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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no doubt that reconciliation is critical, but I think there is a misunderstanding in this State about what reconciliation means. Reconciliation is built on pluralism and by definition pluralism accepts there are differences and respects those differences. Reconciliation is about reaching out the hand of friendship. It does not mean that we have to dress up in each other's...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Ten thousand people will march on the streets of Navan on 30 October in support of our accident and emergency department. The HSE is determined to close it. While there has been a stay of execution for a few months, this is not good enough for the 210,000 people who live in County Meath. Accident and emergency and ICU departments are the front line in the battle against Covid, yet the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister should not listen to the people who tell him that. The policy is dangerous.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: There is no alternative pathway.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: Those decisions have been disasters.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: It is shocking that during the time of this debate so far about ten people in the State will have been diagnosed with cancer. It shows the prevalence of the illness and the damage it does annually in this country. I was one of those statistics about a year ago. Thank God, I am back to full health at present. I was both lucky and unlucky. My diagnosis was delayed because of Covid, but I...

Covid-19: Reframing the Challenge, Continuing our Recovery and Reconnecting: Statements (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government made some seriously important decisions this week regarding Covid and restrictions and, true to form, it did not provide any space for a debate. There has been a democracy deficit in this country since Covid emerged. The elected representatives of the people have been sidestepped in respect of most of the important decisions that have been made. It is only because I called...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Core Working Group for the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I have to leave in a moment to go to the Dáil to contribute to the statements on Breast Cancer Awareness Month. May I put my questions at this point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Core Working Group for the All-Island Cancer Research Institute (21 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: I greatly appreciate it. As I said, I am due to speak next in the Chamber on those statements so I might not be here for the responses, but I will I will listen back later to the recording of the meeting. This topic is an important one for me for two reasons. First, I have had cancer in the past couple of years and, second, North-South development is a key part of Aontú's political...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 27. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Covid-19 last met. [45192/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 55. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment last met. [45193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mortality Rates (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 181. To ask the Minister for Health the work or efforts his Department is undertaking to reduce and eliminate the differential in breast cancer survival rates in the public versus the private health system. [50793/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 195. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the construction of the new national children’s hospital; and the costs incurred with the construction project to date. [50792/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 236. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated total amount spent by his Department on the procurement, purchase and rent of new office space; and the total amount spent on the procurement, purchase and rent of new office IT equipment or furniture in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [51112/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 237. To ask the Taoiseach the number of offices currently being rented or in ownership of his Department which are currently not in use by the Department. [51129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 249. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated amount spent by his Department on the procurement, purchase and rent of new office space; and the amount spent on the procurement, purchase and rent of office equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [51102/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of offices currently being rented or in ownership of his Department which are currently not in use by the Department. [51119/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 278. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role which former peat fired power stations may play in the decarbonisation of the electricity system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50685/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 287. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated amount spent by his Department on the procurement, purchase and rent of new office space; and the amount spent on the procurement, purchase and rent of office equipment in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [51103/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Offices (19 Oct 2021)

Peadar Tóibín: 288. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of offices currently being rented or in ownership of his Department which are currently not in use by the Department. [51120/21]