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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I had to go to the Chamber for a period, so I thank the Chairman for allowing me to contribute. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht teacht isteach. Throughout the Covid crisis, there has always been some section of enterprise that has been left out of Government supports. At one stage, it was the taxi drivers. At another, it was barristers because they did not have business...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I will pass the information on to Minister, if he would like. I just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I will pass the information on to the Minister's office and he might look into it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Have the Minister and his Department done any work on the question of how many jobs will be lost and how many businesses will close completely? The Drinks Industry Group of Ireland has stated that approximately 40,000 jobs will not exist in 2022 that did exist in 2019. The elephants in the room are the 8 p.m. closing time for hospitality and theatre and other performance arts and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I will ask a few short questions. The €2.9 billion in warehoused taxes is an outstanding figure. It will be difficult for businesses to work their way through that. What plan has the Government to help them to do so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Covid-19 Payments and the Sale of AIB shares: Minister for Finance (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is there any information on when the banking forum will be up and running? The banking sector is experiencing a concurrent crisis. Has the Minister any information on when that forum will be established?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers, primary and post-primary currently seconded to the Professional Development Service for Teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1127/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions and duties the Professional Development Service for Teachers has been undertaking since March 2020 when the Covid-19 pandemic first hit and schools were forced to close; and if she will confirm reports that many of those working for the service have been working from home conducting research. [1128/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers recruited to the Professional Development Service for Teachers in each year since its establishment. [1129/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the financial cost of keeping the Professional Development Service for Teachers organisation in place; the cost of substituting teachers in the schools from which they were seconded to the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1130/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Bodies (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 767. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider returning Professional Development Service for Teachers seconded teachers to their classrooms in this critical time of emergency in schools. [1131/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the leaving certificate 2022 exam as soon as possible; if she plans to allow the hybrid model giving students a choice of exams, accredited grades or both; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1571/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Juvenile Offenders (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1089. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently serving sentences in juvenile detention facilities in the State; and if a breakdown can be provided on the ages or age brackets of these persons in tabular form. [1017/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Juvenile Offenders (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1090. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers employed to work in juvenile detention centres. [1022/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Juvenile Offenders (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1091. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of chaplains working in juvenile detention centres. [1023/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Juvenile Offenders (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1092. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of counsellors or psychologists currently working in juvenile detention centres. [1024/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1098. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has yet determined if anyone suffered abuse or neglect as an indirect result of the mislaying of hundreds of files in its Portlaoise office (details supplied); if Tusla was able to successfully track down retrospectively every individual referenced in the files; if not, the number of persons whom it...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cybersecurity Policy (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1099. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has been subjected to cyberattacks since he took office; if so, the nature of the cyberattacks; the impact they had on the operation of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1372/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children out of the 122 cases of suspected child abuse in County Kerry which went unreported by Tusla to An Garda Síochána as identified in 2019 (details supplied) who are now deceased. [1373/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Abuse (19 Jan 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 1101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it has been determined whether individuals referenced in the 365 cases of suspected child abuse in County Kerry which Tusla failed to refer to An Garda Síochána as identified in 2019 suffered abuse as an indirect result of the failure by Tusla to refer their cases to An Garda Síochána;...