Results 11,021-11,040 of 16,369 for speaker:Peadar Tóibín

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat a Aire. The Minister said he could never go far enough but he did go far enough for Robert Watt and his wage. It is very interesting and quite startling that he said this will not form a benchmark or a reference point for other salaries in the public service. What he is saying is that the figure is not part of any process. He is saying it is independent of any system...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am only asking the Minister whether salaries are benchmarked. I asked the Minister whether this wage is part of the four tiers and I did not get an answer on it. I did not get an answer with regard to the benchmarking in the public service.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services
Vote 11 - Public Expenditure and Reform (Revised)
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Revised)
Vote 14 - State Laboratory (Revised)
Vote 15 - Secret Service (Revised)
Vote 17 - Public Appointments Service (Revised)
Vote 18 - National Shared Services Office (Revised)
Vote 19 - Office of the Ombudsman (Revised)
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (Revised)
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am linking it to performance. Surely there is accountability. The Minister mentioned that there is a performance-related element to this as well.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [5146/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The retrofitting of homes should be the low-hanging fruit in any campaign against climate change. Making houses warmer, more efficient and cheaper to run and reducing carbon emissions should be the first steps the Government takes. Ten years ago, I published a plan that would have resulted in the deep retrofitting of 500,000 homes within five years. It was at a time when many skills that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is less than 10%.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 19. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment last met and will next meet. [6685/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a tale of two countries currently. The foreign and direct investment sector is motoring away at the moment, but many elements of the indigenous sector, which employ the majority of people in this State, are in big trouble. Walking through any provincial town, you will see many shops that are shuttered and closed. We know that 40,000 jobs that existed in hospitality in 2019 will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The majority of the citizens in the North voted to remain in the EU. Most polls show that the majority of citizens in the North either support the protocol or can live with it. The Good Friday Agreement is meant to put the will of the people at the heart of the direction of the North of Ireland yet we have the DUP, which is a minority party with a minority view, holding the whole of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There was no answer to the question I asked on the-----

Ceisteanna - Questions: Citizens' Assembly (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Stormont needs to be reformed now.

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am disappointed that the Minister for Defence is not here. Perhaps there is a reasonable excuse for that. Maybe he has an important job to do. However, this is a very important debate and one of enormous gravity. It is a debate on a matter the Minister is directly responsible for so it is disappointing that he is not here. The Women of Honour are simply women who wanted to work in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who were granted a SUSI grant in each of the past ten years by county in tabular form. [6315/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am sorry to break up the love-in here. Documents released to Aontú under the Freedom of Information Act reveal emails sent to the Minister by students who were refused SUSI grants. Homeless students, orphans and students who are full-time carers of their parents are all emailing the Minister on this issue. Why is the Department refusing to give these people the SUSI grant?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The SUSI grant system has let down homeless students who have been refused the grant. If a system is not providing a grant to a student who is homeless, then it is absolutely broken. There are inadequacies and discrepancies. Many families are caught in that gap just above the threshold but still finding it increasingly hard to pay the fees. I know of a number of students who had to take...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Minister will agree with me that holding Ministers to account is very important. Sometimes it is hard to do so in this institution because Ministers move on from one Department to another. A whistleblower, Sharon Butler Hughes, has received documents under freedom of information, FOI, from the Department of Health which basically amount to reams of notes that are fully redacted. These...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand it is not related, but usually the Minister is very forthcoming in talking about health service issues.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I would just like to put that question of accountability to the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who applied for a SUSI grant in each of the past ten years by county in tabular form. [6314/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Film Industry (8 Feb 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of public funding the Irish film industry received in each of the past five years to date; if she has conducted research and statistical analysis as to the number of persons currently employed in the Irish film industry and the number that are currently out of employment across the various occupational categories...