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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance the way that the Office of the Revenue Commissioners researched the level of empty homes in each county in Ireland; the reason that its figures are at odds with those produced by the Central Statistics Office by over 100,000 homes; if it is his contention that the CSO is wrong in its quantification of empty homes; and the rate of tax that he will apply to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 400. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times that Tusla has issued apologies to persons or groups of persons in each of the past ten years (details supplied); if a list of dates upon which these apologies took place will be provided; and the general details of each case in tabular form. [38190/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 459. To ask the Minister for Health if any capacity and demand analysis in relation to bed numbers has been carried out on the supply of emergency and critical care at University Hospital Limerick as recommended by the Health Information and Quality Authority in 2009; if so, the number of studies and analyses that have been conducted; and the findings of those studies. [38148/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 460. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that University Hospital Limerick never received extra beds despite a higher number being deemed the necessary number of beds to provide safe emergency and critical care, following the closure of Nenagh Hospital. [38149/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the number of additional beds introduced in University Hospital Limerick by bed type by year in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [38150/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 18. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken any study to measure the increase in costs for green diesel and the burden that this is having on farmers. [38213/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 41. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings that he has held with the owners of beef factories since he took office; the dates upon which these meetings took place; and the purpose of the meetings. [38214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that have been taken by her Department to assist parents of school children with the costs associated with children returning to school in September. [38777/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 170. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased since her Department was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Bodies (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has given approval to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s documents titled an inclusive approach to SPHE/RSE – LGBTI+ identities and the use of inclusive and respectful language which appear on her Department’s website and is advice for teachers of national school children; if it is her policy that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 526. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has made any changes to the family income supplement scheme since she took office. [34033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 527. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased or decreased in each of the past ten years. [34034/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 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 have a couple of points. It is quite incredible that the Government has not fully costed the costs of climate change or Sláintecare outside the current year, particularly as these are two large aspects I imagine are going to hoover up a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Mr. Barnes mentioned that the level of debt is comparatively high historically, and internationally among countries of a similar size. What I understand from Mr. Barnes is that, given all the knowledge we have, we are not going to be returning to a situation where our interest rates will be decided on the basis of our ability to be able to repay debt, which was the major factor in our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I thank Mr. Barnes for that. The big question floating around relates to corporation taxes and how best to use them. Mr. Barnes mentioned the rainy day fund, paying down national debt and, potentially, reviving the National Pensions Reserve Fund. Are large capital projects not a good use of corporation taxes, given that they are typically once off, and they have a big return in the long...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: We are in a bit of a difficulty here because our capital investment has been incredibly low historically. For about ten or 15 years we were probably investing the second lowest in terms of GDP in the EU. Depreciation has hit our capital stock quite significantly over that period. The second element, which Mr. Barnes mentioned a number of times, is the danger of overheating. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It strikes me that the Government ring-fenced the carbon tax for the purpose of deep retrofitting of homes. It is breaking that fence because it does not seem to have the capacity to be able to deliver on that particular job. It also strikes me that Ireland is very much a country with a two-tier economy. We have a very robust foreign direct investment sector, but we do not have the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is possible that those in the two tiers could have a different experience going forward. Mr. Barnes mentioned that there is positive feedback between the foreign direct investment sector and indigenous sector. It is possible that the indigenous sector could suffer while the overall picture would be better. I have a number of questions to finish on. We hear in political discourse that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Summer Economic Statement: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (13 Jul 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Sin é. I thank the witnesses for their time; I greatly appreciate it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Sep 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I believe that in the years to come this Government will be known as the “coalition of crisis”. The cost-of-living crisis is hammering people’s ability to live and the housing crisis is threatening hundreds of thousands of families with homelessness and spiking rack rents. Despite all the Taoiseach said, the response of this Government has been stifling inertia in the...