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Ceisteanna - Questions: Commissions of Investigation (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The key question is who will be held to account.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change will next meet. [50011/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Dawn Meats was given permission by Meath County Council to install a 7.2 km pipeline that would pump treated effluent in the Boyne river, a special area of conservation. The pipeline would dispose of 400,000 l of wastewater into that historic river daily. The Save the Boyne campaign was founded to protect against this. Its spokesperson, Peter Whelan, has stated that the river is the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Was the River Boyne in that response?

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The next number of months will be some of the harshest many people will ever have experienced. For many families, utility bills are already out of reach before the winter starts. A large number of families are living from overdraft to overdraft, if they are lucky enough to have an overdraft, and many others will be reliant on moneylenders because that is the only way they have right now to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Leaving Certificate and Junior Certificate students currently waiting for their exam results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50002/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of gaelscoileanna currently operational in the State. [50003/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Properties (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 268. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of the apartments in Finglas, known as Prospect Hill, that were taken back into possession of Dublin City Council; if they remain in full ownership of the State; if a block of apartments recently sold by the National Asset Management Agency in the same complex were the ones owned by the State; the status of that particular block; and when the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: State Properties (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 318. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the apartments in Finglas, known as Prospect Hill, that were taken back into the possession of Dublin City Council; if they remain in full ownership of the State; if a block of apartments recently sold by the National Asset Management Agency in the same complex were the ones owned by the State; the status of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite permission to proceed with construction work for approved additional accommodation without further delay at a school (details supplied) which includes a two-class SEN base, an additional SET room and an assisted users' WC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49814/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure that the community welfare service remains in Trim and Kells, County Meath to maintain face-to-face appointments; the reason that her Department insists on implementing a policy of removing such services from regional and rural towns despite local opposition from the public in such circumstances; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 595. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated total cost of Garda drivers being provided to Ministers; and the number of gardaí who will be employed in this service. [49789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 645. To ask the Minister for Health the barriers to training and provision of doctors, general practitioners and consultants in Ireland; the number of students who are studying each discipline of medicine in Ireland for each of the past ten years separately for undergraduate and postgraduate students; the number who have graduated for each of the past ten years; the number of those students...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 646. To ask the Minister for Health the barriers to training and provision of nurses, occupational therapists and physiotherapists in Ireland; the number of students who are studying these disciplines in Ireland for each of the past ten years; and the number who have graduated for each of the past ten years; and the number of those students who are still working in Ireland five years, ten...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to address an aspect of the Bill that has caused great controversy in recent months, that being, the deletion of the word "woman" from it. Across the country, people were angered that the Government would consider doing this. It shows that there is an increasing detachment of the Dáil bubble from the ordinary people of Ireland. Most people I spoke to were horrified to think...

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Sure. I am nearly finished.

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: To be honest, this Bill came to prominence and into most people's awareness because the word "woman" was initially to be deleted from the Bill. Therefore, this legislation comes with that provenance now in most people's minds, if the truth is told. Regarding that debate, I spoke to several Deputies from Fine Gael concerning this aspect. They said they agreed with Graham Linehan and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [50010/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Today, there was a school bus protest in Ballivor, County Meath. I joined with students and parents who walked 15 km on winding, foggy country roads to the schools in Trim. They were forced to do so by the broken promise of the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. Three months ago, she promised with much fanfare that, due to the cost-of-living crisis and the climate crisis, free school...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Dialogue (18 Oct 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: We are on the precipice of collapse in childcare and the early childhood care and education, ECCE, sector. I cannot overstate the severity and seriousness of this problem. It is not happening by accident. There were 77 net closures in 2019, 70 net closures in 2020, 62 net closures in 2021 and in this year so far there have been 80 net closures. It is estimated there will be 226 net...