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Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Agriculture in Ireland is in a state of crisis. I do not say that lightly. Every year a large number of farmers are leaving the sector. The number of farmers has reduced significantly throughout the State over the past decade. According to Teagasc, which analysed the income of farmers, a full third of farmers were making a loss from their business. They were either going into debt or...

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That is funny because Fianna Fáil backed my Bill previously.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Fianna Fáil actually supported the Equitable Beef Pricing Bill. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is asking me to explain a Bill that his party is already on the record as supporting when it was in opposition.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I would be happy to reintroduce that Bill to the Minister.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: At the moment we have factories which can, at times, push the price below the cost of production.

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I am getting fierce heckling from the Minister so I can only assume that I have piqued his interest in the debate rather than in his phone-----

Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That is good. I am delighted the Minister is engaged now because it is important that he engages with this debate. The Government must make sure that the body created by this Bill has teeth. That is really important because we have many State agencies with particular roles in overseeing the implementation of legislation that do not have teeth. The truth of the matter is that the first key...

Public Dental Services: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I welcome the representatives of the dentists to the Gallery to listen to the debate. It is frustrating to hear the response of the Government to what has been put forward by the Opposition. For years the dental sector in this country has been on the brink of collapse. We know it is at breaking point across the country, which is staggering, given the importance of dental care to so many...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Boyne Greenway project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the announced expansion of the Irish Rail fleet, which he announced on 29 November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1569/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Ethics in Public Office (19 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 157. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review of Ireland's statutory framework for standards in public office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1602/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 1. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [58944/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [1567/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 14. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet [3345/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In the 2022 census, 166,000 homes were recorded as vacant, and these did not include holiday homes or those that were temporarily vacant for other reasons. To have so many vacant homes in a time of crisis is shocking. It is similar to having food available in a time of famine. A vacant homes tax was detailed in the most recent budget and was to be levied at 0.3% of the value of the home,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: How much?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is an important figure.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Public transport is one of the biggest solution opportunities in regard to climate change. In my own county of Meath, the majority of workers today left the county to go to work. That happens in no other local authority area. Most of those workers are forced to use cars. We have had the Government announcement on the Navan to Dublin rail line, which is a welcome announcement, but today we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [1568/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (24 Jan 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 29. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet [3346/23]