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Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: -----but there are many families who genuinely do not know if they are related to one of these babies. I have been talking to my Dáil assistant, Mr. Luke Silke, who has also been in contact with the Minister's office. Mr. Silke comes from Tuam, and he thinks we would have a much better chance of successfully identifying the babies' remains if the invitation to provide DNA samples was...

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Is linne go léir an Ghaeilge agus is seoid í. Tá sí scríofa inár n-ainmneacha agus inár logainmneacha agus is teanga ársa í ach is teanga nua-aimseartha í freisin. Tá daoine ag tógáil clainne léi, tá daoine ag déanamh a gcuid gnó léi agus tá sí mar mheán cumarsáide ar Twitter, ar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 6. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Navan rail line assessment; and when the project will commence construction. [12105/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: There is a confluence of crises happening at present. As the Minister knows there is a commuter hell experience for people living in County Meath in terms of trying to get to work in Dublin. There is a cost of living crisis with the increase in fuels. There is a global warming crisis happening at present. A rail line from Navan to Dublin would fix all of these issues. It has been spoken...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Meath is a special case. I know everybody comes in here thinking their own county is a special case. This morning, the majority of workers in County Meath left County Meath to go to work. This happens in no other local authority area in the 32 counties of this great country. People from Meath commute further to work than people in any other county. I know the damage it is doing to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Spatial development in this country is an absolute disaster. Ireland is a lopsided economy at present. Dublin is overheating. The Dublin commuter belt goes into Ulster, Connacht and Munster. Much of regional Ireland is being emptied of its young people. We have a situation where the average age in Baldoyle is 33 and the average age in Killarney is 45. Young people are being forced into...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The Department of Health has confirmed to me that, since the enactment of the abortion law, the State Claims Agency has been notified of 103 adverse incidents relating to that legislation. It is an extraordinary figure. An abortion review is happening now, but I cannot get a commitment from the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, that any of those adverse incidents will be...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Baby Christopher's certainly did.

Committee Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Statements (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Seanadóir Eileen Flynn agus gabhaim buíochas leis an gcoiste as an obair atá déanta ar an tuairisc seo freisin. I thank the committee for its report. When we talk about the issues affecting the Traveller community, many people are shocked to learn of the stark realities facing it. It is good to see the volume of statistics presented so...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of public transport spending per county from 2015 to 2021, in tabular form [12106/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the vetting procedures in place for approving properties for the purposes of HAP tenancies. [11267/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Staff (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the salaries and pensions paid out to special advisers to Ministers and Ministers of State in his Department in 2020 and 2021, broken down by Minister in tabular form. [11393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (3 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the statistics for adverse outcomes by category in each of the hospitals in the State that were made to the National Incident Management System in the past five years. [12203/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Civil Service Management Board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, will next meet. [11390/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I have a practical question for the Taoiseach. How many employees of Departments are currently working remotely, in percentage terms or in real terms? Every time I, one of my staff or even a constituent picks up a phone to seek to talk to somebody within a Department, we are met with an answering machine. Strangely, many of these answering machines actually declare the messages will not be...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Civil Service (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: What about PR staff?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: For the last three months, Aontú has been calling for a decrease in excise duties and VAT on fuel. The reduction of VAT and excise duties would drastically reduce the cost of fuel immediately. Many other countries have done it, yet this Government appears not to have even asked the European Union if it can do it. Also, with regard to OPEC, what pressure is this country and the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Ashling Murphy. It has been a while since her death. It is horrendous that when Deputies discuss this shocking event they bring into question the role of the education system in this country. They bring into question the role of the curriculum, the teachers and the people who have been delivering education in this country. There is no link...

Assessment of Needs for Children with Special Education Requirements: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is shocking to say that in 2022 Ireland is still not a place of equality for people with disabilities. There is an ocean of window dressing in this State when it comes to inclusivity but the truth is that hundreds of thousands of citizens are excluded from life in this country daily. Given the assessment waiting lists, lack of access to services and transport, and young people trapped in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (8 Mar 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a progress update on SUSI reform. [12782/22]