantage in the market through taxation. They already have a competitive advantage with regard to the international interest rates that they receive. They have a distorting effect on the market. They crowd out other purchasers they compete with. The tax forgone is an opportunity cost. That tax take could be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (18 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protocols in place to record all persons who visit the official residences at Farmleigh, Phoenix Park, Dublin 15 in either personal or professional capacities; if there are visits, engagements or interactions that are exempted from recording requirements; if so, the visits, engagements and interactions exempted; and if all logs and...

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I was listening to the Fine Gael spokesperson on insurance a while ago. I was reminded of the sentence "an army of pompous phrases moving across the landscape in search of an idea". Is the Minister with responsibility for higher education a part-time Minister? He is unable to attend the complete debate here. The Deputies left in the Chamber represent thousands of people in our...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Polasaí Gaeltachta (19 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sí sásta go bhfuil cead ag forbrithóirí, eastáit tithe a thógáil i nGaeltachtaí gan aon srian ar iad a dhíol do clann gan Gaeilge; agus an bhfuil sí sásta nach bhfuil aon cosaint dlíthiúil ar ár dteanga dúchasach mar gheall ar forbairt tithe....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (19 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the investigation carried out by Meath County Council into the rezoning of lands at Liscarton, Navan, County Meath in July 2017 and the granting of planning permission on the land in June 2018 has not been carried out transparently (details supplied). [37482/20]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: The recruitment process for all positions in the State should be completely transparent, none more so than that of a judge on the Supreme Court. The idea that political horse trading plays any part in this is the biggest threat to the separation of powers. There were two vacancies on the Supreme Court in July. Only one was filled. Questions are now being asked in public about why the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: By his refusal to allow for questions to be asked in an open and transparent fashion, the Taoiseach is giving the impression to the general public that there is something to hide. That will be the impression with regard to his Government if he continues to stonewall on the opportunity for the Opposition to ask questions. The Taoiseach actually has an opportunity to change the culture of...

Covid-19: Statements (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Ireland is the sixth most restricted country in the world and this is despite the fact that we have the second lowest level of Covid in Europe. This means that 97% of all the countries in the world have chosen strategies that are less restricted than Ireland. Ireland is a significant outlier in international terms and this has given rise to a massive human cost. The WHO has stated that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority and to approved housing bodies to construct social housing for persons with disabilities; and the amount provided to each local authority for each of the past five years. [38636/20]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: People with disabilities are more than twice as likely to face discrimination relating to housing and they are 1.6 times more likely to live in poor conditions. They live in damp housing and housing that lacks central heating and they also live in areas with significant problems. A total of 25% of people forced to live homeless on our streets have a disability. This is a rate far higher...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important to look at the facts. Between 2,000 and 4,000 people with disabilities are living in congregated settings with ten or more people. This is before we look at the hidden homeless, who are people with disabilities living in the homes of family or friends. Many of them have no expectation of independent living because of the fact those homes may not be suitable for them. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the fact there has been an increase in funding over recent years. Typically in recent years when Governments have quoted increases, they have come from a phenomenally low base. These budgets were slashed significantly after 2011 and stayed extremely low until 2013 and 2014. Independent Living Movement Ireland has assessed local authorities on a sliding scale with regard to how...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been procured or built by the State for persons with disabilities in each of the past five years in each county. [38201/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 107. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a system of quotas or statutory imposed ratios in the provision of housing for persons with disabilities; the average length of time persons with disabilities are spending on housing waiting lists compared to persons on housing waiting lists who do not have disabilities. [38202/20]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Court Accommodation (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 291. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of scaffolding that has been positioned around the dome of the Four Courts for the past number of years. [37773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 363. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the detail of the strategy for housing for persons with disabilities. [38560/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average waiting time nationally for a person with a disability to be allocated social housing. [38561/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 365. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the ratio of housing for persons with disabilities by which local authorities have to build or procure housing for persons with disabilities. [38562/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing for People with Disabilities (24 Nov 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding allocated to each local authority and to approved housing bodies to construct social housing for persons with disabilities; and the amount provided to each local authority between 2010 and 2015 and between 2016 and 2020, in tabular form. [38563/20]