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Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 May 2021)

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

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Strategic lawsuits against public participation, or slap lawsuits, are used against citizens who are trying to ensure that companies do not destroy the environment or break environmental laws. They tie up citizens in terms of money, time and energy. They may not be successful but their job is to silence or chill efforts by citizens to protect their environment. The Aarhus convention states...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Before the house of The O'Rahilly was demolished, I raised the impending danger with the Minister of State responsible for heritage, Deputy Noonan. I also raised it with the Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Unfortunately, they did nothing and the house was demolished. The day after it was demolished, I raised it with the Taoiseach in the Dáil and he admitted the demolition was wrong...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Irish language Act was an essential part of the Good Friday Agreement, 23 years ago. It was also a central part of the St. Andrews Agreement, 15 years ago, and an essential part of the New Decade, New Approach agreement, which is well over a year old, yet I understand there to have been no progress on the delivery of an Irish language Act. This Act is a threat to nobody. It recognises...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: We have all been passed this Earth to live on and we have to pass it to the next generation. We have a moral responsibility to hand the planet on to the next generation in at least as good a shape as we received it. Despite all the talk, virtue signalling and greenwashing of the past 15 or 20 years, though, this generation is the most damaging the planet has ever seen. That is an...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent engagements with the First Minister of Northern Ireland. [20478/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 60. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses that have been built here to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a recent report following a survey of persons who are homeless (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23578/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the backlog of those waiting to take a driver theory test; his plans for clearing the backlog in circumstances in which persons in areas without access to public transport need to drive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23579/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the NGO and charity sector receives in State funding per annum. [22984/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual State funding received by the NGO and charity sector in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [22985/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding allocated to each individual NGO and charity between 2010 and 2020. [22986/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 220. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [22989/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the content of the reported troika-style spending restrictions implemented in Departments to reduce spending. [22990/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount in legal fees incurred by his Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23570/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Gaeltacht Policy (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is considering plans to reverse the decline in and possibly expand Gaeltacht regions given the decline in the size of Gaeltacht regions in recent decades. [23146/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has received representations from small or local media outlets that claim they are not receiving a fair share of Government Covid-19 related advertising. [23147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount in legal fees incurred by her Department in 2020 and in each of the years 2000 to 2020. [23580/21]