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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 772. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm reports of needle or syringe shortages in general practice settings which is reportedly delaying vaccine administration. [12635/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 774. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to instances of delays in vaccine supplies reaching general practitioners which is resulting in general practitioners having to cancel appointments for persons who were due to receive the Covid-19 vaccination. [12637/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 773. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have had their Covid-19 vaccine appointments cancelled to date in 2021. [12636/21]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Tom worked in the Irish Prison Service as an assistant chief officer based in A block in Portlaoise Prison. This block houses some of the most notorious and dangerous prisoners in the country. Prisoners include Kinahans, Dundons and many more criminals who are household names. This is a high-pressure environment in which violence and threat to life are real and constant concerns for prison...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I have made a special effort not to mention the names of individuals. I am quoting from a report carried out by an independent investigator, John Naughton, into these matters. The reason we know this information is that Mick Clifford of the Irish Examinerhas done extensive work on this story. He has reported these elements of the story...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: These are serious allegations and I have thought long and hard about raising them on the floor of the Dáil. The reason I have done so is because I have called the director general of the Irish Prison Service a number of times to see if I can discuss them with her. I have also put a question to the Minister for Justice on why actions were not taken on foot of the Naughton report. The...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parental Leave (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if five weeks' parental leave will commence in April 2021. [13852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process by which the terms of reference for the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes were drafted in 2014. [13754/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the then acting Secretary General at the Department of Children and Youth Affairs had an input into the drafting of and discussions regarding the terms of reference for the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation in 2014 to 2015. [13755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Registration of Births (11 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the attention of his Department was drawn to the issue of illegal birth registrations; the person or body that drew the attention of his Department to the matter; and the actions that were taken by his Department at the time. [13757/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim míle buíochas leis an bhfinné as an gcur i láthair. I thank Ms McDonagh for the presentation so far. The line that hops off it for me is the one which states: "We stand alone as the only majority privately owned Irish retail bank." That is the elephant in the room here. It shows the continuing disaster, which is the Irish banking market, that we are so amiss...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I apologise for butting in. I know my time will run out very shortly. My question was about the proportion of differential that the lack of competition in this market actually makes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is a two-pillar bank.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Okay, I thank Ms McDonagh for that. I appreciate her response. I will ask a final question. Ms McDonagh mentioned that Bank of Ireland paid back the State in full. In fairness, I give the bank credit for it. That must be accepted. The bank, however, has probably also benefited from a significant amount of corporation tax foregone over the last ten years. Can Ms McDonagh give us an idea...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand the law. I just want the figure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I asked a question about foregone corporation tax over the past ten years. Does Ms McDonagh have a figure for that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Banking Sector: Engagement with Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand the banking levy is coming to an end. Is there not an argument for the banking levy to continue given the enormous amount of corporation tax forgone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have had my hand up for a while.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I am not an Independent.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The EU and Irish Unity - Planning and Preparing for Constitutional Change: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Chairman said I was an Independent.