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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Restructuring (28 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 221. To ask the Minister for Finance if the public interest directors in banks in which the State has had shares were aware of any debt write downs of more than 90% in the past ten years; if so, what actions, if any, the public interest directors took; if the public interest directors made him or his Department aware of these write downs; and if he or his Department took any action. [9732/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Debt Restructuring (28 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance if the public interest directors in banks in which the State has had shares were aware of any debt write downs of more than 80% in the past ten years; if so, what actions, if any, the public interest directors took; if the public interest directors made him or his Department aware of these write downs; and if he or his Department took any action. [9733/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 444. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the cost of the new dedicated State Agency for Early Learning and Care; the reason there is no place available on the new agency for provider representatives; and if he is confident that Frontier Economics will adhere to EU GDPR legislation for the duration of the review that they are undertaking; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (28 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 445. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is the case that 10,000 needs assessments have to be redone for children with additional needs; the current total backlog of children waiting for assessments of needs; the reason there is no reference within the report to early years education; if this means that these children within early years who need...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (28 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 8 February, 2023, if he will arrange an urgent meeting with traditional circus owners and their representatives, and officials from his Department and the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (details supplied). [9595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Feb 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is incurring any expense in 2023 for the Covid passport application. [9736/23]

Future of Regional Pre-Hospital Emergency Care: Motion [Private Members] (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Cuirim fáilte ollmhór roimh an rún Comhalta Phríobháidigh seo ón nGrúpa Réigiúnach. An cuspóir atá ag an rún seo ná cabhair a thabhairt d'othair agus do dhaoine atá i gcruachás san áit ina bhfuil siad chun cabhrú leo leigheas a fháil agus a gcuid saolta a shábháil gan brú a chur ar...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: What about all the Airbnbs?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: That figure is 600.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Information given to Aontú by the HSE shows that well over 40% of Covid-19 deaths in Ireland are linked to hospital or nursing home outbreaks. That is 3,500 people who died because they contracted Covid-19 in a nursing home or hospital. For example, these are people who went into hospital with a broken leg and came out in a coffin. It is a human disaster of enormous proportions and,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is important to repeat that the information we received is characterised that these 3,500 people who died contracted Covid in a nursing home or in a hospital. Out of respect to those people who have lost loved ones, they should be entitled to the truth and entitled to justice in relation to what happened them. They want information here. They do not want a nebulous review or inquiry....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (2 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the all-island strategic rail review will be released. [9820/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: The Government received €1 billion from the EU under the Brexit adjustment fund. This was set up to help people impacted by Britain leaving the EU. Apparently, despite the crisis affecting many people in agriculture and the damage that is being done in the Irish fishing industry, the Government only managed to draw down €400 million of this €1 billion fund and the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the Government going to leave the €600 million behind?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Is the €600 million going to be left behind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Míle buíochas leis na finnéithe as teacht anseo inniu. Tá fáilte rompu. A question was asked about who regulates the regulator. My instinct is that it is meant to be our job to regulate the regulator. I do not believe that we, as Deputies, have done that job properly. The most frustrating thing about this is that none of it has happened by accident. This is all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: It is in the DNA of at least one of the Government parties not to interfere with the market in any way whatsoever. There is almost a laissez-faireattitude to the effect that the market will right itself. Mr. Kissane alluded to the fact that some of these contracts were agreed and that they might come a cropper in the context of any new legislation. In other words, if new legislation is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: In other words, the primary legislation might come a cropper in the context of contracts that have already been agreed and it would follow that those contracts would come within the remit of that legislation. A regulation could change, and all contracts would have to be in compliance with that regulation. We could achieve the same thing in a regulatory fashion. This would mean that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: Absolutely. Mr. Hall mentioned something I have also heard. I have dealt with more than 400 families who have been in mortgage distress and have helped them to negotiate with banks and vulture funds. Sometimes we get mixed results from our dealing with the banks. Sometimes we also get mixed results from our dealings with vulture funds. Mr. Hall referred to two people who, by means of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Investment Funds: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

Peadar Tóibín: I understand that, but I believe there is a sense of justice involved as well.