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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: In July 2019, a very brave woman by the name of Sharon Butler Hughes blew the whistle on the fact that 4,088 women had received either the wrong letters or no results from CervicalCheck with regard to their smear tests. Brian McCracken investigated the matter and recommended that an examination be made into whether these women were negatively affected by the delays in terms of their health...

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is absolutely incredible to hear of these types of abuse cases again. It is 30 years since the country was rocked by case after case of clerical abuse that came to light in such a devastating way for the victims. It is incredible that each decade that has passed since then, we have seen a repeat of such cases. Survivors of what happened in Blackrock and Spiritans schools have...

Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." Táim brodúil as an mBille seo a chuir os comhair na Dála inniu. Is Bille tábhachtach é. I am delighted to present Aontú's Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021, or the puppy farm Bill, on Second Stage. This Bill is the second animal welfare Bill Aontú has introduced in this Dáil. The...

Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I am delighted that this Bill will now make it to Committee Stage. I thank the Minister for supporting the Bill and for allowing it through this Stage. I also thank Deputies Canney and Grealish for helping to bring the Bill this distance. I thank Deputies Donnelly and Cronin for their positive words in favour of animal welfare. This is one of the issues which very much unites everybody in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the technical pay agreement for the Defence Forces agreed in 2019. [57493/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the delayed payment of the Covid recognition payment to the Defence Forces. [57492/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the difficulties filling vacancies in schools (details supplied). [57495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (24 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the timing of the release of the State exam results. [57494/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Climate Change Negotiations (22 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 50. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the COP27 Climate Change Conference. [56285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (22 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that his Department has taken to resolve the political deadlock in Northern Ireland. [57491/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent attendance at the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg. [57490/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: 469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the social welfare cost-of-living bonus for persons on illness benefit long-term, given that many recipients are on this payment for over six months and who are also struggling with the cost-of-living; and if these persons will be considered for the bonus payment also. [58067/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Freudian slip.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The HSE has confirmed there will be an ambulance bypass of Our Lady’s Hospital in Navan and it will start on 12 December. It stated this is the first step in a two-step process to close the accident and emergency department in Navan and the second step will take place at the start of the new year. It is a scandal that this would happen in the middle of a winter surge, when hundreds...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The absence of investment is causing it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: The clinicians in Drogheda have said they oppose it.

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome Sinn Féin's motion and thank them for taking the lead from Aontú, which raised this issue last May and again on 17 November. The State right now is involved in highway robbery across this country. It is an incredible situation that it is shaking down commuters who are living in commuter hell at the moment right around the State. Families are hammered with the cost of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: It is estimated that every year in this State, there are 360 excess deaths as a result of accident and emergency department overcrowding. That is to say double the population of this Dáil die every year as a result of overcrowding in accident and emergency departments. However, new research in Britain has shown that this is likely to be an underestimate. The Emergency Medicine...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Does the Taoiseach not think overcrowding affects it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2022)

Peadar Tóibín: Medical technology and medical science.