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State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: Fair play to the Minister for staying this long into the debate. Often we see Ministers run before parties such as ours get to contribute, in fairness to her. The prospect of the pension age being raised to 67 was widely touted before the election and hammered the appeal of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael among the bracket of voters who were affected. Before the election, Fianna...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the monitoring and analysis she is undertaking to examine the quality of education leaving certificate 2020 students are receiving; and if it has been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. [40075/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gaelscoil Issues (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna to meet the demand around the country. [40076/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 126. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the number of applicants for the restart grant plus who pay commercial rates in shared commercial spaces and who had their application approved but who were later informed by their local authority that there had been a misinterpretation of qualifying criteria and who had their offer rescinded; the number of applicants who had their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Social Media Regulation (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken any research or investigation into the alleged use of fake social media accounts or robots by political parties in Ireland; if so, the findings of such investigations and research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40317/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to broaden Ireland's tax base beyond over-reliance on income tax revenues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40195/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 227. To ask the Minister for Finance the size of Ireland's national debt; and the annual repayment and servicing of the debt costs. [40196/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Debt (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 228. To ask the Minister for Finance when he expect Ireland's national debt to be reduced by at least 50%. [40197/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the VAT exemption on white and cylindrical candles per annum. [40198/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance the research he has undertaken as to the effect on the Irish banking market by the proposed exit of a bank (details supplied) from the Irish market; the effect this will have on retail interests rates, customer access to physical banking facilities, the likelihood of banks to lend and so on. [40237/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to tackle the damage that will be created by the increased concentration of the banking market with the leaving of a bank (details supplied) from the Irish market. [40238/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 233. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to create competition within the Irish market, given the proposed exit of a bank (details supplied) from the Irish market; and if will he undertake the development of a public banking system to increase competition. [40239/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Data (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance the research his Department is undertaking on the level of sales of property by receivers that are the subject of impaired loans; the analysis that is being carried out by his Department on whether receivers are fulfilling their duties to borrowers in terms of achieving the best price for their properties; and if the research and analysis will be made...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason the circus sector has been excluded from the Covid restrictions support scheme despite the statement she made that the sector may qualify for same (details supplied); the grant scheme for which the circus sector is eligible; if none, if a financial support package will be put in place for the sector; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason she has stated that the circus sector may qualify for the Covid restrictions support scheme when the eligibility criteria for the scheme expressly exclude the circus sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39921/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the practice whereby homeless persons who seek assistance in Dublin are being told to return to their home counties and seek help there, resulting in many sleeping on the streets due the travel restrictions during Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on the investigation his Department is conducting into the rise in deaths among homeless persons in Dublin in 2020 (details supplied). [40276/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Persons Data (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider introducing a system whereby the number of homeless deaths in each county are documented and published monthly given that statistics on deaths are currently only available for Dublin. [40277/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Operations (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 341. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of annual operations by the Defence Forces; the percentage that are day patrols and so on; and the level of personnel and resources needed for each operation. [40189/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (1 Dec 2020)

Peadar Tóibín: 342. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the obstacle to the implementation of the technical pay agreement agreed over a year ago with the Defence Forces. [40190/20]