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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 125. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is monitoring the increase in the cost of fertiliser; and if so, if he will detail the percentage increase in the cost of fertiliser over the past three years. [26209/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The increase in the cost of fertiliser is hammering farmers across the country at the moment. According to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, there has been a 130% increase in the space of just two years in the cost of farm fertiliser. Farmers are also being hammered by energy prices, which have gone up by 30%, while feed prices have gone up by 20%. The input costs for farming are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: My question relates to farm fertiliser.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I was waiting for the word "fertiliser" to appear in the Minister's reply. Thankfully, we are there now. It is important to focus on what is happening in farming at the moment. Teagasc has detailed that there are major difficulties in the farming community at the moment. Only one third of farmers are currently making a living from farms. Another one third of farmers are only making a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the fact that the Government has made an effort to start to meet some of the costs with which farmers are dealing. However, from what I am hearing from farmers, it is not enough. We had a debate in this Chamber about a week ago on the issue of food security which is a significant concern at the moment. Food supply chains are tightening in this State and internationally. In fact,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Like Robert Watt's.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Hundreds of thousands of commuters are paying massive prices on motorway tolls every day. Many people are commuting up to three hours a day and paying thousands of euro a year for tolls in their areas. In Meath there are four tolls. Someone living in Kells, for example, and working in south Dublin can pay up to €3,600 per year on tolls. Aontú has done research that has shown...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is built. It is paid for.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Official Engagements (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 53. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times that he has met with the CEO of the HSE since he took office. [26207/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 99. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the procurement and tendering processes for the construction of major projects such as the new National Maternity Hospital. [26208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Costs (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 151. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken any study to determine the reason for the increase in the cost of fertiliser. [26210/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that have been received for the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations for the junior certificate and the leaving certificate examinations in 2022; the number of successful applications for both examinations; the number of appeals for both examinations; the number of successful and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that have been received from schools and educational institutions in County Meath for the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations for the Junior Certificate 2022 and the Leaving Certificate examinations in 2022; the number of successful applications for both examinations, respectively; the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that have been received for the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations for the mock Junior Certificate examination 2022 and the mock Leaving Certificate examination 2022; the number of successful applications for both examinations; the number of appeals for both examinations; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received from schools and educational institutions in County Meath for the scheme of reasonable accommodations at certificate examinations for the mock Junior Certificate examination 2022 and the mock Leaving Certificate examination 2022; the number of successful applications for both examinations; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (26 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the review into homeless deaths in Dublin (details supplied); the date upon which the review will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21989/22]

Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Instruction to Committee (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle as an deis teacht ar ais. I wish to address a couple of issues I believe are important in this debate. We do have a wonderful electoral system in this State. The PR-STV system does provide for very clear representation within the political institutions, which is very important. When we have a system whereby various minority voices are...

Rising Food Prices: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (31 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Today, families around the country are being hammered. Hundreds of thousands of families are living from overdraft to overdraft and many others are completely maxed out. Families are going without food and heat. Energy prices are sky-rocketing. It is incredible that people are spending time awake at night trying to work out what bill they can afford to pay and how they will make ends...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh maith agat a Chathaoirligh agus míle buíochas le gach duine a tháinig isteach agus as a gcur i láthair freisin. I will start by detailing an experience a constituent had with KBC. The constituent has been in mortgage distress. It is shocking that we are in another housing bubble and housing crisis when the people who suffered from the last housing crisis are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Withdrawal from Irish Banking Market: Engagement with Ulster Bank and KBC Ireland (18 May 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The case involves a hard-working family who had part of their debt warehoused under KBC-----