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Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (24 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1496. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the process through which his Department drafts and produces legislation; if his Department outsources the drafting of legislation; if so, the Bills for which the drafting was outsourced since he took office; and the costs associated with the drafting of each Bill. [14422/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Process (24 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 1957. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of the process through which his Department drafts and produces legislation; if his Department outsources the drafting of legislation; if so, the Bills for which the drafting was outsourced since he took office; and the costs associated with the drafting of each Bill. [14413/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Legislative Process (24 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 2055. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the process through which her Department drafts and produces legislation; if her Department outsources the drafting of legislation; if so, the Bills for which the drafting was outsourced since she took office; and the costs associated with the drafting of each Bill. [14426/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme (Health): Statements (25 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: A total of 480 people will get cancer today. Tragically, 24 people will die from cancer today. According to the experts, as a result of the cancellation and reduction in cancer treatments by the Government there will be an influx of massively advanced cancers. By any measure, that is an absolute disgrace. This week we hear that the Government will not resume cancer services fully until...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (25 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Two weeks ago I raised the shocking allegations of serious threats to the life and health of a senior prison officer in an Irish prison. I referred to the Naughton report, which confirms the veracity of these allegations, and I questioned the Tánaiste on the lack of implementation of that report. He stated that he did not know anything about it but I have a letter here that was sent to...

Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I will focus on one of the major issues affecting people right now which is the lack of houses. It is incomprehensible that given the length and depth of the housing crisis in Ireland the building of homes in this country is currently deemed non-essential. Hundreds of people have died in homelessness on the streets of our towns and cities over the last number of years. Many more will lose...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (25 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I am delighted to speak in favour of the Regional Group's Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021. So far in this Dáil, my colleagues and I in the group have chosen to prioritise reform of the insurance industry. Outside of Covid-19, insurance dysfunction has cost so many people so much, including families, homeowners, drivers and many small business owners. This dsyfunction...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim mo mhíle buíochas leis na haíonna agus leis an Aire Stáit. How many buildings that are managed by the OPW are empty? I do not mean Covid-related non-usage, but in general. When I undertook some research a number of years ago, I found that a large number of State buildings, owned by the people of this country, were lying idle in 2016. In my constituency, an ESB...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Is that figure independent of Covid?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister of State would have to agree that the State owning buildings yet allowing them to remain empty is scandalous. There is a hardly a county that does not have a community that does not have the community facilities it needs. In my constituency, we are battling away in Johnstown, Enfield, Longwood and many other places to try to get our hands on buildings for their communities to...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I appreciate that there are complexities with some of the buildings. However, some of them are in decent enough shape and are in towns that have no community facilities. The OPW is holding them, but there are major difficulties with the Department of Justice, the Department of Education or local authorities. For example, there are two old schools in Trim. One was handed over to the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I will give an example. When Senator McDowell was the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, he bought Thornton Hall in north Dublin for a new prison. Thornton Hall is under potatoes at the moment even though it cost the country a large amount of money. The State owns a great deal of land that is not being used for the purposes it was purchased for at a significant cost to the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Minister of State including the buildings on Moore Street in the figure of 76? That battlefield site was the birthplace of the Irish Republic. It was the last stand of the Volunteers in 1916, whom many of us will celebrate on Easter Monday. Those buildings lie on a street that was synonymous with the vibrancy of the Dublin markets years ago. It gives me no pleasure to say it, but...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Revised) (30 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Also, we could see that as a cultural hub which would transform much of the dereliction of inner-city Dublin. What plans has the OPW to develop those buildings now?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: This issue is of such import that 100 minutes is absolutely not satisfactory. It goes to the heart of what is happening in the HSE day in and day out, where the HSE is in combat with patients and the only way people can get justice is through the court system. It also goes to the heart of ministerial responsibility. We need to know what former Ministers with responsibility for health knew...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Yes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is not outrageous.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: In the last 24 hours, the Government has changed from a risk-based vaccine distribution system to an age-based vaccine distribution system. Last week it said that the vaccination system was based on public health advice. This week it has stated that it is based on public health advice, even though they are mutually exclusive systems. Now, a 46-year-old who is working remotely will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Like everybody else, I want to see the country reopened. I understand the vaccine roll-out is key to that objective. I have been pushing for many months for a timely rolling out of vaccines. However, I oppose mandatory vaccinations. Encouragement has proven far more successful than browbeating people. I received a number of phone calls from students over the past number of days who have...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (31 Mar 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Today, 480 people will get cancer and, tragically, more people will likely die of cancer. Late diagnosis and treatment will lead to much more advanced cancers coming into the system, which will lead to greater levels of morbidity and death. Why has the Government reduced cancer services when the need is so great at the moment? Will the Government guarantee that full cancer services will...